E81 · Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Bobotsov-Korchnoi-Petrosian Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.f3O-O6.Nge2
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Bobotsov-Korchnoi-Petrosian Variation113k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
24%27k43%
22%25k48%
18%21k45%
17%19k47%
6.7%7.5k45%
3.1%3.6k51%
2.5%2.9k44%
2.1%2.3k41%
1.3%1.4k47%
0.8%90648%
Famous games in this line2.4k master games
Ding Liren (2805) – Grischuk, A. (2775)Anand, Viswanathan (2811) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2758)Ponomariov, Ruslan (2733) – Carlsen, Magnus (2813)Vachier Lagrave, M. (2731) – Nakamura, Hi (2814)Aronian, L. (2770) – Ding Liren (2755)Caruana, Fabiano (2772) – Svidler, Peter (2747)Ponomariov, Ruslan (2744) – Grischuk, Alexander (2773)So, W. (2753) – Giri, A. (2760)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, Magnus · Svidler, Peter · Ponomariov, Ruslan
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E81
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
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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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