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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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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