Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Pterodactyl Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nf3Bg74.g3c55.Bg2Qa5+
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Pterodactyl Variation187 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
47%8836%
47%8749%
3.7%764%
2.1%425%
0.5%10%
Famous games in this line365 master games
Ding Liren (2799) – Carlsen, M.. (2847)Kasparov, Garry (2825) – Topalov, Veselin (2740)Gelfand, B. (2753) – Svidler, P. (2751)Topalov, V. (2740) – Dominguez Perez, L. (2739)Laznicka, Viktor (2701) – Ponomariov, Ruslan (2758)Karpov, Anatoly (2710) – Kasparov, Garry (2735)Ponomariov, Ruslan (2726) – Volokitin, Andrei (2704)Karpov, Anatoly (2780) – Khalifman, Alexander (2635)Heroes of this opening Ding Liren · Kasparov, Garry · Svidler, P. · Volokitin, Andrei
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E64
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+
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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