Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defense
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.Be2O-O6.Bg5c5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defense49k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
4.7%2.3k49%
1%50050%
0.3%12840%
0.1%5654%
0.1%4738%
0%1939%
0%1040%
0%1030%
Famous games in this line2.1k 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
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
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King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defense, Advance Variation7.d5 · 1 deeper lineKing's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defense, Exchange Variation7.dxc5King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Main Line7.d5 e6
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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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