Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Sämisch Gambit
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.f3O-O6.Be3c5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Sämisch Gambit202k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
42%84k46%
31%62k53%
19%38k54%
4.9%9.9k45%
3.3%6.7k48%
0.1%26541%
0.1%11154%
0%7443%
0%6744%
0%6142%
Famous games in this line3.0k master games
Svidler, Peter (2747) – Radjabov, Teimour (2793)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2779) – Grischuk, Alexander (2747)Karjakin, Sergey (2786) – Giri, Anish (2727)Svidler, Peter (2747) – Grischuk, Alexander (2764)Morozevich, Alexander (2748) – Kamsky, Gata (2762)Giri, Anish (2714) – Radjabov, Teimour (2773)Vitiugov, Nikita (2705) – Grischuk, Alexander (2763)Tomashevsky, Evgeny (2710) – Ponomariov, Ruslan (2758)Heroes of this opening Svidler, Peter · Morozevich, Alexander · Tomashevsky, Evgeny
- 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
GambitFianchettoSharpHypermodern
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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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