Chess opening
Old Indian DefenseA53
The Old Indian Defense is a chess opening classified under ECO code A53. It is reached after the moves:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6
Play it vs Stockfish Open in analysis board
Comes from
Main continuations
- Old Indian Defense: Aged Gibbon Gambit (A53)
- Old Indian Defense: Czech Variation, with Nc3 (A53)
- Old Indian Defense: Czech Variation, with Nf3 (A53)
- Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation (A53)
- Old Indian Defense: Tartakower-Indian (A54)
- Old Indian Defense: Ukrainian Variation (A54)
- Old Indian Defense: Normal Variation (A55)
Related lines in the Old Indian Defense
- Old Indian Defense (A41)
- Old Indian Defense: Aged Gibbon Gambit (A53)
- Old Indian Defense: Czech Variation, with Nc3 (A53)
- Old Indian Defense: Czech Variation, with Nf3 (A53)
- Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation (A53)
- Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation, Fianchetto Variation (A53)
- Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation, Grinberg Gambit (A53)
- Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation, Main Line (A53)
Train this opening
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