Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack, Sokolov's Line
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.Nf3O-O6.Be2e57.O-ONc68.d5Ne79.b4Nh510.Re1
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack, Sokolov's Line14k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
55%7.6k46%
35%4.8k44%
6.3%87048%
2.6%35550%
0.5%6741%
0.2%3437%
0.2%3342%
0.2%2763%
0.1%1833%
0.1%1753%
Famous games in this line3.6k master games
Kramnik, Vladimir (2740) – Kasparov, Garry (2795)Kramnik, Vladimir (2788) – Grischuk, Alexander (2728)Kramnik, Vladimir (2765) – Topalov, Veselin (2750)Aronian, Levon (2763) – Radjabov, Teimour (2751)Giri, A. (2784) – Jobava, Ba (2727)Karpov, Anatoly (2770) – Kamsky, Gata (2735)Carlsen, Magnus (2765) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2740)Wojtaszek, Radoslaw (2717) – Radjabov, Teimour (2788)Heroes of this opening Kramnik, Vladimir · Radjabov, Teimour · Giri, A. · Karpov, Anatoly
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E97
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1
FianchettoSharpAggressiveHypermodern
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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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