Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Makogonov Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.h3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Makogonov Variation884k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
80%709k49%
6.6%59k47%
3.4%30k47%
2.6%23k46%
1.7%15k47%
1.5%13k46%
1.4%12k44%
0.8%6.8k46%
0.4%3.4k42%
0.3%2.6k48%
Famous games in this line6.3k master games
Aronian, Levon (2809) – Radjabov, Teimour (2793)Caruana, Fabiano (2835) – Radjabov, Teimour (2765)Caruana, F. (2807) – Nakamura, Hi (2792)Duda, J. (2731) – Carlsen, M. (2856)Aronian, Levon (2813) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2772)Caruana, F. (2832) – Nakamura, Hi (2746)Morozevich, Alexander (2770) – Radjabov, Teimour (2788)Kasparov, Garry (2785) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2765)Heroes of this opening Aronian, Levon · Duda, J. · Nakamura, Hi · Radjabov, Teimour
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E71
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3
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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