E74 · Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defense, Advance Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.Be2O-O6.Bg5c57.d5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defense, Advance Variation51k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
17%8.8k47%
17%8.4k44%
12%6.1k47%
9.5%4.8k49%
7.1%3.6k53%
6.1%3.1k48%
2.3%1.2k42%
1.8%89748%
0.8%41840%
Famous games in this line2.0k master games
Erigaisi, Arjun (2801) – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2777)Gelfand, B. (2777) – Nakamura, Hi (2786)Carlsen, Magnus (2861) – Van Wely, Loek (2679)Wang, Hao (2737) – Radjabov, Teimour (2793)Topalov, Veselin (2777) – Radjabov, Teimour (2744)Le, Quang Liem (2709) – Giri, A. (2773)Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2726) – Topalov, Veselin (2752)Ponomariov, Ruslan (2723) – Grischuk, Alexander (2752)Heroes of this opening Erigaisi, Arjun · Carlsen, Magnus · Wang, Hao · Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E74
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
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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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