Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Kramer Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.Nge2
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Kramer Variation160k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
83%133k46%
5.3%8.6k44%
2.7%4.3k46%
2.1%3.3k45%
1.5%2.5k46%
1.5%2.4k42%
1.4%2.3k43%
0.8%1.2k43%
0.5%78246%
0.2%34943%
Famous games in this line1.8k master games
Carlsen, M. (2881) – Radjabov, T. (2713)Anand, Viswanathan (2811) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2758)Aronian, L. (2744) – Caruana, F. (2789)Aronian, L. (2770) – Ding Liren (2755)Caruana, Fabiano (2835) – Amin, Bassem (2686)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2730) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2765)Aronian, L. (2794) – Naiditsch, A. (2701)Jussupow, Artur (2655) – Kasparov, Garry (2805)Heroes of this opening Caruana, Fabiano · Radjabov, T. · Ivanchuk, Vassily · Aronian, L.
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E70
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2
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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