A54 · Indian · a defense for Black

Old Indian Defense: Two Knights Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4d63.Nc3e54.Nf3
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Old Indian Defense: Two Knights Variation177k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
45%79k41%
27%47k41%
13%22k49%
6.9%12k45%
4.5%8.0k36%
2.1%3.6k34%
0.5%86331%
0.4%76938%
0.4%69737%
0.3%53140%
Famous games in this line1.6k master games
Caruana, Fabiano (2770) – McShane, Luke J (2706)20121–0Svidler, Peter (2747) – Jobava, Baadur (2702)2013½–½Tomashevsky, Evgeny (2738) – McShane, Luke J (2706)2012½–½Aronian, L. (2785) – Demchenko, A. (2654)20221–0Vitiugov, Nikita (2705) – Andreikin, Dmitry (2715)2012½–½Moiseenko, A1. (2707) – Rapport, R. (2704)2014½–½Andreikin, D. (2737) – Rakhmanov, Ale (2667)2016½–½Nepomniachtchi, I. (2729) – Rakhmanov, Ale (2653)20171–0
Heroes of this opening Caruana, Fabiano · Aronian, L. · Nepomniachtchi, I.
Family
Old Indian Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
A54
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3
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