Opening family
Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 Lines and Variations
The Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 family contains 14 named lines in this opening book, spanning ECO E14. Use this page as the map, then open individual lines for exact move orders and diagrams.
How to study this family
White
White should use the move order as a checkpoint: finish development, identify the central break, and compare the continuations below before memorizing moves.
Black
Black should ask what White is threatening in the center, then choose development moves that prepare a clean pawn break or a useful exchange.
Start with the shortest line, then branch to the variations that change the pawn structure or tactical target. Memorizing every branch before understanding the family plan is usually wasted work.
Main named lines
- E14 · Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- E14 · Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- E14 · Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- E14 · Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- E14 · Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- E14 · Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- E14 · Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- E14 · Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- E14 · Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- E14 · Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- E14 · Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- E14 · Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- E14 · Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- E14 · Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
Deep theory branches
- 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 — Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- 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 — Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- 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 — Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Bd3 — Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bb7 — Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 — Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 — Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 Be7 — Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 g6 — Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. b3 b6 — Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 — Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 — Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bd3 — Queen's Indian Defense, with e3
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 — Queen's Indian Defense, with e3