Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...Nf6/2. c4/2...g6/3. Nf3

Indian Defence
a b c d e f g h 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) rnbqkb1r/pppppp1p/5np1/8/2PP4/5N2/PP2PPPP/RNBQKB1R b
Moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3

Indian Defence

3. Nf3

White develops a piece and continues their fight for the central dark squares. This Knight's development, while solid, prevents White's option of playing f3 or f4 and thus gives up options of the aggressive Four Pawns Attack by requiring f4 and the Samisch, which requires f3.

Theory table

For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation..

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3

	3	4	5	6
King's Indian Defence	Nf3 Bg7	Nc3 d6	e4 O-O	Be2 e5	=
King's Indian Defence	... d6	Nc3 Bg7			See line above
Grunfeld Defence	... d5	Nc3 Bg7	cxd5 Nxd5	e4 Nxc3	=
King's Indian with c5	... c5	d5 Bg7	Nc3 O-O	e4 d6	∞

References

• Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.