E60 · Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nf3Bg74.g3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation862k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
58%499k48%
28%243k47%
6.6%57k46%
3.4%29k48%
1.7%15k48%
1.2%10k43%
0.6%5.3k41%
0.1%1.2k44%
0.1%77736%
0.1%52847%
Famous games in this line18k master games
Carlsen, M. (2872) – Gelfand, B. (2777)Mamedyarov, S. (2801) – Carlsen, M. (2842)Aronian, L. (2782) – Carlsen, M. (2855)Carlsen, Magnus (2862) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2772)Carlsen, Magnus (2863) – Giri, Anish (2764)Carlsen, Magnus (2826) – Anand, Viswanathan (2800)Carlsen, Magnus (2815) – Aronian, Levon (2808)Carlsen, M.. (2847) – Radjabov, T.. (2765)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, Magnus
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E60
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
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Go deeper — named lines from here
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Pterodactyl VariationE64 4…c5 5.Bg2 Qa5Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation, Original DefenseD78 4…O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5 · 1 deeper lineKing's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav SystemE64 4…d6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c5Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange VariationD74 4…O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O
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From the archives
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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