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Queen's Indian Defense: Riumin Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.g3Bb75.Bg2Bb4+6.Bd2Be7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Riumin Variation32k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
80%25k54%
16%5.2k54%
1.4%45448%
0.6%19945%
0.3%11054%
0.3%9252%
0.3%8756%
0.2%5051%
0.1%4451%
0.1%3547%
Famous games in this line824 master games
Shankland, S. (2731) – Rapport, R. (2735)20191–0Nakamura, Hi (2763) – Eljanov, P. (2703)20181–0Radjabov, T. (2724) – Eljanov, P. (2739)20171–0Andreikin, D. (2722) – Rapport, R. (2736)20190–1Le Quang Liem (2728) – Shankland, S. (2727)20181–0Grischuk, Alexander (2777) – Cori, Jorge Moise (2652)20201–0Ding Liren (2749) – Bruzon Batista, L. (2669)2015½–½Karpov, Anatoly (2755) – Ljubojevic, Ljubomir (2635)1989½–½
Heroes of this opening Shankland, S. · Nakamura, Hi · Radjabov, T. · Rapport, R.
Family
Queen's Indian Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
E16
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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Queen's Indian Defense: Yates VariationE16 3…Bb4 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 …Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Modern VariationE12 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Classical VariationE12 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5
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