Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Kramnik Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1
The Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Kramnik 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. Re1. 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 33 times by this move order. White won 42%, 13% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 7… d5 (33% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.28 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 7… Ne4 8. Be3 Qc8 9. Qd3 f5 10. Nbd2)
- ECO
- E17
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
rn1q1rk1/pbppbppp/1p2pn2/8/2PP4/5NP1/PP2PPBP/RNBQR1K1 b - - 6 7- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 4 | |
| 2000+ | 29 | |
| All | 33 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… d5 | 11 (33%) | |
| 7… d6 | 5 (15%) | |
| 7… Ne4 | 5 (15%) | |
| 7… c5 | 4 (12%) | |
| 7… h6 | 3 (9%) | |
| 7… a5 | 2 (6%) | |
| 7… Na6 | 2 (6%) | |
| 7… Qc8 | 1 (3%) |
Master games
1,169 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 44%, draw 32%, Black 24%). The strongest:
- LCZero 0.31-dag-5350a2e-BT4-61 (3631) – Stockfish dev-20240728-2343f71 (3662) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 26 Balanced Lines · 2024-08-03
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2787) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2853) 0-1 · chess.com Blitz Final 3m+2spm 2016 · 2016-10-27
- GM Boris Gelfand (2748) – GM Alexander Grischuk (2797) 1-0 · Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014 · 2014-10-04
- GM Levon Aronian (2815) – GM Pavel Eljanov (2723) 1-0 · FIDE World Blitz 2014 · 2014-06-19
- GM So, W. (2767) – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2767) 0-1 · chess.com Speed 2019 · 2019-10-02
Highest-rated Lichess games
- AnibalBarca7 (2691) – FuriaEn64 (2657) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- July16Q (2662) – Towser1 (2686) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- Turlov (2520) – Towser1 (2667) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 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.