Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nf3Bg74.g3O-O5.Bg2d66.O-ONbd77.Nc3e58.e4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Variation139k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
37%51k46%
25%34k48%
15%21k46%
4.9%6.8k45%
3.1%4.3k50%
3%4.2k44%
2.8%4.0k40%
2.3%3.2k45%
2%2.8k39%
1.8%2.4k46%
Famous games in this line7.7k master games
Carlsen, M. (2865) – Mamedyarov, S. (2767)Carlsen, Magnus (2863) – Giri, Anish (2764)Firouzja, Alireza (2767) – Carlsen, M. (2832)Ding Liren (2777) – Mamedyarov, S. (2799)Kasparov, Garry (2825) – Topalov, Veselin (2740)Harikrishna, P. (2763) – Nakamura, Hi (2787)Mamedyarov, S. (2774) – Grischuk, A. (2775)Ding Liren (2777) – Grischuk, A. (2772)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, Magnus · Topalov, Veselin · Nakamura, Hi · Mamedyarov, S.
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E68
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
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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