Queen's Indian Defense: Anti-Queen's Indian System
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3
The Queen's Indian Defense: Anti-Queen's Indian System is a chess opening classified as ECO E17, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3. It is a line of the Queen's Indian Defense. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 35 times by this move order. White won 63%, 8% were drawn and Black won 29%. The most popular continuation is 6… O-O (66% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.26 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 6… d5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5)
- ECO
- E17
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
rn1qk2r/pbppbppp/1p2pn2/8/2PP4/2N2NP1/PP2PPBP/R1BQK2R b KQkq - 4 6- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 10 | |
| 2000+ | 24 | |
| All | 35 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… O-O | 23 (66%) | |
| 6… Ne4 | 7 (20%) | |
| 6… d5 | 2 (6%) | |
| 6… d6 | 2 (6%) | |
| 6… Bb4 | 1 (3%) |
Master games
357 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 38%, draw 27%, Black 35%). The strongest:
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2787) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2853) 0-1 · chess.com Blitz Final 5m+2spm 2016 · 2016-10-27
- GM Teimour Radjabov (2759) – GM Richard Rapport (2735) 1/2-1/2 · 47th GM 2019 · 2019-07-16
- GM Alexander Grischuk (2737) – GM Anton Korobov (2692) 0-1 · World Rapid 2016 · 2016-12-26
- GM Anton Korobov (2688) – GM Quang Liem Le (2709) 0-1 · FIDE Steinitz Mem Open · 2020-05-15
- GM Alexander Grischuk (2689) – GM Andrey Esipenko (2682) 0-1 · New Year Festival Blitz · 2024-12-15
Search all games of the Queen's Indian Defense: Anti-Queen's Indian System and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- FM temus22 (2590) – Egor_Kharitonov (2598) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- FM Valery_Skatchkov2004 (2519) – bsmail (2498) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- FAT52 (2480) – CM koll6 (2435) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 600 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Indian Defense: Traditional Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7
Continuations
- Queen's Indian Defense: Opocensky Variation E17 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2
More Queen's Indian Defense lines (all)
- Queen's Indian Defense E12
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation (3… b6 4. Nc3) E12
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation, Botvinnik Attack E12
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation E12
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Andersson Variation E12
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Classical Variation E12
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Hedgehog Variation E12
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Kasparov Attack E12
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Main Line E12
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Marco Defense E12
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Modern Variation E12
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Petrosian Attack E12
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.