E79 · Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Exchange Variation
17/17
1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.f4O-O6.Nf3c57.Be2cxd48.Nxd4Nc69.Be3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Exchange Variation13k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
18%2.3k44%
16%2.1k52%
16%2.0k47%
13%1.6k47%
11%1.4k41%
8.8%1.1k52%
5.2%66743%
3.4%44149%
2.4%30949%
1.4%17547%
Famous games in this line104 master games
Marjanovic, Slavoljub (2524) – Iordachescu, Viorel (2560)Gomez, John Paul (2507) – Chadaev, Nikolay (2563)Martz, William E (2410) – Petrosian, Tigran V (2635)Velilla Velasco, Francisco de Asís (2524) – Menéndez, Daniel (2521)Golubev, Mikhail (2472) – Chernyshov, Konstantin (2570)Rüfenacht, Matthias (2476) – Neagu, Liviu (2539)Szabolcsi, Janos (2470) – Groszpeter, Attila (2520)Martz, William E (2420) – Reshevsky, Samuel Herman (2565)Heroes of this opening Gomez, John Paul · Velilla Velasco, Francisco de Asís · Golubev, Mikhail · Rüfenacht, Matthias
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E79
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3
FianchettoSharpAggressiveHypermodern
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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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