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Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.e3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System213k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System88%187k52%
4.8%10k52%
2.6%5.6k48%
1.4%3.0k52%
1.1%2.4k47%
1%2.2k51%
0.4%75645%
0.2%41546%
0.2%38149%
0.1%19946%
Famous games in this line3.0k master games
Kramnik, Vladimir (2802) – Kasparov, Garry (2838)20010–1Nakamura, Hi (2787) – Carlsen, M. (2853)20161–0Erigaisi, Arjun (2775) – Keymer, Vincent (2776)20250–1Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2757) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2772)2007½–½Kramnik, Vladimir (2777) – Leko, P. (2737)2014½–½Kramnik, Vladimir (2791) – Polgar, Judit (2701)20111–0Gelfand, Boris (2700) – Karpov, Anatoly (2780)19950–1Vidit, S. (2689) – Karjakin, Sergey (2785)2016½–½
Heroes of this opening Kasparov, Garry · Nakamura, Hi · Keymer, Vincent · Kramnik, Vladimir
Family
Queen's Indian Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
E14
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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