Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Advance Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d5
The Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Advance Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO E60, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d5. It is a line of the Indian Defense. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 273 times by this move order. White won 42%, 5% were drawn and Black won 53%. The most popular continuation is 3… Bg7 (65% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.10 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 3… Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3)
- ECO
- E60
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 133 | |
| 1500-1999 | 121 | |
| 2000+ | 19 | |
| All | 273 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Bg7 | 177 (65%) | |
| 3… d6 | 68 (25%) | |
| 3… c6 | 19 (7%) | |
| 3… e6 | 4 (1%) | |
| 3… c5 | 4 (1%) | |
| 3… Bh6 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
103 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 45%, draw 17%, Black 38%). The strongest:
- GM Baadur Jobava (2603) – GM Anish Giri (2780) 1-0 · MrDodgy Invitational 2 · 2021-05-16
- GM Dmitry Andreikin (2729) – GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (2540) 1-0 · Titled Tue 1st Aug Late · 2023-08-01
- GM Vladimir Fedoseev (2658) – GM Yaroslav Zherebukh (2605) 1-0 · St Louis Winter Classic A · 2017-03-13
- IM Vasily Usmanov (2450) – GM Markus Ragger (2687) 1-0 · World Blitz 2018 · 2018-12-30
- GM Danilo Milanovic (2494) – GM Ivan Salgado Lopez (2629) 1/2-1/2 · European Rapid 2018 · 2018-12-08
Search all games of the Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Advance Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- lehloo (2278) – Miodragjazadzievski (2335) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Abood1409 (2132) – IM kc6 (2412) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- thatgal (2241) – Rigozzaki (2228) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Indian Defense: West Indian Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6
Continuations
- Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Adorjan Gambit E60 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d5 b5
More Indian Defense lines (all)
- Indian Defense: Pseudo-Benko A43
- Indian Defense (1. d4 Nf6) A45
- Indian Defense: Accelerated London System A45
- Indian Defense: Gedult Attack A45
- Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit A45
- Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit Accepted A45
- Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Maltese Falcon A45
- Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Oshima Defense A45
- Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Stummer Gambit A45
- Indian Defense: Lazard Gambit A45
- Indian Defense: Maddigan Gambit A45
- Indian Defense: Omega Gambit A45
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.