E61 · Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Exchange Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.Nf3O-O5.e3d66.Be2Nbd77.O-Oe58.dxe5dxe5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Exchange Variation34k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
32%11k44%
24%8.2k47%
19%6.5k47%
5.5%1.8k43%
3.3%1.1k48%
3%99242%
2.6%87738%
2.2%73939%
1.7%56345%
1.2%41940%
Famous games in this line16 master games
Goletiani, Rusudan (2265) – Zaichik, Gennadi (2525)Fiodorov, Mikhail (2295) – Kalinin, Oleg (2445)Chigvintsev, Andrei (2386) – Aliqogin, Jaslan (2336)Ornithopoulos, Nikolaos (2265) – Arapovic, Vitomir (2430)Prithu, Gupta (2440) – Chirilov, James A (2249)Fiodorov, Mikhail (2295) – Novikov, Yury A (2365)Nagy, Janos (2300) – Sikula, Vaszilij (2292)Sinclair, Ian (2265) – Sunye Neto, Jaime (2265)Heroes of this opening Fiodorov, Mikhail · Ornithopoulos, Nikolaos · Chirilov, James A · Novikov, Yury A
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E61
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
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Nearby lines in the family
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Panno Main LineE84 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 …King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Closed Variation, Main LineE89 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 …King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav Variation, Exchange LineE65 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 …
From the archives
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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