Queens Indian Defense

The Queen’s Indian Defense is an extremely solid hypermodern defense against the d4
opening from white. It usually arises if white chooses to avoid the Nimzo-Indian defense
by bringing his knight to c3 and instead opts to first bring his knight to f3.
Black now has the option to play b6, preparing to fiachetto his light square bishop and
try to take control over both the center light squares as well as the long diagonal.
White has a few options but usually will opt for g3, challenging the long diagonal by
fianchettoing his own bishop to g2.
Unlike some of the other Indian defenses, black has many opportunities to play
aggressive which makes it very popular at top level play.

Garry Kasparov vs Lajos Portisch

"Very Garry" (game of the day Aug-17-2017)
Niksic (1983), Niksic YUG, rd 4, Aug-28
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation. Petrosian Attack (E12) · 1-0

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cd5 Nd5 7. e3 Nc3 8. bc3 Be7 9.

Bb5 c6 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. c4 cd4 16.
ed4 Na5 17. d5 ed5 18. cd5 Bd5 19. Bh7 Kh7 20. Rd5 Kg8 21. Bg7 Kg7 22. Ne5 Rfd8
23. Qg4 Kf8 24. Qf5 f6 25. Nd7 Rd7 26. Rd7 Qc5 27. Qh7 Rc7 28. Qh8 Kf7 29. Rd3
Nc4 30. Rfd1 Ne5 31. Qh7 Ke6 32. Qg8 Kf5 33. g4 Kf4 34. Rd4 Kf3 35. Qb3

Teimour Radjabov vs Viswanathan Anand

"Vishy Regime" (game of the day May-07-2010)
FIDE GP (2002), Dubai UAE, rd 4, Apr-07
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation. Kasparov Attack (E12) · 0-1

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cd5 Nd5 7. Qc2 Nc3 8. bc3 Nd7 9.
e4 Be7 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qe2 c4 14. Bc4 Be4 15. Ba6 Bf3 16.
Qf3 Rc7 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Bd3 b5 19. Rfe1 a6 20. a4 ba4 21. c4 Qb8 22. Ba1 Rd8 23.
Re4 Nf6 24. Rh4 Be7 25. Rh3 h6 26. Rb1 Rc4 27. Rb8 Rc1 28. Bf1 Rb8 29. Bc3 Rbb1
30. Qd3 a3 31. Qa6 a2 32. g4 Rf1 33. Qf1 Ne4 34. Ba1 Nd2

Anatoly Karpov vs Viktor Korchnoi

"History Written by the Viktor" (game of the day Sep-13-2011)
Dortmund (1994), Dortmund GER, rd 7, Jul-22
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation. Main Line (E12) · 0-1

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4 c6 8. Bf6 Bf6 9. cd5
ed5 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. O-O Be7 13. Rfd1 f5 14. e3 Bd6 15. Ne2 Qe7 16. Nf4
a5 17. Nd3 b5 18. Qc2 a4 19. Re1 Kh8 20. Rac1 Nb6 21. Nfe5 Nc4 22. f4 g5 23. Qe2
Rg8 24. Kf2 Raf8 25. Nf3 h6 26. Nfe5 Kh7 27. Kg1 Qe8 28. Qc2 Kh8 29. Nf2 Rg7 30.
Re2 Bc8 31. Rce1 Rfg8 32. Nc4 bc4 33. Qa4 Rb7 34. Nd1 h5 35. Kf2 Bd7 36. Qc2 Qg6
37. Kf1 h4 38. Rf2 g4 39. Kg1 Rgb8 40. Qe2 h3 41. Bf1 Bc7 42. b4 cb3 43. Nb2 Bd6 44.
a4 Qe6 45. Rd1 Ra7 46. Rd3 Kh7 47. Qd1 c5 48. Rb3 Rb3 49. Qb3 c4 50. Qb6 Ra8 51.
e4 fe4 52. f5 Qe7 53. Nd1 Rb8 54. Qa5 Bc6 55. f6 Qe6 56. Ne3 Rb3 57. Qa7 Bb7 58.
a5 Bf8 59. Rf4 Bh6 60. f7 Bf4 61. f8Q Be3 62. Kh1 Bh6 63. Qf2 Bg7 64. a6 Rf3 65. Qe1
Ba6 66. Be2 Rf7 67. Qc5 c3 68. Qcc3 Be2 69. Qe2 Qf6 70. Qc1 Bh6 71. Qb1 Qf5 72.
Kg1 Rc7
Garry Kasparov vs Anatoly Karpov
"A Bridge Too Near" (game of the day May-22-2017)
Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Rematch (1986), 18, rd 18, Sep-19
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation (E12) · 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bc3 8. bc3 d6 9.
Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. a4 a5 12. h4 Rg8 13. hg5 hg5 14. Qb3 Na6 15. Rb1 Kf8 16.
Qd1 Bc6 17. Rh2 Kg7 18. c5 bc5 19. Bb5 Nb8 20. dc5 d5 21. Be5 Kf8 22. Rh6 Ne8 23.
Qh5 f6 24. Rh7 Ng7 25. Qf3 Kf7 26. Qh5 Kf8 27. Qf3 Kf7 28. Rh6 Ne8 29. e4 g4 30.
Qf4 Bb5 31. Rb5 Nd7 32. Bc7 Nc5 33. Qe3 Ne4 34. Ne4 de4 35. Ba5 f5 36. Bb4 Qd7
37. Qd4 Ra7 38. Rh7 Ng7 39. a5 Kg6 40. Qd7 Rd7 41. Rh4 Rgd8 42. c4 Rd1 43. Ke2
Rc1 44. a6 Rc2 45. Ke1 Ra2 46. Rb6 Rd3 47. c5 Ra1 48. Ke2 Ra2 49. Ke1 g3 50. fg3
Rg3 51. Kf1 Rgg2 52. Be1 Rgc2 53. c6 Ra1 54. Rh3 f4 55. Rb4 Kf5 56. Rb5 e5 57. Ra5
Rd1 58. a7 e3 59.Rf3 Nh5 60.a8=Q Ng3+ 61.Rxg3 Rf2+ 62.Kg1 Rxe1#

