Queen's Indian Defense

Queen's Indian Defense is a named opening in the book. The main stored line runs d4, Nf6, c4, e6, Nf3, b6. The book has 58 lines under this name, across ECO codes E12 to E19.

58 lines in the book · ECO E12 to E19 · 1,648 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Queen's Indian Defense

Play the next move in the line.

  1. d4
  2. Nf6
  3. c4
  4. e6
  5. Nf3
  6. b6

Move by move

  1. White pawn moves from d2 to d4.
  2. Black knight moves from g8 to f6.
  3. White pawn moves from c2 to c4.
  4. Black pawn moves from e7 to e6.
  5. White knight moves from g1 to f3.
  6. Black pawn moves from b7 to b6.

Variations

Kasparov Variation3 lines · E12 to E13Kasparov-Petrosian Variation12 lines · E12Miles Variation1 lines · E12Petrosian Variation2 lines · E12Averbakh Variation1 lines · E14Spassky System4 lines · E14Spassky System32 lines · E14Buerger Variation1 lines · E15Fianchetto Variation12 lines · E15 to E17Capablanca Variation4 lines · E16Riumin Variation3 lines · E16Yates Variation1 lines · E16Anti-Queen's Indian System1 lines · E17Classical Variation7 lines · E17 to E19Euwe Variation1 lines · E17Opocensky Variation1 lines · E17Traditional Variation1 lines · E17

Named gambits and traps

3 lines in this family have "gambit" or "trap" in the name. The list shows 3.

Puzzles from this opening

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