Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Petrosian Attack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3
The Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Petrosian Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO E12, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3. 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 11 times by this move order. White won 64%, 9% were drawn and Black won 27%. The most popular continuation is 7… c5 (36% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 7… Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3)
- ECO
- E12
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
rn1qkb1r/pbp2ppp/1p2p3/3n4/3P4/P1N1PN2/1P3PPP/R1BQKB1R b KQkq - 0 7- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 11 | |
| All | 11 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… c5 | 4 (36%) | |
| 7… g6 | 3 (27%) | |
| 7… Be7 | 3 (27%) | |
| 7… Nxc3 | 1 (9%) |
Master games
308 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 44%, draw 30%, Black 26%). The strongest:
- GM Evgeny Tomashevsky (2695) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2881) 1/2-1/2 · FIDE World Rapid 2014 · 2014-06-16
- GM Alexander Grischuk (2783) – GM Sergey Karjakin (2756) 1-0 · SportAccord Blitz Men 2013 · 2013-12-14
- GM Alexander Grischuk (2783) – GM Sergey Karjakin (2756) 1-0 · SportAccord Rapid Men 2013 · 2013-12-13
- GM Dmitry Andreikin (2729) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2778) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 14th Nov Early · 2023-11-14
- GM Andrey Esipenko (2678) – GM Liren Ding (2808) 1/2-1/2 · CGC KO 2022 · 2022-09-24
Highest-rated Lichess games
- rustevs (2536) – Meatloaf927 (2713) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- Severus-Snape-1960 (2576) – songsololevel (2616) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- Masterkiller10 (2548) – kichot (2550) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Modern Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
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, Polovodin Gambit E12
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Rashkovsky 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.