Bogo-Indian defence

This line can also arise from the Bogo-Indian Defence (1.

The Bogo-Indian Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves:

The Bogo-Indian Defence chess opening (1.

Black plays the Bogo-Indian Defence.

The Bogo-Indian Defence is a solid alternative to the Queen's Indian, into which it sometimes transposes.

He is the eponym of the Monticelli Trap, a chess opening trap in the Bogo-Indian Defence.

In chess, the Monticelli Trap is a combination in the Bogo-Indian Defence, named for Italian champion Mario Monticelli from the game Monticelli versus Prokeš, Budapest 1926.

Isaak Lipnitsky vs Tigran Petrosian, USSR Championship, Moscow 1950, Bogo-Indian Defence (E11), 1-0 It's a very tough maneuvering endgame win over a future World Champion.

The game often transposes to a Dutch Defence, a Nimzo-Indian Defence, a Bogo-Indian Defence, a Queen's Indian Defence, an English Defence, or a Queen's Gambit Declined.