ECO family guide

Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 — all variations and ECO codes

14 named lines across 1 ECO code (E14). Source: the CC0-licensed lichess.org opening database.

The main line

Position after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7 (E14). Open this line on Lichess → · Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 on Lichess

How the main line scores at your rating

Real Lichess win rates for 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7, 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	54,869	48.4% / 3.9% / 47.7%	49.7%
1600-1800	91,247	47.5% / 4.7% / 47.9%	50.2%
1800-2000	98,608	46.6% / 5.5% / 47.9%	50.6%
2000+	75,050	46.0% / 6.6% / 47.3%	50.6%

All 14 named variations

Every named line in the Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 family, from the CC0-licensed ECO classification — not separately tracked for win rate, but every ECO code and move sequence is real, sourced data.

E14Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (main line) — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.c4
E14Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (main line) — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.c4 Be7
E14Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (main line) — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.c4 g6
E14Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (main line) — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3
E14Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (main line) — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 c5 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 d6 8.O-O O-O 9.c4
E14Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (main line) — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7
E14Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (main line) — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 b6 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.Bd3
E14Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (main line) — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 b6 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bb7
E14Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (main line) — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.b3 b6
E14Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (main line) — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bd3 b6
E14Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (main line) — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 b6 7.Nbd2 Bb7 8.Bd3
E14Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (main line) — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3
E14Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (main line) — 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.b3 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bb2 Bb7 9.Bd3
E14Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 (main line) — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.e3 b6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Nbd2