Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Normal Attack
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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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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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