Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Basman-Williams Attack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4
The Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Basman-Williams Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO E60, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4. It is a line of the Indian Defense. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 254 times by this move order. White won 48%, 7% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 3… Bg7 (52% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.15 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 3… c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4)
- ECO
- E60
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 20 | |
| 1500-1999 | 79 | |
| 2000+ | 155 | |
| All | 254 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Bg7 | 131 (52%) | |
| 3… h5 | 65 (26%) | |
| 3… c5 | 23 (9%) | |
| 3… d5 | 21 (8%) | |
| 3… d6 | 10 (4%) | |
| 3… h6 | 2 (1%) | |
| 3… c6 | 1 (0%) | |
| 3… Nc6 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
1,146 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 48%, draw 18%, Black 34%). The strongest:
- LCZero 0.30-dag-a9b25c2b-BT2-3 (3598) – Stockfish dev-20230409-b36d39d (3639) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 24 Superfinal 2023 · 2023-04-16
- Stockfish dev-20230409-b36d39d (3639) – LCZero 0.30-dag-a9b25c2b-BT2-3 (3598) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 24 Superfinal 2023 · 2023-04-16
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2882) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2778) 1-0 · Saint Louis Blitz 2019 · 2019-08-13
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2862) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2784) 1/2-1/2 · chess.com Speed 2020 · 2020-12-12
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2862) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2784) 1-0 · chess.com Speed 2020 · 2020-12-12
Search all games of the Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Basman-Williams Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- IM Secret_Magnus (2676) – Gertrude_Weichsel (2553) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- chEss653447 (2594) – GM novik70 (2542) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- FM terrortoast (2583) – BlitzRoadTo2600 (2499) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Indian Defense: West Indian Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6
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.