Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Fluid Attack
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.f4O-O6.Nf3c57.Be2
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Fluid Attack13k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
74%9.9k48%
8.9%1.2k46%
7%94149%
2.2%29648%
2%26645%
1.6%20848%
1.4%19041%
0.9%11844%
0.5%7251%
0.4%5151%
Famous games in this line151 master games
Marjanovic, Slavoljub (2524) – Iordachescu, Viorel (2560)Gomez, John Paul (2507) – Chadaev, Nikolay (2563)Martz, William E (2410) – Petrosian, Tigran V (2635)Velilla Velasco, Francisco de Asís (2524) – Menéndez, Daniel (2521)Rüfenacht, Matthias (2476) – Neagu, Liviu (2539)Bisguier, Arthur Bernard (2498) – Watson, John L (2503)Szabolcsi, Janos (2470) – Groszpeter, Attila (2520)Bisguier, Arthur Bernard (2455) – Byrne, Robert Eugene (2530)Heroes of this opening Gomez, John Paul · Velilla Velasco, Francisco de Asís · Rüfenacht, Matthias · Watson, John L
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E78
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2
FianchettoSharpAggressiveHypermodern
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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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