A54 · Indian · a defense for Black

Old Indian Defense: Ukrainian Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4d63.Nc3e5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Old Indian Defense: Ukrainian Variation296k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
50%148k44%
24%70k47%
Old Indian Defense: Two Knights Variation10%31k52%
6.7%20k50%
4.2%13k47%
4%12k49%
0.5%1.4k52%
0.1%41648%
0.1%22620%
0.1%15849%
Famous games in this line1.8k master games
Caruana, Fabiano (2770) – McShane, Luke J (2706)20121–0Shankland, S. (2731) – Rapport, R. (2735)20190–1Svidler, 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)2016½–½
Heroes of this opening Caruana, Fabiano · Rapport, R. · Aronian, L.
Family
Old Indian Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
A54
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5
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Go deeper — named lines from here
Old Indian Defense: Two Knights VariationA54 4.Nf3Old Indian Defense: Duz-Khotimirsky VariationA54 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Bd3
Nearby lines in the family
Old Indian Defense: Tartakower-IndianA54 3.Nf3 Bg4Old Indian Defense: Janowski VariationA53 3…Bf5Old Indian Defense: Czech Variation, with Nc3A53 3…c6
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