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A48

East Indian Defense

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Overview

East Indian Defense is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A48.

The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.

The line arises from 4 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6.

It is a variation of Indian Defense: Knights Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

It branches into 5 notable variations — Indian Defense: Colle System, King's Indian Variation, Indian Defense: Przepiorka Variation, London System, and others.

Together the deeper variations number 16 across the full subtree.

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ECO code
A48
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
4
Parent
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
Direct variations
5
Total in subtree
16

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Variations (5)

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Sister lines that share the same parent Indian Defense: Knights Variation:

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