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Indian Defense

Black answers the queen's pawn with a knight and decides on the center later.

3 openings · 17 lines

Indian Defense

You play WhiteECO code A45Difficulty: Medium7 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. a3
  2. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4
  3. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
  4. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3
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Indian Defense

You play Black1. d4ECO code A45Difficulty: Medium15 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5
  2. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nd2 e5
  3. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6
  4. 1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Bd3 Nf6
  5. 1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d5
  6. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d6
  7. 1. d4 Nf6 2. g4 Nxg4 3. e4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6
  8. 1. d4 Nf6 2. g4 Nxg4 3. f3 Nf6
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Budapest Gambit

Black offers a pawn on the second move to chase White's pieces. White may keep the pawn.

You play Black1. d4ECO code A52Difficulty: DemandingGambit: a pawn is given up on purpose29 moves to learn

Lines

White takes the pawn

  1. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. e3 Bxd2+
  2. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. Nf3 Nbc6 6. Be2 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6
  3. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Ngxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Re8

White does not take the pawn

  1. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Nf3 Ng4
  2. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nfd2 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6
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