E15

Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation

Key moves: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6

The Queen's Indian Defence is a solid hypermodern system where Black fianchettoes the queen's bishop to control the e4 square. It's one of the most reliable defences against 1.d4.

History & Notable Players

Has been a staple of top-level chess for over a century. Karpov, Kramnik, and many modern GMs have used it extensively.

Best Games

Gukesh,D vs Aronian,L1/2-1/2
12th Sinquefield Cup • 2025★ Notable
Caruana,F vs Abdusattorov,Nodirbek1-0
Saint Louis Blitz 2024 • 2024★ Notable
Giri,A vs Carlsen,M1-0
85th Tata Steel Masters • 2023★ Notable
Gelfand,B vs Kamsky,G0-1
54th Biel GM Rapid 2021 • 2021★ Notable
Keymer,Vincent vs Kamsky,G1-0
Germany Grand Prix 2021 • 2021★ Notable
Sarana,A vs Le Quang Liem1/2-1/2
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 12 • 2020★ Notable
Grischuk,A vs Duda,J1-0
Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix • 2019★ Notable
Grischuk,A vs Duda,J1/2-1/2
Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix • 2019★ Notable
Navara,D vs Karjakin,Sergey1-0
Saint Louis Rapid 2017 • 2017★ Notable
Aronian,L vs Navara,D1-0
Saint Louis Rapid 2017 • 2017★ Notable
Nakamura,Hi vs Karjakin,Sergey1/2-1/2
FIDE Candidates 2016 • 2016★ Notable
Caruana,F vs Karjakin,Sergey1/2-1/2
FIDE Candidates 2016 • 2016★ Notable
Aronian,L vs Nakamura,Hi1-0
FIDE Candidates 2016 • 2016★ Notable
Topalov,V vs Karjakin,Sergey1/2-1/2
FIDE Candidates 2016 • 2016★ Notable
Giri,A vs Karjakin,Sergey1/2-1/2
FIDE Candidates 2016 • 2016★ Notable
Karjakin,Sergey vs Nakamura,Hi1-0
FIDE Candidates 2016 • 2016★ Notable
Anand,V vs Karjakin,Sergey1/2-1/2
4th Zurich CC Rapid • 2015★ Notable
Anand,V vs Carlsen,M1/2-1/2
WCh 2014 • 2014★ Notable
Grischuk,A vs Karjakin,Sergey1/2-1/2
Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014 • 2014★ Notable
Gelfand,B vs Leko,P1/2-1/2
41st Olympiad Open 2014 • 2014★ Notable

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