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Queen's Indian Defense
Overview
Queen's Indian Defense is a variation within the Indian Defenses family, indexed as ECO E12.
The Indian Defenses group covers Indian defences — hypermodern lines where Black challenges the centre with pieces rather than pawns.
It begins with 6 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 to reach the canonical position.
It is a direct variation of Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian.
It branches into 5 notable variations — Fianchetto Variation, Kasparov Variation, Miles Variation, and others.
Counted recursively, this branch covers 52 sub-variations at all depths.
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- ECO code
- E12
- Group
- Indian Defenses (E)
- Plies
- 6
- Direct variations
- 5
- Total in subtree
- 52
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Statistics from Lichess
2,173,492 games · White 47.9% / Draw 6.9% / Black 45.2%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| g3 | 924,051 | |
| Nc3 | 673,673 | |
| a3 | 249,644 | |
| Bg5 | 144,124 | |
| e3 | 115,459 | |
| Bf4 | 33,888 | |
| Nbd2 | 11,401 | |
| Qc2 | 5,409 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:31:01
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Variations (5)
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