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Tree path 5 levels English Opening › Anglo-Indian Defense › Queen's Knight Variation › English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog System › English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Nimzo-English
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A17

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Nimzo-English

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Overview

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Nimzo-English is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A17.

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

It is reached after 6 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4.

It is a variation of English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog System, which itself descends from the root opening English Opening.

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ECO code
A17
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
6
Parent
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog System

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