The New Indian Defense refers to those opening constructions in which both sides, at least at the first stage of development, refrain from directly occupying the center. The origin and development of the debut took place in close connection with the development of the defense of Nimtsovich. The main New Indian defense options arise after 1. d4 Kf6 2. c4 eb 3. KJ3 b6. Since White do not threaten to immediately play e2-e4, Black can proceed with the development of the queenside. By phanquetting the c8 elephant, they seek to establish control over the e4 and d5 fields. Something like this developed in the games of Nimtsovich against Gregory and Bernstein, played in 1913-1914.
