Tree path 8 levels Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian › Queen's Indian Defense › Fianchetto Variation › Traditional Line › Queen's Indian Defense: Traditional Variation › Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation › Traditional Variation › Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Tiviakov Defense
- Chess Codex
- Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian E10
- Queen's Indian Defense E12
- Fianchetto Variation E15
- Traditional Line E15
- Queen's Indian Defense: Traditional Variation E17
- Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation E17
- Traditional Variation E18
- Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Tiviakov Defense E18 you are here
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Tiviakov Defense
Overview
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Tiviakov Defense is a variation within the Indian Defenses family, indexed as ECO E18.
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 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Na6, after 14 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian.
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- ECO code
- E18
- Group
- Indian Defenses (E)
- Plies
- 14
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