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Queen's Indian Defence
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6. The bishop goes to b7 to control e4 and the long diagonal. It is a solid, patient defence that fights for the centre with pieces rather than pawns.
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All 20 lines in this opening
- Queen's Indian Defence
- Queen's Indian Defence: 4.g3
- Queen's Indian Defence: 4.a3 (Petrosian)
- Queen's Indian Defence: 4.Nc3
- Queen's Indian Defence: 4.e3
- Queen's Indian Defence: 4.Bf4
- Queen's Indian Defence: Fianchetto, 4...Ba6
- Queen's Indian Defence: Fianchetto, 4...Bb7
- Queen's Indian Defence: 4...Ba6 5.b3
- Queen's Indian Defence: 4...Ba6 5.Qa4
- Queen's Indian Defence: 4...Ba6 5.Qc2
- Queen's Indian Defence: 4...Ba6 5.Nbd2
- Queen's Indian Defence: Classical 4...Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
- Queen's Indian Defence: Capablanca 7.Re1
- Queen's Indian Defence: Petrosian, 4...Bb7 5.Nc3
- Queen's Indian Defence: Petrosian, 4...Ba6
- Queen's Indian Defence: Petrosian, 4...c5
- Queen's Indian Defence: 4.Nc3 Bb7
- Queen's Indian Defence: Old main 4.e3 Bb7
- Queen's Indian Defence: 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5