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Blu Understanding the Q's Indian Defense
Compiled by Sergio X Garcia

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Soltis, Andy, Edmar Mednis, Raymond Keene, and John Grefe. "Understanding the Queen's Indian Defense." Great Neck, New York: R.H.M. Press, 1981.

The top 23 games are from the original collection found in the book.

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"Chess isn't always about winning. Sometimes, it is simply about learning and so is life." — Anonymous

"In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate." — Isaac Asimov

"A game played by men of equal strength, if played accurately, will end in a draw, and it is apt to be dull." — Emanuel Lasker

The Vultures and the Pigeons

Mars once made havoc in the air:
Some cause aroused a quarrel there
Among the birds; – not those that sing,
The courtiers of the merry Spring,
And by their talk, in leafy bowers,
Of loves they feel, enkindle ours;
Nor those which Cupid's mother yokes
To whirl on high her golden spokes;
But naughty hawk and vulture folks,
Of hooked beak and talons keen.
The carcass of a dog, it's said,
Had to this civil carnage led.
Blood rained on the swarded green,
And valiant deeds were done, I hope.
But time and breath would surely fail
To give the fight in full detail;
Suffice to say, that chiefs were slain,
And heroes strowed the sanguine plain,
Till old Prometheus, in his chains,
Began to hope an end of pains.
It was sport to see the battle rage,
And valiant hawk with hawk engage;
It was pitiful to see them fall, –
Torn, bleeding, weltering, gasping, all.
Force, courage, cunning, all were plied;
Intrepid troops on either side
No effort spared to populate
The dusky realms of hungry Fate.
This woful strife awoke compassion
Within another feathered nation,
Of iris neck and tender heart.
They tried their hand at mediation –
To reconcile the foes, or part.
The pigeon people duly chose
Ambassadors, who worked so well
As soon the murderous rage to quell,
And stanch the source of countless woes.
A truce took place, and peace ensued.
Alas! the people dearly paid
Who such pacification made!
Those cursed hawks at once pursued
The harmless pigeons, slew and ate,
Till towns and fields were desolate.
Small prudence had the friends of peace
To pacify such foes as these!

The safety of the rest requires
The bad should flesh each other's spears:
Whoever peace with them desires
Had better set them by the ears.

I like elephants.
Everything else is irrelephant.

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The Chess Poem by Ayaan Chettiar

8 by 8 makes 64
In the game of chess, the king shall rule
Kings and queens, and rooks and knights
Bishops and Pawns, and the use of mind

The Game goes on, the players think
Plans come together, form a link
Attacks, checks and capture
Until, of course, we reach a mate

The Pawns march forward, then the knights
Power the bishops, forward with might
Rooks come together in a line
The Game of Chess is really divine

The Rooks move straight, then take a turn
The Knights on fire, make no return
Criss-Cross, Criss-Cross, go the bishops
The Queen's the leader of the group

The King resides in the castle
While all the pawns fight with power
Heavy blows for every side
Until the crown, it is destroyed

The Brain's the head, The Brain's the King,
The Greatest one will always win,
For in the game of chess, the king shall rule,
8 by 8 makes 64!

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A: "Aye, matey."

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Q: What's the most terrifying word in nuclear physics? A: "Oops!"

