A41: Old Indian defence

1. d4 d6 2. c4

Old Indian defence

A41 Sub-variants:

Queen's Pawn
1. d4 d6

Old Indian, Tartakower (Wade) variation
1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4

Old Indian defence
1. d4 d6 2. c4

Modern defence
1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7

Robatsch defence, Rossolimo variation
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c4 Bg4

Overview

Games on Database:

10273

Last Played:

Jul 2025

Overall score:

33.9%

30%

36.1%

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Played frequently by:

White
Ivan Farago	22 games
Georg Danner	21 games
Maxim Dlugy	20 games

Black
Colin Anderson McNab	49 games
Zurab Azmaiparashvili	36 games
Ivan Hausner	35 games

Possible continuations:

2... e5

5370

27.4 %

33.4 %

39.2 %

2... g6

2104

39.3 %

27.4 %

33.3 %

2... Nf6

1624

44.4 %

26 %

29.6 %

2... f5

515

31.5 %

29.7 %

38.8 %

2... Nd7

348

36.5 %

23.6 %

39.9 %

2... c6

140

47.9 %

22.9 %

29.3 %

2... e6

49

61.2 %

14.3 %

24.5 %

2... Nc6

40

62.5 %

27.5 %

2... c5

39

59 %

15.4 %

25.6 %

2... Bf5

18

55.6 %

16.7 %

27.8 %

2... b6

8

87.5 %

2... Bg4

7

57.1 %

14.3 %

28.6 %

2... Bd7

5

80 %

20 %

2... Be6

2

100 %

2... f6

2

100 %