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Opening· 17 plies

Queen's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO E14), reached after 17 half-moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. Nxd4.

Queen's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation ECO E14
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About this opening

Queen's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code E14. ECO group E (E00–E99) covers Indian defences against 1.d4, covering the Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Indian, King's Indian and Catalan systems. This particular variation is reached after 17 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. Nxd4.

It belongs to the Queen's Indian Defense family. Within that family this is a sub-variation (the Averbakh Variation line).

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 Nf6, 2.c4 e6, 3.Nf3 b6, 4.e3 Bb7, 5.Bd3 c5, 6.O-O Be7. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.