Part One, Ideas Behind the QID - Soltis: Game #1
O Bernstein vs A Nimzowitsch, 1914
(E12) Queen's Indian, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Part One, Ideas Behind the QID - Soltis: Game #2
Colle vs Capablanca, 1929
(A47) Queen's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1
Part Two, King Bishop Fianchetto/Normal Lines - Soltis: Game #1
Miles vs Korchnoi, 1978
(E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 34 moves, 0-1
Part Two, King Bishop Fianchetto/Normal Lines - Soltis: Game #2
Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963
(E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 66 moves, 1-0
Part Two, King Bishop Fianchetto/Normal Lines - Soltis: Game #3
Browne vs Spassky, 1978
(E17) Queen's Indian, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
Part Three, KB Fianchetto/Black Is Aggressive - Keene: Game #1
Tukmakov vs Gulko, 1977
(E15) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
Part Three, KB Fianchetto/Black Is Aggressive - Keene: Game #2
Uhlmann vs Smyslov, 1956
(E15) Queen's Indian, 18 moves, 0-1
Part Three, KB Fianchetto/Black Is Aggressive - Keene: Game #3
N Popov vs A Ornstein, 1978
(E15) Queen's Indian, 39 moves, 1-0
Part Three, KB Fianchetto/Black is Aggressive - Soltis: Game #4
Vaganian vs Balashov, 1974
(E15) Queen's Indian, 38 moves, 1-0
Part Four, Two Knights Variation - Mednis: Game #1
Tal vs Vaganian, 1974
(E12) Queen's Indian, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Part Four, Two Knights Variation - Mednis: Game #2
Spassky vs Tal, 1965
(E12) Queen's Indian, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
Part Four, Two Knights Variation - Soltis: Game #3
Korchnoi vs A Matanovic, 1964
(E12) Queen's Indian, 46 moves, 1-0
Part Five, Quiet Line - Mednis: Game #1
K Commons vs R Byrne, 1978
(E14) Queen's Indian, 37 moves, 0-1
Part Five, Quiet Line - Mednis: Game #2
J Tisdall vs Gheorghiu, 1977
(E14) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
Part Five, Quiet Line - Mednis: Game #3
Spassky vs G Sigurjonsson, 1979
(E14) Queen's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0
Part Five, Quiet Line - Mednis: Game #4
V S Zhidkov vs Gulko, 1971
(E14) Queen's Indian, 26 moves, 1-0
Part Five, Quiet Line - Mednis: Game #5
K Grigorian vs Karpov, 1976
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 0-1
Part Six, White Varies on Move Four - Grefe: Game #1
Miles vs G Ligterink, 1978
(E12) Queen's Indian, 33 moves, 1-0
Part Six, White Varies on Move Four - Grefe: Game #2
P Peev vs H Liebert, 1974
(E12) Queen's Indian, 52 moves, 0-1
Part Six, White Varies on Move Four - Grefe: Game #3
Vaganian vs M Damjanovic, 1971
(E12) Queen's Indian, 44 moves, 1-0
Part Seven, Modest White Center - Soltis: Game#1
Spielmann vs V Chekhover, 1935
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Part Seven, Modest White Center - Soltis: Game #2
Colle vs Gruenfeld, 1926
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Part Eight, The Queen's Indian Attack - Soltis: Game #1
J Kaplan vs C Pritchett, 1972
(A04) Reti Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
prime rib 5 Nimzo Larsen style, ...nf6, ...bf5 setup, = easy
C Pantaleoni vs A Potapov, 2010
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 28 moves, 0-1
Bird Opening: Buenos Aires Var (A02) 1-0 Narrow victory w/OCB
Granda Zuniga vs A Beliavsky, 2002
(A02) Bird's Opening, 54 moves, 1-0
prime rib 1 Dutch f4 line, e4 & c file control, N&R invades
K Chernyshov vs K Le Quang, 2006
(A03) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 0-1
KIA, Q's Gambit Invitation (A04) 0-1 Awesome Dbl R sacs
J Kleiman vs A Pixton, 2001
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 34 moves, 0-1
English, Anglo-Indian Def. Qs Indian(A17) 1-0 7th Q will decide
D Anton Guijarro vs A Franco, 2011
(A17) English, 82 moves, 1-0
Blumenfeld Countergambit (E10) 0-1 Weak back rank
R Svane vs F Zeller, 2014
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1
Bogo-Indian Def (E11) 0-1Stunning K assault beats Minority Attk
G Andruet vs Spassky, 1988
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 28 moves, 0-1
QID Petrosian Var. Farago Defense (E12) 1-0 Double attack LPDO
L Christiansen vs Karpov, 1993
(E12) Queen's Indian, 12 moves, 1-0
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Var (E12) 0-1 K boxed in
Bogoljubov vs Capablanca, 1928
(E12) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
QID Kasparov-Petrosian Variation. Polovodin Gambit (E12) 1-0
G Ligterink vs M Trepp, 1984
(E12) Queen's Indian, 28 moves, 1-0
QID Kasparov-Petrosian Var. Kasparov Attk (E12) 1/2-If U Please
J Piket vs L Riemersma, 1987
(E12) Queen's Indian, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2
QID Kasparov-Petrosian ML (E12) 0-1Minority Attack bxc6 counter
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969
(E12) Queen's Indian, 56 moves, 0-1
QID Kasparov-Petro. Petrosian Attk (E12) 1-0 Dbl B sac, K walk
Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983
(E12) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0
QID Spassky System (E14) 0-1 White misses his king's knight
Spassky vs Tal, 1979
(E14) Queen's Indian, 22 moves, 0-1
QID Spassky System (E14) 1-0 Q sac, mating attack
Keres vs Spassky, 1955
(E14) Queen's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0
215 moves in about 5 minutes is amazing... Q sac stalemate!
Ivanchuk vs Leko, 2007
(E15) Queen's Indian, 215 moves, 1/2-1/2
QID Fianchetto. Nimzowitsch Var (E15)1-0 A beautiful rook move
Topalov vs Anand, 2008
(E15) Queen's Indian, 25 moves, 1-0
QID Fianchetto. Nimzowitsch Quiet Line (E15) 1-0 SPECTACULAR!!
Carlsen vs G Tallaksen Ostmoe, 2005
(E15) Queen's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0
QID Fianchetto. Check, Intermezzo (E15) 1-0 Operational Hiatus
Granda Zuniga vs Kamsky, 1996
(E15) Queen's Indian, 29 moves, 1-0
Underpromotion to N saves the day as Q,B,R would lose
S Shipov vs V Gagarin, 1994
(E15) Queen's Indian, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
QID, Fianchetto. Nimzo, Quiet L (E15) 1-0 14 year old wins
A Caoili vs Epishin, 2000
(E15) Queen's Indian, 38 moves, 1-0
QID Capablanca Var (E16) 0-1 Capa defends h7, then penetrates
H Price vs Capablanca, 1929
(E16) Queen's Indian, 38 moves, 0-1
QID Classical (E17) 1/2-1/2 Super Swindle into Stalemate
I A Horowitz vs M Pavey, 1951
(E17) Queen's Indian, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
QID Classical. Traditional (E17) 0-1 Deflection, Pin, Zugzwang
Najdorf vs Averbakh, 1953
(E17) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
Game 2 in Move by Move - Spassky (Franco)
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1964
(E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 24 moves, 1-0
QID Kasparov Attack (E12) 1-0 B sac, Rooks harass, penetrate
Kasparov vs Gheorghiu, 1982
(E12) Queen's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0
QID Polugayevsky Gambit (E17) 1-0 Trojan Horse
Kasparov vs Marjanovic, 1980
(E17) Queen's Indian, 23 moves, 1-0
QID Spassky System (E14) 0-1 Dbl B sacs accepted & decl, R lift
E Dizdarevic vs Miles, 1985
(E14) Queen's Indian, 18 moves, 0-1
QID Fianchetto. Check, Intermezzo (E15) 1/2-1/2 What a battle!
Caruana vs Karjakin, 2016
(E15) Queen's Indian, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
QID Kasparov Var (E12) 0-1 Converts to Dutch Kside attack
H Mueller vs Alekhine, 1927
(E12) Queen's Indian, 37 moves, 0-1
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