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Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System3

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.e3Bb75.Bd3c5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System315k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Queen's Indian Defense, with e357%8.7k48%
24%3.7k49%
7%1.1k45%
4.4%68146%
2.9%45244%
1.3%20438%
1%15034%
0.6%9951%
0.6%9952%
0.4%6356%
Famous games in this line571 master games
Bruzon Batista, L. (2659) – Eljanov, P. (2717)2015½–½Mchedlishvili, Mikheil (2656) – Polgar, Judit (2709)20121–0Karpov, Anatoly (2725) – Portisch, Lajos (2630)1980½–½Jussupow, Artur (2680) – Short, Nigel D (2645)1995½–½Karpov, Anatoly (2725) – Andersson, Ulf (2590)19801–0Karpov, Anatoly (2725) – Andersson, Ulf (2590)19801–0Polgar, Zsuzsa (2550) – Karpov, Anatoly (2740)19941–0Ivanov, Igor V (2606) – Kortschnoj, Viktor (2670)1983½–½
Heroes of this opening Karpov, Anatoly · Mchedlishvili, Mikheil · Polgar, Zsuzsa
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 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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Queen's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation6.O-O Be7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 cxd4 …
Nearby lines in the family
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3, Bb4+ Line3…Bb4 4.Nbd2 b6 5.e3 Bb7Queen's Indian Defense: Capablanca Variation4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4Queen's Indian Defense: Traditional Variation4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7
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