QUEEN’S INDIAN DEFENSE
[Event "Queen’s Indian Defense"] [Site "TEST"] [Date "2012.05.2"] [Round "1"] [White "Kasparov President"] [Black "Kasparov President"] [Result ""] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2800"] [Annotator "Mraovich,Robert"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceDate "2012.05.2"] {Kasparov President}
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nf3 b6
4. g3 (4. a3 {Kasparov’s favorite move here!} Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc8 12. Qe2 Ba6 13. Rd1 Bxd3 14. Rxd3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nd7 16. e5 Qc4 17. Bg5 Bd8 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. h4 h6 ) 4...Ba6
5. b3 Bb4+
6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6
8. Bc3 d5
9. Ne5 Nfd7
10. Nxd7 Nxd7
11. Nd2 O-O
12. O-O Rc8
13. e4 b5
14. Re1 bxc4
15. bxc4 dxc4
16. Qa4 Bb5
17. Qc2 Re8
18. a4 Ba6
19. Rad1 Bf8
20. Nf1 Qb6
21. Rb1 Qc7
22. Ne3 Rb8
23. Bf1 Rxb1
24. Rxb1
The Queen’s Indian Defense is one of the most popular closed openings. Avoiding the pin along the E1–A5 diagonal, white defers his queen’s knight development.
Unlike in the Queen’s Gambit, black does not hurry with the D7–D5 advance, and his light squared bishop fires along the long diagonal.
It is supported by the f6 knight, which provides Black good control over the key e4 square.