Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.f4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack2.1M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
72%1.5M49%
6.7%140k49%
5.6%119k43%
5%105k43%
2.7%57k47%
2%43k44%
1.8%38k43%
1.2%25k42%
0.9%18k43%
0.4%9.2k44%
Famous games in this line3.9k master games
Lautier, Joel (2655) – Kasparov, Garry (2805)Jobava, Baadur (2696) – Radjabov, Teimour (2757)Topalov, Veselin (2640) – Kasparov, Garry (2805)Piket, Jeroen (2670) – Shirov, Alexei (2710)Moranda, Wojciech (2601) – Grischuk, Alexander (2777)Lautier, Joel (2660) – Shirov, Alexei (2700)Dubov, Daniil (2690) – Guseinov, G. (2666)Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus (2575) – Kasparov, Garry (2775)Heroes of this opening Jobava, Baadur · Shirov, Alexei · Moranda, Wojciech
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E76
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4
FianchettoSharpAggressiveHypermodern
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King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Modern Defense5…Na6King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Fluid Attack5…O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.Be2 · 1 deeper lineKing's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Dynamic Attack5…O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 · 2 deeper linesKing's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Normal Attack5…O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 · 1 deeper line
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From the archives
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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