Queen's Indian Defense

Queen's Indian Defense

The Queen's Indian Defense is an extremely solid modern defense against the d4 opening from white. It usually arises if white chooses to avoid the Nimzo-Indian defense by bringing his knight to c3 and instead opts to first bring his knight to f3...

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4
Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6 9.Nd2 e5 10.f3 Qe7 11.e4 Nbd7 12.Bd3 Nf8 13.c5
dxc5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.Qa4+ c6 16.O-O Ng6 17.Nc4 Qe6 18.e5 b5
19.exf6 bxa4 20.fxg7 Rg8 21.Bf5 Nxh4 22.Bxe6 Ba6 23.Nd6+ Ke7
24.Bc4 Rxg7 25.g3 Kxd6 26.Bxa6 Nf5 27.Rab1 f6 28.Rfd1+ Ke7
29.Re1+ Kd6 30.Kf2 c4 31.g4 Ne7 32.Rb7 Rag8 33.Bxc4 Nd5
34.Bxd5 cxd5 35.Rb4 Rc8 36.Rxa4 Rxc3 37.Ra6+ Kc5 38.Rxf6 h5
39.h3 hxg4 40.hxg4 Rh7 41.g5 Rh5 42.Rf5 Rc2+ 43.Kg3 Kc4
44.Ree5 d4 45.g6 Rh1 46.Rc5+ Kd3 47.Rxc2 Kxc2 48.Kf4 Rg1
49.Rg5 1-0

A famous game

Teimour Radjabov vs Viswanathan Anand
FIDE GP 2002

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Nd7 9. e4 Be7 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O O-O
12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qe2 c4 14. Bxc4 Bxe4 15. Ba6 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rc7
17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Bd3 b5 19. Rfe1 a6 20. a4 bxa4 21. c4 Qb8
22. Ba1 Rd8 23. Re4 Nf6 24. Rh4 Be7 25. Rh3 h6 26. Rb1 Rxc4
27. Rxb8 Rc1+ 28. Bf1 Rxb8 29. Bc3 Rbb1 30. Qd3 a3 31. Qxa6 a2
32. g4 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Ne4 34. Ba1 Nd2 0-1

Garry Kasparov vs Lajos Portisch
Niksic 1983
Chess opening-Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation. Petrosian Attack
[Result 1-0]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3
Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Bb2 Rc8
13.Qe2 O-O 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.c4 cxd4 16.exd4 Na5 17.d5 exd5
18.cxd5 Bxd5 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Rxd5 Kg8 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Ne5
Rfd8 23.Qg4+ Kf8 24.Qf5 f6 25.Nd7+ Rxd7 26.Rxd7 Qc5 27.Qh7 Rc7
28.Qh8+ Kf7 29.Rd3 Nc4 30.Rfd1 Ne5 31.Qh7+ Ke6 32.Qg8+ Kf5
33.g4+ Kf4 34.Rd4+ Kf3 35.Qb3+ 1-0

Joseph Henry Blackburne vs Josef Noa
1887
Chess opening-Queen's Indian Defense
[Result 1-0]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 b6 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.Nbd2 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.Qc2
Nc6 8.a3 g5 9.Bg3 g4 10.Ne5 Nxd4 11.Qc3 Nf5 12.Nxg4 Rg8
13.Bxc7 Qxc7 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Qxf6 Rg6 16.Qc3 Rc8 17.e4 Nd6
18.f3 Qc5 19.Nb3 Qg5 20.Rd1 e5 21.g3 f5 22.exf5 Qxf5 23.Be2 h5
24.O-O Qf4 25.Rxd6 Rxg3+ 26.Kf2 Rh3 27.Ke1 Rxh2 28.Qd3 Bc6
29.Rg6 Qf7 30.Rfg1 1-0

The Queens Indian Defense is one of the most respected and solid defenses that black has against white's d4 opening. It is contingent on white playing Nf3 before Nc3 so you might want to have another defense as backup in case white throws you for a loop.

