Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Farago Defense
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7
The Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Farago Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO E12, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7. 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 10 times by this move order. White won 30%, 10% were drawn and Black won 60%. The most popular continuation is 6. Nc3 (80% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.39 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 6. Bf4 c5 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6)
- ECO
- E12
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
rn1qkb1r/pbpp1ppp/1p2pn2/8/2PP4/P4N2/1PQ1PPPP/RNB1KB1R w KQkq - 3 6- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 9 | |
| All | 10 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Nc3 | 8 (80%) | |
| 6. d5 | 1 (10%) | |
| 6. Bf4 | 1 (10%) |
Master games
492 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 36%, draw 29%, Black 35%). 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
- Stockfish dev-20240728-2343f71 (3662) – LCZero 0.31-dag-5350a2e-BT4-61 (3631) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 26 Balanced Lines · 2024-08-03
- Stockfish dev15_20220401 (3617) – KomodoDragon 2894.00 (3600) 1-0 · TCEC 22 Superfinal 2022 · 2022-04-13
- KomodoDragon 2894.00 (3600) – Stockfish dev15_20220401 (3617) 1-0 · TCEC 22 Superfinal 2022 · 2022-04-12
- GM Javokhir Sindarov (2777) – GM Jorden Van Foreest (2728) 1-0 · 13th Sinquefield Cup · 2026-08-18
Highest-rated Lichess games
- NM Andrey11976 (2782) – Nana_jede_cevape (2901) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- h5h6h7 (2587) – Ishmael67 (2529) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- QVC64 (2520) – BlackPoplar (2588) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3
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.