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Indian Defense: Seirawan Attack

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Bg5

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Indian Defense: Seirawan Attack781k games · Black to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

273k50%

174k51%

118k52%

105k51%

55k56%

27k52%

13k53%

4.6k45%

4.3k48%

2.5k47%

Famous games in this line298 master games

Ivanchuk, Vassily (2678) – Carlsen, Magnus (2863)20200–1 Erigaisi, Arjun (2778) – So, W. (2752)2024½–½ Grischuk, A. (2736) – Karjakin, Sergey (2750)20230–1 Praggnanandhaa, R. (2746) – Harikrishna, P. (2688)2024½–½ Praggnanandhaa, R. (2758) – Bjerre, Jonas Buhl (2641)2025½–½ Martirosyan, Haik M. (2675) – Keymer, Vincent (2700)2023½–½ Martirosyan, Haik M. (2688) – Alekseenko, K. (2675)2023½–½ Erigaisi, Arjun (2778) – Makhnev, Denis (2551)20241–0

Heroes of this opening Carlsen, Magnus · Karjakin, Sergey · Erigaisi, Arjun

Family: Indian Defense
Category: Indian
First move: 1.d4
ECO: E00
Line: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5

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