E73 · Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.Be2O-O6.Bg5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation272k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
7.4%20k35%
6.4%17k46%
1.5%4.2k42%
1.4%3.9k40%
Famous games in this line6.2k master games
Erigaisi, Arjun (2801) – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2777)Gelfand, B. (2777) – Nakamura, Hi (2786)Gelfand, Boris (2773) – Grischuk, Alexander (2780)Carlsen, Magnus (2861) – Van Wely, Loek (2679)Aronian, L. (2801) – Ivanchuk, V. (2731)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2763) – Topalov, Veselin (2769)Wang, Hao (2737) – Radjabov, Teimour (2793)Topalov, Veselin (2777) – Radjabov, Teimour (2744)Heroes of this opening Erigaisi, Arjun · Gelfand, Boris · Carlsen, Magnus · Wang, Hao
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E73
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
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King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Nc6 DefenseE73 6…Nc6King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Geller DefenseE73 6…Nbd7King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Modern DefenseE73 6…Na6 · 1 deeper lineKing's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Benoni DefenseE74 6…c5 · 3 deeper lines
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For decades the King's Indian was considered suspect — until Bronstein, Fischer and Kasparov showed the plan: let White build the big center, lock it, and throw every kingside pawn at the enemy king. Some of the most violent attacking games ever played (Kasparov's ...g3 sacrifices) come from this defense.
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