E73 · Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Modern Defense
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.Be2O-O6.Bg5Na6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Modern Defense8.1k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
54%4.4k51%
13%1.1k51%
11%87351%
7.5%60957%
4.4%35541%
4.3%34745%
2.3%18756%
2.1%16848%
0.7%5437%
0.3%2841%
Famous games in this line1.9k master games
Gelfand, Boris (2773) – Grischuk, Alexander (2780)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2763) – Topalov, Veselin (2769)Aronian, L. (2801) – Ivanchuk, V. (2731)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2776) – Radjabov, Teimour (2744)Gelfand, B. (2777) – Naiditsch, A. (2718)Ponomariov, Ruslan (2723) – Grischuk, Alexander (2752)Grischuk, Alexander (2726) – Radjabov, Teimour (2746)Le Quang Liem (2726) – Ivanchuk, V. (2729)Heroes of this opening Gelfand, Boris · Ivanchuk, Vassily · Grischuk, Alexander · Le Quang Liem
- 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 Na6
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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