E12 · Indian · a defense for Black
Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.a3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation143k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
83%118k47%
7%10k51%
2.8%4.0k45%
2.8%3.9k46%
2.1%3.0k46%
1.6%2.3k42%
0.3%43251%
0.3%41346%
0.1%21246%
0.1%18344%
Famous games in this line11k master games
Kasparov, Garry (2838) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2802)Tomashevsky, E. (2695) – Carlsen, M. (2881)Mamedyarov, S. (2768) – Karjakin, Sergey (2785)Anand, Viswanathan (2772) – Karjakin, Sergey (2780)Nakamura, Hikaru (2774) – Karjakin, Sergey (2776)Grischuk, A. (2783) – Karjakin, Sergey (2756)Grischuk, A. (2783) – Karjakin, Sergey (2756)Mamedyarov, S. (2800) – Eljanov, P. (2739)Heroes of this opening Grischuk, A. · Karjakin, Sergey
- 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
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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