E15 · Indian · a defense for Black

Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.g3Ba65.b3Bb4+
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation25k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
91%23k48%
9.1%2.3k50%
0.1%1634%
0.1%1411%
0%540%
Famous games in this line9.0k master games
Kramnik, Vladimir (2799)Anand, Viswanathan (2799)20080–1Aronian, Levon (2816)Karjakin, Sergey (2778)20121–0Aronian, L. (2815)Karjakin, Sergey (2771)20141–0Aronian, Levon (2816)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2769)20121–0Aronian, Levon (2813)Karjakin, Sergey (2767)20130–1Topalov, Veselin (2788)Anand, Viswanathan (2788)2005½–½Kramnik, Vladimir (2785)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2787)2007½–½Aronian, L. (2812)Karjakin, Sergey (2759)20141–0
Heroes of this opening Aronian, Levon · Anand, Viswanathan · Karjakin, Sergey
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
E15
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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