Mikhail Tal vs Hans-Joachim Hecht

"Misha Impossible" (game of the day Aug-29-2016)
Varna ol (Men) fin-A (1962), Varna BUL, rd 9, Oct-06
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation (E12) · 1-0

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bc3 8. bc3 d6 9.

Nd2 e5 10. f3 Qe7 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. c5 dc5 14. de5 Qe5 15. Qa4 c6 16. O-
O Ng6 17. Nc4 Qe6 18. e5 b5 19. ef6 ba4 20. fg7 Rg8 21. Bf5 Nh4 22. Be6 Ba6 23.
Nd6 Ke7 24. Bc4 Rg7 25. g3 Kd6 26. Ba6 Nf5 27. Rab1 f6 28. Rfd1 Ke7 29. Re1 Kd6
30. Kf2 c4 31. g4 Ne7 32. Rb7 Rag8 33. Bc4 Nd5 34. Bd5 cd5 35. Rb4 Rc8 36. Ra4
Rc3 37. Ra6 Kc5 38. Rf6 h5 39. h3 hg4 40. hg4 Rh7 41. g5 Rh5 42. Rf5 Rc2 43. Kg3
Kc4 44. Ree5 d4 45. g6 Rh1 46. Rc5 Kd3 47. Rc2 Kc2 48. Kf4 Rg1 49. Rg5

Mir Sultan Khan vs Jose Raul Capablanca

"The Wrath of Khan" (game of the day Feb-07-2006)
Hastings (1930/31), Hastings ENG, rd 3, Dec-31
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian. Classical Variation (E12) · 1-0

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 d5 6. cd5 ed5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9.

Bd3 Ne4 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Qc2 f5 12. Nb5 Bd6 13. Nd6 cd6 14. h4 Rc8 15. Qb3 Qe7 16.
Nd2 Ndf6 17. Ne4 fe4 18. Be2 Rc6 19. g4 Rfc8 20. g5 Ne8 21. Bg4 Rc1 22. Kd2 R8c2
23. Qc2 Rc2 24. Kc2 Qc7 25. Kd2 Qc4 26. Be2 Qb3 27. Rab1 Kf7 28. Rhc1 Ke7 29.
Rc3 Qa4 30. b4 Qd7 31. Rbc1 a6 32. Rg1 Qa4 33. Rgc1 Qd7 34. h5 Kd8 35. R1c2 Qh3
36. Kc1 Qh4 37. Kb2 Qh3 38. Rc1 Qh4 39. R3c2 Qh3 40. a4 Qh4 41. Ka3 Qh3 42. Bg3
Qf5 43. Bh4 g6 44. h6 Qd7 45. b5 a5 46. Bg3 Qf5 47. Bf4 Qh3 48. Kb2 Qg2 49. Kb1
Qh3 50. Ka1 Qg2 51. Kb2 Qh3 52. Rg1 Bc8 53. Rc6 Qh4 54. Rgc1 Bg4 55. Bf1 Qh5 56.
Re1 Qh1 57. Rec1 Qh5 58. Kc3 Qh4 59. Bg3 Qg5 60. Kd2 Qh5 61. Rb6 Ke7 62. Rb7
Ke6 63. b6 Nf6 64. Bb5 Qh3 65. Rb8