Tree path 7 levels Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian › Queen's Indian Defense › Fianchetto Variation › Traditional Line › Queen's Indian Defense: Traditional Variation › Queen's Indian Defense: Anti-Queen's Indian System › Queen's Indian Defense: Opocensky Variation
- 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: Anti-Queen's Indian System E17
- Queen's Indian Defense: Opocensky Variation E17 you are here
Queen's Indian Defense: Opocensky Variation
Overview
Queen's Indian Defense: Opocensky Variation is a named branch in the Indian Defenses group of chess theory, classified under ECO E17.
The Indian Defenses group covers Indian defences — hypermodern lines where Black challenges the centre with pieces rather than pawns.
It is reached after 13 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Queen's Indian Defense: Anti-Queen's Indian System, part of the broader Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian system.
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- ECO code
- E17
- Group
- Indian Defenses (E)
- Plies
- 13
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