E18 · Indian · a defense for Black
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.g3Bb75.Bg2Be76.O-OO-O7.Nc3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation253k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
25%63k51%
24%59k46%
12%30k44%
2.4%6.0k48%
2%5.1k44%
1.9%4.9k43%
1.4%3.4k45%
1.1%2.9k42%
Famous games in this line6.3k master games
Aronian, Levon (2816) – Carlsen, Magnus (2843)Anand, Viswanathan (2780) – Carlsen, Magnus (2843)Aronian, Levon (2809) – Grischuk, Alexander (2764)Mamedyarov, S. (2764) – Ding Liren (2805)Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2784) – Radjabov, Teimour (2765)Aronian, L. (2793) – Ivanchuk, V. (2738)Giri, A. (2773) – Eljanov, P. (2755)Bacrot, E. (2718) – Grischuk, A. (2810)Heroes of this opening Nepomniachtchi, Ian · Grischuk, A.
- Family
- Queen's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E18
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Tiviakov DefenseE18 7…Na6Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Nimzowitsch LineE18 7…d5Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Main LineE19 7…Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3
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