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King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Florentine Gambit

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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.f4O-O6.Nf3c57.d5e68.Be2exd59.e5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Florentine Gambit3.7k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
84%3.1k40%
8.5%31151%
2.3%8656%
1.4%5342%
1.3%4928%
1.1%4146%
0.3%105%
0.2%831%
0.2%667%
0.1%413%
Famous games in this line89 master games
Barsov, Alexei (2525)Ye, Jiangchuan (2681)20010–1Vaisser, Anatoli (2385)Kasparov, Garry (2630)19810–1Ivanov, Sergey (2460)Malisauskas, Vidmantas (2500)19900–1Hesse, Peter (2440)Uhlmann, Wolfgang (2510)19800–1Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus (2495)Georgiev, Krum (2450)19821–0Toth, Bela (2440)Tringov, Georgi P (2475)19861–0Kouatly, Bachar (2455)Georgiev, Krum (2440)19851–0Kouatly, Bachar (2460)Polgar, Zsuzsa (2430)1985½–½
Heroes of this opening Ye, Jiangchuan · Kasparov, Garry · Malisauskas, Vidmantas · Uhlmann, Wolfgang
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
E77
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. e5
GambitFianchettoSharpAggressiveHypermodern
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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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