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Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Alekhine Variation, Leko Gambit

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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.f3e5
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Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Alekhine Variation, Leko Gambit762 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
80%61245%
16%11837%
3.1%2450%
0.5%40%
0.3%250%
0.3%20%
Famous games in this line63 master games
Kramnik, Vladimir (2780) – Leko, Peter (2665)19980–1Stefansson, Hannes (2549) – Van Wely, Loek (2680)20041–0Kuzmin, Alexey (2567) – Krasenkow, Michal (2632)2004½–½Stefansson, Hannes (2567) – Krasenkow, Michal (2609)20040–1Sjugirov, S. (2670) – Chigaev, M. (2496)20151–0Haba, Petr (2596) – Jansa, Vlastimil (2521)20060–1Hammer, Jon Ludvig (2633) – Yankovsky, Roman (2474)20121–0Hillarp Persson, Tiger (2513) – Carlsen, Magnus (2552)20040–1
Heroes of this opening Leko, Peter · Stefansson, Hannes · Krasenkow, Michal · Sjugirov, S.
Family
Indian Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
E60
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e5
GambitFianchetto
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