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Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.g3Bb75.Bg2c56.d5exd57.Ng5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation431 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
58%24841%
17%7436%
9.7%4231%
6.7%2919%
5.1%2236%
1.2%530%
0.7%367%
0.5%275%
0.5%2100%
0.2%10%
Famous games in this line59 master games
Topalov, Veselin (2768) – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw (2705)2011½–½Cheparinov, Ivan (2678) – Vallejo Pons, Francisco (2706)2013½–½Jakovenko, Dmitrij (2741) – Socko, Bartosz (2631)20120–1Georgiev, Kiril (2643) – Yu, Yangyi (2688)20131–0Cheparinov, I. (2672) – Socko, B. (2657)2013½–½Onischuk, Alexander (2667) – Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo (2660)20131–0Khismatullin, Denis (2647) – Bocharov, Dmitry (2620)20121–0Mareco, Sandro (2557) – Lupulescu, Constantin (2655)20131–0
Heroes of this opening Socko, Bartosz · Georgiev, Kiril · Onischuk, Alexander · Khismatullin, Denis
Family
Queen's Indian Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
E15
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Ng5
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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