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King's Indian Defense: Pomar System

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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.g3O-O6.Bg2e57.Nge2
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Pomar System22k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
49%11k49%
21%4.7k46%
9.2%2.0k44%
5.7%1.3k42%
5%1.1k46%
2.5%55544%
1.7%37239%
1.5%32445%
0.6%14042%
0.6%12741%
Famous games in this line86 master games
Nepomniachtchi, I.. (2792) – Mamedyarov, S.. (2782)20211–0Iturrizaga, E. (2597) – Bosiocic, Mari (2623)20191–0Iturrizaga, E. (2662) – Forcen Esteban, D. (2535)20171–0Abasov, N. (2575) – Bogdanovich, S. (2593)2017½–½Movsesian, Sergei (2715) – Pacher, Milan (2403)20121–0Yin, Hao (2496) – Ye, Jiangchuan (2616)20000–1Flores, Diego (2585) – Lafuente, Pablo (2517)20091–0Granda Zuniga, Julio E (2615) – Schandorff, Lars (2435)19921–0
Heroes of this opening Iturrizaga, E. · Nepomniachtchi, I.. · Movsesian, Sergei · Ye, Jiangchuan
Family
King's Indian Defense
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
E72
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nge2
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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