Tree path 3 levels English Opening › Agincourt Defense › English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Formation
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English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Formation
Overview
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Formation is a named branch in the Flank Openings group of chess theory, classified under 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.
The line arises from 6 plies — specifically the moves 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from English Opening: Agincourt Defense, part of the broader English Opening system.
It continues primarily into one named line, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Variation.
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- ECO code
- A17
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 6
- Direct variations
- 1
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