Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System, Benko Attack
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.Nf3O-O6.Be2e57.O-ONc68.d5Ne79.Ne1Nd710.f3f511.g4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System, Benko Attack5.7k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
28%1.6k40%
27%1.5k36%
20%1.2k42%
9%51244%
5%28640%
4.9%27736%
1.8%10241%
1.6%8943%
0.7%3836%
0.6%3239%
Famous games in this line546 master games
Eljanov, Pavel (2720) – Radjabov, Teimour (2751)Wang, Hao (2718) – Radjabov, Teimour (2744)Le Quang, Liem (2687) – Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2726)Eljanov, Pavel (2716) – Cheparinov, Ivan (2678)Alekseev, Evgeny (2714) – Inarkiev, Ernesto (2675)Le Quang, Liem (2717) – Feller, Sebastien (2668)Belov, Vladimir (2623) – Grischuk, Alexander (2748)Laznicka, Viktor (2634) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2735)Heroes of this opening Radjabov, Teimour · Le Quang, Liem · Eljanov, Pavel · Alekseev, Evgeny
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E99
- 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. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. g4
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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