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King's Indian Defense

Last updated on Sat, 02/02/2008 at 10:48pm.

The King's Indian Defense is an "hypermodern" (delaying the control of the centre with pawns by attacking with distant pieces) opening that allows White to control the centre with his/her pawns and later challenging it with moves such as ...e5 and ...c5.

A usual move order is...

The King's Indian Defense is a very sharp and popular defense used by many Grandmasters including both Robert Fischer and Garry Kasparov.

The following are two games of both Fischer's and Kasparov's in which they used the King's Indian Defense and won.

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by mastermind2007 - 2 years ago
Germany Germany

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Interesting...I've never tried that before.

by bosco - 2 years ago
International

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Wow! and all this time i thought indians had chiefatins not kings! Amazing!

by Kasparov_1989 - 2 years ago
lobya Palestine

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Thank you!!! Brilliant games!!

by chessnoob1997 - 2 years ago
San Francisco United States

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NISE!!

by tukmol - 22 months ago
manila Philippines

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they were both brilliant..

by Dhruv96 - 22 months ago
Gurgaon India

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GuD one!

by Magikstone - 21 months ago
New Jersey United States

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well... kasparov did stop using the KID against kramnik. maybe its been figured out, and even Geller and oldie said its no good.

by ijal - 21 months ago
kuala lumpur Malaysia

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is there a king indian's attack?

by ENDGAME - 21 months ago
Florida United States

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i think so...

by nicfer078 - 21 months ago
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Talented players....very clever sorry for fisch5r my idol a chance to play kasparob

by dvwork - 21 months ago
Phoenix United States

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There is a King Indian Attack fom Fischer in th Chess Mentor system on this web site.

by AquaMan - 19 months ago
Albany, Oregon United States

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In the Thomason vs Fisher game, on the move 21. Qxf4, did Tomason not see the knight fork coming on the next move?

by Learning - 19 months ago
Luquillo Casablanca Puerto Rico

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The King's Indian Defence is my main defence against the queen's pawn opening. The defence has good reputation among the club players like I am. Still, it's a sharp system, and it will guarantee a high tension game, witch is called fun for most chessplayers. I would recommend the system to anyone wanting to learn how to come up with plans or tactics to over-throw your opponent, in witch is my favorite part of using this system.

by ashwath - 11 months ago
bangalore India

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i have been playing for a while....

nice article thnx for sharing.

by myname3000 - 10 months ago
Missouri United States

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It looks good.

by xandy71 - 10 months ago
Glasgow United Kingdom

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I enjoyed those demo games,Interesting positions, white on both occasions developed this nice strong looking defense and still were beat,KID looks good to me