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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From the archives
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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