Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Modern Defense
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.Be2O-O6.Bg5Na6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Modern Defense8.1k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
54%4.4k51%
13%1.1k51%
11%87351%
7.5%60957%
4.4%35541%
4.3%34745%
2.3%18756%
2.1%16848%
0.7%5437%
0.3%2841%
Famous games in this line1.9k master games
Gelfand, Boris (2773) – Grischuk, Alexander (2780)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2763) – Topalov, Veselin (2769)Aronian, L. (2801) – Ivanchuk, V. (2731)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2776) – Radjabov, Teimour (2744)Gelfand, B. (2777) – Naiditsch, A. (2718)Ponomariov, Ruslan (2723) – Grischuk, Alexander (2752)Grischuk, Alexander (2726) – Radjabov, Teimour (2746)Le Quang Liem (2726) – Ivanchuk, V. (2729)Heroes of this opening Gelfand, Boris · Ivanchuk, Vassily · Grischuk, Alexander · Le Quang Liem
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E73
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
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Regarded as suspect until the mid-1930s, the King's Indian was rehabilitated by Boleslavsky, Bronstein and Konstantinopolsky, then carried by Fischer and Kasparov. The plan: let White build the big centre, lock it, and throw every kingside pawn at the enemy king — Kasparov's ...g3 pawn storm against Piket at Tilburg 1989 is the picture of it.
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