Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Closed Variation, Main Line
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.f3O-O6.Be3e57.Nge2c68.d5cxd5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Closed Variation, Main Line6.8k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
90%6.1k55%
7.9%53255%
2.3%15548%
0.1%743%
0.1%450%
Famous games in this line88 master games
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (2599) – Sasikiran, Krishnan (2694)Khismatullin, Denis (2662) – Zhigalko, Andrey (2571)Petrosian, Tigran V (2640) – Gligoric, Svetozar (2585)Gunina, V. (2502) – Milov, V. (2615)Stefansson, Hannes (2530) – Kotronias, Vasilios (2570)Dyachkov, Sergej (2568) – Klimov, Sergey (2521)Kuzubov, Yuriy (2558) – Khairullin, Ildar (2517)Tazbir, M. (2519) – Fedorov, Alex (2555)Heroes of this opening Khismatullin, Denis · Petrosian, Tigran V · Gunina, V. · Kotronias, Vasilios
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E89
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. d5 cxd5
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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