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Queen's Indian Defense — opening family

68 catalogued lines · ECO E12–E19

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The shortest catalogued line of the family runs 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 — the position below. The continuation chips count how many catalogued lines extend this head with each next move; any branch can be explored on the interactive tree and played against the engine from there.

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Main continuations

g3 · 26a3 · 13e3 · 7Nc3 · 4Bf4 · 1

All 68 lines

NameECOMain line length
Queen's Indian DefenseE126 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian VariationE127 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky SystemE147 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto VariationE157 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov VariationE127 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Miles VariationE127 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky SystemE148 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch VariationE158 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Traditional LineE158 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation, Quiet LineE159 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian VariationE129 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky SystemE149 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation, Nimzowitsch AttackE159 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation, Timman's LineE159 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Main LineE1210 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Hedgehog VariationE1210 plies
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3E1410 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System3E1410 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky SystemE1410 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Sämisch VariationE1510 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Farago DefenseE1210 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Marco DefenseE1210 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Andersson VariationE1210 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check VariationE1510 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Traditional VariationE1710 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Capablanca VariationE1610 plies
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3, Bb4+ LineE1410 plies
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3E1411 plies
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3E1411 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Anti-Queen's Indian SystemE1711 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical VariationE1711 plies
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3E1412 plies
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3E1412 plies
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3E1412 plies
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3E1412 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov VariationE1312 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Modern LineE1512 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Intermezzo LineE1512 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Yates VariationE1612 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Classical VariationE1212 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Modern VariationE1212 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Riumin VariationE1612 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger VariationE1513 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Rubinstein VariationE1513 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Euwe VariationE1713 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Polovodin GambitE1213 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Petrosian AttackE1213 plies
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3E1413 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Opocensky VariationE1713 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Kramnik VariationE1713 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional VariationE1813 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Kasparov AttackE1213 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Romanishin AttackE1213 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Rashkovsky AttackE1213 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation, Botvinnik AttackE1214 plies
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3E1414 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Nimzowitsch LineE1814 plies
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3E1413 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Tiviakov DefenseE1814 plies
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3E1415 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Taimanov GambitE1715 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Polugaevsky GambitE1715 plies
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3E1417 plies
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3E1417 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Averbakh VariationE1417 plies
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3E1417 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Main LineE1917 plies
Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System3E1418 plies