Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (6… Bb7 7. e3)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3
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 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 19 times by this move order. White won 32%, 5% were drawn and Black won 63%. The most popular continuation is 7… d6 (32% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.30 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 7… d5 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O)
- ECO
- E14
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 18 | |
| All | 19 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… d6 | 6 (32%) | |
| 7… O-O | 6 (32%) | |
| 7… Ne4 | 5 (26%) | |
| 7… a5 | 1 (5%) | |
| 7… Nc6 | 1 (5%) |
Master games
786 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 48%, draw 30%, Black 22%). The strongest:
- GM Liren Ding (2805) – GM Bassem Amin (2704) 1-0 · Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 · 2019-05-11
- GM Boris Gelfand (2759) – GM Evgeny Tomashevsky (2714) 1-0 · Tal Memorial Blitz 2014 · 2014-11-13
- GM Pavel Eljanov (2723) – GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2705) 1-0 · FIDE World Rapid 2014 · 2014-06-18
- GM Alexey Sarana (2654) – GM Anish Giri (2764) 1-0 · European Online KO Final · 2020-05-31
- GM Pavel Eljanov (2727) – GM Alexander Onischuk (2665) 1/2-1/2 · 10th World Teams 2015 · 2015-04-27
Search all games of the Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Skarr_song (2626) – puretraining (2586) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- Appletwovivian (2563) – GM FCChelsea14 (2642) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- FM Valery_Skatchkov2004 (2563) – fantastic11 (2471) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2
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 (7… Bb7 8. Bd3) 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.