E76 · Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Dynamic Attack
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.f4O-O6.Nf3c57.d5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Dynamic Attack573k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
52%299k50%
15%84k47%
8.9%51k49%
6%34k57%
5.6%32k43%
3.9%22k51%
2.5%14k47%
2.2%13k47%
1.3%7.2k45%
0.6%3.4k42%
Famous games in this line2.6k master games
Ding, Liren (2714) – Rapport, Richard (2693)Piket, Jeroen (2670) – Shirov, Alexei (2710)Moranda, Wojciech (2601) – Grischuk, Alexander (2777)Lautier, Joel (2660) – Shirov, Alexei (2700)Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus (2575) – Kasparov, Garry (2775)Jobava, Baadur (2646) – Bologan, Viktor (2666)Fier, Alexandr (2603) – Bacrot, Etienne (2704)Moranda, W.. (2618) – Matlakov, M.. (2688)Heroes of this opening Moranda, Wojciech · Shirov, Alexei · Jobava, Baadur
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E76
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5
FianchettoSharpAggressiveHypermodern
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King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Normal AttackE77 7…e6 8.Be2 · 1 deeper lineKing's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Florentine GambitE77 7…e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.e5
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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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