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E14

Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System

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Overview

Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System is a variation within the Indian Defenses family, indexed as ECO E14.

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

It begins with 9 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 to reach the canonical position.

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

It branches into 2 notable variations — Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System, Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System3.

Together the deeper variations number 4 across the full subtree.

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ECO code
E14
Group
Indian Defenses (E)
Plies
9
Parent
Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System
Direct variations
2
Total in subtree
4

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Variations (2)

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