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E15

Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation

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Overview

Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation is a variation within the Indian Defenses family, indexed as ECO E15.

The Indian Defenses group covers Indian defences — hypermodern lines where Black challenges the centre with pieces rather than pawns.

It is reached after 8 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6.

It is a variation of Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian.

It branches into 3 notable variations — Nimzowitsch Attack, Quiet Line, Timman's Line.

In total, the branch covers 6 sub-variations across all depths.

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ECO code
E15
Group
Indian Defenses (E)
Plies
8
Parent
Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation
Direct variations
3
Total in subtree
6

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Variations (3)

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