Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Flexible Defense
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.Be2O-O6.Bg5h6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Flexible Defense74k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
79%58k56%
13%9.9k54%
5.9%4.3k53%
0.9%68643%
0.4%31744%
0.1%7521%
0.1%3846%
0%2843%
0%2020%
0%580%
Famous games in this line1.0k master games
Ivanchuk, Vassily (2769) – Bologan, Viktor (2732)Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2726) – Bologan, Viktor (2732)Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2756) – Berg, Emanuel (2616)Bareev, Evgeny (2698) – Bologan, Viktor (2661)Jussupow, Artur (2640) – Shirov, Alexei (2710)Gulko, Boris F (2635) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2705)Alterman, Boris (2600) – Shirov, Alexei (2720)Seirawan, Yasser (2635) – Timman, Jan H (2660)Heroes of this opening Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar · Ivanchuk, Vassily · Bareev, Evgeny · Jussupow, Artur
- 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 h6
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
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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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