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- Indian Defense: West Indian Defense E60
- King's Indian Defense E61
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King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation
Overview
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation is a named branch in the Indian Defenses group of chess theory, classified under ECO E70.
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 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4, after 7 plies of opening development.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from King's Indian Defense, part of the broader Indian Defense: West Indian Defense system.
It continues primarily into one named line, King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation.
Below the direct variations, the full subtree contains 81 documented sub-variations.
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- ECO code
- E70
- Group
- Indian Defenses (E)
- Plies
- 7
- Parent
- King's Indian Defense
- Direct variations
- 1
- Total in subtree
- 81
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