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ECO E18: Queen's Indian Defense

ECO E18 is part of volume E — Indian Defenses. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 3 named lines under it. The shortest is 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.

That position has come up in 416,345 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 48.7%, 8.0% were drawn and Black won 43.3%.

OpeningMovesPlies
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 13
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 14
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 14