Resurrecting the Queen's Indian Attack (QIA)

It looks perfectly good to me. Btw it's a subvariation of Réti opening: Nimzo-Larsen attack.

It merits to have its own ECO code, not as a part of Réti, NLA or van't Kruijs.

The oldest game: Blackburne-Jacobs (1909, 1-0):

https://www.chess.com/games/view/10812

Great, thanks for this thread. I will post my masterful thoghts later.

Don't forget tp provide us with masterfully and thoughtfully chosen subvariations.

Was it dead?

No officially recognized name, no special ECO code, it's not normal.

it is well known path.

White just wants to play Queen's indian or Nimzo indian with white.

Cannot be wrong...

If u want to study it, just study Nimzo/Queen's indian and then u should use effectively your tempo playing white.

There is a good educational video by GM Igor Smirnov on how to play the Nimzo-Larsen that deals with this position (transposition after 4.Bb2). In the case Black does not play 4...Nc6 denying White's right to play the Nimzo-Larsen attack, then his main move is 5.c4 and most of the time White ends up playing against an isolated pawn.

I created a database to train on this position some time ago, and I remember a nice Petrosian's game that I could play right now but I do not remember his opponent's name. I will post it if I find it at home.

Merovwig: Nice, please post it at your convenience.

The position I am thinking about involves ...e6 and thus does not include variations such as ...Bg4 and ...Bf5, which is my mind are distinct variations regarding the way I chosed to deal with them. Still, I should post Smirnov's advices (video freely available on youtube) and selected annotated games in a few hours.

The relevant video by GM Smirnov is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONRfnAhtnpI

It starts with the mainline of the Nimzo-Larsen attack, the "Queen's Indian Attack" part starts at 5'40".

He starts with the 1.b3 move order, but it is of course also playable with the 1.Nf3 move order (that I myself prefer since I do not want to face ...e5 variations but you have to know how to deal with later on ...Bg4 or ...Bf5).

The Petrosian's game I was talking about with my patzer-level analysis:

Merovwig: Thanks a lot for the game and comments! I've found it in the local database too:

https://www.chess.com/games/view/201161

There are also Smyslov and Tal games the same year:

https://www.chess.com/games/view/198548

https://www.chess.com/games/view/199504

all won by white.

I know this Smyslov's game, I also annotated it but Lord, it took me too much time already to type down each sub-variations and comments of the last one I gave you. xD

Already the first annotation about Fischer and "proper order" was interesting.  If someone is really interested in annotations he/she could ask it here.

That is usually refereed to as the Nimzo-Larsen attack. 1.Nf3 2.b3 will get you into Nimzo Larsen, just only 1.b3. It's one of my favorite openings. Very similar family to the Colle system, Zugertort Variation in the early middle game. 

 Nimzovitch is the innnovator of " Nimzovitch's Attack 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3! Nf6 3.e3! c5 4.Bb2 Nc6 5,Bb5! Nimzovitch famous move, he beat or drew against Marshall, Rubinstein, Wolf, Spielmann, Tartakower, Alekhine , Maroczy, Kashdan ( der Kliene Capablanca { this is German meaning "The little Capablanca "} ) Kashdan could outplay GMs in equal endgame and win (  Carlsen was not the only GM that can win in equal endgame against GMs ) and The first Mexican GM Carlos Torre Repetto, Lasker said, Torre was world champion caliber. Nimzoivitch was playing the Nimzovtich Attack against GM opposition and winning or drawing, this opening is very sound to play. 

One historical game Owen-Whisker (1872, 1-0) starting as Reversed French and featuring QIA :

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1266623

great post! love it!

Thanks, buddy!