Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Intermezzo Line
- 1.d4Nf6
- 2.c4e6
- 3.Nf3b6
- 4.g3Ba6
- 5.b3Bb4+
- 6.Bd2Be7
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A Queen's Indian line in which Black, having provoked 6. Bd2 with a check, retreats with 6...Be7 and leaves the white bishop on a less useful square.
Train it in TheoriaAbout the Intermezzo Line
Having used 5...Bb4+ to draw White's bishop to d2, Black withdraws with 6...Be7 instead of choosing the Modern Line, 6...Qe7. On d2 the bishop stands awkwardly and takes the knight's natural square. White nearly always continues 7. Bg2, and a standard reply is 7...c6 8. Bc3 d5, when the bishop obstructs the c-file. The rarer 7. Nc3 has scored well for White. The engine rates the position as roughly balanced.