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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: 1638
Years covered: 1925 to 2025
Overall record:
   White wins 26.2%
   Black wins 15.8%
   Draws 58.1%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Borislav Ivkov  37 games
Ulf Andersson  20 games
Miguel Najdorf  14 games
Anatoly Karpov  26 games
Aleksandar Matanovic  20 games
Miguel Najdorf  19 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963
Lilienthal vs Botvinnik, 1940
Y Stepak vs Y Mashian, 1980
Euwe vs Keres, 1940
Miles vs Korchnoi, 1978
Panno vs Keres, 1963
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 page 1 of 66; games 1-25 of 1,638  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. L Asztalos vs Tartakower  ½-½501925DebrecenE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
2. Gilg vs M Bluemich  1-0711926DSV KongressE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
3. Gilg vs W Michel  ½-½271926SemmeringE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
4. Gilg vs Kmoch  ½-½311926SemmeringE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
5. J Rejfir vs B Thelen  1-0351927Prague EvonyE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
6. S Takacs vs L Asztalos  0-1301927KecskemetE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
7. D Przepiorka vs C Ahues 0-1311927KecskemetE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
8. Reti vs S Landau  1-0371927Reti - LandauE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
9. V Makogonov vs Botvinnik 0-1241927USSR ChampionshipE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
10. S von Freymann vs Botvinnik 1-0471927USSR ChampionshipE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
11. S Takacs vs Tartakower  ½-½521928Trebitsch MemorialE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
12. Gilg vs Euwe  ½-½311929KarlsbadE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
13. D Przepiorka vs Gruenfeld  1-0601929Rogaska SlatinaE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
14. Vidmar vs Colle 1-0331930San RemoE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
15. H Mueller vs S Landau  1-0501930Hamburg OlympiadE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
16. A Batuev vs G Shchipunov  0-1331931Leningrad Championship 1930/31E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
17. K Makarczyk vs J Rejfir  1-0411931Pre-Olympic TournamentE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
18. Santasiere vs F Reinfeld 1-0471932Santasiere-Reinfeld MatchE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
19. F Herzog vs Duchamp  0-1401933IFSB BundesmeisterchaftE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
20. P Frydman vs Eliskases  0-1481934UjpestE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
21. N Riumin vs Alatortsev  ½-½321934LeningradE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
22. S Belavenets vs V Makogonov  ½-½371934USSR Championship 1934/35E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
23. V Chekhover vs M Yudovich Sr  ½-½371934USSR Championship 1934/35E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
24. M Yudovich Sr vs I Kan  1-0761934USSR Championship 1934/35E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
25. Najdorf vs I Aloni  1-0351935Polish ChampionshipE19 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  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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