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

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.a3Bb75.Nc3d56.cxd5exd5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Classical Variation12k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
52%6.3k55%
15%1.9k54%
13%1.6k57%
11%1.3k46%
3.6%43458%
1.8%21552%
1.4%17353%
0.8%9463%
0.7%8048%
0.1%1443%
Famous games in this line1.2k master games
Kasparov, Garry (2838) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2802)2001½–½Kasparov, Garry (2838) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2802)2001½–½Nakamura, Hi (2779) – Dubov, Daniil (2660)2016½–½Anand, Viswanathan (2769) – Nikolic, Predrag (2659)2000½–½Riazantsev, Alexander (2708) – Andreikin, Dmitry (2713)2013½–½Wang, Yue (2696) – Adams, Michael (2724)2007½–½Kramnik, Vladimir (2758) – Nikolic, Predrag (2659)2000½–½Dreev, Alexey (2668) – Andreikin, Dmitry (2716)20130–1
Family
Queen's Indian Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
E12
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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