Old Indian Defense: Duz-Khotimirsky Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Bd3
The Old Indian Defense: Duz-Khotimirsky Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A54, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Bd3. It is a line of the Old Indian Defense. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 5… Be7 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.10 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 5… g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4)
- ECO
- A54
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Bd3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Be7 | 1 (100%) |
Master games
13 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 38%, draw 0%, Black 62%). The strongest:
- GM Dmitry Frolyanov (2491) – GM Anton Demchenko (2623) 0-1 · Titled Tue 9th May Early · 2023-05-09
- WGM Anna M. Sargsyan (2392) – GM Anton Demchenko (2610) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 9th Feb · 2021-02-09
- GM Nebojsa Nikcevic (2395) – GM Denis Kadric (2584) 1-0 · 75th ch-MNE 2023 · 2023-02-07
- GM Alexandr Fier (2569) – FM Alex Garrido Outon (2339) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 1st June · 2021-06-01
- FM Patrik Stevik (2254) – GM Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez (2559) 0-1 · Titled Tue 24th Sep Late · 2024-09-24
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- julio-capa-calas (1762) – AttilaKarabasBarabas (1891) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 600 + 0s
Comes from
Old Indian Defense: Ukrainian Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5
More Old Indian Defense lines (all)
- Old Indian Defense (1… d6 2. c4) A41
- Old Indian Defense (2. c4 d6) A53
- Old Indian Defense: Aged Gibbon Gambit A53
- Old Indian Defense: Czech Variation, with Nc3 A53
- Old Indian Defense: Czech Variation, with Nf3 A53
- Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation A53
- Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation, Fianchetto Variation A53
- Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation, Grinberg Gambit A53
- Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation, Main Line A53
- Old Indian Defense: Tartakower-Indian A54
- Old Indian Defense: Two Knights Variation A54
- Old Indian Defense: Normal Variation A55
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.