Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Farago Defense

E12

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7

How it went

13 ours · 814 masters

White wins 38% Draws 23% Black wins 39%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Safarli, Eltaj — Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 · 2016
Bosboom, Manuel — Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 · 1999
Ivanchuk, Vasyl — Bocharov, Dmitry 1-0 · 2011
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar — Navara, David 1/2-1/2 · 2021
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar — Banikas, Hristos 1/2-1/2 · 2013

Games in Spain

Gupta,Ab (2506) — Chigaev,M (2634) 1/2-1/2
Garriga Cazorla,Pere (2459) — Zhigalko,S (2572) 0-1
Vilanova Guardiola,J (1896) — Samant,Aditya S (2467) 0-1
Popilski,G (2455) — Gavilan Diaz,M (2271) 1-0
Khademalsharieh,S (2444) — Brunello,M (2287) 1/2-1/2
Ladron de Guevara Pinto,P (2402) — Balbuena Fuentes,Mario (2291) 1/2-1/2
Pacetti Terra,Nicolas (2019) — Martin Duque,J (2336) 0-1
Jimenez Ruano,Adrian (2218) — Martinez Fernandez,Adrian (2332) 1-0

This line is also written

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 b6 4 a3 Ba6 5 Qc2 Bb7
d4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nf3 b6 a3 Ba6 Qc2 Bb7
d4, Nf6, c4, e6, Nf3, b6, a3, Ba6, Qc2, Bb7