Anatoli Karpov vs Viktor Korchnoi
Dortmund, Cat.16 1994
Chess opening-Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation. Main Line (E12)
[Result 0-1]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+
c6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.g3 O-O 11.Bg2 Nd7 12.O-O Be7
13.Rfd1 f5 14.e3 Bd6 15.Ne2 Qe7 16.Nf4 a5 17.Nd3 b5 18.Qc2 a4
19.Re1 Kh8 20.Rac1 Nb6 21.Nfe5 Nc4 22.f4 g5 23.Qe2 Rg8 24.Kf2
Raf8 25.Nf3 h6 26.Nfe5 Kh7 27.Kg1 Qe8 28.Qc2 Kh8 29.Nf2 Rg7
30.Re2 Bc8 31.Rce1 Rfg8 32.Nxc4 bxc4 33.Qxa4 Rb7 34.Nd1 h5
35.Kf2 Bd7 36.Qc2 Qg6 37.Kf1 h4 38.Rf2 g4 39.Kg1 Rgb8 40.Qe2
h3 41.Bf1 Bc7 42.b4 cxb3 43.Nb2 Bd6 44.a4 Qe6 45.Rd1 Ra7
46.Rd3 Kh7 47.Qd1 c5 48.Rxb3 Rxb3 49.Qxb3 c4 50.Qb6 Ra8 51.e4
fxe4 52.f5 Qe7 53.Nd1 Rb8 54.Qa5 Bc6 55.f6 Qe6 56.Ne3 Rb3
57.Qa7+ Bb7 58.a5 Bf8 59.Rf4 Bh6 60.f7 Bxf4 61.f8=Q Bxe3+
62.Kh1 Bh6 63.Qf2 Bg7 64.a6 Rf3 65.Qe1 Bxa6 66.Be2 Rf7 67.Qc5
c3 68.Qcxc3 Bxe2 69.Qxe2 Qf6 70.Qc1 Bh6 71.Qb1 Qf5 72.Kg1 Rc7
0-1

Max Marchand vs Friedrich Saemisch
Goteborg B 1920
Chess opening-Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation (E12)
[Result 1-0]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.e3 Bb4 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O
Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6 9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Qc2 f5 11.Ne1 g6 12.f3 Nf6 13.e4
Qe7 14.Qe2 Nbd7 15.Nc2 fxe4 16.fxe4 e5 17.d5 h6 18.a4 a5
19.Na3 Ba6 20.Rb1 O-O-O 21.Be3 Rhf8 22.Nb5 Kb7 23.Rf2 Bxb5
24.Rxb5 Ne8 25.Qg4 Rxf2 26.Kxf2 Nef6 27.Qh3 Kc7 28.Ke1 Qg7
29.Rb2 Nh5 30.g3 Nhf6 31.Qg2 Rf8 32.Qe2 Rh8 33.Qd1 Qg8 34.Qb3
Rh7 35.Qb5 Qc8 36.Rg2 Nb8 37.Rf2 Nfd7 38.Bf1 Qa6 39.Qb3 h5
40.Bg5 Qc8 41.Bh3 Rg7 42.Be6 Kb7 43.Qb5 Ka7 44.Ke2 Qa6
45.Qxa6+ Kxa6 46.Rf7 Rxf7 47.Bxf7 Kb7 48.Bxg6 b5 49.axb5 a4
50.Bc1 Nf6 51.Kd3 Nbd7 52.Bf5 Nb6 53.h3 Kc7 54.h4 Kd8 55.Bh3
Ke8 56.Bf1 Ng4 57.Be2 Nf2+ 58.Ke3 Ng4+ 59.Kd2 Nf6 60.Kd3 Ng4
61.Bxg4 hxg4 62.h5 Kf7 1-0

Great posts.
Please post the video of the trap he was talking about.
Also I wasnt to see Threads on Queens Gambit and Scicillian.