[Event "gameID 8984517"]
[Site "http://www.chessmaniac.com"]
[Date "2011.04.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ratodetabuleiro"]
[Black "grimsweeper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "grimsweeper"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[EventType "game (corr)"]

1. b4 {Sokolsky Opening} e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. b5 a6 4. a4 d5 5. e3 c5 6. Nf3 Bd6 7.
c4 axb5 8. axb5 Rxa1 9. Bxa1 Nbd7 10. d3 $146 ({Predecessor (2):} 10. Be2 Qc7
11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bb4+ 13. Bc3 Bxc3+ 14. Nxc3 dxc4 15. O-O O-O 16. Qc2 Nb6
17. Rc1 e5 18. Nf3 Be6 19. Ng5 Rc8 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 c3 23.
Bd3 g6 24. h4 Nd5 25. Qg4 Re8 26. h5 Nf6 27. Qg5 Nxh5 28. Qg4 Rc8 29. Qxe6+ Kg7
30. b6 Qc6 31. Qxe5+ Nf6 32. Qe7+ Kh8 33. Qe5 Qxb6 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Qxc3 Kg8
36. Bc4+ Kg7 37. Qe5 Kf8 38. Qb8+ {1/2-1/2 Bouvier,C (1883)-Kambrath,Y (2036)/
Montigny le Bretonneux 2010/EXT 2011}) 10... e5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 $11 12. Qb3 $6 {
12.Nbd2= or 12.Be2=} Qa5+ 13. Bc3 $6 {13.Nfd2=+} Nxc3 14. Nxc3 $2 {14.Nxc3} c4
$19 0-1

MCO 15 section V. Indian Openings

1 Catalan Opening
2 Nimzo-Indian Defense
3 Queen's Indian
4 Bogo-Indian
5 King's Indian Defense
6 Old Indian Defense
7 Grunfeld Defense
8 Benoni Befense
9 Benko Gambit

We have all heard of these, and make the connection that Indian Openings must have a connection to India, but that is about as far as it goes for most of us.

The first reference to “Indian Opening” I can find is from 1881 in reference to Moheschunder Bannerjee and his games with John Cochrane between 1842 and 1860.

The classification became popular after S G Tartakover published a book titled “Indisch (aus der werkstätte einer eröffnung) theorie und praxis, zusammengestellt und erläutert” in 1924 prior to that they were classified as irregular openings in print.

Chess is thought to have evolved from a game invented in India before the 6th century AD. And had made it's way to Europe by the 11th century. There were some important rule changes adopted in the 15th century in Europe leading to the game we play today.

[Event "Kolkata"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1853.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cochrane, John"]
[Black "Mahescandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1853.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 $6 {this is still
played occasionally but 6...c5 is more common.} 7. Bd3 e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 c6
10. O-O Re8 {10...Nc5 has been played a couple of times recently, 10...Re8 is
not bad but I would like to keep e8 open to perhaps reposition a knight to d6.
} 11. Kh1 h6 12. Be3 {white has a slight pull.} cxd5 $6 {gives white a
protected passed pawn} 13. cxd5 Nb6 $6 {black needs to develop his QB so he
can take advantage of the half-open c-file so perhaps 13...b6 intending Bb7
etc.} 14. Qd2 {white has a clear advantage now.} Kh7 15. h3 $6 {white is back
to having a slight pull 15.Rac1 with a clear advantage.} Bd7 $6 {I would try
15...Nh5 followed by 16...Nf4} 16. Nh2 $6 {white should move the Queen and use
the d2 square to reposition is knight.} Rc8 17. Qf2 {should have played this
on the previous move.} Rf8 $6 {it is pretty clear that black doesn't know how
to proceed here.} 18. Bxb6 $6 {the bishop is saying ME to c5!} axb6 {I'd call
this position roughly even.} 19. g4 $6 {ill advised better to play on the
queenside.} Ne8 {I would preferr 19...h5 but never the less you could call the
position dead even here.} 20. h4 Nd6 21. Qg3 b5 22. a3 f5 $6 {sadly just when
black was starting to turn the table on white he takes a step back.} 23. gxf5
$11 gxf5 24. Rg1 Qe7 25. Qg6+ $6 {chess clocks hadn't been invented so we
can't blame this on time trouble.} Kh8 26. Rg2 {thinking to play the queens
rook to g1 but black has other plans.} Be8 27. Qe6 Qxe6 28. dxe6 Bc6 29. Re1
Rce8 {black has a clear advantage now.} 30. Rg6 $6 fxe4 31. Bxe4 $2 {black is
winning now.} Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Rf4 33. Rg4 Rxe6 34. Kg2 $6 h5 35. Rxf4 exf4 36.
Kf3 0-1

I did nothing special today