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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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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