Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Long Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.Nf3d65.g3O-O6.Bg2Nbd77.O-Oe58.e4Re89.h3exd410.Nxd4Nc511.Re1a5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Long Variation8.7k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
22%1.9k53%
17%1.4k50%
15%1.3k59%
10%86760%
6.1%53062%
5.1%43958%
5.1%43853%
4.8%41252%
4.6%39950%
4.4%38446%
Famous games in this line768 master games
Aronian, L. (2785) – Demchenko, A. (2654)Korobov, A. (2713) – Bachmann, Ax (2609)Sargissian, Gabriel (2671) – Guseinov, Gadir (2631)Sjugirov, Sanan (2625) – Kurnosov, Igor (2663)Mikhalevski, V. (2538) – Harikrishna, P. (2745)Bok, B. (2624) – Demchenko, A. (2654)Berkes, F. (2658) – Vovk, A. (2614)Sjugirov, S. (2620) – Demchenko, A. (2631)Heroes of this opening Aronian, L. · Bachmann, Ax · Sjugirov, Sanan · Mikhalevski, V.
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E68
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 Re8 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Re1 a5
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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