Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (7… Bb7 8. Bd3)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Bd3
The Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 is a chess opening classified as ECO E14, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Bd3. 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: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 8… Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Nxd4)
- ECO
- E14
- Moves
- 15 plies
- FEN
rn1q1rk1/pbp1bppp/1p2pn2/3p4/2PP4/1P1BPN2/PB1N1PPP/R2QK2R b KQ - 3 8- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Bd3
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Master games
3 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 33%, draw 34%, Black 33%). The strongest:
- GM Arturs Neiksans (2571) – GM Ediz Gurel (2602) 0-1 · 45th Olympiad 2024 · 2024-09-14
- FM Mikhail Belous (2343) – Utkal Ranjan Sahoo (2266) 1/2-1/2 · World Junior Open 2016 · 2016-08-21
- Tode Kukov (2099) – Hedon Miftari (1976) 1-0 · Skopje Open 2022 · 2022-10-26
Search all games of the Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 and its sub-variations
Comes from
Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
More Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 lines (all)
- Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (5… c5 6. c4) E14
- Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (6. c4 Be7) E14
- Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (6. c4 g6) E14
- Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (6… O-O 7. Nc3) E14
- Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (8… O-O 9. c4) E14
- Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (5. Nc3 Bb7) E14
- Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (5… Bd6 6. Bd3) E14
- Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (7. O-O Bb7) E14
- Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (6. b3 b6) E14
- Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (6. Bd3 b6) E14
- Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (6… Bb7 7. e3) E14
- Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (8… Bb7 9. Bd3) E14
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.