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For Queen's Indian Defense, start at the first position and step through the moves rather than memorizing the final board. After each move, look for the piece that moved and the squares it now influences. The same opening name can cover several branches, so use the selected line’s move order as your reference.
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An ECO code groups opening lines, not one forced position. Step through legal notation from the CC0 Lichess dataset. This is a study viewer, without engine evaluation or a claim that a line is best.
The board shows one representative line for each ECO code. All collected branches and their PGN moves remain listed below.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6
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E12 · Queen's Indian Defense
18 PGN · 18 FEN
- Queen's Indian Defense:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 - Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 - Queen's Indian Defense: Miles Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 - Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 - Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 - Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Andersson Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 - Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Hedgehog Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 - Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Main Line:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 - Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Marco Defense:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 - Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Farago Defense:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 - Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Classical Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 - Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Modern Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
E15 · Queen's Indian Defense
12 PGN · 12 FEN
- Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 - Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 - Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Traditional Line:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 - Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation, Nimzowitsch Attack:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 - Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation, Quiet Line:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 - Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation, Timman's Line:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 - Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ - Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Sämisch Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 - Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Intermezzo Line:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 - Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Modern Line:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 - Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Ng5 - Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Rubinstein Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Nh4
E16 · Queen's Indian Defense
8 PGN · 8 FEN
- Queen's Indian Defense: Capablanca Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ - Queen's Indian Defense: Riumin Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 - Queen's Indian Defense: Yates Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 - Queen's Indian Defense: Capablanca Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O - Queen's Indian Defense: Capablanca Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d5 - Queen's Indian Defense: Capablanca Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O a5 - Queen's Indian Defense: Riumin Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 - Queen's Indian Defense: Riumin Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 d5
E18 · Queen's Indian Defense
3 PGN · 3 FEN
- Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 - Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Tiviakov Defense:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Na6 - Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Nimzowitsch Line:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5
E19 · Queen's Indian Defense
1 PGN · 1 FEN
- Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Main Line:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3
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