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Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Modern Line

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.g3Ba65.b3Bb4+6.Bd2Qe7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Modern Line1.5k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
86%1.3k55%
6.1%9048%
4.6%6745%
2.1%3145%
0.8%1250%
0.1%1100%
0.1%10%
Famous games in this line31 master games
Kulaots, Kaido (2556) – Miezis, Normunds (2552)2008½–½Zwirs, Nico (2461) – Beerdsen, Thomas (2508)20221–0Cruz, Cristhian (2508) – Pogorelov, Ruslan (2459)2008½–½Carlsen, Torben Erik (2609) – Winz, Michael (2322)20060–1Jianu, Vlad Cristian (2530) – Manea, Alexandru (2380)20081–0Noble, Mark F (2301) – Serafim, Jannis (2597)2006½–½Croberson (2431) – Paganel01 (2445)2008½–½Schüppel, Ralf (2480) – Rissanen, Heikki (2360)20051–0
Heroes of this opening Zwirs, Nico · Winz, Michael · Jianu, Vlad Cristian · Schüppel, Ralf
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+ 6. Bd2 Qe7
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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Queen's Indian Defense: Yates VariationE16 3…Bb4 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 …Queen's Indian Defense: Riumin VariationE16 4…Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4 6.Bd2 Be7Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Modern VariationE12 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5
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