Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO E14), reached after 7 half-moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3.

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About this opening

Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System 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 7 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3.

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

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 Nf6, 2.c4 e6, 3.Nf3 b6, 4.e3. 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.