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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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