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A55

Old Indian Defense: Normal Variation

The Old Indian Defense: Normal Variation is a chess opening classified under ECO code A55. Below are the best example games from master play.

Top Players in this Opening

Larsen, Bent11 gamesAronian,L7 gamesSpassky, Boris V6 gamesReshevsky, Samuel Herman5 gamesJussupow, Artur5 gamesAronian, Levon5 gamesPetrosian, Tigran V5 gamesCarlsen,M4 gamesPolugaevsky, Lev4 gamesTal, Mihail4 games

Related Openings

A50 - Slav Indian341A51 - Indian Defense: Budapest Defense19A52 - Indian Defense: Budapest Defense114A53 - Old Indian Defense244A54 - Old Indian Defense: Tartakower-Indian107A56 - Benoni Defense262A57 - Benko Gambit301A58 - Benko Gambit: Nd2 Variation140A59 - Benko Gambit86

Best Games

Gelfand,B vs Gurevich,M1-0
WCC Places 5-8 2005Notable
Gelfand,B vs Morozevich,A0-1
Amber Rapid 2003Notable
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Serper, Grigory1/2-1/2
Wch U20 1987Notable
Gukesh,D vs Duda,J1-0
Gukesh vs Duda Blitz 2025 2025
Abdusattorov,Nodirbek vs Giri,A1-0
FIDE World Cup 2021 2021
Le Quang Liem vs Efimov,Ig1-0
41st Olympiad Open 2014 2014
Bareev,E vs Morozevich,A1-0
Amber Rapid 2003
Topalov,V vs Khalifman,A1/2-1/2
FIDE GP 2002
Polgar, Zsuzsa vs Larsen, Bent1-0
Veterans-Women 1994
Karpov, Anatoly vs Christiansen, Larry Mark1-0
Amber-blind 2nd 1993
Timman, Jan H vs Anand, Viswanathan1/2-1/2
Paris Immopar rapid 1991
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Hickl, Joerg1/2-1/2
Zagreb Interzonal 1987
Timman, Jan H vs Tal, Mihail1/2-1/2
Candidats playoff-4pl 1985
Kasparov, Gary vs Larsen, Bent1-0
Bugojno 1982
Sosonko, Gennadi vs Larsen, Bent1-0
Tilburg 1982
Jussupow, Artur vs Rubinetti, Jorge A1-0
Toluca Interzonal 1982
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Larsen, Bent0-1
Bugojno 1982
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Larsen, Bent1/2-1/2
Mar del Plata 1982
Sosonko, Gennadi vs Larsen, Bent0-1
Tilburg 1981
Hort, Vlastimil vs Larsen, Bent0-1
Tilburg 1979

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