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Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Marco Defense

ECO E12 · 85 games · White to move

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7
60% White4% Draw36% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
d53743.5%
Qc21922.4%

A further 29 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

Queen's Pawn Game 1. d4Indian Defense 1... Nf6Indian Defense: Normal Variation 2. c4Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian 3. Nf3Queen's Indian Defense 3... b6Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation 4. a3Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation 5. Nc3Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Marco Defense 5... Be7

Other lines in this family

Kasparov-Petrosian VariationE12…373Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Main LineE12… 5... d5125Petrosian VariationE12…508Queen's Indian DefenseE12…3,565Fianchetto VariationE15… 4. g31,612Fianchetto Variation, Traditional LineE15… 4. g3 Bb71,190Kasparov VariationE12… 4. Nc31,189Classical VariationE17… 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O683Traditional VariationE17… 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7473Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch VariationE15… 4. g3 Ba6403

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.