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Volume E · Indian defenses‹ E59E61 ›
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Reference position · White to move

E60 Indian Defense: West Indian Defense

Also filed here: King’s Indian Defense, Grünfeld Defense, Queen’s Pawn, Mengarini Attack.

E60 holds 14 named lines from four openings, most of them (six) under Indian Defense. It leaves A50 (Indian Defense: Normal Variation) with 2...g6. Lines filed under D70, D71, D72 and D75 reach one of its named positions by a different move order. Lines of 69 other codes continue from its position, the third-widest spread of the 8 Indian Defense codes. White, to move in that position, has 30 legal moves, the third-highest count of the 8 Indian Defense codes.

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#WhiteBlack
1d4Nf6
2c4g6

The move that completes E60

The reference line of D70 plays all of these moves and continues beyond them; E60 is the position reached at 2...g6.

  1. 2...g6 The g-pawn advances to g6, covering f5 and h5, opening a line for the bishop on f8.

Lines filed under E60

All 14 share the start 1.d4 Nf6 and then split two ways at White’s move 2.

NameAfter the shared startPliesAt the end
Indian Defense: West Indian Defense2.c4 g64
Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Advance Variation2.c4 g6 3.d55
Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Alekhine Variation2.c4 g6 3.f35
Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Basman-Williams Attack2.c4 g6 3.h45
King’s Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Immediate Fianchetto2.c4 g6 3.g35
King’s Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King’s Knight Variation2.Nf3 g6 3.c45
Queen’s Pawn, Mengarini Attack2.c4 g6 3.Qc25
Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Adorjan Gambit2.c4 g6 3.d5 b56
Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Alekhine Variation, Leko Gambit2.c4 g6 3.f3 e56
King’s Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g37
King’s Indian Defense: Santasiere Variation2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.b47
Grünfeld Defense: Counterthrust Variation2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d58
King’s Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Benoni Variation2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 c612Black castled
King’s Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Hollywood Variation2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 Nc612Black castled

The road to E60

  1. 1.d4one earlier stop: A40
  2. 1...Nf6A45 Indian Defense
  3. 2.c4A50 Normal Variation
  4. 2...g6E60

The position after 2...g6

Black has brought out the knight on f6; White has not yet moved a knight or bishop.

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3939Minor pieces developed01Moves spent on pawns21Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e510Squares attacked in the other half62not castlednot castled

Codes that branch off from E60

The reference lines of nine other codes leave E60 from five of its named positions; “From” gives the last part of that position’s name.

CodeFromMovesReference line
D70Alekhine Variation3...d5Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack
D71Counterthrust Variation5.cxd5 Nxd5Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation
D73Counterthrust Variation5.Nf3Neo-Grünfeld Defense: with g3
D74Fianchetto Variation4...O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-ONeo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation
D78Fianchetto Variation4...O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation, Original Defense
E61West Indian Defense3.Nc3King’s Indian Defense
E63Fianchetto Variation4...O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6King’s Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation
E64Fianchetto Variation4...c5 5.Bg2 Qa5+King’s Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Pterodactyl Variation
E67Immediate Fianchetto3...Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7King’s Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Debrecen Defense

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
A15English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defensefour squares: d2, d4, g6, g7
A45Indian Defensefour squares: c2, c4, g6, g7
A48East Indian Defensefour squares: g1, c2, f3, c4
A51Indian Defense: Budapest Gambitfour squares: e5, g6, e7, g7
A53Old Indian Defensefour squares: d6, g6, d7, g7
A56Benoni Defensefour squares: c5, g6, c7, g7
D80Grünfeld Defensefour squares: b1, c3, d5, d7

Where lines continue from here

Besides the codes above, they belong to A65, D72, D75, D76, D79, D80, D81, D82, D83, D84, D85, D86, D87, D88, D89, D90, D91, D92, D93, D94, D95, D96, D97, D98, D99, E62, E65, E66, E68, E69, E70, E71, E72, E73, E74, E75, E76, E77, E78, E79, E80, E81, E82, E83, E84, E85, E86, E87, E88, E89, E90, E91, E92, E93, E94, E95, E96, E97, E98, E99.

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Other move orders

  • Grünfeld Defense: Counterthrust Variation is also reached inside D71 Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, whose order is 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 d5.
  • Grünfeld Defense: Counterthrust Variation is also reached inside D72 Neo-Grünfeld Defense: with g3, whose order is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7.
  • King’s Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation is also reached inside D75 Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation, whose order is 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3.
  • King’s Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King’s Knight Variation is also reached inside D70 Neo-Grünfeld Defense: with Nf3, whose order is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3.

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