Tree path 3 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Indian Defense › Knights Variation
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- Queen's Pawn Game A40
- Indian Defense A45
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Indian Defense: Knights Variation
Overview
Indian Defense: Knights Variation is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A46.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
It begins with 3 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Indian Defense, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
It is the root of 12 named variations, with Döry Defense, East Indian Defense, Indian Defense: Czech-Indian, and others among the most studied.
Counted recursively, this branch covers 38 sub-variations at all depths.
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- ECO code
- A46
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 3
- Parent
- Indian Defense
- Direct variations
- 12
- Total in subtree
- 38
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Statistics from Lichess
40,426,804 games · White 48.8% / Draw 6.2% / Black 45.0%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| g6 | 13,499,051 | |
| e6 | 10,536,977 | |
| d5 | 8,959,106 | |
| c5 | 3,126,175 | |
| d6 | 2,466,271 | |
| b6 | 874,581 | |
| c6 | 468,830 | |
| Nc6 | 236,250 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:51:08
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Variations (12)
- A46 Döry Defense
- A48 East Indian Defense
- A46 Indian Defense: Czech-Indian
- A46 Alburt-Miles Variation
- A46 Indian Defense: London System
- A46 Indian Defense: Polish Variation
- A46 Indian Defense: Spielmann-Indian
- A46 Indian Defense: Wade-Tartakower Defense
- A47 Pseudo Queen's Indian Defense
- A46 Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov Attack, Classical Defense
- A46 Torre Attack: Classical Defense
- A46 Yusupov-Rubinstein System
Show all 38 sub-variations (full subtree)
- A46 Döry Defense 4-ply
- A48 East Indian Defense 4-ply
- A46 Indian Defense: Czech-Indian 4-ply
- A46 Alburt-Miles Variation 4-ply
- A46 Indian Defense: London System 5-ply
- A46 Indian Defense: Polish Variation 4-ply
- A46 Indian Defense: Spielmann-Indian 4-ply
- A46 Indian Defense: Wade-Tartakower Defense 4-ply
- A47 Pseudo Queen's Indian Defense 4-ply
- A46 Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov Attack, Classical Defense 7-ply
- A46 Torre Attack: Classical Defense 5-ply
- A46 Yusupov-Rubinstein System 5-ply
- A43 Benoni Defense: Hawk Variation 6-ply
- A48 Indian Defense: Colle System, King's Indian Variation 8-ply
- A49 Indian Defense: Przepiorka Variation 5-ply
- A43 Indian Defense: Pseudo-Benko 6-ply
- A47 Indian Defense: Schnepper Gambit 6-ply
- A48 London System 5-ply
- A47 Marienbad System 8-ply
- A47 Pseudo Queen's Indian Defense 12-ply
- A48 Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack 7-ply
- A46 Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Breyer Variation 10-ply
- A46 Nimzowitsch Variation 6-ply
- A46 Petrosian Gambit 9-ply
- A48 Torre Attack: Fianchetto Defense 5-ply
- A46 Torre Attack: Wagner Gambit 7-ply
- A48 London System 7-ply
- A47 Berg Variation 11-ply
- A48 Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack 8-ply
- A48 Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Grünfeld Variation, Main Line 10-ply
- A48 Euwe Variation 8-ply
- A48 London System 8-ply
- A48 Grünfeld Variation 11-ply
- A48 Tarzan Attack 9-ply
- A48 with Bd3 9-ply
- A48 with Be2 9-ply
- A48 with Be2 11-ply
- A48 London System, with Be2 10-ply