Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...Nf6/2. c4/2...e6/3. Nf3/3...b6

Queen's Indian Defence
a b c d e f g h 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) rnbqkb1r/p1pp1ppp/1p2pn2/8/2PP4/5N2/PP2PPPP/RNBQKB1R w
Moves: 1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
ECO code: E12-E19
Parent: Indian Defence

Queen's Indian Defence

The Queen's Indian Defence is a popular and fairly modern opening whereby black quickly develops his queenside bishop, either by fianchettoing it on b7 to contest the long diagonal, or on a6 to put pressure on white's c-pawn.

It has been employed regularly by a number of top players including former world champions like Anatoly Karpov and Viswanathan Anand.

Theory table

For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation.

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6

		4	5	6
	Petrosian Variation	a3 Ba6	Qc2 Bb7	Nc3 c5	=
	Romanishin Variation	g3 Ba6	b3 Bb4+	Bd2 Be7	=
		Nc3 Bb7	Bg5 h6	Bh4 Bb4	∞
		e3 Bb7	Bd3 Be7	O-O O-O	=
	Miles Variation	Bf4 Bb7	e3 Bb4+	Nfd2 O-O	=

References

• Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.

• Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.