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Queen's Indian (A47)
1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6

Number of games in database: 832
Years covered: 1881 to 2013
Overall record:
   White wins 32.8%
   Black wins 32.0%
   Draws 35.2%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Edgar Colle  15 games
Massimiliano Romi  10 games
Georges Koltanowski  9 games
Alexander Alekhine  28 games
Harry Golombek  16 games
Savielly Tartakower  15 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927
Carlos Torre vs Verlinsky, 1925
Tylor vs W Winter, 1933
Menchik vs Capablanca, 1931
Bogoljubov vs Botvinnik, 1936
Colle vs Capablanca, 1929
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 page 1 of 34; games 1-25 of 832  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. J Mason vs J Noa  1-037 1881 BerlinA47 Queen's Indian
2. Schiffers vs Chigorin  0-184 1898 11th DSB Kongress, CologneA47 Queen's Indian
3. Flamberg vs S Levitsky 1-035 1914 All-Russian Masters’ TournamentA47 Queen's Indian
4. C Jaffe vs Janowski  0-149 1917 New York m 1718A47 Queen's Indian
5. C Jaffe vs Janowski  ½-½51 1917 New York m 1718A47 Queen's Indian
6. C Jaffe vs Janowski  0-155 1917 New York m 1718A47 Queen's Indian
7. E W Gruer vs S Mlotkowski  ½-½17 1918 Off-hand GameA47 Queen's Indian
8. Marshall vs Janowski  ½-½35 1918 New YorkA47 Queen's Indian
9. N Pavlov-Pianov vs N Grigoriev  0-174 1920 USSR ChampionshipA47 Queen's Indian
10. N Pavlov-Pianov vs N Zubarev  1-047 1920 USSR ChampionshipA47 Queen's Indian
11. N Pavlov-Pianov vs B Blumenfeld  0-131 1920 USSR ChampionshipA47 Queen's Indian
12. Teichmann vs Alekhine  ½-½15 1921 Berlin m (01)A47 Queen's Indian
13. Alekhine vs A Vajda 1-057 1921 BudapestA47 Queen's Indian
14. B Kostic vs Alekhine ½-½69 1921 BudapestA47 Queen's Indian
15. A Brinckmann vs Alekhine 0-125 1921 TribergA47 Queen's Indian
16. A Selezniev vs Alekhine 0-174 1921 Triberg (03)A47 Queen's Indian
17. G Fontein vs Euwe  0-128 1921 AmsterdamA47 Queen's Indian
18. A Speijer vs Euwe  ½-½42 1921 AmsterdamA47 Queen's Indian
19. E Steiner vs Euwe  1-031 1921 BudapestA47 Queen's Indian
20. A Vajda vs Z von Balla  ½-½50 1921 BudapestA47 Queen's Indian
21. Gruenfeld vs Saemisch  ½-½32 1921 BudapestA47 Queen's Indian
22. B Kostic vs E Steiner 1-018 1921 BudapestA47 Queen's Indian
23. K Sterk vs Saemisch  ½-½58 1921 BudapestA47 Queen's Indian
24. B Kostic vs J Davidson  1-040 1921 The HagueA47 Queen's Indian
25. Saemisch vs Ahues 1-027 1921 21. DSB KongressA47 Queen's Indian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-01-04  Minor Piece Activity: I didn't know that this counted as a QID too. Why does black have a higher win percentage?
Aug-16-04  themindset: my guess is that it's because white doesn't play c4.
Aug-16-04  Minor Piece Activity: Thanks themindset. Hey it's been a while since I came here! What's happened lately? :)
Aug-29-04  themindset: not much, i play too much lightning these days, i no longer have patience for real chess.
Apr-09-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Ron: The position after 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 is an opening position which has occurred before. But after 6. b3, I have not been able to find in the database of chessgames.com nor chesslab.com

After some trial games with a computer it seems to me that 6. b3 is playable for White. My latest idea in the opening.

Apr-09-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  tpstar: <Ron> If you continue 6. 0-0 0-0, there are many games with 7. b3 instead Opening Explorer plus there are 2 games with 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Timman vs Van der Wiel, 1980 & Dzindzichashvili vs Igor Ivanov, 1993
Aug-01-05  bomb the bishop: Does this line ussually transpose to the main variation of the Queen's Indian?
Nov-01-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  tgf: What is the best line for White against the Queen's Indian.
Mar-11-12  Penguincw: Opening of the Day

Queen's Indian
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6


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