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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
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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Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Modern Line6.Bd2 Qe7Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Intermezzo Line6.Bd2 Be7
Nearby lines in the family
Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System34.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5Queen's Indian Defense, with e3, Bb4+ Line3…Bb4 4.Nbd2 b6 5.e3 Bb7Queen's Indian Defense: Capablanca Variation4…Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4
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