Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation
5/5
1.d4Nf62.Nf3g63.c4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation5.1M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
85%4.3M50%
4.2%213k48%
3%152k51%
0.4%19k46%
0.2%10k42%
0.1%5.6k45%
0%1.0k42%
0%1.0k33%
0%59328%
Famous games in this line38k master games
Ding Liren (2806) – Carlsen, M. (2864)Carlsen, M. (2872) – Gelfand, B. (2777)Mamedyarov, S. (2801) – Carlsen, M. (2842)Carlsen, M. (2864) – Aronian, L. (2775)Aronian, L. (2782) – Carlsen, M. (2855)Mamedyarov, S. (2771) – Carlsen, M. (2864)Carlsen, Magnus (2862) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2772)Caruana, F. (2784) – Carlsen, M. (2843)- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E60
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
★ Read the guide: King's Indian DefenseExplore all 119 King's Indian Defense lines →Keep exploring
Go deeper — named lines from here
King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Hollywood Variation3…Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 …Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation, Kramnik's Line3…Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 …
Nearby lines in the family
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.
Study this opening