E60 · Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Hollywood Variation
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1.d4Nf62.Nf3g63.c4Bg74.Nc3O-O5.e3d66.Be2Nc6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Hollywood Variation142k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
78%111k48%
8.3%12k46%
3%4.3k48%
2.7%3.8k51%
2.5%3.6k45%
2.4%3.3k48%
1.2%1.7k44%
0.5%67246%
0.4%63246%
0.2%27539%
Famous games in this line30 master games
Caruana, F. (2784) – Carlsen, M. (2843)Anton Guijarro, D.. (2673) – Firouzja, Alireza (2759)Kuzubov, Y. (2638) – Onischuk, V. (2614)Postny, E. (2623) – Sutovsky, E. (2628)Postny, Evgeny (2608) – Sutovsky, Emil (2643)Ginsburg, G. (2443) – Vachier Lagrave, M. (2794)Ragger, M. (2632) – Onischuk, V. (2594)Lobron, Eric (2505) – Romanishin, Oleg M (2570)Heroes of this opening Anton Guijarro, D.. · Kuzubov, Y. · Sutovsky, E.
- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E60
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6
FianchettoSharpHypermodern
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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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