Indian defense

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Indian defense

Summary

Indian defense is a chess opening[1]. It draws 258 Wikipedia views per month (chess_opening category, ranking #22 of 129).[2]

Key Facts

  • Indian defense's image is recorded as Indian Defence 1. d4 Nf6 chess opening.png[3].
  • Indian defense's instance of is recorded as chess opening[4].
  • British Raj is named after Indian defense[5].
  • Moheschunder Bannerjee is named after Indian defense[6].
  • Indian defense's GND ID is recorded as 4114004-7[7].
  • Indian defense's subclass of is recorded as chess opening[8].
  • Indian defense's subclass of is recorded as Semi-Closed Game[9].
  • Indian defense's part of is recorded as chess terminology[10].
  • Indian defense's sport is recorded as chess[11].
  • Indian defense's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07gd8h[12].
  • Indian defense's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Indian Defense[13].
  • Indian defense's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://chess.stackexchange.com/tags/indian-defence[14].
  • Indian defense's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as indisk_forsvar[15].
  • Indian defense's Portable Game Notation is recorded as d4 Nf6[16].
  • Indian defense's ECO code is recorded as A45–A79[17].
  • Indian defense's ECO code is recorded as D70–D99[18].
  • Indian defense's ECO code is recorded as E00–E99[19].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Indian defense include Nimzo-Indian Defence[20], a chess opening[21].

Why It Matters

Indian defense draws 258 Wikipedia views per month (chess_opening category, ranking #22 of 129).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for it include Nimzo-Indian Defence[20], a chess opening[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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