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Indian defence
(In¦dian de|fence)
noun
[
usually with modifier
]
Chess
a defence in which Black responds to White’s advance of the queen’s pawn by moving the king’s knight to square
f
6, usually following with a fianchetto:
King’s Indian defence
Queen’s Indian defence
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