Tree path 5 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Indian Defense › Knights Variation › Torre Attack: Classical Defense › Nimzowitsch Variation
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game A40
- Indian Defense A45
- Knights Variation A46
- Torre Attack: Classical Defense A46
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Torre Attack: Classical Defense, Nimzowitsch Variation
Overview
Torre Attack: Classical Defense, Nimzowitsch Variation is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A46.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
It is reached after 6 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6.
It is a variation of Torre Attack: Classical Defense, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- A46
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 6
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