Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Queenside Storm Line
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.Nf3O-O5.e3d66.Be2Nbd77.O-Oe58.b4
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King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Queenside Storm Line5.6k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
18%1.0k46%
18%1.0k46%
17%93253%
17%92445%
14%78649%
3.8%21255%
3%16548%
2.9%16345%
1.8%9941%
1.5%8248%
Famous games in this line144 master games
Wojtaszek, R. (2724) – Nepomniachtchi, I. (2773)Anton Guijarro, D. (2669) – Chigaev, M. (2615)Lalith, B. (2537) – Yu Yangyi (2724)Anton Guijarro, D. (2658) – Sindarov, Javokhir (2587)Rivas Pastor, Manuel (2505) – Karpov, Anatoly (2740)Rivas Pastor, Manuel (2515) – Adams, Michael (2655)Lysyj, Igor (2624) – Levin, Evgeny A (2512)Lou, Yiping (2429) – Motylev, Alexander (2704)Heroes of this opening Yu Yangyi · Anton Guijarro, D. · Adams, Michael · Lysyj, Igor
- 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. b4
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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