Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System3 (9. cxd5 Nxd5)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5
The Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System3 is a chess opening classified as ECO E14, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5. It is a line of the Queen's Indian Defense. White 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: +0.42 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qg4 f5 12. Qe2 Bf6)
- ECO
- E14
- Moves
- 18 plies
- FEN
rn1qk2r/pb2bppp/1p2p3/3n4/3P4/2NB1N2/PP3PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 0 10- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Master games
2 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 50%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- FM Sameh Sadek (2297) – GM Azer Mirzoev (2527) 1/2-1/2 · Golden Cleopatra Open · 2016-12-20
- Nenad Popovic (2238) – IM Vuk Djordjevic (2404) 0-1 · TCh-SRB Premier 2018 · 2018-09-08
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Comes from
Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System3 (5. Bd3 c5) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5
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- 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
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- 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.