E81 · Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Sämisch Gambit Accepted
17/17
1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.f3O-O6.Be3c57.dxc5dxc58.Qxd8Rxd89.Bxc5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Sämisch Gambit Accepted27k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
83%23k46%
6.1%1.7k41%
2.8%76634%
2.6%71329%
1.8%48440%
1%26333%
0.9%23337%
0.6%16328%
0.5%12635%
0.2%4235%
Famous games in this line669 master games
Ivanchuk, Vassily (2779) – Grischuk, Alexander (2747)Wang, Yue (2704) – Radjabov, Teimour (2744)Karpov, Anatoly (2725) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2710)So, Wesley (2765) – Saric, Ivan (2655)Vitiugov, Nikita (2712) – Ding, Liren (2707)Ma Qun (2629) – Yu Yangyi (2759)Jones, Gawain C (2648) – Morozevich, Alexander (2727)Vitiugov, Nikita (2709) – Khismatullin, Denis (2659)Heroes of this opening Wang, Yue · Karpov, Anatoly · Jones, Gawain C · Vitiugov, Nikita
- 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. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5
GambitFianchettoSharpHypermodern
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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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