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Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation, Fianchetto Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4d63.Nc3Bf54.g3
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Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation, Fianchetto Variation9.6k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
24%2.3k46%
20%1.9k47%
15%1.4k44%
10%98343%
8.5%81743%
7.6%73148%
4.6%44245%
4.2%40445%
1.7%16743%
1.3%12341%
Famous games in this line188 master games
Sarana, A. (2662) – Caruana, F. (2776)20220–1Korobov, Anton (2720) – Jobava, Baadur (2696)20131–0Moiseenko, Alexander (2679) – Jobava, Baadur (2704)20111–0Piket, Jeroen (2580) – Sokolov, Ivan (2670)1996½–½Aleksandrov, Aleksej (2666) – Markovic, Miroslav (2564)20041–0Kryakvin, D. (2547) – Rakhmanov, Ale (2655)2016½–½Hort, Vlastimil (2595) – Kavalek, Lubomir (2600)1980½–½Krasenkow, Michal (2647) – Kislinsky, Alexey (2495)20061–0
Heroes of this opening Caruana, F. · Korobov, Anton · Moiseenko, Alexander · Aleksandrov, Aleksej
Family
Old Indian Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
A53
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. g3
Fianchetto
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