Talk:Franco-Indian Defence

I've never heard the name "Horwitz Defence"

Are there sources for this? Usually 1.d4 e6 transposes into a Nimzo or QID or Dutch or French. Not many independent lines apart from 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ (Keres) MaxBrowne2 (talk) 02:13, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not much. I'm minded to redirect to Queen's Pawn Game. Even the article itself admits it's isn't independently significant.-- P-K3 (talk) 16:28, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It seems the name originates with Schiller's Unorthodox Chess Openings, famously described as "utter crap" by Tony Miles. IMO it should be defecated, I mean deprecated, as a RS. He invented all sorts of ridiculous opening names that were never in use before. 1...e6 is just 1...e6. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 06:35, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

1.d4 e6 is Franco-Indian Defence acc. Hooper & Whyld Oxford Companion to Chess per my recent updates. Perhaps the article s/b moved to there. --IHTS (talk) 06:51, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Done --IHTS (talk) 07:09, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure that's a common name either but I found a source with Jonathan Speelman using it in 1998 so it should be ok. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/independent-pursuits-chess-1194797.html MaxBrowne2 (talk) 07:50, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Transpositon table at the bottom

User:MaxBrowne2 reverted my edit to the transposition table, where i changed the entry for Benoni from 2. e4 c5 3. d5 to 2. c4 c5 3. d5 Nf6. Would the original version not be the Franco-Benoni? Also, the 2. e4 c5 3. d5 has beeen around since the creation of the article (3 years, 3.5 months) Jan Gamecuber (talk) 16:56, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There was no need to overwrite existing content. Add more transpositions if you want. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 21:36, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have reorganized the table, I think it's better now. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 02:25, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is very good, thank you! Jan Gamecuber (talk) 16:23, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]