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Queen's Indian (E17)
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 b6 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7

Number of games in database: 6673
Years covered: 1921 to 2025
Overall record:
   White wins 34.9%
   Black wins 18.5%
   Draws 46.7%

Popularity graph, by decade

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Ivan Farago  61 games
Oleg Romanishin  34 games
Zoltan Ribli  29 games
Sergei Tiviakov  90 games
Eduardas Rozentalis  78 games
Anatoly Karpov  40 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1974
Kasparov vs Marjanovic, 1980
Karpov vs Spassky, 1975
Najdorf vs Averbakh, 1953
W Hug vs Hort, 1972
Botvinnik vs Bronstein, 1951
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 page 1 of 267; games 1-25 of 6,673 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. K Sterk vs A Vajda  1-0541921BudapestE17 Queen's Indian
2. Gruenfeld vs E Steiner 1-0411921BudapestE17 Queen's Indian
3. Bogoljubov vs Z von Balla 0-1551921BudapestE17 Queen's Indian
4. W Schlage vs J Davidson  1-0401922Germany - NetherlandsE17 Queen's Indian
5. Maroczy vs S Takacs 1-0751922ViennaE17 Queen's Indian
6. Teichmann vs Saemisch ½-½381923KarlsbadE17 Queen's Indian
7. K Opocensky vs S Takacs  ½-½491923ViennaE17 Queen's Indian
8. E Lancel vs E Sapira  ½-½4019242nd La Nation Belge CupE17 Queen's Indian
9. Tartakower vs Alekhine  ½-½201925Baden-BadenE17 Queen's Indian
10. Rubinstein vs Saemisch 1-0401925MarienbadE17 Queen's Indian
11. Reti vs Saemisch  0-1481925BreslauE17 Queen's Indian
12. Kmoch vs Tartakower  ½-½211925DebrecenE17 Queen's Indian
13. Gruenfeld vs P Johner  ½-½701925DebrecenE17 Queen's Indian
14. S Gotthilf vs Saemisch 1-0351925MoscowE17 Queen's Indian
15. Tartakower vs Kmoch  1-0491926SemmeringE17 Queen's Indian
16. Alekhine vs G Thomas ½-½631926Scarborough Premier (A)E17 Queen's Indian
17. Kostic vs Z Vecsey  0-1151926Bardejov+E17 Queen's Indian
18. W Schelfhout vs G Kroone  ½-½441926Dutch ChampionshipE17 Queen's Indian
19. G Wheatcroft vs Yates  0-1591926British ChampionshipE17 Queen's Indian
20. J Davidson vs Koltanowski  1-0281926SpaE17 Queen's Indian
21. M Monticelli vs G Stalda  1-0371926Crespi MemorialE17 Queen's Indian
22. Saemisch vs Gruenfeld ½-½311926BerlinE17 Queen's Indian
23. B Hoenlinger vs T Gruber 0-1231927Trebitsch MemorialE17 Queen's Indian
24. B Hoenlinger vs S Takacs  1-0431927Trebitsch MemorialE17 Queen's Indian
25. E Jacobson vs C Carls 0-1221927London OlympiadE17 Queen's Indian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-25-10  rapidcitychess: Is this bogus? Zero kibitzing...

I've always thought it was pretty bad for black but not this bad!

Nov-25-10  whiteshark: <Zero kibitzing> I'll second that!

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