Queen's Indian Defense
Queen's Indian Defense (E12) starts 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6. In 13,379 games between strong players, White wins 45%, 18% are drawn and Black wins 37%; the most played move is 4.g3 (63%).
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- ECO
- E12
- Games between strong players
- 13,379
- To move
- White
White wins, draws and Black wins, from this position.
What strong players play next
The moves played most from this position in over-the-board broadcasts and the Lichess Elite Database, how often, and how the games ended.
| Move | Played | Results | Leads to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.g3 | 63% (8,471) | Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation | |
| 4.a3 | 21% (2,779) | Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation | |
| 4.Nc3 | 10% (1,273) | Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation | |
| 4.e3 | 4% (463) | – | |
| 4.Bf4 | 2% (254) | Queen's Indian Defense: Miles Variation | |
| 4.Bg5 | 1% (63) | – |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3
- Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation 8,500 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation 2,791 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation 1,323 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System 692 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Miles Variation 276 games
Top players' games in the Queen's Indian Defense, reviewed
Every Queen's Indian Defense line
- Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation 8,500 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation 4,583 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Traditional Line 3,746 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation 2,909 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation 2,791 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation 2,734 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation, Quiet Line 2,295 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Traditional Variation 2,082 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation 1,934 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Intermezzo Line 1,889 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Main Line 1,797 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation 1,618 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Capablanca Variation 1,338 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation 1,323 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Modern Variation 697 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System 692 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Kramnik Variation 663 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Nimzowitsch Line 440 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Yates Variation 408 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Andersson Variation 380 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Kasparov Attack 380 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation, Nimzowitsch Attack 356 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Main Line 354 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Polugaevsky Gambit 351 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Riumin Variation 343 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Marco Defense 334 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Sämisch Variation 297 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Miles Variation 276 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Petrosian Attack 195 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Anti-Queen's Indian System 185 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Rubinstein Variation 149 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Classical Variation 148 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Farago Defense 140 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Hedgehog Variation 137 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation, Timman's Line 135 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System3 78 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Euwe Variation 77 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Tiviakov Defense 69 games
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Romanishin Attack 61 games
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