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 Attack7…e6 8.Be2 · 1 deeper lineKing's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Florentine Gambit7…e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.e5
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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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