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Queen's Indian Defense, with e3, Bb4+ Line

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3Bb4+4.Nbd2b65.e3Bb7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3, Bb4+ Line18k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
38%6.6k51%
34%5.9k53%
24%4.2k54%
1.7%29248%
1.2%20557%
1.1%19054%
0.7%11740%
0.2%3537%
0.1%2550%
0%863%
Famous games in this line556 master games
Carlsen, M. (2865) – Naiditsch, A. (2706)2015½–½Dreev, Alexey (2650) – Karpov, Anatoly (2780)1995½–½Ponomariov, R. (2723) – Zhao Jun (2603)2014½–½Piket, Jeroen (2575) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2740)19980–1Dreev, Alexey (2650) – Epishin, Vladimir (2650)19941–0Khalifman, Alexander (2660) – Aleksandrov, Aleksej (2615)1998½–½Lputian, Smbat G (2638) – Pelletier, Yannick (2623)2003½–½Sakaev, Konstantin (2627) – Zvjaginsev, Vadim (2634)2000½–½
Heroes of this opening Ivanchuk, Vassily · Dreev, Alexey
Family
Queen's Indian Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
E14
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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