Talk:Queen's Indian Defense

Nc3
Although rare, 3. Nc3 b6 can be played and is also a Queen's Indian. (At least, I believe it makes sense to call it by the same name; it has no other name that I know of.) White can play Nf3 (not necessarily on move 4) transposing to the mainline QID or f3 to block the bishop's diagonal. Any point mentioning this on the page? 91.105.48.139 (talk) 11:03, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi, Sorry for the late reply. In regards to your question, I would say that the line you bring up is also a Queen's Indian, as the Queen's Indian is chiefly characterized by the fianchettoing of the queenside bishop. I'm an English player, not a QP openings guy, but intuitively the line wouldn't be that rare since it could easily transpose into the other Queen's Indian lines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.237.204.121 (talk) 17:44, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

3 Nc3 b6? 4 e4 leaves black with a very cramped position and no influence in the center. A friend of mine once played it mistakenly at the world's junior championship. His opponent usually played 3 Nf3 and so my friend and his second had prepared a Queen's Indian. Now the opponent counter to his habit played 3 Nc3 and my friend nevertheless played 3...b6? and never stood a chance in the game. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.83.202.209 (talk) 07:04, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

Recent name change
There is a clear consensus at the Chess Project that Queen's Indian Defense should not have been renamed to Queen's Indian (E12), see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Chess. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 01:33, 17 June 2012 (UTC)


 * I agree, let's revert the change. If someone wants to rename a page, it shall be discussed thoroughly beforehand. SyG (talk) 12:38, 17 June 2012 (UTC)


 * OK, I've requested that "Defense" be deleted so this can be moved back. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 17:07, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅. JohnCD (talk) 18:05, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Petrosian variation with 4...Ba6
4...Ba6 is also a popular (master-level) response to 4.a3 alongside 4...Bb7, according to various databases. I would like to update the Petrosian section to the following paragraph:

"4.a3, the Petrosian Variation, prepares 5.Nc3 by stopping ...Bb4 pinning the knight. White intends to follow up with Nc3 and e4, building a large pawn center. Black usually responds by contesting the e4-square with ...Bb7 and ...d5 (Gurevich, 1992). This variation was often used by Garry Kasparov early in his career. 4...Ba6 followed by ...Bb7 is also often seen, giving up a tempo in exchange for prompting White to defend the pawn on c4 with 5.Qc2 and cede the ability to gain space by pushing the d-pawn to d5."

However, I do not have access to any reliable sources on the 4...Ba6 variation. It would be appreciated if another editor could source this statement or even improve upon it. EpsilonCarinae (talk) 19:17, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

Queen's Indian Accelerated with 2...g6
Queen's Indian Accelerated with 2...g6 is a rare variation with the highest win ration for black. As I am quite new to enWP, would appreciate help for guidance if/how to add it to this article. --RoRoGr (talk) 15:16, 15 December 2019 (UTC)