Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Ng5
The Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO E15, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Ng5. It is a line of the Queen's Indian Defense. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 7… h6 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.38 (Stockfish, depth 29; best line 7… h6 8. Nh3 g6 9. O-O Na6 10. Nc3)
- ECO
- E15
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
rn1qkb1r/pb1p1ppp/1p3n2/2pp2N1/2P5/6P1/PP2PPBP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - 1 7- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Ng5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… h6 | 1 (100%) |
Master games
25 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 52%, draw 32%, Black 16%). The strongest:
- GM Ivan Cheparinov (2678) – GM Francisco Vallejo Pons (2706) 1/2-1/2 · FIDE World Blitz 2013 · 2013-06-09
- GM Kiril Georgiev (2643) – GM Yangyi Yu (2688) 1-0 · 11th Gibraltar Masters · 2013-01-27
- GM Ivan Cheparinov (2672) – GM Bartosz Socko (2657) 1/2-1/2 · ch-European Rapid 2013 · 2013-12-15
- GM Denis Khismatullin (2647) – GM Dmitry Bocharov (2620) 1-0 · Russia Cup Final 2012 · 2012-12-09
- GM Sandro Mareco (2557) – GM Constantin Lupulescu (2655) 1-0 · Grand Europe Open Albena · 2013-06-04
Search all games of the Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- alfilborracho (2067) – Mikhailov_Vladimir (2149) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Sämisch Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5
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.