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Bogo-Indian Defense · White

4...Qe7, Modern ...Nc6 and ...d5 Main Line · White (E11)

Claim central space and keep the main queen's-pawn openings available.

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Sample line with full explanations: 4.Bd2 Qe7, ...Nc6 and ...d5 Main Line · Black.

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  1. 4...Qe7, Modern ...Nc6 and ...d5 Main Line · WhiteSample

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nc6 7. Nc3 d5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rd8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rfd1

  2. 4...Qe7, Meeting the ...d6 and ...e5 Center · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 d6 9. Nc3 e5 10. O-O e4 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. f3 exf3 13. Rxf3 Bg6 14. Raf1 h6 15. Rxf6 hxg5 16. R6f2

  3. 4...Qe7, Recovering the c4-Pawn · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O dxc4 9. Na3 c5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Rac1 Nc6 12. Nxc4

  4. 4...Bxd2+, Classical ...d6 Setup · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 c5 11. a3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Rfd1

  5. 4...Bxd2+, QGD Structure · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8. Rc1 Rd8 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O

  6. 4...a5, Queenside Fianchetto · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 e5 11. d5

  7. 4...a5, Immediate ...d5 · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d5 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. Bg2 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Qd5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nc3 Qh5 12. O-O

  8. 4...c5, Immediate a3 Challenge · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. a3 bxa3 7. Nxa3 d6 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. d5

  9. 4...c5, Positional Fianchetto · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Re1

  10. 4...Be7 Retreat · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nbd2

  11. Monticelli Exchange Trap · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 b6 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Ng5 Ne4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Qxg5 13. Qxa8 Nc6 14. Qb7