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Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation, Main Line

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1.d4Nf62.c4d63.Nc3Bf54.f3
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Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation, Main Line55k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
24%13k45%
16%8.7k43%
16%8.6k52%
13%7.3k43%
7.7%4.2k39%
6.5%3.5k46%
5.3%2.9k43%
5%2.7k46%
1.8%96844%
1.6%85541%
Famous games in this line235 master games
Dubov, Daniil (2699) – Karjakin, Sergey (2752)20201–0Vitiugov, N. (2726) – Rakhmanov, Ale (2667)2016½–½Morozevich, A. (2683) – Rakhmanov, Ale (2662)20160–1Beliavsky, Alexander G (2659) – Hickl, Joerg (2600)20011–0Balashov, Yuri S (2570) – Tal, Mihail (2620)1971½–½Portisch, Lajos (2615) – Christiansen, Larry Mark (2575)19871–0Karpov, Anatoly (2715) – Shirazi, Kamran G (2455)19881–0Flores Rios, M. (2529) – Zherebukh, Y. (2633)20181–0
Heroes of this opening Dubov, Daniil · Rakhmanov, Ale · Beliavsky, Alexander G · Portisch, Lajos
Family
Old Indian Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
A53
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. f3
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