Queen's Indian Defense: Opocensky Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2
The Queen's Indian Defense: Opocensky 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. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2. 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 1 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 7… O-O (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.40 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 7… d5 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 exd5 10. b4)
- ECO
- E17
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
rn1qk2r/pbppbppp/1p2p3/8/2PPn3/2N2NP1/PP1BPPBP/R2QK2R b KQkq - 6 7- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… O-O | 1 (100%) |
Master games
212 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 41%, draw 33%, Black 26%). The strongest:
- GM Veselin Topalov (2784) – GM Alexander Grischuk (2789) 1/2-1/2 · 30th ECC Open 2014 · 2014-09-19
- GM Alexander Grischuk (2777) – GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2758) 1-0 · World Blitz 2019 · 2019-12-30
- GM Veselin Topalov (2741) – GM Pavel Eljanov (2751) 1-0 · Vugar Gashimov Mem 2017 · 2017-04-27
- GM Anish Giri (2737) – GM Laurent Fressinet (2708) 1/2-1/2 · FIDE GP Paris · 2013-09-29
- GM Dmitry Jakovenko (2742) – GM Yuriy Kryvoruchko (2695) 1/2-1/2 · 10th World Teams 2015 · 2015-04-19
Search all games of the Queen's Indian Defense: Opocensky Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- pz16 (2114) – volodya19ageev (2269) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Queen's Indian Defense: Anti-Queen's Indian System 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3
More Queen's Indian Defense lines (all)
- Queen's Indian Defense E12
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- 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.