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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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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