Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Gligoric-Taimanov System
13/13
1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.Nf3O-O6.Be2e57.Be3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Gligoric-Taimanov System105k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
49%51k44%
22%23k47%
16%17k49%
4.7%5.0k45%
1.6%1.7k46%
1.3%1.4k44%
1.3%1.3k50%
1.2%1.3k49%
1.2%1.3k47%
0.7%76149%
Famous games in this line6.3k master games
Aronian, L. (2812) – Nakamura, Hi (2789)Carlsen, M. (2832) – Firouzja, Alireza (2767)Carlsen, Magnus (2835) – Grischuk, Alexander (2761)So, W. (2754) – Caruana, F. (2819)Gelfand, Boris (2750) – Carlsen, Magnus (2813)Wang, Yue (2736) – Topalov, Veselin (2813)Topalov, Veselin (2768) – Radjabov, Teimour (2781)Kasparov, Garry (2785) – Anand, Viswanathan (2750)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, Magnus · Aronian, L. · So, W. · Anand, Viswanathan
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E92
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
★ Read the guide: King's Indian DefenseExplore all 119 King's Indian Defense lines →Keep exploring
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