Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (6. b3 b6)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. b3 b6
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. Nc3 O-O 6. b3 b6. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2 times by this move order. White won 50%, 0% were drawn and Black won 50%. The most popular continuation is 7. a3 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.04 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5)
- ECO
- E14
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. b3 b6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 2 | |
| All | 2 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. a3 | 1 (50%) | |
| 7. cxd5 | 1 (50%) |
Master games
12 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 25%, Black 25%). The strongest:
- GM Evgeny Tomashevsky (2694) – GM Grigoriy Oparin (2681) 1/2-1/2 · AI Cup Play-In 2023 · 2023-09-18
- IM Luis Ernesto Quesada Perez (2462) – GM Cristhian Cruz (2562) 0-1 · 53rd Capablanca Mem Open · 2018-05-15
- GM John Paul Gomez (2450) – GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (2537) 1/2-1/2 · 17th Asian Continental · 2018-12-17
- GM Aleksey Dreev (2606) – FM Lev Zverev (2343) 1-0 · World Rapid 2023 · 2023-12-26
- FM Roman Yanchenko (2467) – IM Karina Ambartsumova (2382) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 9th Feb · 2021-02-09
Search all games of the Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- SezginOnline (2301) – Kirill_ufa (2230) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 600 + 0s
- Captain_KEYES_195 (2179) – eckhamvi (2118) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 600 + 0s
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. Bd3 b6) E14
- Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (7… Bb7 8. Bd3) 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.