Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Bobotsov-Korchnoi-Petrosian Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.f3O-O6.Nge2
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Bobotsov-Korchnoi-Petrosian Variation113k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
24%27k43%
22%25k48%
18%21k45%
17%19k47%
6.7%7.5k45%
3.1%3.6k51%
2.5%2.9k44%
2.1%2.3k41%
1.3%1.4k47%
0.8%90648%
Famous games in this line2.4k master games
Ding Liren (2805) – Grischuk, A. (2775)Anand, Viswanathan (2811) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2758)Ponomariov, Ruslan (2733) – Carlsen, Magnus (2813)Vachier Lagrave, M. (2731) – Nakamura, Hi (2814)Aronian, L. (2770) – Ding Liren (2755)Caruana, Fabiano (2772) – Svidler, Peter (2747)Ponomariov, Ruslan (2744) – Grischuk, Alexander (2773)So, W. (2753) – Giri, A. (2760)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, Magnus · Svidler, Peter · Ponomariov, Ruslan
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E81
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2
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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