Queen's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation

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 after 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 87654321abcdefgh

The Queen's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO E14, reached after 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 is a line of the Queen's Indian Defense. 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: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 9… d5 10. Nd2 Na6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Be2)

ECO
E14
Moves
17 plies
FEN
rn1q1rk1/pb1pbppp/1p2pn2/8/2PN4/1P1BP3/PB3PPP/RN1Q1RK1 b - - 0 9
PGN
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

Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess

Comes from

Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System3 (5. Bd3 c5) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5

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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.