Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Bronstein Defense
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.f3O-O6.Be3e57.d5Nh58.Qd2Qh4+9.g3Nxg310.Qf2Nxf111.Qxh4Nxe312.Ke2
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King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Bronstein Defense104 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
15%1641%
3.8%450%
Famous games in this line36 master games
Kasparov, Garry (2775) – Seirawan, Yasser (2610)Karpov, Anatoly (2695) – Velimirovic, Dragoljub (2525)Khismatullin, Denis (2664) – Ju, Wenjun (2552)Sulskis, Sarunas (2554) – Fedorov, Alexei (2618)Kuzmin, Alexey (2520) – Piket, Jeroen (2590)Olafsson, Helgi (2525) – Van Wely, Loek (2560)Wells, Peter K (2485) – Neverov, Valeriy (2550)Browne, Walter S (2555) – Biyiasas, Peter (2450)Heroes of this opening Karpov, Anatoly · Khismatullin, Denis · Wells, Peter K · Browne, Walter S
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E87
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 Qh4+ 9. g3 Nxg3 10. Qf2 Nxf1 11. Qxh4 Nxe3 12. Ke2
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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