E17 · Indian · a defense for Black
Queen's Indian Defense: Traditional Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3b64.g3Bb75.Bg2Be7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Traditional Variation197k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
0.8%1.6k59%
0.5%1.1k49%
0.4%72453%
0.3%59849%
0.3%58557%
0.2%43453%
0.2%39749%
0.2%33048%
Famous games in this line9.1k master games
Aronian, Levon (2816) – Carlsen, Magnus (2843)Nakamura, Hi (2787) – Carlsen, M. (2853)Nakamura, Hi (2787) – Carlsen, M. (2853)Anand, Viswanathan (2780) – Carlsen, Magnus (2843)Carlsen, M. (2853) – Rapport, R. (2745)Kasparov, Garry (2847) – Ponomariov, Ruslan (2734)Topalov, V. (2784) – Grischuk, A. (2789)Aronian, Levon (2809) – Grischuk, Alexander (2764)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, M. · Kasparov, Garry
- Family
- Queen's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E17
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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Queen's Indian Defense: Classical VariationE17 6.O-O · 8 deeper linesQueen's Indian Defense: Anti-Queen's Indian SystemE17 6.Nc3 · 1 deeper lineQueen's Indian Defense: Euwe VariationE17 6.O-O O-O 7.b3Queen's Indian Defense: Opocensky VariationE17 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2
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