page 1 of 32; games 1-25 of 789  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Asztalos vs Tartakower   ½-½ 50 1925 Debrecen E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 2. Gilg vs W Michel   ½-½ 27 1926 Semmering E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 3. Gilg vs Kmoch   ½-½ 31 1926 Semmering E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 4. Gilg vs M Bluemich   1-0 71 1926 DSV Kongress E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 5. S Takacs vs L Asztalos   0-1 30 1927 Kecskemet E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 6. Przepiorka vs Ahues 0-1 31 1927 Kecskemet E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 7. S Von Freymann vs Botvinnik 1-0 47 1927 USSR Championship E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 8. V Makogonov vs Botvinnik 0-1 24 1927 USSR Championship E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 9. J Rejfir vs B Thelen   1-0 35 1927 Prague Evony E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 10. Reti vs S Landau   1-0 37 1927 Rotterdam m E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 11. Gilg vs Euwe   ½-½ 31 1929 Karlsbad E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 12. Przepiorka vs Gruenfeld   1-0 60 1929 Rogaska Slatina SLO E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 13. Vidmar vs Colle 1-0 33 1930 San Remo E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 14. H Mueller vs S Landau   1-0 50 1930 Hamburg ol (Men) E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 15. Santasiere vs F Reinfeld   1-0 47 1932 Match E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 16. F Herzog vs Duchamp   0-1 40 1933 IFSB Bundesmeisterchaft E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 17. M Yudovich Sr. vs Kan   1-0 76 1934 USSR Championship 1934/35 E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 18. S Belavenets vs V Makogonov   ½-½ 37 1934 USSR Championship 1934/35 E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 19. Chekhover vs M Yudovich Sr.   ½-½ 37 1934 USSR Championship 1934/35 E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 20. Riumin vs Alatortsev   ½-½ 32 1934 Leningrad E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 21. P Frydman vs E Eliskases   0-1 48 1934 Ujpest E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 22. M Monticelli vs Najdorf 0-1 35 1935 Warsaw ol ;HCL 36 E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 23. Opocensky vs Lilienthal   0-1 59 1935 Olympiad E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 24. Najdorf vs I Schaechter   1-0 35 1935 POL-ch E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 25. Vidmar vs E Eliskases   ½-½ 34 1936 Hastings 1936/37 E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3  page 1 of 32; games 1-25 of 789    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Oct-31-03    Benjamin Lau: Quite possibly the most solid opening in the game, but also quite possibly the most boring, rivaling even the four knights defense (sorry practitioners of the 4 Knights Defense). ;-) Oct-31-03    refutor: i think korchnoi played it to win http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...(E19)+as+Black+ i find it much more exciting than the four knights defense, but that's probably just because i recently picked up the queen's indian, so the novelty hasn't worn off ;) Nov-01-03    Benjamin Lau: <refutor> I play the Queen's Indian defense as black too, so I was kind of joking earlier. ;-) What I don't like is how white fianchettos in response all the time the QID and makes the resulting middlegame positions so exchangeable. On the other hand though, in games where white doesn't fianchetto his own bishop, the middlegame positions can actually become pretty sharp and exciting, with black's fianchetto leading an aggressive counterattack against the white king. Unfortunately, these games tend to be uncommon. May-02-09    nummerzwei: Apparently this line has completely gone out of fashion which is why there is so little kibitzing about it. In spite of that, it seems to be quite interesting (but thoroughly analysed of course) judging from Geller's 1987 monograph (has it also appeared in English?). Which of Black's three main moves (those are 6...Be4, 6...f5 and 6...c5; Geller considered 6...d6 inferior but I think it's not that bad) is nowadays considered best?

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