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The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings classifies the King's Indian Defence under the codes E60 through E99. The King's Indian is a hypermodern opening, where Black deliberately allows White control of the centre with pawns, with the view to subsequently challenge it.
The King's Indian Attack (or KIA) is a chess opening system where White adopts the setup more commonly seen being played by Black in the King's Indian Defence.The King's Indian Attack is characterised by the following moves: the central pawns are developed to e4 and d3, the knights are developed to d2 and f3, the king's bishop is fianchettoed at g2 following the g-pawn's move to g3, and White ...
The Four Pawns Attack in the King's Indian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the moves: . 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4. White immediately builds up a large pawn centre in order to gain a spatial advantage.
By pinning the knight, White aims to transpose into favourable lines of the Averbakh Variation of the King's Indian Defence, which may occur after 7...0-0 8.Nd2!. [141] [142] To prevent this, Black can either break the pin immediately with 7...h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5, or after developing with 7...Bg7 8.e4 h6 9.Bh4. [143]
The Sämisch Variation of the King's Indian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3. The Sämisch is a subtle blockading system and a critical challenge to the King's Indian. [1] It is named after the German grandmaster Friedrich Sämisch.
In the game of chess, Indian Defence or Indian Game is a broad term for a group of openings characterised by the moves: . 1. d4 Nf6 [1]. They are all to varying degrees hypermodern defences, where Black invites White to establish an imposing presence in the centre with the plan of undermining and ultimately destroying it.
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If White plays an early c4, the opening will transpose into a King's Indian. It is also possible for White to support an early e4 advance, transposing into the Pirc Defence. Unless transposition is reached, there are four popular, independent continuations: 3.g3, the Przepiórka Variation, closely related to the Fianchetto Variation of the King ...