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A53

Old Indian Defense

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Overview

Old Indian Defense is a named branch in the Flank Openings group of chess theory, classified under ECO A53.

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

It begins with 4 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 to reach the canonical position.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from Indian Defense: Normal Variation, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.

7 distinct sub-variations branch from this opening; prominent examples include Aged Gibbon Gambit, Czech Variation, with Nc3, Czech Variation, with Nf3, and others.

Together the deeper variations number 12 across the full subtree.

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ECO code
A53
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
4
Parent
Indian Defense: Normal Variation
Direct variations
7
Total in subtree
12

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Variations (7)

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

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