Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Modern Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7
The Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Modern Line is a chess opening classified as ECO E15, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7. It is a line of the Queen's Indian Defense. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 6 times by this move order. White won 50%, 17% were drawn and Black won 33%. The most popular continuation is 7. Bg2 (83% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.37 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 O-O)
- ECO
- E15
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
rn2k2r/p1ppqppp/bp2pn2/8/1bPP4/1P3NP1/P2BPP1P/RN1QKB1R w KQkq - 3 7- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 5 | |
| All | 6 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. Bg2 | 5 (83%) | |
| 7. a3 | 1 (17%) |
Master games
10 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 40%, draw 20%, Black 40%). The strongest:
- GM Valentina Gunina (2427) – GM Alexey Sarana (2649) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar · 2021-03-23
- IM Nico Zwirs (2461) – IM Thomas Beerdsen (2508) 1-0 · 38th Cappelle Open 2022 · 2022-02-17
- Mu Ke (2386) – IM Semen Virovlansky (2425) 0-1 · Golden Sands Open 2015 · 2015-06-10
- GM Sanan Sjugirov (2663) – Vedic Panda (2069) 1-0 · KCF University Cup 2021 · 2021-02-07
- FM Sretko Avram (2217) – IM Sergey Krylov (2337) 1/2-1/2 · TATA 14th IBCA Olympiad · 2012-08-11
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Povalm (2323) – vga79 (2326) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- LtMarseille (2262) – AbelianKnight (2211) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 2s
- Reskator0 (2155) – Vitalius84 (2299) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+
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.