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E12Opening

Queen's Indian Defense

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

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White to move

Legal moves
32
Games in the next 4 moves
869,797
Different positions among them
288,126
Named lines from here
57

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Black fianchettoes the queen’s bishop to control e4 from a distance — a solid, strategic defence.

It is reached after 6 moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6.

White is to move and has 32 legal moves. Over the next four moves — two for each side — the game can branch into 869,797 different games. Those games reach 288,126 different positions: most positions can be reached in more than one way, 3 on average.

The Lichess opening list names 57 further lines after this position, such as Fianchetto Variation (4. g3) and Petrosian Variation (4. a3).

The same moves can be played in 36 different legal orders that all reach this position. For example 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6, which starts as the English Opening.

Map of every game of the next four moves after the Queen's Indian Defense
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 869,797 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

Named lines from here

Famous games through this position

The Immortal Zugzwang GameSämisch – Nimzowitsch, Copenhagen 1923, move 3White still has plenty of pieces, but every move he could make loses.

Related openings

FEN

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