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Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Andersson Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.a3Bb75.Nc3Ne4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Andersson Variation10k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
41%4.2k51%
35%3.6k54%
7.3%75446%
5.4%55146%
4.1%42048%
2.5%25252%
2.1%21552%
1.8%18962%
0.4%3654%
0.3%2756%
Famous games in this line674 master games
Radjabov, T.. (2765)Rapport, R.. (2763)2021½–½Erigaisi, Arjun (2773)Keymer, Vincent (2755)20251–0Wojtaszek, R. (2744)Harikrishna, P. (2727)20140–1Andreikin, D. (2729)Rapport, R. (2740)2022½–½Sindarov, Javokhir (2726)Rapport, R. (2741)2025½–½Le, Quang Liem (2709)Duda, J. (2750)20221–0Fedoseev, Vl3 (2724)Rapport, R. (2731)2019½–½Inarkiev, E. (2693)Rapport, R. (2735)20190–1
Heroes of this opening Erigaisi, Arjun · Harikrishna, P. · Le, Quang Liem · Rapport, R.
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
E12
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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