Indian Defences

The Indian Defences is a very general name for almost any queen pawn opening where Black does not play “d5”. Usually Black plays “Nf6” against d4 to get to an Indian Defence.

Diagram: The Start of an Indian Defence

The main Indian Defences are:

• King’s Indian Defence
• Queen’s Indian Defence
• Nimzo-Indian Defence
• Bogo-Indian Defence
• Old Indian Defence

The other openings with some Indian-like opening characteristics include:

• Gruenfeld Defence
• Benoni
• Benko Gambit
• Blumenfeld Gambit
• Budapest Gambit