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Queen's Indian Defense: Anti-Queen's Indian System

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.g3Bb75.Bg2Be76.Nc3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Anti-Queen's Indian System72k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
65%47k48%
13%9.3k47%
8.2%5.9k46%
5.5%4.0k52%
2%1.5k43%
1.4%98742%
1.4%98649%
1.3%91843%
0.8%60242%
0.8%54746%
Famous games in this line2.4k master games
Nakamura, Hi (2787) – Carlsen, M. (2853)20160–1Carlsen, M. (2853) – Rapport, R. (2745)2023½–½Kasparov, Garry (2847) – Ponomariov, Ruslan (2734)20031–0Topalov, V. (2784) – Grischuk, A. (2789)2014½–½Grischuk, A. (2777) – Duda, J. (2758)20191–0Kramnik, Vladimir (2799) – Carlsen, Magnus (2733)20081–0Carlsen, Magnus (2786) – Adams, Michael (2734)20081–0Gelfand, Boris (2737) – Topalov, Veselin (2780)2008½–½
Heroes of this opening Carlsen, Magnus · Kasparov, Garry · Grischuk, A. · Kramnik, Vladimir
Family
Queen's Indian Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
E17
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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Queen's Indian Defense: Opocensky VariationE17 6…Ne4 7.Bd2
Nearby lines in the family
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3E14 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 …Queen's Indian Defense: Classical VariationE17 6.O-OQueen's Indian Defense: Spassky System3E14 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5
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