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King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Double Fianchetto Attack

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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nf3Bg74.g3d65.Bg2O-O6.O-ONbd77.Nc3e58.b3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Double Fianchetto Attack11k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
28%3.1k45%
26%2.8k41%
24%2.6k47%
5.9%64132%
2.9%31946%
2.7%28941%
2.2%23541%
2.1%22640%
1.8%19445%
1.5%16342%
Famous games in this line498 master games
Kramnik, Vladimir (2803)Nakamura, Hikaru (2784)20130–1Carlsen, M. (2832)Grischuk, A. (2750)2017½–½Kramnik, Vladimir (2803)Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2753)20130–1Mamedyarov, S. (2799)Demchenko, A. (2660)2017½–½Eljanov, P. (2719)Svidler, P. (2732)2014½–½Wang, Yue (2752)Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter (2672)20100–1Oosterom, Joop J. van (2779)Soberano, Joaquim Pedro (2607)20061–0Maghsoodloo, Parham (2701)Demchenko, A. (2654)20220–1
Heroes of this opening Nakamura, Hikaru · Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar · Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter · Oosterom, Joop J. van
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
E64
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. b3
FianchettoSharpAggressiveHypermodern
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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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