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King's Indian Defense

  • Last updated on 1/14/12 10:45 PM.

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King's Indian Defense belongs to the Indian Defense family of openings and is characterised by the early fianchetoeing of the black dark-squared bishop on g7. It is a sharp opening and it has always been a very popular choice for black ever since its introduction in top-level competitive chess in the mid-20th century.

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  • 20 months ago · Quote · #41

    vishyanand2700

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  • 18 months ago · Quote · #42

    TechMonster31

    Using this in my next tournament! 

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #43

    dipenshah

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  • 15 months ago · Quote · #44

    KWash01

    very educational, my first time using chessopedia and it's full of useful information!

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #45

    Anans1

    VERY GOOD OPENINGWink

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #46

    vishyanand2700

    Really a sharp opening, helped my friends defeat strong FIDE rated players

  • 13 months ago · Quote · #47

    ryanoneal

    Nice

  • 12 months ago · Quote · #48

    gambinosKING

    Kings Indian defense is iffy. Play the attack with white. If you stay with main line, you will yield positive results. If black castles king side, white wins more than fifty percent.

  • 9 months ago · Quote · #49

    jferguson22176

    Good enough for Fischer (who used it nearly exclusively versus 1.d4), good enough for me!!!

  • 9 months ago · Quote · #50

    jferguson22176

    Good enough for Fischer (who used it almost exclusively versus 1.d4), good enough for me!!!

  • 5 months ago · Quote · #51

    Xie_Xiashun

    Playing black on King's Indian Defense is effective if white continously played the Queens gambit.

  • 4 months ago · Quote · #52

    patterns

    Can someone tell me which piece (Bishop or Knight) is the Indian in these openings. Is it actually referring to the positioning or use of the Bishop or Knight or does it have nothing to do with either of these?

    Thanks.

    Patterns

  • 4 months ago · Quote · #53

    Xie_Xiashun

    The Knight is the key factor to King's Indian defense not the Bishop.

  • 8 weeks ago · Quote · #54

    Maiqtheliar

    Xie_Xiashun wrote:

    The Knight is the key factor to King's Indian defense not the Bishop.

    this is not true the bishop is the gem and the knight is the cast all aimed to exploit blunders on the queen's side

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