A53 is the opening Old Indian Defense of the volume A · Flank openings: 4 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 8 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
3,006 games in the collections, from 1905 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2414.
White wins 39 %, draws 35 %, Black wins 26 %
Most games: Hickl, Joerg (34), Moehring, Guenther (29), Bronstein, David I (25), Galego, Luis (25), Shirazi, Kamran G (25)
All 8 variations
- Old Indian Defense 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 d6
- Old Indian Defense: Aged Gibbon Gambit 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 d6 3.g4
- Old Indian Defense: Czech Variation, with Nc3 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 d6 3.♘c3 c6
- Old Indian Defense: Czech Variation, with Nf3 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 d6 3.♘f3 c6
- Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 d6 3.♘c3 ♗f5
- Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation, Fianchetto Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 d6 3.♘c3 ♗f5 4.g3
- Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation, Grinberg Gambit 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 d6 3.♘c3 ♗f5 4.e4
- Old Indian Defense: Janowski Variation, Main Line 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 d6 3.♘c3 ♗f5 4.f3