Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation, Nimzowitsch Attack

E15

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4

How it went

28 ours · 973 masters

White wins 43% Draws 25% Black wins 32%

Continuations

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

Master games

Kramnik, Vladimir — Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 · 2010
Aronian, Levon — Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 · 2011
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar — Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 · 2006
Kramnik, Vladimir — Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 · 2010
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar — Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 · 2008

Games in Spain

Lopez Martinez,Josep (2453) — Fedorchuk,S (2564) 1/2-1/2
Rocha,S (2340) — Ibarra Jerez,JC (2558) 1/2-1/2
Friedel,J (2552) — Pogorelov,R (2264) 1-0
Bellahcene,B (2517) — Martin Duque,J (2454) 0-1
Vazquez Igarza,R (2503) — Cunha,Lucas Aguiar (2272) 1-0
Chigaeva,Anastasia (2156) — Pogonina,N (2479) 1/2-1/2
Del Rey,D (2327) — Klekowski,M (2479) 1/2-1/2
Bartholomew,J (2446) — Lorenzo de la Riva,L (2430) 1-0

This line is also written

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 b6 4 g3 Ba6 5 Qa4
d4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nf3 b6 g3 Ba6 Qa4
d4, Nf6, c4, e6, Nf3, b6, g3, Ba6, Qa4