ECO family guide

Queen's Indian Defense — all variations and ECO codes

53 named lines across 8 ECO codes (E12–E19). Source: the CC0-licensed lichess.org opening database.

The main line

Position after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 (E12). Open this line on Lichess → · Queen's Indian Defense on Lichess

How the main line scores at your rating

Real Lichess win rates for 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6, playing as black — the family's other variations are not separately tracked for win rate yet, main line only.

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Win/draw/loss rate by rating band
Rating band	Games	White / draw / Black	Score for black
1400-1600	107,498	48.9% / 3.8% / 47.3%	49.2%
1600-1800	236,717	48.6% / 4.5% / 46.8%	49.1%
1800-2000	476,375	48.3% / 5.5% / 46.1%	48.9%
2000+	1,428,895	47.7% / 7.6% / 44.6%	48.5%

All 53 named variations

Every named line in the Queen's Indian Defense family, from the CC0-licensed ECO classification — not separately tracked for win rate, but every ECO code and move sequence is real, sourced data.

E12Queen's Indian Defense (main line) — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
E12Kasparov Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3
E13Kasparov Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb7
- E12Botvinnik Attack — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5
E12Kasparov-Petrosian Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3
- E12Andersson Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Ne4
- E12Classical Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5
- E12Hedgehog Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6
- E12Kasparov Attack — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2
- E12Main Line — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5
- E12Marco Defense — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Be7
- E12Modern Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5
- E12Petrosian Attack — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3
- E12Polovodin Gambit — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e4
- E12Rashkovsky Attack — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qa4+
- E12Romanishin Attack — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2
E12Miles Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bf4
E12Petrosian Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3
- E12Farago Defense — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7
E14Averbakh Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.O-O Be7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 cxd4 9.Nxd4
E14Spassky System — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3
E14Spassky System — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7
E14Spassky System — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3
E14Spassky System — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5
E14Spassky System3 — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5
E14Spassky System3 — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.O-O d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5
E15Buerger Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.Ng5
E15Fianchetto Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3
- E15Check Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+
  - E15Intermezzo Line — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7
  - E15Modern Line — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qe7
- E15Nimzowitsch Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6
  - E15Nimzowitsch Attack — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4
  - E15Quiet Line — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3
  - E15Timman's Line — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3
- E15Rubinstein Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.Nh4
- E15Sämisch Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5
- E15Traditional Line — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7
- E17Kramnik Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1
E16Capablanca Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+
E16Riumin Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7
E16Yates Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7
E17Anti-Queen's Indian System — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3
E17Classical Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O
- E17Polugaevsky Gambit — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d5 exd5 8.Nh4
- E17Taimanov Gambit — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d5 exd5 8.Nd4
- E18Tiviakov Defense — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Na6
- E18Traditional Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
  - E18Nimzowitsch Line — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 d5
  - E19Main Line — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3
E17Euwe Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.b3
E17Opocensky Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2
E17Traditional Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7