E77 · Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Normal Attack
15/15
1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.f4O-O6.Nf3c57.d5e68.Be2
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Normal Attack148k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
93%138k47%
2.1%3.1k48%
1.9%2.8k45%
0.6%93845%
0.5%78136%
0.4%58350%
0.3%42141%
0.3%38838%
0.1%14543%
0.1%14036%
Famous games in this line1.7k master games
Ding, Liren (2714) – Rapport, Richard (2693)Moranda, Wojciech (2601) – Grischuk, Alexander (2777)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)Mozharov, Mikhail (2508) – Grischuk, Alexander (2785)Parker, Jonathan (2538) – Radjabov, Teimour (2751)Heroes of this opening Moranda, Wojciech · Jobava, Baadur · Radjabov, Teimour
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- 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
FianchettoSharpAggressiveHypermodern
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King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical VariationE68 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 …King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Queenside Storm LineE61 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 …King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Double Fianchetto AttackE64 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 O-O …
From the archives
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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