Döry Defense

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 Ne4

The Döry Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO A46, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 Ne4. White is to move.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 192 times by this move order. White won 55%, 5% were drawn and Black won 40%. The most popular continuation is 3. e3 (28% of games).

Engine evaluation: +0.51 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 3. e3 d5 4. c4 e6 5. Bd3 f5)

ECO: A46
Moves: 4 plies
FEN: rnbqkb1r/pppppppp/8/8/3Pn3/5N2/PPP1PPPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 3 3
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 Ne4

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	136	57%38%
1500-1999	39	49%46%
2000+	17	59%41%
All	192	55%40%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
3. e3	53 (28%)	51%40%
3. Bf4	43 (22%)	63%37%
3. Nc3	23 (12%)	74%26%
3. Qd3	16 (8%)	19%75%
3. c4	14 (7%)	36%64%
3. Be3	12 (6%)	42%58%
3. g3	12 (6%)	67%25%
3. Nbd2	9 (5%)	89%

Master games

23 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 48%, draw 13%, Black 39%). The strongest:

IM Richard Biolek (2409) – FM Lumir Mrazek (2303) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-CZE 1 Liga Vychod · 2022-03-26
GM Stellan Brynell (2464) – CM Michael Wiander (2204) 1-0 · Deltalift Open 2014 · 2014-05-29
IM Roman Chytilek (2303) – FM Lumir Mrazek (2311) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-CZE 1 Liga Vychod · 2022-11-26
IM Leonardo Duarte (2299) – IM Justin Sarkar (2290) 1-0 · Titled Tue 26th Sep Late · 2023-09-26
Ivan Mesquita V Goncalves (2237) – FM Niranjan Navalgund (2289) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 5th Oct · 2021-10-05

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Highest-rated Lichess games

mzmaz (2454) – Belgatrain (2334) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 600 + 0s
JohnMaverick_Y (2277) – madreszachy (2329) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 600 + 0s
FM purepecha1 (2293) – rudygoatbert (2261) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 300 + 0s

Comes from

Indian Defense: Knights Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3

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.