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Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Farago Defense

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.a3Ba65.Qc2Bb7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Farago Defense973 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
85%82648%
5.3%5236%
3.2%3144%
2.1%2063%
2%1950%
1.8%1844%
0.2%250%
0.1%1100%
0.1%10%
0.1%10%
Famous games in this line1.8k master games
Morozevich, Alexander (2742) – Adams, Michael (2742)2002½–½Safarli, E. (2664) – Caruana, F. (2804)2016½–½Mamedyarov, S. (2767) – Navara, D. (2697)2021½–½Shirov, Alexei (2736) – Leko, Peter (2722)2004½–½Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (2695) – Adams, Michael (2742)2002½–½Andreikin, D. (2729) – Kovalenko, I. (2674)20221–0Mamedyarov, S. (2748) – Khismatullin, D. (2654)20151–0Van Wely, Loek (2697) – Gelfand, Boris (2703)20021–0
Heroes of this opening Andreikin, D. · Mamedyarov, S. · Van Wely, Loek
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 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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