A46 · Indian · a defense for Black

Indian Defense: London System

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1.d4Nf62.Nf3e63.Bf4

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Indian Defense: London System3.4M games · Black to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

Queen's Pawn Game: London System, with e61.7M47%

706k49%

395k49%

215k46%

125k47%

65k43%

59k41%

47k49%

31k44%

23k43%

Famous games in this line5.4k master games

Aronian, L. (2775) – Carlsen, M. (2864)20220–1 Aronian, L.. (2781) – Carlsen, M.. (2847)2021½–½ Aronian, L.. (2781) – Carlsen, M.. (2847)20211–0 So, W. (2812) – Karjakin, Sergey (2781)20171–0 Carlsen, M. (2844) – Tomashevsky, E. (2728)20161–0 Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2766) – Caruana, F. (2805)2024½–½ Firouzja, Alireza (2763) – Caruana, F. (2794)2023½–½ Harikrishna, P. (2763) – Nakamura, Hi (2787)2016½–½

Heroes of this opening Carlsen, M. · Aronian, L.. · So, W.

Family: Indian Defense
Category: Indian
First move: 1.d4
ECO: A46
Line: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4

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