ECO family guide

Indian Defense — all variations and ECO codes

53 named lines across 12 ECO codes (A43–E60), spanning ECO volumes A, E. Source: the CC0-licensed lichess.org opening database.

The main line

Position after 1.d4 Nf6 (A45). Open this line on Lichess → · Indian Defense on Lichess

How the main line scores at your rating

Real Lichess win rates for 1.d4 Nf6, playing as black — the family's other variations are not separately tracked for win rate yet, main line only.

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Win/draw/loss rate by rating band
Rating band	Games	White / draw / Black	Score for black
1400-1600	31,180,459	48.7% / 3.8% / 47.5%	49.4%
1600-1800	46,751,972	48.5% / 4.3% / 47.2%	49.4%
1800-2000	57,837,629	48.2% / 5.0% / 46.8%	49.3%
2000+	74,937,182	48.3% / 6.6% / 45.1%	48.4%

All 53 named variations

Every named line in the Indian Defense family, from the CC0-licensed ECO classification — not separately tracked for win rate, but every ECO code and move sequence is real, sourced data.

A45Indian Defense (main line) — 1.d4 Nf6
E00Indian Defense (main line) — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Qb3
A43Pseudo-Benko — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5
A45Accelerated London System — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4
A45Gedult Attack — 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 d5 3.g4
A45Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit — 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4
- A45Maltese Falcon — 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4 Nxg4 3.f3 Nf6 4.e4
- A45Oshima Defense — 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4 e5
- A45Stummer Gambit — 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4 Nxg4 3.e4 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3
A45Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit Accepted — 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4 Nxg4
A45Lazard Gambit — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nd2 e5
A45Maddigan Gambit — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5
A45Omega Gambit — 1.d4 Nf6 2.e4
- A45Arafat Gambit — 1.d4 Nf6 2.e4 Nxe4 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.Bg5
Paleface Attack
- A45Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Deferred — 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 d5 3.e4
A45Pawn Push Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.d5
A45Reversed Chigorin Defense — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5
A45Tartakower Attack — 1.d4 Nf6 2.g3
A46Czech-Indian — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6
A46Knights Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3
- A46Alburt-Miles Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 a6
A46London System — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4
A46Polish Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b5
A46Spielmann-Indian — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5
A46Wade-Tartakower Defense — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6
A47Schnepper Gambit — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c3 e5
Colle System
- A48King's Indian Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Bd3 d6
A49Przepiorka Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3
A50Medusa Gambit — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g5
A50Normal Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4
A50Pyrenees Gambit — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b5
A51Budapest Gambit — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5
A51Budapest Gambit Accepted — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5
- A51Fajarowicz Defense — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4
  - A51Bonsdorf Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3
  - A51Steiner Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Qc2
- A52Main Line — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
  - A52Adler Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3
  - A52Alekhine Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4
    - A52Abonyi Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 Nxe5
    - A52Tartakower Defense — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 d6
  - A52Rubinstein Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4
E00Devin Gambit — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g4
E00Seirawan Attack — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Bg5
E10Anti-Nimzo-Indian — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3
E10Dzindzi-Indian Defense — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6
E10Döry Indian — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Ne4
Anti-Grünfeld
- E60Adorjan Gambit — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d5 b5
- E60Advance Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d5
- E60Alekhine Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3
  - E60Leko Gambit — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 e5
- E60Basman-Williams Attack — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.h4
E60West Indian Defense — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6