English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Variation
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3
The English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A17, reached after 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3. It is a line of the English Opening. Black is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: +0.12 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 5… c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Be4)
- ECO
- A17
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3
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Comes from
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Formation (3. Nf3 b6) 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6
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Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.