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TheBogoIndianDefenceisachessopening
characterisedbythemoves:
1.d4Nf6
2.c4e6
3.Nf3Bb4+

BogoIndianDefense
a

Thepositionarisingafter1.d4Nf62.c4e6iscommon.
ThetraditionalmoveforWhitehereis3.Nc3,threatening
tosetupabigpawncentrewith4.e4.However,3.Nf3is
oftenplayedinsteadasawayofavoidingtheNimzo
IndianDefence(whichwouldfollowafter3.Nc3Bb4).
After3.Nf3,Blackusuallyplays3...b6(theQueen's
IndianDefence)or3...d5(leadingtotheQueen'sGambit
Declined),butcaninsteadplay3...Bb4+,theBogo
Indian,namedafterEfimBogoljubov.Thisopeningis
notaspopularastheQueen'sIndian,butisseen
occasionallyatalllevels.
TheBogoIndianisclassifiedasE11bythe
EncyclopaediaofChessOpenings(ECO).

1
a

Moves

1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3Bb4+

ECO

E11

Namedafter

EfimBogoljubov

Parent

IndianDefence

Contents
1 Variations
1.1 4.Bd2
1.2 4.Nbd2
1.3 MonticelliTrap
2 Seealso
3 References
4 Furtherreading

Variations
Whitehasthreeviablemovestomeetthecheck.4.Nc3isatranspositiontotheKasparovVariationofthe
NimzoIndian,thereforethemainindependentvariationsare4.Bd2and4.Nbd2.

4.Bd2

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4.Bd2isthemostcommonline,thebishoponb4isnowthreatenedandBlackneedstodecidewhattodo
aboutit.
Thesimplestistotradeoffthebishopbymeansof4...Bxd2+thislineisnotparticularlypopular,but
hasbeenplayedfrequentlybytheSwedishgrandmasterUlfAndersson,oftenasadrawingline.[1]
4...Qe7ThisiscalledNimzovichvariation,defendingthebishop,anddeferringthedecisionofwhat
todountillateristhemostcommon.5.g3Nc6andtheNimzovichvariationmainlinecontinues6.
Nc3Bxc37.Bxc3Ne48.Rc1009.Bg2d610.d5Nd811.dxe6Nxe6andthepositionisequal.
Anotheralternativeis6.Bg2Bxd2+7.Nbxd2d68.00a59.e4e510.d5Nb811.Ne10012.Nd3
Na6andthepositionisequal.
DavidBronsteintriedthesharperalternative4...a5grabbingspaceonthequeensideatthecostof
structuralweaknesses.
Amoremodernlineis4...c5,after5.Bxb4cxb4,Black'spawnsaredoubled,andapawnhasbeen
pulledawayfromthecentre,buttheb4pawncanalsobeannoyingforWhitesinceittakesthec3
squareawayfromtheknight.Infact,oneofWhite'smajoralternativesis6.a3,tradingoffthispawn
atonce.
Simplyretreatingthebishopbymeansof4...Be7isalsopossibleBlackbenefitsfromlosingatempo
sinceWhite'sdarksquarebishopismisplacedatd2.Thelineissomewhatpassive,butsolid.

4.Nbd2
4.Nbd2isanalternativeaimingtoacquirethebishopfortheknightorforcingBlack'sbishoptoretreat.The
downsideisthattheknightisdevelopedtoasquarewhereitblocksthebishop,andd2isalessactive
squarethanc3.ThelineisdescribedintheGambitGuideas"ambitious".Black'smostcommonrepliesare
4...b6,4...00,and4...d5.

MonticelliTrap
ThisopeninggivesrisetotheMonticelliTrap.

Seealso
Listofchessopenings
Listofchessopeningsnamedafterpeople

References
Notes
1.PedersenmentionsAndersson'sutilizationofthisline,notinghedrawsalargemajorityofthetime,however
Checkpoint(http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen108.pdf)Chesscafe.com,seeHansen'sreviewoftheBogo
IndianCD,whichnotesthatthisisnotalwaysanattempttomerelydraw.

Bibliography
SteffenPedersen(1999).GambitGuidetotheBogoIndian.Gambit.ISBN1901983048.

Furtherreading
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Taulbut,Shaun(1995).TheNewBogoIndian.Cadogan
Books.ISBN9781857440263.
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