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E12 Queen's Indian Defense

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1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 b6

E12 is the opening Queen's Indian Defense of the volume E · Indian defences: 6 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 18 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

8,990 games in the collections, from 1881 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2479.

White wins 35 %, draws 43 %, Black wins 23 %

Most games: Farago, Ivan (156), Dreev, Alexey (114), Miles, Anthony J (109), Cebalo, Miso (94), Lputian, Smbat G (89)

All 18 variations

  1. Queen's Indian Defense 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 b6
  2. Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 b6 4.♘c3
  3. Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation, Botvinnik Attack 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 b6 4.♘c3 ♗b7 5.♗g5 h6 6.♗h4 g5 7.♗g3 ♘h5
  4. Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 b6 4.a3 ♗b7 5.♘c3
  5. Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Andersson Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 b6 4.a3 ♗b7 5.♘c3 ♘e4
  6. Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Classical Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 b6 4.a3 ♗b7 5.♘c3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5
  7. Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Hedgehog Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 b6 4.a3 ♗b7 5.♘c3 g6
  8. Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Kasparov Attack 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 b6 4.a3 ♗b7 5.♘c3 d5 6.cxd5 ♘xd5 7.♕c2
  9. Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Main Line 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 b6 4.a3 ♗b7 5.♘c3 d5
  10. Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Marco Defense 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 b6 4.a3 ♗b7 5.♘c3 ♗e7
  11. Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Modern Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 b6 4.a3 ♗b7 5.♘c3 d5 6.cxd5 ♘xd5
  12. Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Petrosian Attack 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 b6 4.a3 ♗b7 5.♘c3 d5 6.cxd5 ♘xd5 7.e3
  13. Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Polovodin Gambit 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 b6 4.♘c3 ♗b7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 ♘xd5 7.e4
  14. Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Rashkovsky Attack 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 b6 4.a3 ♗b7 5.♘c3 d5 6.cxd5 ♘xd5 7.♕a4+
  15. Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Romanishin Attack 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 b6 4.a3 ♗b7 5.♘c3 d5 6.cxd5 ♘xd5 7.♗d2
  16. Queen's Indian Defense: Miles Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 b6 4.♗f4
  17. Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 b6 4.a3
  18. Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Farago Defense 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 b6 4.a3 ♗a6 5.♕c2 ♗b7