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E60-E99

King's Indian Defense

119 named lines in this family, ECO E60-E99. Every one of them opens 1. d4 Nf6, so the notes on those moves are written once, just below, instead of once per line. Under each line you get its moves and the sentences it adds that this page has not already printed; sixty lines to a page. A line's own page carries up to its first 4 per-move notes in full.

The moves every line here plays

1. d4 Nf6

Fianchetto Variation, Immediate FianchettoE60

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3

White mirrors the g-bishop and denies Black the usual attacking targets: a positional KID where the centre and queenside count more than mating nets.

Normal Variation, King's Knight VariationE60

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4

In the centre, White holds d4.

Fianchetto VariationE60

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3

Black's kingside bishop takes the long diagonal.

Santasiere VariationE60

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. b4

Black concedes the centre on purpose, fianchettoes on g7, then slams ...e5: when the centre locks, Black storms the kingside with ...f5-f4 while White races on the queenside.

Semi-Classical Variation, Benoni VariationE60

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 c6

Semi-Classical Variation, Hollywood VariationE60

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6

Main lineE61

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3

Smyslov VariationE61

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5

Semi-Classical VariationE61

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2

Fianchetto Variation, Benjamin DefenseE61

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Qb6

White's kingside bishop takes the long diagonal and Black's kingside bishop takes the long diagonal.

Semi-Classical Variation, Queenside Storm LineE61

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

The pawns on d4 and e5 stand in direct tension - the first player to resolve it chooses the structure.

Semi-Classical Variation, Exchange VariationE61

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

The d-file is fully open.

Fianchetto Variation, Delayed FianchettoE62

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3

Fianchetto Variation, Carlsbad VariationE62

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6

Fianchetto Variation, Kavalek DefenseE62

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Qa5

Fianchetto Variation, Larsen DefenseE62

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Bf5

Fianchetto Variation, Lesser Simagin (Spassky)E62

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5

Fianchetto Variation, Simagin VariationE62

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4

Fianchetto Variation, Uhlmann-Szabo SystemE62

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5

Fianchetto Variation, Panno VariationE63

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6

Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation, Korchnoi LineE63

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3 Rb8 9. Be3 b5 10. Nd2

Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation, Blockade LineE63

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 e5

Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation, Donner LineE63

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 bxc4 13. bxc4 Bh6

White's kingside bishop takes the long diagonal and White's queenside bishop takes the long diagonal.

Fianchetto Variation, Pterodactyl VariationE64

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+

Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav SystemE64

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5

Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav Variation, Rare LineE64

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5

Fianchetto Variation, Hungarian VariationE64

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 a6

Fianchetto Variation, Double Fianchetto AttackE64

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. b3

Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav VariationE65

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3

Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav Variation, Exchange LineE65

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5 dxc5

Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav Variation, Advance LineE66

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5

Fianchetto Variation, Debrecen DefenseE67

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7

Fianchetto Variation, Classical FianchettoE67

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5

Fianchetto Variation, Classical VariationE68

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4

Fianchetto Variation, Long VariationE68

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 Re8 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Re1 a5

An early pawn trade leaves the d-file as White's avenue and the e-file as Black's - both sides get real winning chances down their own file.

Fianchetto Variation, Classical Main LineE69

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3

Normal Variation, through 4. e4E70

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4

Normal Variation, after 4... d6E70

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6

Accelerated Averbakh VariationE70

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5

Kramer VariationE70

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2

Makogonov VariationE71

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3

Karpov SystemE71

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3

Normal Variation, Deferred FianchettoE72

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3

Pomar SystemE72

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nge2

Normal Variation, Standard DevelopmentE73

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2

Averbakh VariationE73

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5

Semi-Averbakh SystemE73

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3

Averbakh Variation, Flexible DefenseE73

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6

Averbakh Variation, Geller DefenseE73

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7

Averbakh Variation, Modern DefenseE73

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6

Averbakh Variation, Nc6 DefenseE73

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nc6

Averbakh Variation, Spanish DefenseE73

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 a6

Averbakh Variation, Modern Defense, Burgess LineE73

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 c6

Averbakh Variation, Benoni DefenseE74

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5

Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defense, Advance VariationE74

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5

Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defense, Exchange VariationE74

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5

An early pawn trade leaves the c-file as Black's avenue and the d-file as White's - both sides get real winning chances down their own file. White has doubled pawns on the c-file.

Averbakh Variation, Main LineE75

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6

Four Pawns Attack, after 5. f4E76

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4

Four Pawns Attack, Modern DefenseE76

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Na6

Four Pawns Attack, Dynamic AttackE76

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5

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