Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (5… Bd6 6. Bd3)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. 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 b6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bd3. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.

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 38; best line 6… Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Qc2)

ECO: E14
Moves: 11 plies
FEN: rnbqk2r/p1p2ppp/1p1bpn2/3p4/2PP4/2NBPN2/PP3PPP/R1BQK2R b KQkq - 3 6
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bd3

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Master games

11 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 9%, draw 36%, Black 55%). The strongest:

GM Dmitry Andreikin (2724) – GM Marin Bosiocic (2623) 1-0 · World Rapid 2019 · 2019-12-26
GM Gareev, T. (2570) – GM Sergey Grigoriants (2544) 1/2-1/2 · World Rapid 2023 · 2023-12-27
Angel De Nacimiento Montano (2228) – GM Jaime Santos Latasa (2680) 0-1 · TCh-ESP Rapid 2022 · 2022-09-24
GM Abdelrahman Hesham (2416) – GM Valeriy Neverov (2460) 0-1 · 5th IIFL Wealth Mumbai Op · 2020-01-05
GM Dmitry Gurevich (2352) – GM Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso (2516) 1/2-1/2 · 34th North American Open · 2024-12-27

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Comes from

Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3

Continuations

Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (7. O-O Bb7) E14 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bb7

More Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 lines (all)

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.