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Queen's Indian Defense: Euwe Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.g3Bb75.Bg2Be76.O-OO-O7.b3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Euwe Variation9.4k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
30%2.8k47%
30%2.8k47%
20%1.9k49%
9.9%92948%
3.2%29741%
2%19047%
1.2%11341%
0.7%6849%
0.7%6535%
0.6%6044%
Famous games in this line214 master games
Nakamura, Hikaru (2760) – Aronian, Levon (2815)2012½–½Ivanchuk, V. (2710) – Eljanov, P. (2763)2015½–½Xiong, Jeffery (2679) – Wei Yi (2736)20191–0Topalov, Veselin (2700) – Timman, Jan H (2649)1999½–½Shankland, S. (2713) – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2598)2019½–½Tomashevsky, E. (2718) – Petrov, N. (2586)2019½–½Fedoseev, Vl3 (2715) – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2560)2019½–½Kaidanov, Gregory S (2599) – Kortschnoj, Viktor (2659)2000½–½
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 O-O 7. b3
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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