Queen's Indian Defense: Euwe Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3
The Queen's Indian Defense: Euwe Variation 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. O-O O-O 7. b3. 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 17 times by this move order. White won 59%, 12% were drawn and Black won 29%. The most popular continuation is 7… d6 (35% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.09 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 7… d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Nc3)
- ECO
- E17
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
rn1q1rk1/pbppbppp/1p2pn2/8/2PP4/1P3NP1/P3PPBP/RNBQ1RK1 b - - 0 7- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 3 | |
| 2000+ | 14 | |
| All | 17 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… d6 | 6 (35%) | |
| 7… d5 | 5 (29%) | |
| 7… c5 | 2 (12%) | |
| 7… Ne4 | 2 (12%) | |
| 7… a5 | 2 (12%) |
Master games
108 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 34%, draw 38%, Black 28%). The strongest:
- GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2710) – GM Pavel Eljanov (2763) 1/2-1/2 · ACP Masters GpB 2015 · 2015-12-07
- GM Jeffery Xiong (2679) – GM Yi Wei (2736) 1-0 · chess.com Junior Speed · 2019-08-10
- GM Yangyi Yu (2760) – GM Awonder Liang (2572) 1/2-1/2 · PRO League Group Stage · 2018-02-03
- GM Sam Shankland (2713) – GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2598) 1/2-1/2 · 52nd Biel GM Rapid 2019 · 2019-07-21
- GM Evgeny Tomashevsky (2718) – GM Nikita Petrov (2586) 1/2-1/2 · FIDE World Cup 2019 · 2019-09-10
Search all games of the Queen's Indian Defense: Euwe Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Tranquilou (2443) – CM benammar (2413) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Evgeny760127 (2351) – KillerATZE45 (2361) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- HarryPotter_el_mejor (2325) – apokrasenko (2372) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O
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.