E63 · Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation, Korchnoi Line
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nf3Bg74.g3O-O5.Bg2d66.O-ONc67.Nc3a68.h3Rb89.Be3b510.Nd2
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King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation, Korchnoi Line150 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
43%6538%
43%6448%
6%956%
5.3%863%
0.7%10%
0.7%1100%
0.7%10%
0.7%10%
Famous games in this line161 master games
Windebank, Garry H (2611) – Soberano, Joaquim Pedro (2607)Ljubojevic, Ljubomir (2620) – Van der Wiel, John (2590)Huebner, Robert (2635) – Kindermann, Stefan (2575)Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2765) – Ibrahim, Hatim (2402)Greenfeld, Alon (2580) – Milov, Vadim (2580)Sturua, Zurab (2560) – Nijboer, Friso (2555)Kortschnoj, Viktor (2640) – Ciocaltea, Victor (2470)Greenfeld, Alon (2510) – Nunn, John DM (2590)Heroes of this opening Soberano, Joaquim Pedro · Ljubojevic, Ljubomir · Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar · Kortschnoj, Viktor
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E63
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3 Rb8 9. Be3 b5 10. Nd2
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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