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Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Romanishin Attack

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.a3Bb75.Nc3d56.cxd5Nxd57.Bd2
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Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Romanishin Attack484 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
45%21847%
18%8751%
14%6835%
7.9%3836%
6.4%3134%
3.1%1553%
2.1%1065%
1.9%917%
0.8%450%
0.4%20%
Famous games in this line505 master games
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2747) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2766)2012½–½Gelfand, Boris (2758) – Leko, Peter (2752)2009½–½Kamsky, Gata (2735) – Karpov, Anatoly (2770)19961–0Kamsky, Gata (2710) – Karpov, Anatoly (2780)19950–1Leko, Peter (2749) – Polgar, Judit (2728)2005½–½Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2775) – Matlakov, Maksim (2676)2013½–½Karpov, Anatoly (2688) – Anand, Viswanathan (2755)20021–0Sokolov, Ivan (2689) – Leko, Peter (2740)2006½–½
Heroes of this opening Karpov, Anatoly · Kamsky, Gata
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
E12
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2
FianchettoAggressivePositionalHypermodern
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