Queen's Indian Defense
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Named variations of the Queen's Indian Defense
Our opening book catalogues 37 named variations in this family. Here they all are:
- Fianchetto Variation
- Fianchetto, Anti-Queen's Indian System
- Fianchetto, Anti-Queen's Indian, Opočenský Variation
- Fianchetto, Capablanca Variation
- Fianchetto, Capablanca, Riumin Variation
- Fianchetto, Classical Variation
- Fianchetto, Classical, Euwe Variation
- Fianchetto, Classical, Kramnik Variation
- Fianchetto, Classical, Nimzowitsch Line
- Fianchetto, Classical, Polugaevsky Gambit
- Fianchetto, Classical, Taimanov Gambit
- Fianchetto, Classical, Tiviakov Defense
- Fianchetto, Classical, Traditional Variation
- Fianchetto, Fine Variation
- Fianchetto, Main Line
- Fianchetto, Nimzowitsch Variation
- Fianchetto, Nimzowitsch Variation, Nimzowitsch Attack
- Fianchetto, Nimzowitsch Variation, Quiet Line
- Fianchetto, Nimzowitsch Variation, Quiet, Check Variation
- Fianchetto, Nimzowitsch Variation, Quiet, Check Variation, Intermezzo Line
- Fianchetto, Nimzowitsch Variation, Quiet, Check Variation, Modern Line
- Fianchetto, Nimzowitsch Variation, Timman Line
- Fianchetto, Sämisch Variation
- Fianchetto, Sämisch, Buerger Variation
- Fianchetto, Sämisch, Rubinstein Variation
- Fianchetto, Traditional Line
- Kasparov Variation
- Kasparov Variation, Botvinnik Attack
- Kasparov Variation, Petrosian Variation
- Kasparov Variation, Petrosian Variation, Murey Variation
- Kasparov Variation, Petrosian Variation, Rashkovsky Attack
- Kasparov Variation, Petrosian Variation, Romanishin Attack
- Miles Variation
- Petrosian Variation
- Petrosian Variation, Farago Defense
- Spassky System
- Spassky, Averbakh Variation
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