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Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian
Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) starts 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3. In 56,582 games between strong players, White wins 40%, 26% are drawn and Black wins 33%; the most played move is 3…d5 (53%).
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3
- ECO
- E10
- Games between strong players
- 56,582
- To move
- Black
White wins, draws and Black wins, from this position.
What strong players play next
The moves played most from this position in over-the-board broadcasts and the Lichess Elite Database, how often, and how the games ended.
| Move | Played | Results | Leads to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3…d5 | 53% (29,886) | – | |
| 3…b6 | 23% (13,076) | Queen's Indian Defense | |
| 3…Bb4+ | 16% (8,797) | Bogo-Indian Defense | |
| 3…c5 | 6% (3,424) | – | |
| 3…a6 | 1% (582) | Indian Defense: Dzindzi-Indian Defense | |
| 3…Be7 | 1% (332) | – |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from Indian Defense: Normal Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation 45,177 games
- Queen's Indian Defense 13,379 games
- Bogo-Indian Defense 8,796 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional Variation 1,752 games
- Benoni Defense: Classical Variation 1,093 games
- Blumenfeld Countergambit 875 games
- Benoni Defense: Knight's Tour Variation 826 games
- Indian Defense: Dzindzi-Indian Defense 610 games
- Benoni Defense: Uhlmann Variation 119 games
Top players' games in the Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian, reviewed
More Indian Defense lines
- Indian Defense 311,762 games
- Indian Defense: Knights Variation 85,131 games
- Indian Defense: West Indian Defense 46,520 games
- Indian Defense: Accelerated London System 13,418 games
- Indian Defense: Wade-Tartakower Defense 7,715 games
- Indian Defense: Spielmann-Indian 6,934 games
- Indian Defense: London System 5,955 games
- Indian Defense: Przepiorka Variation 4,036 games
- Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit 3,035 games
- Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted 2,728 games
- Indian Defense: Budapest Gambit Accepted, Main Line 2,297 games
- Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Alekhine Variation 1,690 games
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