Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Larsen Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.Nf3O-O6.Be3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Larsen Variation413k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
22%91k53%
16%67k55%
15%61k53%
15%61k50%
7.2%30k57%
5.6%23k51%
4.3%18k49%
4.2%17k52%
3.6%15k50%
1.9%8.0k50%
Famous games in this line766 master games
Gukesh, D. (2752) – Caruana, F. (2789)Predke, A. (2689) – Rapport, R. (2731)Rapport, R. (2752) – Mamedov, Rau (2648)Van Wely, Loek (2695) – Ye, Jiangchuan (2677)Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (2672) – Smirin, Ilia (2652)Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (2672) – Motylev, Alexander (2651)Wang, Yue (2749) – Ding, Liren (2565)Fedoseev, Vl3 (2707) – Firouzja, Alireza (2561)Heroes of this opening Caruana, F. · Van Wely, Loek · Azmaiparashvili, Zurab · Fedoseev, Vl3
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E90
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 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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