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Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation

ECO E12 · 508 games · Black to move

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3
50% White7% Draw43% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Bb742583.7%
Ba6305.9%
c5112.2%

A further 42 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. a3

Other lines in this family

Kasparov-Petrosian VariationE12… 4... Bb7 5. Nc3373Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Main LineE12… 4... Bb7 5. Nc3 d5125Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Marco DefenseE12… 4... Bb7 5. Nc3 Be785Queen'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.