Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Karpov System
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.h3O-O6.Be3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Karpov System235k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
32%76k49%
22%51k48%
17%39k49%
7%16k50%
6.9%16k46%
4.1%9.6k45%
2.5%6.0k52%
2.4%5.8k45%
2.3%5.4k48%
1%2.3k46%
Famous games in this line2.8k master games
Caruana, F. (2832) – Nakamura, Hi (2746)Caruana, Fabiano (2822) – Firouzja, Alireza (2723)Eljanov, Pavel (2742) – Grischuk, Alexander (2771)Esipenko, Andrey (2695) – Caruana, F. (2803)Gukesh, D. (2732) – Rapport, R. (2754)Robson, R. (2696) – Firouzja, Alireza (2777)Karpov, Anatoly (2670) – Anand, Viswanathan (2801)Grischuk, Alexander (2764) – Ding, Liren (2702)Heroes of this opening Grischuk, Alexander · Nakamura, Hi · Caruana, Fabiano · Esipenko, Andrey
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E71
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
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From the archives
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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