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King's Indian Defence
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) rnbqkb1r/pppppp1p/5np1/8/2PP4/8/PP2PPPP/RNBQKBNR
Moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6
ECO code: E60-E99
Parent: Indian Defence

2...g6 · King's Indian Defence

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With 2...g6, Black commits to a hypermodern development strategy. They will fianchetto their dark-squared bishop with ...Bg7 and attempt to exert pressure on White's center with pieces and timely pawn breaks. After 2...g6 certain themes are already evident. Preservation of the dark-square bishop will be vital for Black's safety after castling kingside. 2...g6 weakens the dark squares around Black's king; without the dark-square bishop to control squares like f6 and h6, these weaknesses can be fatal. The g7 bishop is not purely a defensive piece, however. White must be aware that opening the center by pawn exchanges may very well unleash the bishop's power by giving it a clear diagonal towards White's queenside.

2...g6 will almost certainly lead to either a King's Indian Defence or a Grunfeld Defence.

In the King's Indian Defence, Black castles kingside as quickly as possible with a fianchettoed structure, in doing so it will allow White to have pawn presence in the centre. Black will then do their best to claim as much as they can back with their own pawns, often chipping away at the residual White presence. A strategist's playground.

While in the Grunfeld, Black uses 2...g6 to wait for Nc3 by White where he will follow with ...d5. Black's play will be the dark diagonal, usually with the help of the move ...c5, while White's advantage will be his broad centre - Hypermodernism exemplified.

Theory table

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6

3	4	5	6	7
King's Indian defence	Nc3Bg7	e4d6	Nf3O-O	Be2e5	O-Oc6	∞
Grünfeld defence	...d5	cxd5Nxd5	e4Nxc3	bxc3Bg7	=
Anti-Grünfeld	f3d5	cxd5Nxd5	e4Nb6	∞
g3Bg7	Bg2O-O	Nc3d6	Nf3	∞

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References

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• Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.

• Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.

v · t · e Chess Opening Theory 1. e4 e5 Open game 2. Nf3 With 2...Nc6:

• Four knights (
  • Four knights Scotch
  • Four knights Spanish
  • Four knights Italian
  • Halloween gambit
  )
• Italian game (
  • Blackburne shilling gambit
  • Giuoco Piano
    • Evans gambit
    • Giuoco pianissimo
    • Jerome gambit ?!
    • Rosentreter gambit
  • Two knights defence
    • Fried liver
  )
• Spanish game (
  • Berlin
  • Bird
  • Classical
  • Cozio
  • Morphy
    • Arkhangelsk
    • Exchange
    • Closed
    • Open
  • Old Steinitz
  • Schliemann
  )
• • Ponziani
  • Scotch game

With other 2nd moves:

• Russian game (
  • Stafford gambit
  • Boden Kieseritzky gambit
  )
• Philidor defence
• • Busch-Gass gambit ?!
  • Elephant gambit ?!
  • Greco defence ?!
  • Latvian gambit ?!
  • Damiano defence??

2. Other

• Bishop's opening
• Centre game
  • Danish gambit
• King's gambit
• Vienna game
• Wayward queen

• Bongcloud??

1. e4 c5Sicilian defence 2. Nf3 · Open Sicilian With 2...Nc6:

• Accelerated dragon
  • Maróczy bind
• Classical
• Godiva
• Kalashnikov
• Rossolimo
• Sveshnikov

With 2...d6:

• Dragon
  • Levenfish attack
  • Yugoslav attack
• Dragondorf
• Kupreichik
• Moscow
• Najdorf
  • 6. Bg5
  • English attack
  • Opocensky
• Scheveningen

With 2...e6:

• French, Normal
  • American attack
  • Four knights
  • Pin
• Kan
• Kveinis
• Kramnik
• Paulsen-Basman
• Taimanov
  • Bastrikov
    • English attack
  • Szén
    • Gary Gambit

With other 2nd moves:

• Hyper-accelerated dragon
• Katalymov
• Nimzowitsch
• O'Kelly

Anti-Sicilians

• Alapin
  • Delayed Alapin with 2...Nc6, 2...d6, or 2...e6
• Bowdler
• Closed Sicilian
  • Carlsen
  • Grand Prix
  • Fianchetto
• McDonnell
• Mengarini
• Smith-Morra
• Snyder
• Staunton-Cochrane
• Wing gambit

1. e4 ...other: Caro-Kann

• Accelerated Panov
• Advance
• Exchange
• Two knights
• Fantasy
• Hillbilly

French

• Advance
• Classical
• Exchange
• Tarrasch
• Rubinstein
• Winawer

Other

• Alekhine
• Czech
• Modern
• Nimzowitsch
• Pirc
• Scandinavian

• Barnes ?
• Borg ?
• Owen's ?

• Corn stalk ??
• Duras ??
• 1...b5 ??

1. d4 d5Closed game 2. c4

• Albin countergambit
• Austrian
• Chigorin
• Marshall
• Queen's gambit accepted
• Queen's gambit declined
• Semi-Slav
• Slav

2. Nc3

• Richter-Versov
• Irish gambit
• Jobava London

2. other

• Accelerated London
• Colle
• Blackmar-Diemer Gambit

1. d4 Nf6Indian defence 2. c4 With 2...e6:

• Bogo-Indian
• Catalan
• Nimzo-Indian
• Queen's Indian

With 2...g6:

• King's Indian
• Grünfeld

With other 2nd moves for Black:

• Modern Benoni
  • Benko/Volga
• Budapest gambit
• Mexican
• Old Indian

2. Nf3

• Spielmann Indian
• Torre

2. other:

• Trompowsky
• London system Indian setup

1. d4 f5Dutch defence

• Hopton
• Korchnoi
• Leningrad
• Staunton
• Stonewall
  • Bladel

1. d4 ...other:

• English defence
• Englund gambit
• Horwitz
• Old Benoni
• Polish

Flank

• Bird's (1. f4)
• English (1. c4)
• Grob (1. g4)
• King's fianchetto (1.g3)
• Larsen (1. b3)
• Zukertort/Réti (1.Nf3)

Unorthodox

• a3
• Na3
• a4
• b4
• c3
• Nc3
• d3
• e3
• f3
• h3
• Nh3
• h4