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Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation
Overview
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation is a named branch in the Indian Defenses group of chess theory, classified under ECO E18.
The Indian Defenses group covers Indian defences — hypermodern lines where Black challenges the centre with pieces rather than pawns.
It begins with 13 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 to reach the canonical position.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, part of the broader Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian system.
3 named variations grow from this line, including Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Tiviakov Defense, Main Line, Nimzowitsch Line.
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- ECO code
- E18
- Group
- Indian Defenses (E)
- Plies
- 13
- Direct variations
- 3
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