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Current status of 5...c5
Hi there,
I'd like to know the current theoretical status of the line 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 It used to be marked as dubious. Is it still the case or is it viable?
I wond...

Started 04/27/25 at 17:51:51 by nocteus
4 413 Last Post 04/30/25 at 13:05:37
By: Cyberangel
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Best book on the QID?
Any suggestions for the best QID book? I’m interested in both explanations and theory. I know there’s Play the Queen’s Indian by Greet, Chess Explained: The Queen’s Indian by Peter Wells, and the two ...

Started 02/13/20 at 03:47:11 by BobbyDigital80
7 5452 Last Post 06/22/21 at 10:46:49
By: dpcjsr
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How to play for a win with black in QI ?
I think about playing the following line with black:
1.d4 Sf6 2.c4 e6 3.Sf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5!?
Is this line bad or refuted ?

Started 05/26/07 at 14:58:34 by Strategy_Rules
8 5823 Last Post 06/12/07 at 12:25:10
By: JudgeDeath
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Grischuk-Adams 07 QID, 1-0
After 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.Nc3 00 7.Qc2 c5 8.d5 ed 9.Ng5 h6 10.h4 white has won all 6 games according to the databases I checked. 
For example, Grischuk-M.Adams, 2007, 1-...

Started 08/12/09 at 04:19:55 by rooksway18
2 3305 Last Post 08/12/09 at 22:03:34
By: rooksway18
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Need help
Hello, 
I want ask how I need play in this variant for black:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.d5 e:d 8.Nh4 c6 9.c:d N:d5 10.Nf5 Nc7 11.e4 d5 12.Re1 Bf6 13.Nc3
m...

Started 07/31/08 at 20:07:49 by felixas
4 3852 Last Post 08/05/08 at 22:02:17
By: Bonsai
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QID: 7. d5 Gambit
Hi!
I want to add the d5 gambit against the QID to my repertoire. That is:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d5
Does anyone have some experience with this ...

Started 05/07/09 at 14:54:37 by Meat
8 6856 Last Post 05/14/09 at 06:39:01
By: BPaulsen
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Tiviakov: Queen's Indian - The Modern Approach
Anyone here have the new Tiviakov QID Fritz Trainer? I'm curious what lines he recommends.

Started 08/16/19 at 07:01:42 by BobbyDigital80
4 3543 Last Post 08/16/19 at 23:03:15
By: kylemeister
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What sort of a thumb is d5?
To one decidedly challenged in theory and available time, it appears that, in these QI-type games, whenever Black plays ...c5 without having played ...d5, it is not a bad thing for White to play d5. R...

Started 02/14/06 at 08:08:44 by Frankly
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By: Frankly
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Any good book on Petrosean Qid?
Hi all i like Petrosean variation of the Queens indian defense i wanted to know if there is any book on whites point of view...
Thanks... Smiley

Started 03/10/11 at 14:18:01 by raja
10 10357 Last Post 03/11/11 at 09:57:16
By: BPaulsen
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Any one playing the queen's indian?
Hi friends! I am trying to learn to play well the complex Nimzo/QI against 1.d4. I think that playing semi slav or King's indian is much more difficult because there are so many forcing lines. Nimzo a...

Started 02/24/14 at 17:21:52 by Pingudon
10 11581 Last Post 02/28/14 at 17:36:28
By: BPaulsen
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Repertoire Question: QID and Hedgehog
At the moment i am assembling my against non 1.e4 openings as Black. I decided for various reasons that i need a new answer to meet all the different first moves in a coherent way. I play the Hedgehog...

Started 01/05/12 at 17:47:39 by Tullius
1 4139 Last Post 01/05/12 at 18:41:21
By: MartinC
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21st century gambit
I am using the denomination given in New in Chess for the d5 gambit against the Ba6 in the Queen's Indian:
1.d4-Nf6 2.c4-e6 3.Nf3-b6 4.g3-Ba6 5.Qc2-Bb7 6.Bg2-c5 7.d5-ed5 8.cd5
Now after 8......

Started 09/22/08 at 16:40:25 by thibdb13
1 2369 Last Post 09/24/08 at 09:18:36
By: sssthepro
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Petrosian System  QID by Beliavsky and Mikhalchish
I see Chess Stars has a new book about to come out:
The Petrosian System Against the QID by Alexander Beliavsky and Adrian Mikhalchishin. I will be getting a copy. 
http://www.chess-stars.co...

Started 12/01/08 at 13:13:51 by Antillian
12 10522 Last Post 03/30/09 at 13:35:28
By: Ptero
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QID 4.e3
I noticed in another thread that Palliser recommends 4.e3 against the QID.  Having played the Black side of this a couple of times in the past (and currently playing against it in a correspondence gam...

Started 12/16/06 at 14:30:13 by HgMan
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By: Bonsai
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Some odd QID transpositions
When looking through a Chessbase magazine article by Grivas on the QID, I noticed two barely used plans that transpose to another opening with a large batch of theory:
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 b6 4...

Started 10/17/10 at 20:19:14 by Pantu (Ex Member)
1 3250 Last Post 10/17/10 at 20:47:28
By: Pantu - Ex Member
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Queens Indian 4.e3 Line
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3
I have the book by Palliser on d4 openings, and I really like the lines that he recommended in the book. However, I have a problem. I play the queens indian as blac...

Started 06/02/08 at 03:33:47 by sssthepro
4 3282 Last Post 06/07/08 at 15:15:22
By: HgMan
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QID vs QGD?
What are the reasons that make people choose the QID over the QGD? Is it down to whether you prefer hanging pawns or the IQP?

Started 02/13/20 at 14:20:26 by stockhausen
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31 16771 Last Post 06/22/21 at 10:41:23
By: dpcjsr
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QI against 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 move order?
Hi!
Question to peoples who like to play QI defence. What's your reaction on 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3!? Now 3..b6 is probably not so good and 3..d5 leads to Catalan. I don't like to play and lear...

Started 04/11/12 at 18:37:56 by Ender
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27 36908 Last Post 10/10/12 at 19:37:27
By: FirebrandX
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How to play against 5. Qc2 in Ba6 QID?
The legendary drawback of Qc2 is that it loses touch with the d-file and makes c5 a strong response. However, looking at it more closely, it seems that White gets more than enough play for the sacrifi...

Started 04/19/08 at 06:22:53 by exigentsky
6 4660 Last Post 05/25/08 at 14:59:31
By: IM Andrew Greet
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Building a QID Repertoire
There's been very little activity in the QID thread so hopefully my question will generate some!
I am starting work on a Queen's Indian repertoire to complement the Nimzo because I don't really w...

Started 12/01/16 at 19:00:00 by WSS
4 4735 Last Post 12/02/16 at 17:15:47
By: NegiRefutes - Ex Member
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