E14 · Indian · a defense for Black
Queen's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.e3Bb75.Bd3c56.O-OBe77.b3O-O8.Bb2cxd49.Nxd4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation233 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
46%10856%
30%7052%
12%2765%
4.3%1035%
2.1%5100%
1.7%4100%
1.3%317%
0.9%20%
0.4%10%
0.4%10%
Famous games in this line22 master games
Nikolac, Juraj (2495) – Browne, Walter S (2550)Priyadharshan, K. (2420) – Boros, De (2474)Bany, Jerzy (2450) – Gdanski, Jacek (2430)Gomez, Joh (2415) – Tran Tuan Minh (2465)Deglmann, Ludwig (2336) – Gross, David (2485)Jorczik, Julian Marcel (2333) – Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran (2486)Eperjesi, Laszlo (2340) – Polak, Tomas (2470)Lukov, Valentin (2400) – Csom, Istvan (2405)Heroes of this opening Nikolac, Juraj · Bany, Jerzy · Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran · Polak, Tomas
- Family
- Queen's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E14
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. Nxd4
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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