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Queen's Indian Defense

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Queen's Indian Defense is regularly played in classical games between masters. Below you will find its variations, move orders, result statistics and the players who play it most, compiled from games of 2500+ rated players.

104master games
2609avg. Elo
6variations
White wins %25 · draw %57 · Black wins %18

Played by: Muradli, Dardha, Yakubboev, Ding Liren, Gukesh, Svane, Bjerre, Erigaisi

Main line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Bg2 Be4 8.Qd1 a5 9.O-O Bxd2 10.Qxd2 a4 11.Qg5 h6 12.Qh4 Ke7 13.Qf4 d6 14.Bd2 Nbd7 15.Bc3 Qb8

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Variations played by masters (6)

Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation · ECO E15 · for Black

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Bg2 Be4 8.Qd1 a5 9.O-O Bxd2 10.Qxd2 a4 …
27 games · avg. Elo 2608 · W/D/L 6/16/5 · Model game: Adhiban – Svane, 2026 (1/2-1/2)

Classical Variation, Traditional Variation · ECO E18 · for Black

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 f5 9.Ne5 d6 10.Nd3 Qe8 …
20 games · avg. Elo 2591 · W/D/L 4/11/5 · Model game: Raja – Esipenko, 2024 (0-1)

Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Intermezzo Line · ECO E15 · for Black

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nc3 Re8 …
20 games · avg. Elo 2600 · W/D/L 3/15/2 · Model game: Donchenko – Mendonca, 2026 (1/2-1/2)

Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Main Line · ECO E12 · for Black

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.O-O c5 …
14 games · avg. Elo 2616 · W/D/L 5/6/3 · Model game: Nogerbek – Demchenko, 2025 (1/2-1/2)

Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Andersson Variation · ECO E12 · for Black

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Ne4 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.Nd2 Bb7 8.e4 g6 9.Bd3 Bg7 10.Nf3 O-O …
13 games · avg. Elo 2614 · W/D/L 7/4/2 · Model game: Wojtaszek – Socko, 2026 (1/2-1/2)

Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation, Quiet Line · ECO E15 · for Black

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bd6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nc3 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 …
10 games · avg. Elo 2648 · W/D/L 1/7/2 · Model game: Eljanov – Alekseenko, 2026 (1-0)

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Other openings

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Statistics from classical games of 2500+ rated players. Notation: K king, Q queen, R rook, B bishop, N knight.