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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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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