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Queen's Indian Defense, with e3

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1.d4Nf62.Nf3e63.e3b64.Bd3Bb75.O-Oc56.c4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense, with e313k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Queen's Indian Defense, with e333%4.3k52%
28%3.7k51%
17%2.3k48%
8.4%1.1k50%
7.4%97751%
1.6%21655%
Queen's Indian Defense, with e31.2%15451%
1%12737%
0.8%10642%
0.6%7748%
Famous games in this line1.6k master games
Kramnik, V. (2777) – Topalov, V. (2813)20151–0Karjakin, Sergey (2750) – Caruana, F. (2818)20191–0Kramnik, Vladimir (2801) – Eljanov, P. (2765)20161–0Nakamura, Hi (2777) – So, W. (2780)20180–1Dominguez Perez, L. (2739) – Vachier Lagrave, M. (2779)20181–0Kramnik, Vladimir (2810) – Hou Yifan (2635)20161–0Kovalenko, I. (2700) – Almasi, Z. (2689)20151–0Bruzon Batista, L. (2659) – Eljanov, P. (2717)2015½–½
Heroes of this opening Kramnik, Vladimir · Karjakin, Sergey · So, W. · Dominguez Perez, L.
Family
Queen's Indian Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
E14
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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