Queen's Indian Defense, with e3

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO E14), reached after 11 half-moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4.

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About this opening

Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 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 11 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 Nf6, 2.Nf3 e6, 3.e3 b6, 4.Bd3 Bb7, 5.O-O c5, 6.c4. 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.