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1. d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2. c2-c4 d7-d6
The ancient Indian defense is an opening of the game of chess . The ancient Indian defense is one of the closed games and emerges from the Indian defense . In the opening system of the ECO codes , it is classified under the keys A53 to A55.
The ancient Indian defense begins with the moves
1. d2-d4 Ng8-f6
2. c2-c4 d7-d6
and was invented by Wilfried Paulsen , because he saw that his younger brother Louis , who was the first to play King's Indian , with the four pawn attack (2.… g7 – g6 3. Nb1 – c3 Bf8 – g7 4. e2 – e4 d7 – d6 5 . f2 – f4) couldn't cope. Old Indian is therefore younger than King's Indian. Black should first play Nb8 – d7 and e7 – e5 before deciding on the development of his king's bishop. By dispensing with the fianchetting of the bishop f8 - it is developed according to Be7 - the result is Old Indian.
Black is usually quite narrow, giving white a lot of room to develop freely. Black usually settles early on e7 – e5 and Nb8 – d7. In comparison to the King's Indian Defense, he gives up the options Nb8 – c6 and c7 – c5. Jörg Hickl has the ancient Indian defense in his repertoire.
The following continuations are known in the main variant 3. Nb1 – c3 e7 – e5 4. Ng1 – f3 Nb8 – d7:
- 5. Bc1 – g5 Bf8 – e7 6. e2 – e3
- 5. g2 – g3 c7 – c6 6. Bf1 – g2 Bf8 – e7 7. 0–0 0–0 8. e2 – e4
- 5. e2 – e4 Bf8 – e7 6. Bf1 – e2 0–0 7. 0–0 c7 – c6
The main line is often reached via 3. Nb1 – c3 Nb8 – d7 4. Ng1 – f3 e7 – e5. Black doesn't need to fear the flattening 3. Nb1 – c3 e7 – e5 4. d4xe5 d6xe5 5. Qd1xd8 + Ke8xd8.
Black's game is laid out differently after 3. Nb1 – c3 e7 – e5 4. Ng1 – f3 e5 – e4. Black plays in the center and on the kingside .
The Janowski variant is reached after 3. Nb1 – c3 Bc8 – f5, with which Black wants to make the center advance e2 – e4 more difficult.
If White moves 3. Ng1 – f3 in the third move to prevent e7 – e5, Black can prepare the double step of his king's pawn with 3.… Nb8 – d7. After 4. Nb1 – c3 e7 – e5 there is the main line again. In a secondary line, which is sometimes named after the British IM Robert Wade, Black can avoid this sequence of moves if he answers 3. Ng1 – f3 with 3.… Bc8 – g4.
literature
- Mahesh Chandra Banerjee: Novelties in the Old Indian Defense (Hanham Variation). epubli, Berlin 2015, ISBN 9783737535984 .
- Junior Tay: The Old Indian move by move. Everyman Chess, London 2015, ISBN 9781781942321 .