Indian · a defense for Black
King's Indian Defense: Six Pawns Attack
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.f4O-O6.Be2c57.d5e68.dxe6fxe69.g4Nc610.h4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Defense: Six Pawns Attack50 games · Black to move
Only 50 games reach this position at this level — read it loosely.
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
70%3540%
10%550%
10%530%
4%20%
2%10%
2%1100%
2%10%
Famous games in this line1 master games
Voloshin, SA. (2246) – Kozlitin, Oleg (2229)- Family
- King's Indian Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- E77
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. g4 Nc6 10. h4
FianchettoSharpAggressiveHypermodern
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King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack, Sokolov's Line5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 …King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack, Yepishin's Line5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 …King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation, Korchnoi Line3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 …
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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