[Event "MASTER 🐱‍👤😎😎 Queen's Indian Defense: Queen's Indian defense Introduction"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/n8M24K8u/T3GfBh6B"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E12"] [Opening "Queen's Indian Defense"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/PrajjanPlayingChess"] [UTCDate "2021.05.28"] [UTCTime "13:00:14"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/n8M24K8u/T3GfBh6B"] [Orientation "black"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 { Opponent goes with the classical queen's gambit } 2... e6 { if Nc3 Bb4 leads to the Nimzo Indian. https://lichess.org/study/P1hSv3O6 } { [%cal Rb1c3,Bf8b4] } 3. Nf3 b6 { The queen's Indian defense. Always remember that the main aim of the Queen's Indian defense to to control the light squares. e4 and d5 are the key light squares. Your dark bishop on f8 develops to b5 either checking the king or pinning the Knight. Therefore The white knight on b1 cannot develop to d2 or c3 controlling the e4 square. } { [%csl Be4,Bd5,Rd2,Rc3][%cal Bf6e4,Bf6d5,Bc8b7,Bb7e4,Bf8b4,Rb1d2,Rb1c3,Rc3e4,Rd2e4,Bb4e1] } *