Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Positional Defense
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1.d4Nf62.c4d63.Nc3Nbd74.e4e55.Nf3g66.Be2Bg77.O-OO-O
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Positional Defense421k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
17%71k57%
13%54k52%
6.2%26k53%
5.7%24k51%
2.2%9.3k59%
0.6%2.3k45%
0.3%1.3k55%
0.3%1.1k51%
Famous games in this line6.8k master games
Carlsen, Magnus (2863) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2736)Duda, J. (2731) – Carlsen, M. (2856)So, W. (2780) – Duda, J. (2737)So, W.. (2770) – Duda, J.. (2743)Nakamura, Hi (2736) – Radjabov, T. (2763)Le Quang, Liem (2702) – Grischuk, Alexander (2785)Gelfand, Boris (2737) – Radjabov, Teimour (2735)Shankland, S. (2731) – Rapport, R. (2735)Heroes of this opening Duda, J. · Nakamura, Hikaru · So, W.. · Radjabov, Teimour
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E94
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O
SharpHypermodern
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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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