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Queen's Indian Defense: Miles Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.Bf4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Miles Variation41k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
81%33k51%
8.3%3.4k53%
4.4%1.8k48%
1.5%62550%
1.1%45646%
1.1%44646%
0.9%37452%
0.3%13142%
0.2%8750%
0.2%8252%
Famous games in this line936 master games
Aronian, Levon (2815) – Leko, Peter (2732)2012½–½Praggnanandhaa, R. (2785) – Aronian, L. (2744)20250–1Navara, D. (2734) – Karjakin, Sergey (2762)20151–0Fressinet, Laurent (2708) – Grischuk, Alexander (2785)20131–0Gelfand, B. (2743) – Wojtaszek, R. (2744)20140–1Duda, J. (2750) – Harikrishna, P. (2716)20220–1Dubov, Daniil (2700) – Radjabov, T. (2759)2019½–½Korobov, A. (2698) – Andreikin, D. (2719)2018½–½
Heroes of this opening Aronian, L. · Navara, D. · Fressinet, Laurent · Wojtaszek, R.
Family
Queen's Indian Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
E12
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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