East Indian Defense
East Indian Defense is regularly played in classical games between masters. Below you will find its variations, move orders, result statistics and the players who play it most, compiled from games of 2500+ rated players.
Played by: Yakubboev, Van Foreest, Grischuk, Saric, Nihal, Andreikin, Eljanov, Wojtaszek
Main line
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 d5 4.b4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Bb2 a5 8.b5 cxb5 9.cxb5 Bf5 10.Nh4 Bg4 11.Qb3 a4 12.Qb4 Re8 13.h3 Bd7 14.Rc1 Bf8 15.Qc3 Ne4
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Main line · ECO A48 · for Black
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Statistics from classical games of 2500+ rated players. Notation: K king, Q queen, R rook, B bishop, N knight.