E93 · Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Keres Defense
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.Nf3O-O6.Be2e57.d5Nbd78.Bg5h69.Bh4g510.Bg3Nh511.h4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Keres Defense1.1k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
65%68645%
22%23046%
14%14348%
0.2%250%
0.1%10%
0.1%1100%
Famous games in this line111 master games
Kramnik, Vladimir (2710) – Kasparov, Garry (2805)Babula, Vlastimil (2584) – Polzin, Rainer (2480)Kumaran, Dharshan (2500) – Nikolaidis, Ioannis (2540)Hort, Vlastimil (2590) – Vogt, Lothar (2440)Rahman, Ziaur (2515) – Lanka, Zigurds (2495)Ivkov, Borislav (2560) – Timman, Jan H (2445)Rodriguez Vargas, Orestes (2425) – Gligoric, Svetozar (2575)Lyrberg, Patrik (2415) – Bologan, Viktor (2585)Heroes of this opening Kramnik, Vladimir · Kumaran, Dharshan · Hort, Vlastimil · Ivkov, Borislav
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E93
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
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King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System, Benko AttackE99 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 …King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Long VariationE68 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 …King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation, Blockade LineE63 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 …
From the archives
For decades the King's Indian was considered suspect — until Bronstein, Fischer and Kasparov showed the plan: let White build the big center, lock it, and throw every kingside pawn at the enemy king. Some of the most violent attacking games ever played (Kasparov's ...g3 sacrifices) come from this defense.
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