English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense (5. e3 e6)
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 e6
The English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO A17, reached after 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 e6. It is a line of the English Opening. White is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: +0.10 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nxd5 Qxd5)
- ECO
- A17
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 e6
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Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 100%, draw 0%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- GM Jeffery Xiong (2690) – IM Robert Baskin (2428) 1-0 · Titled Tue 6th Sep Late · 2022-09-06
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Comes from
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation (3… Nxd5 4. Nf3) 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3
More English Opening lines (all)
- English Opening A10
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- English Opening: Adorjan Defense A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense, Hickmann Gambit A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Variation, Chabanon Gambit A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Variation, Ferenc Gambit A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Lithuanian Variation A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Löhn Gambit A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Malvinas Variation A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Schulz Gambit A10
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.