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Old Indian Defense: Czech Variation, with Nc3

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1.d4Nf62.c4d63.Nc3c6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Old Indian Defense: Czech Variation, with Nc3886k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
53%472k52%
23%207k50%
11%94k48%
3.8%34k51%
3.3%29k49%
2.7%24k52%
0.9%8.4k52%
0.7%6.2k53%
0.3%2.8k49%
0.3%2.4k50%
Famous games in this line384 master games
Hammer, Jon Ludvig (2608) – Topalov, Veselin (2793)2013½–½Dreev, A. (2623) – Van Foreest, Jorden (2714)20220–1Timman, Jan H (2640) – Tal, Mihail (2565)1985½–½Timman, Jan H (2620) – Lobron, Eric (2575)1992½–½Sakaev, Konstantin (2655) – Kuzmin, Gennadi P (2516)20031–0Gyimesi, Zoltan (2586) – Miladinovic, Igor (2571)20081–0Ivkov, Borislav (2535) – Bronstein, David I (2585)1973½–½Zubov, A UKR. (2597) – Makarov, M. (2505)20181–0
Heroes of this opening Van Foreest, Jorden · Sakaev, Konstantin · Gyimesi, Zoltan · Zubov, A UKR.
Family
Old Indian Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
A53
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 c6
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