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The Queen's Indian Defence is a classical opening, usually valued more for its solid positional foundation than for its fighting potential. IM Deboushnik De's new repertoire keeps that foundation but adds novelties, ambitious ideas and aggressive lines that let Black fight for the initiative.
The central idea goes back to Aron Nimzowitsch. His 4...Ba6, aimed straight at the c4-pawn, turns a developing move into a question White has to answer immediately. The repertoire is built around that question, and around a broader principle: Black's setup should be decided by what White has already committed to.

In 1931, Max Euwe and José Raúl Capablanca reached a position where Black had just sacrificed the exchange on a8. Capablanca, with the black pieces, stood better — and never realised it, repeating moves into a draw he should have been pressing to win.
Nearly a century later, that same position is the critical theoretical battleground of this repertoire. White's most testing engine moves still lead straight back to it, and Black is still playing for three results. That is the spirit of the whole course: principled, fighting, and built on lines that reward the player who understands them.

GM Ulf Andersson — former World No. 4 — joins GM Petar Arnaudov for an engine-free discussion of eight of his own games in the Nimzo-Indian and Bogo-Indian structures he played as Black throughout his career. A rare chance to listen to a legendary positional player explain his own work.

The Queen's Indian Defense has long been chess's quiet answer to 1.d4 — a hypermodern system where Black controls the center from a distance rather than occupying it directly. Yet for decades, players seeking active counterplay gravitated toward sharper systems like the King's Indian, treating the Queen's Indian as a fallback option.

GM Mitrabha Guha challenges that assumption head-on. In his debut Modern Chess course, the Indian grandmaster presents the Queen's Indian not as a drawing weapon, but as one of the rare Black openings where you can genuinely play for the win against 1.d4. His repertoire is built around 4...Bb7 rather than the more forcing 4...Ba6, emphasizing deep positional understanding over memorization — a choice that makes the opening both more resilient and more instructive.

The Queen's Indian Defense continues to attract elite players seeking a robust yet dynamic response to 1.d4. Modern Chess is proud to announce the release of "Queen's Indian Defense - Top-Level Repertoire for Black" by GM Ivan Cheparinov, a comprehensive 4-hour and 53-minute course that combines practical tournament insights with rigorous theoretical analysis.

We are happy to present the next installment in the acclaimed 1.d4 According to Dreev series — a powerful and practical repertoire against one of Black’s most solid defenses: the Queen’s Indian Defense.
After the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3, White enters a highly positional battleground where deep understanding often triumphs over memorization.

The Accelerated Queen’s Indian Defense is one of the most ambitious and practical choices Black has against 1.d4. This flexible system also fits seamlessly into a repertoire based on the double fianchetto, making it effective against a variety of move orders, including 1.Nf3 or 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3.
For a long time, this opening was considered dubious, as 2...b6 allows White to establish a strong pawn center. However, modern engines have revolutionized our understanding, revealing that Black has excellent counterplay in all lines. The resulting complex positions offer rich opportunities to play for a win with Black, making this opening a favorite of uncompromising players like Magnus Carlsen.

Welcome to the third of the '1.d4' series for White. Parts 1 & 2 cover the 'QGD variations' against 1.d4. This course will cover all the relevant sidelines except for the King's Indian & Grunfeld. The following critical variations are covered in this course: Modern Benoni, Queen's Gambit Accepted, Queen's Indian, Bogo Indian and Dutch Defence. Apart from that, I also cover the sidelines, such as the Blumenfeld Gambit, The Budapest Gambit, and The Chigorin Defence. The approach has been to play the most principled variations against the critical variations and practical approach, i.e., less memorization, against sidelines.

We are glad to bring to you the IM Marcin Sieciechowicz’s latest offering, Queen's Indian Defense, a 10-hour extensive video training covering the most popular lines and how best to play them as Black. This course is a thorough journey into the mechanics of this brilliant defense, accessible to beginners and invaluable for seasoned players.

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The workshop of GM Grigorov - Understand the Queen's Indian Defence is already a digital product.
This product includes all the videos from the workshop as well as the PGN file related to the training sessions. Overall, the material consists of approximately 6 hours of video and a PGN database which includes 78 files!