Chess opening
Indian Defense: Normal VariationA50
The Indian Defense: Normal Variation is a chess opening classified under ECO code A50. It is reached after the moves:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
Play it vs Stockfish Open in analysis board
Comes from
Main continuations
- Benoni Defense (A56)
- Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit (A51)
- Indian Defense: Medusa Gambit (A50)
- Indian Defense: Pyrenees Gambit (A50)
- Indian Defense: West Indian Defense (E60)
- Mexican Defense (A50)
- Old Indian Defense (A53)
- Queen's Indian Accelerated (A50)
- Slav Indian (A50)
- Catalan Opening (E00)
- Indian Defense (E00)
- Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10)
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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