E15 · Indian · a defense for Black
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Sämisch Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.g3Bb75.Bg2c5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Sämisch Variation68k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
52%35k54%
19%13k61%
16%11k52%
5.8%3.9k53%
4.7%3.2k52%
1.2%80551%
0.4%25552%
0.2%12948%
0.2%11554%
0.1%7440%
Famous games in this line841 master games
Ponomariov, Ruslan (2764) – Gashimov, Vugar (2760)Gelfand, Boris (2739) – Gashimov, Vugar (2761)Wang, Hao (2736) – Gashimov, Vugar (2757)Carlsen, M. (2872) – Socko, B. (2618)Topalov, Veselin (2768) – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw (2705)Gelfand, B. (2748) – Andreikin, D. (2722)Ponomariov, Ruslan (2758) – Andreikin, Dmitry (2705)Radjabov, T. (2734) – Harikrishna, P. (2727)Heroes of this opening Gashimov, Vugar · Carlsen, M. · Gelfand, B. · Radjabov, T.
- 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 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger VariationE15 6.d5 exd5 7.Ng5Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Rubinstein VariationE15 6.d5 exd5 7.Nh4
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