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Reference position · Black to move

A49 Indian Defense: Przepiorka Variation

A49 holds a single named line. It leaves A48 (East Indian Defense) with 3.g3. Black, to move in that position, has 23 legal moves, the third-lowest count of the 8 Indian Defense codes. At five plies, its reference line is the second-longest of the 8 Indian Defense codes.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1d4Nf6
2Nf3g6
3g3

The move that completes A49

The reference line of D77 plays all of these moves and continues beyond them; A49 is the position reached at 3.g3.

  1. 3.g3 The g-pawn advances to g3, covering f4 and h4, opening a line for the bishop on f1.

The road to A49

  1. 1.d4 … 1...Nf6two earlier stops: A40, A45
  2. 2.Nf3A46 Knights Variation
  3. 2...g6A48 East Indian Defense
  4. 3.g3A49

The position after 3.g3

White has brought out the knight on f3; Black the knight on f6.

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3939Minor pieces developed11Moves spent on pawns21Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e510Squares attacked in the other half42not castlednot castled

Codes that branch off from A49

The reference lines of one other code leave A49 from the position after 3.g3, each with its own moves.

CodeMovesReference line
D773...Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.c4Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
A46Indian Defense: Knights Variationfour squares: g2, g3, g6, g7
A05Zukertort Openingsix squares: d2, g2, g3, d4, g6, g7
A45Indian Defensesix squares: g1, g2, f3, g3, g6, g7
A47Pseudo Queen’s Indian Defensesix squares: g2, g3, b6, g6, b7, g7
E60Indian Defense: West Indian Defensesix squares: g1, c2, g2, f3, g3, c4
D23Queen’s Gambit Acceptedseven squares: c2, g2, g3, c4, g6, d7, g7
A04Zukertort Openingeight squares: d2, g2, g3, d4, f6, g6, g7, g8

Where lines continue from here

Three named lines filed under other codes pass through the position after 3.g3. All of them belong to the codes listed above.

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