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Bogo-Indian Defense
Overview
Bogo-Indian Defense is a variation within the Indian Defenses family, indexed as ECO E11.
The Indian Defenses group covers Indian defences — hypermodern lines where Black challenges the centre with pieces rather than pawns.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+, after 6 plies of opening development.
It is a direct variation of Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian.
It is the root of 9 named variations, with Exchange Variation, Grünfeld Variation, Haiti Variation, and others among the most studied.
In total, the branch covers 12 sub-variations across all depths.
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- ECO code
- E11
- Group
- Indian Defenses (E)
- Plies
- 6
- Direct variations
- 9
- Total in subtree
- 12
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Variations (9)
Show all 12 sub-variations (full subtree)
- E11 Exchange Variation 8-ply
- E11 Grünfeld Variation 7-ply
- E11 Haiti Variation 8-ply
- E11 New England Variation 7-ply
- E11 Nimzowitsch Variation 8-ply
- E11 Retreat Variation 8-ply
- E11 Vitolins Variation 8-ply
- E11 Wade-Smyslov Variation 8-ply
- E21 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation, Shocron Gambit 10-ply
- E14 Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 13-ply
- E14 Queen's Indian Defense, with e3, Bb4+ Line 10-ply
- E16 Queen's Indian Defense: Yates Variation 12-ply