Indian Defense (인디언 방어)

한국어

The Indian Defense family holds 53 lines. The boards below follow its shortest line from the first move.

The Korean name in brackets is ours, not an official translation. The original name is English.

Main line

1. d4 Nf6

One move per board, left to right. The two outlined squares are the move just played.

1. d4
1… Nf6

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Indian Defense (A45)

1. d4 Nf6

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Variations in this family

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  1. A43Pseudo-Benko6 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5

  2. A45Indian Defense2 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6

  3. A45Accelerated London System3 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4

  4. A45Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit3 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. g4

  5. A45Omega Gambit3 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. e4

  6. A45Pawn Push Variation3 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. d5

  7. A45Tartakower Attack3 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. g3

  8. A45Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit Accepted4 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. g4 Nxg4

  9. A45Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Oshima Defense4 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. g4 e5

  10. A45Lazard Gambit4 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nd2 e5

  11. A45Maddigan Gambit4 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5

  12. A45Reversed Chigorin Defense4 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5

  13. A45Gedult Attack5 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d5 3. g4

  14. A45Paleface Attack, Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Deferred5 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d5 3. e4

  15. A45Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Maltese Falcon7 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. g4 Nxg4 3. f3 Nf6 4. e4

  16. A45Omega Gambit, Arafat Gambit7 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Bg5

  17. A45Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Stummer Gambit9 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. g4 Nxg4 3. e4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3

  18. A46Knights Variation3 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3

  19. A46Czech-Indian4 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6

  20. A46Knights Variation, Alburt-Miles Variation4 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 a6

  21. A46Polish Variation4 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b5

  22. A46Spielmann-Indian4 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5

  23. A46Wade-Tartakower Defense4 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6

  24. A46London System5 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4

  25. A47Schnepper Gambit6 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c3 e5

  26. A48Colle System, King's Indian Variation8 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d6

  27. A49Przepiorka Variation5 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3

  28. A50Normal Variation3 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4

  29. A50Medusa Gambit4 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g5

  30. A50Pyrenees Gambit4 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b5

  31. A51Budapest Gambit4 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5

  32. A51Budapest Gambit Accepted5 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5

  33. A51Budapest Gambit Accepted, Fajarowicz Defense6 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4

  34. A51Budapest Gambit Accepted, Fajarowicz Defense, Bonsdorf Variation7 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. a3

  35. A51Budapest Gambit Accepted, Fajarowicz Defense, Steiner Variation7 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Qc2

  36. A52Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line6 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4

  37. A52Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Adler Variation7 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3

  38. A52Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Alekhine Variation7 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4

  39. A52Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Rubinstein Variation7 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4

  40. A52Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Alekhine Variation, Abonyi Variation8 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5

  41. A52Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line, Alekhine Variation, Tartakower Defense8 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 d6

  42. E00Indian Defense5 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Qb3

  43. E00Devin Gambit5 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g4

  44. E00Seirawan Attack5 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5

  45. E10Anti-Nimzo-Indian5 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3

  46. E10Döry Indian6 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Ne4

  47. E10Dzindzi-Indian Defense6 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6

  48. E60West Indian Defense4 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6

  49. E60Anti-Grünfeld, Advance Variation5 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d5

  50. E60Anti-Grünfeld, Alekhine Variation5 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3

  51. E60Anti-Grünfeld, Basman-Williams Attack5 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4

  52. E60Anti-Grünfeld, Adorjan Gambit6 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d5 b5

  53. E60Anti-Grünfeld, Alekhine Variation, Leko Gambit6 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e5

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Data collected on 2026-09-07. The original is published as a public domain data set.