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Queen's Indian Defense

ECO E12 · 3,565 games · White to move

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6

48% White8% Draw44% Black

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What gets played next

Move	Games	Share	White / draw / Black	Leads to
g3	1,612	45.2%		Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation E15
Nc3	996	27.9%		Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation E12
a3	491	13.8%		Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation E12
Bg5	158	4.4%
e3	108	3.0%		Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System E14
Bf4	44	1.2%
Nbd2	11	0.3%

A further 145 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

Queen's Pawn Game 1. d4 Indian Defense 1... Nf6 Indian Defense: Normal Variation 2. c4 Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian 3. Nf3Queen's Indian Defense 3... b6

Other lines in this family

Fianchetto VariationE15… 4. g31,612 Fianchetto Variation, Traditional LineE15… 4. g3 Bb71,190 Kasparov VariationE12… 4. Nc31,189 Classical VariationE17… 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O683 Petrosian VariationE12… 4. a3508 Traditional VariationE17… 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7473 Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch VariationE15… 4. g3 Ba6403 Kasparov-Petrosian VariationE12… 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3373 Classical Variation, Traditional VariationE18… 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3314 Spassky SystemE14… 4. e3304

All 19 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.