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)Aronian, Levon (2816) – Karjakin, Sergey (2778)Aronian, L. (2815) – Karjakin, Sergey (2771)Aronian, Levon (2816) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2769)Aronian, Levon (2813) – Karjakin, Sergey (2767)Topalov, Veselin (2788) – Anand, Viswanathan (2788)Kramnik, Vladimir (2785) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2787)Aronian, L. (2812) – Karjakin, Sergey (2759)Heroes of this opening Aronian, Levon · Anand, Viswanathan · Karjakin, Sergey
- Family
- Queen's Indian Defense
- 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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