E17 · Indian · a defense for Black
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.g3Bb75.Bg2Be76.O-O
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation301k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
77%232k47%
9.9%30k44%
6.1%18k44%
2.9%8.8k43%
0.8%2.5k42%
0.7%2.2k38%
0.7%2.2k45%
0.5%1.5k39%
0.3%96945%
0.2%46642%
Famous games in this line9.0k master games
Aronian, Levon (2816) – Carlsen, Magnus (2843)Nakamura, Hi (2787) – Carlsen, M. (2853)Anand, Viswanathan (2780) – Carlsen, Magnus (2843)Aronian, Levon (2809) – Grischuk, Alexander (2764)Mamedyarov, S. (2764) – Ding Liren (2805)Morozevich, Alexander (2788) – Carlsen, Magnus (2775)Radjabov, Teimour (2788) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2769)Ding Liren (2805) – Rapport, R. (2747)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, M. · Radjabov, Teimour · Ding Liren
- 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. O-O
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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Queen's Indian Defense: Euwe VariationE17 6…O-O 7.b3Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Kramnik VariationE17 6…O-O 7.Re1Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional VariationE18 6…O-O 7.Nc3 · 3 deeper linesQueen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Tiviakov DefenseE18 6…O-O 7.Nc3 Na6
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