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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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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