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Queen's Indian Defense

Difficulty 3/3Black repertoireECO E12–E15

Fianchetto, Classical Traditional Variation (E15)

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Develop the knight first and stop White from getting e4 for free.

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ECO E12–E15

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  1. Fianchetto, Classical Traditional VariationSample

    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

  2. Fianchetto, Polugaevsky Gambit

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7

  3. Fianchetto, Nimzowitsch Variation Attack

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Be7

  4. Petrosian Variation, Main Line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. e4 Nd7 10. Bf4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. Qb3 Be7

  5. Petrosian Variation, Farago Defense

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Rad1 a6

  6. Spassky System

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. d5 Na6

  7. Kasparov Variation, h6 and g5

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Nd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 f5