Bogo-Indian Defense: Wade-Smyslov Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5
The Bogo-Indian Defense: Wade-Smyslov Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO E11, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5. It is a line of the Bogo-Indian Defense. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 338 times by this move order. White won 51%, 6% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 5. g3 (42% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.38 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. Nc3 d5)
- ECO
- E11
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 11 | |
| 1500-1999 | 83 | |
| 2000+ | 244 | |
| All | 338 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. g3 | 143 (42%) | |
| 5. a3 | 116 (34%) | |
| 5. Nc3 | 36 (11%) | |
| 5. e3 | 18 (5%) | |
| 5. Bxb4 | 15 (4%) | |
| 5. Qc2 | 8 (2%) | |
| 5. b3 | 1 (0%) | |
| 5. h4 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
2,230 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 37%, draw 28%, Black 35%). The strongest:
- Stockfish dev-20260318-d173a06 (3807) – Reckless 0.10.0-dev-b5462f11 (3763) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Superfinal 2026 · 2026-04-03
- Reckless 0.10.0-dev-b5462f11 (3763) – Stockfish dev-20260318-d173a06 (3807) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Superfinal 2026 · 2026-04-02
- Stockfish dev-20230409-b36d39d (3639) – LCZero 0.30-dag-a9b25c2b-BT2-3 (3598) 1-0 · TCEC 24 Superfinal 2023 · 2023-04-28
- LCZero 0.30-dag-a9b25c2b-BT2-3 (3598) – Stockfish dev-20230409-b36d39d (3639) 1-0 · TCEC 24 Superfinal 2023 · 2023-04-27
- Obsidian 14.06 (3555) – Stockfish dev-20241122-b7f17346 (3677) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 27 Premier 2024 · 2024-12-13
Search all games of the Bogo-Indian Defense: Wade-Smyslov Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- vistagusta (2841) – puziko52 (2845) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
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Comes from
Bogo-Indian Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+
Continuations
- Queen's Indian Defense: Yates Variation E16 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7
More Bogo-Indian Defense lines (all)
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Exchange Variation E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Haiti Variation E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Monticelli Trap E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: New England Variation E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation (4. Bd2 Be7) E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation (5… d5 6. Nf3) E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation (6. Nf3 O-O) E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation (6… O-O 7. O-O) E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation (7… c6 8. O-O) E11
- Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation (8. Qc2 c6) E11
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.