Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack, Yepishin's Line
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.Nf3O-O6.Be2e57.O-ONc68.d5Ne79.b4Nh510.Qc2
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King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack, Yepishin's Line213 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
56%11948%
32%6954%
8.9%1953%
0.9%250%
0.9%2100%
0.5%1100%
0.5%1100%
Famous games in this line57 master games
Epishin, Vladimir (2658) – Hebden, Mark (2560)Epishin, Vladimir (2567) – Fedorov, Alexei (2646)Epishin, Vladimir (2633) – Nataf, Igor Alexandre (2569)Epishin, Vladimir (2605) – Baklan, Vladimir (2584)Epishin, Vladimir (2642) – Hebden, Mark (2544)Atalik, Suat (2560) – Fedorov, Alexei (2603)Gyimesi, Zoltan (2610) – Sikula, Vaszilij (2550)Epishin, Vladimir (2578) – Nijboer, Friso (2578)Heroes of this opening Fedorov, Alexei · Epishin, Vladimir · Hebden, Mark
- 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. Qc2
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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