Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Modern System
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.Nf3O-O6.Be2e57.O-ONc68.d5Ne79.Nd2
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Modern System23k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
43%9.9k47%
39%8.9k46%
6.1%1.4k49%
3%68642%
2.5%58648%
2.3%53549%
1.1%25943%
0.8%18841%
0.7%15445%
0.5%10542%
Famous games in this line2.4k master games
Kramnik, Vladimir (2785) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2774)Kramnik, Vladimir (2799) – Radjabov, Teimour (2735)Karpov, Anatoly (2755) – Kasparov, Garry (2775)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2755) – Morozevich, Alexander (2760)Kramnik, Vladimir (2780) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2733)Karpov, Anatoly (2730) – Kasparov, Garry (2770)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2720) – Kasparov, Garry (2780)Gelfand, Boris (2733) – Radjabov, Teimour (2756)- 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. Nd2
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
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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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