Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Rashkovsky Attack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qa4+
The Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Rashkovsky 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. Qa4+. It is a line of the Queen's Indian Defense. Black is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: −0.07 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 7… Qd7 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. e4)
- ECO
- E12
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
rn1qkb1r/pbp2ppp/1p2p3/3n4/Q2P4/P1N2N2/1P2PPPP/R1B1KB1R b KQkq - 1 7- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qa4+
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Master games
31 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 42%, draw 26%, Black 32%). The strongest:
- GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili (2659) – GM Krishnan Sasikiran (2707) 1/2-1/2 · 40th Olympiad Open · 2012-09-06
- GM Viktor Erdos (2613) – GM Richard Rapport (2752) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-HUN 2019-20 · 2020-02-02
- GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2739) – GM Jules Moussard (2587) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 8th Apr Late · 2025-04-08
- GM Tornike Sanikidze (2537) – GM Maxim Matlakov (2693) 1/2-1/2 · 17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016 · 2016-05-22
- GM Tornike Sanikidze (2518) – GM Arturs Neiksans (2599) 0-1 · TCh-FRA Top 12 2017 · 2017-05-24
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, Petrosian Attack E12
- Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation, Polovodin Gambit 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.