Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Kazakh Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.Nf3O-O6.Be2Na6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Kazakh Variation105k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
72%76k49%
9.9%10k44%
7.6%8.0k51%
4.4%4.6k47%
3.6%3.8k51%
0.4%38643%
0.3%31657%
0.3%31649%
0.2%23846%
0.2%23349%
Famous games in this line3.2k master games
Carlsen, Magnus (2863) – Ding, Liren (2791)Nepomniachtchi, I.. (2784) – Radjabov, T.. (2765)Giri, A. (2760) – Erigaisi, Arjun (2775)Kramnik, Vladimir (2790) – Radjabov, Teimour (2740)So, W. (2780) – Wei Yi (2729)Aronian, L. (2793) – Jobava, Ba (2707)Gelfand, Boris (2741) – Radjabov, Teimour (2740)Wojtaszek, R. (2744) – Ding Liren (2732)Heroes of this opening Erigaisi, Arjun · Kramnik, Vladimir · So, W. · Aronian, L.
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E91
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
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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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