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Queen's Indian Defense:Fianchetto Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3

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Black to move

Legal moves
29
Games in the next 4 moves
913,388
Different positions among them
297,280
Named lines from here
31

See it on the mapOn the opening map

It is reached after 7 moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3. It is a line of the Queen's Indian Defense.

Black is to move and has 29 legal moves. Over the next four moves — two for each side — the game can branch into 913,388 different games. Those games reach 297,280 different positions: most positions can be reached in more than one way, 3.1 on average.

The Lichess opening list names 31 further lines after this position, such as Traditional Line (4... Bb7) and Nimzowitsch Variation (4... Ba6).

The same moves can be played in 144 different legal orders that all reach this position. For example 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3, which starts as the English Opening.

Map of every game of the next four moves after the Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation
Every game of the next four moves from this position, as the map draws it. Each ring is one more move; the outer ring holds all 913,388 games.

Move by move

  1. 1. d4Queen's Pawn Game
  2. 1... Nf6Indian Defense
  3. 2. c4Indian Defense: Normal Variation
  4. 2... e6—
  5. 3. Nf3Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian
  6. 3... b6Queen's Indian Defense
  7. 4. g3Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation

Named lines from here

Famous games through this position

The Immortal Zugzwang GameSämisch – Nimzowitsch, Copenhagen 1923, move 4White still has plenty of pieces, but every move he could make loses.

Related openings

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