Chess opening
Indian Defense: Knights VariationA46
The Indian Defense: Knights Variation is a chess opening classified under ECO code A46. It is reached after the moves:
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3
Play it vs Stockfish Open in analysis board
Comes from
Main continuations
- Döry Defense (A46)
- East Indian Defense (A48)
- Indian Defense: Czech-Indian (A46)
- Indian Defense: Knights Variation, Alburt-Miles Variation (A46)
- Indian Defense: Polish Variation (A46)
- Indian Defense: Spielmann-Indian (A46)
- Indian Defense: Wade-Tartakower Defense (A46)
- Pseudo Queen's Indian Defense (A47)
- Indian Defense: London System (A46)
- Torre Attack: Classical Defense (A46)
- Yusupov-Rubinstein System (A46)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov Attack, Classical Defense (A46)
Related lines in the Indian Defense
- Indian Defense: Pseudo-Benko (A43)
- Indian Defense (A45)
- Indian Defense: Accelerated London System (A45)
- Indian Defense: Gedult Attack (A45)
- Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit (A45)
- Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit Accepted (A45)
- Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Maltese Falcon (A45)
- Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Oshima Defense (A45)
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