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Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 (E19)
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 b6 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 O-O O-O
7 Nc3 Ne4 8 Qc2 Nxc3

Number of games in database: 703
Years covered: 1925 to 2009
Overall record:
   White wins 23.0%
   Black wins 13.8%
   Draws 63.2%

Popularity graph, by decade

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Borislav Ivkov  33 games
Ulf Andersson  19 games
Petrosian  12 games
Anatoli Karpov  26 games
Miguel Najdorf  19 games
Viktor Korchnoi  17 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Y Stepak vs Y Mashian, 1980
Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963
Lilienthal vs Botvinnik, 1940
Euwe vs Keres, 1940
Przepiorka vs Ahues, 1927
Szabo vs Denker, 1946
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 page 1 of 29; games 1-25 of 703  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. L Asztalos vs Tartakower  ½-½50 1925 DebrecenE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
2. Gilg vs W Michel  ½-½27 1926 SemmeringE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
3. Gilg vs Kmoch  ½-½31 1926 SemmeringE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
4. Gilg vs M Bluemich  1-071 1926 DSV KongressE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
5. S Takacs vs L Asztalos  0-130 1927 pre-AE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
6. Przepiorka vs Ahues 0-131 1927 pre-BE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
7. S Von Freymann vs Botvinnik 1-047 1927 Moscow ch-SUE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
8. V Makogonov vs Botvinnik 0-124 1927 Moscow ch-SUE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
9. J Rejfir vs B Thelen  1-035 1927 Prague EvonyE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
10. Gilg vs Euwe  ½-½31 1929 Karlsbad ;HCL 03E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
11. Przepiorka vs Gruenfeld  1-060 1929 Rogaska Slatina SLOE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
12. Vidmar vs Colle  1-033 1930 San RemoE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
13. F Herzog vs Duchamp  0-140 1933 IFSB BundesmeisterchaftE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
14. M Yudovich Sr. vs Kan  1-076 1934 USSR ChampionshipE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
15. S Belavenets vs V Makogonov  ½-½37 1934 USSR ChampionshipE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
16. Chekhover vs M Yudovich Sr.  ½-½37 1934 USSR ChampionshipE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
17. Riumin vs Alatortsev  ½-½32 1934 LeningradE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
18. P Frydman vs Eliskases  0-148 1934 UjpestE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
19. M Monticelli vs Najdorf 0-135 1935 Warsaw ol ;HCL 36E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
20. Opocensky vs Lilienthal  0-159 1935 OlympiadE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
21. Vidmar vs Eliskases  ½-½34 1936 HastingsE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
22. A Simonson vs Denker  1-039 1936 USA chE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
23. Reshevsky vs Eliskases  1-056 1937 SemmeringE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
24. Bogoljubov vs Samisch  1-046 1937 Bad Naugeim (Germany)E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
25. S Bernstein vs Marshall  0-144 1937 ch Marshall CCE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
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Kibitzer's Corner
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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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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