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King's Indian Defense

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King's Indian Defense is regularly played in classical games between masters. Below you will find its variations, move orders, result statistics and the players who play it most, compiled from games of 2500+ rated players.

130master games
2604avg. Elo
4variations
White wins %23 · draw %58 · Black wins %19

Played by: Giri, Sindarov, So, Firouzja, Praggnanandhaa, Eljanov, Sarana, Deac

Main line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Kh1 Nbd7 11.Be3 a6 12.Nc2 Ne5 13.f4 Neg4 14.Bg1 h5 15.Bf3 Be6

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Variations played by masters (4)

Normal Variation, Standard Development · ECO E73 · for Black

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Kh1 Nbd7 …
44 games · avg. Elo 2608 · W/D/L 13/20/11 · Model game: Giri – Praggnanandhaa, 2025 (1-0)

Fianchetto Variation, Immediate Fianchetto · ECO E60 · for Black

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 a5 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Na3 Ne4 …
40 games · avg. Elo 2606 · W/D/L 4/29/7 · Model game: Batsuren – Corrales Jimenez, 2024 (0-1)

Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation · ECO E60 · for Black

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Bg4 8.d5 a5 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nbd7 …
30 games · avg. Elo 2606 · W/D/L 11/15/4 · Model game: Aditya – Shankland, 2024 (0-1)

Fianchetto Variation · ECO E60 · for Black

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Be3 b6 …
16 games · avg. Elo 2583 · W/D/L 2/11/3 · Model game: Finek – Saric, 2025 (1/2-1/2)

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Other openings

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Statistics from classical games of 2500+ rated players. Notation: K king, Q queen, R rook, B bishop, N knight.