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Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line (E13)
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 b6 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 Bg5 h6 6 Bh4 Bb4

Number of games in database: 434
Years covered: 1927 to 2025
Overall record:
   White wins 36.2%
   Black wins 31.1%
   Draws 32.7%

Popularity graph, by decade

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Etienne Bacrot  5 games
Vadim Malakhatko  5 games
Ivan Farago  5 games
Ivan Farago  10 games
Edvins Kengis  7 games
Andrei Sokolov  4 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
A Beliavsky vs Miles, 1985
N Pert vs S Crockart, 2007
V Mikenas vs Lisitsin, 1955
Azmaiparashvili vs Khalifman, 1986
R Zysk vs A Huss, 1987
E Torre vs Spassky, 1982
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 page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 434  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. L Asztalos vs B Rasmusson  ½-½311927London OlympiadE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
2. Saemisch vs Reti  1-0321928Trencianske TepliceE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
3. Saemisch vs K Helling 0-1461930Berlin GERE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
4. P Ipata vs J M Cristia  0-1421931Buenos AiresE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
5. Spielmann vs J van den Bosch  1-0401936Spielmann - Van den BoschE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
6. Flohr vs Botvinnik ½-½441936MoscowE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
7. Botvinnik vs Lisitsin  ½-½381938URS-ch sf LeningradE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
8. Saemisch vs Eliskases  0-1291938Bad HarzburgE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
9. Alekhine vs G Wheatcroft 1-0251938PlymouthE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
10. Panov vs Lisitsin 0-1271939Trade UnionsE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
11. Eliskases vs O'Kelly  ½-½381939StuttgartE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
12. Z Kleinstein vs P Frydman  1-0461939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-AE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
13. Z Kleinstein vs E Reed Valenzuela  0-1461939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-AE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
14. F J Prokop vs Saemisch 1-0251942Duras 60E13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
15. M Dietze vs Alekhine 0-1461943PragueE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
16. J L Sheets vs A A Murray ½-½251952Washington State ChampionshipE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
17. A Bisguier vs Evans  ½-½311954Rosenwald 1954/55E13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
18. E Chukaev vs Kholmov  0-1301955Lithuanian Championship playoffE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
19. V Mikenas vs Lisitsin 1-0271955USSR ChampionshipE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
20. Spassky vs Smyslov ½-½161955USSR ChampionshipE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
21. M Collins vs P C Gibbs  1-0191956British ChampionshipE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
22. Stahlberg vs Golombek  1-0331956Alekhine MemorialE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
23. B Gurgenidze vs Keres 0-1381957USSR ChampionshipE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
24. S Basjuni vs G Mititelu  ½-½411957Sofia ZonalE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
25. A Bannik vs E Kogan  1-0421957Ukrainian ChampionshipE13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line
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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-07-04  tacticsjokerxxx: games: 289

White wins 28.7%
Black wins 31.8%

Nov-10-04  themindset: yeah, well, this variation is essentially a queen's indian and a nimzo indian (leningrad variation) all rolled into one, with the best aspects of both working for the black side...

4.a3 (some people call it the kasparov variation) is now standard, to avoid such lines where it is very difficult for white to establish any kind of advantage.

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