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A41Opening

Old Indian Defense

1. d4 d6 2. c4

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Black to move

Legal moves
27
Games in the next 4 moves
680,769
Different positions among them
223,054
Named lines from here
3

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It is reached after 3 moves: 1. d4 d6 2. c4.

Black is to move and has 27 legal moves. Over the next four moves — two for each side — the game can branch into 680,769 different games. Those games reach 223,054 different positions: most positions can be reached in more than one way, 3.1 on average.

The Lichess opening list names 3 further lines after this position, such as Rat Defense, English Rat (2... e5).

The same moves can be played in 2 different legal orders that all reach this position. For example 1. c4 d6 2. d4, which starts as the English Opening.

Map of every game of the next four moves after the Old Indian Defense
Every game of the next four moves from this position, as the map draws it. Each ring is one more move; the outer ring holds all 680,769 games.

Move by move

  1. 1. d4Queen's Pawn Game
  2. 1... d6Queen's Pawn Game
  3. 2. c4Old Indian Defense

Named lines from here

Related openings

FEN

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