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

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.a3Bb75.Nc3Be7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Marco Defense75k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
23%17k56%
22%17k60%
15%11k50%
14%11k50%
11%8.5k52%
7.9%5.9k51%
2.5%1.9k53%
2%1.5k46%
1%71352%
0.8%61349%
Famous games in this line514 master games
Radjabov, T. (2692)Niemann, Hans Moke (2736)2025½–½Gozzoli, Y. (2602)Radjabov, T. (2763)2021½–½Mchedlishvili, M. (2601)Bu Xiangzhi (2705)2016½–½Esipenko, Andrey (2620)Sarana, A. (2636)2019½–½Dreev, Alexey (2690)Zarnicki, Pablo (2536)20030–1Harikrishna, P. (2709)Abdisalimov, Abdimalik (2488)20251–0Braun, Arik (2554)Adly, Ahmed (2631)20110–1Peralta, Fe (2568)Sadhwani, Raunak (2608)2023½–½
Heroes of this opening Zarnicki, Pablo · Harikrishna, P. · Adly, Ahmed
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
E12
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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