Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Panno Formation
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.f3O-O6.Be3Nc67.Nge2a6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Panno Formation25k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
74%19k50%
5.4%1.4k46%
4.4%1.1k40%
3.6%91648%
3.1%78050%
2.6%64944%
2.2%54651%
1.5%37847%
1.1%28045%
0.9%22244%
Famous games in this line2.0k master games
Aronian, L. (2805) – Vachier Lagrave, M. (2768)Topalov, V. (2760) – Nakamura, Hi (2779)Anand, Viswanathan (2791) – Grischuk, Alexander (2733)So, W. (2752) – Rapport, R. (2748)Giri, Anish (2696) – Wang, Hao (2739)Duda, J. (2758) – Guseinov, G. (2666)Duda, J.. (2738) – Korobov, A.. (2683)Lautier, Joel (2682) – Svidler, Peter (2735)Heroes of this opening Duda, J.. · Nakamura, Hi · So, W. · Wang, Hao
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E83
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
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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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