E12 · Indian · a defense for Black
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)Gozzoli, Y. (2602) – Radjabov, T. (2763)Mchedlishvili, M. (2601) – Bu Xiangzhi (2705)Esipenko, Andrey (2620) – Sarana, A. (2636)Dreev, Alexey (2690) – Zarnicki, Pablo (2536)Harikrishna, P. (2709) – Abdisalimov, Abdimalik (2488)Braun, Arik (2554) – Adly, Ahmed (2631)Peralta, Fe (2568) – Sadhwani, Raunak (2608)Heroes of this opening Zarnicki, Pablo · Harikrishna, P. · Adly, Ahmed
- 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 Be7
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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