E16 · Indian · a defense for Black

Queen's Indian Defense: Yates Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3Bb4+4.Bd2a55.g3b66.Bg2Bb7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Indian Defense: Yates Variation18k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
83%15k54%
11%1.9k51%
3.3%59049%
2.7%47848%
0.3%4755%
0.1%1844%
0.1%1672%
0.1%1346%
0%850%
0%642%
Famous games in this line1.1k master games
Aronian, Levon (2750) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2779)2009½–½Morozevich, Alexander (2721) – Topalov, Veselin (2801)20061–0Karjakin, Sergey (2766) – Wang Yue (2724)2015½–½Topalov, Veselin (2767) – Polgar, Judit (2709)2008½–½Giri, A. (2773) – Rapport, R. (2702)2017½–½Shankland, S. (2731) – Rapport, R. (2735)20190–1Xiong, Jeffery (2691) – Rapport, R. (2764)20220–1Tomashevsky, E. (2724) – Rapport, R. (2729)2017½–½
Heroes of this opening Rapport, R. · Morozevich, Alexander
Family
Queen's Indian Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
E16
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7
PositionalHypermodern
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Queen's Indian Defense: Riumin VariationE16 3…b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4 6.Bd2 …Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Modern VariationE12 3…b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 …Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Classical VariationE12 3…b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 …
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