Indian · a defense for Black
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Main Line
17/17
1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.g3Bb75.Bg2Be76.O-OO-O7.Nc3Ne48.Qc2Nxc39.Qxc3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Main Line23k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
29%6.8k51%
28%6.4k50%
17%4.0k53%
17%3.9k54%
6.3%1.5k51%
1.5%35047%
0.8%18450%
0.2%5834%
0.2%5267%
0.1%3460%
Famous games in this line2.0k master games
Giri, A. (2773) – Eljanov, P. (2755)Radjabov, T. (2759) – Rapport, R. (2735)Karpov, Anatoly (2780) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2700)Van Wely, Loek (2681) – Anand, Viswanathan (2799)Mamedyarov, S. (2747) – Ivanchuk, V. (2710)Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2722) – Gelfand, Boris (2729)Karpov, Anatoly (2725) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2720)Radjabov, Teimour (2781) – Lupulescu, Constantin (2657)- Family
- Queen's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E19
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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