

King's Indian (E61)
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3

Number of games in database: 1772
Years covered: 1850 to 2019
Overall record:
   White wins 41.5%
   Black wins 29.9%
   Draws 28.7%

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With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Varuzhan Akobian  27 games
Vasily Smyslov  19 games
Jiri Lechtynsky  15 games
Varlam Vepkhvishvili  13 games
Efim Geller  11 games
Yury Shulman  10 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Glek vs Z Lanka, 1997
Keres vs Petrosian, 1953
Mamedyarov vs Caruana, 2015
A Riazantsev vs V Nevostrujev, 2002
Bareev vs Kasparov, 1991
Smyslov vs Gligoric, 1959
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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Cochrane vs Mohishunder 1-0181850CalcuttaE61 King's Indian
2. Cochrane vs Mohishunder  1-0491855CalcuttaE61 King's Indian
3. Cochrane vs Mohishunder 1-0511855CalcuttaE61 King's Indian
4. W Paulsen vs F Riemann 0-1411880WSB-13.KongressE61 King's Indian
5. J Sturm vs Euwe 0-1391923AmsterdamE61 King's Indian
6. A Speijer vs Colle ½-½521923ScheveningenE61 King's Indian
7. G Abramovic vs Botvinnik 0-1321924Leningrad jrE61 King's Indian
8. Koltanowski vs K Sterk  1-0651924ol final BE61 King's Indian
9. J A Seitz vs A Vajda 1-0551925DebrecenE61 King's Indian
10. G Fontein vs Euwe  0-1411925?E61 King's Indian
11. Nenarokov vs A Rabinovich  0-1421925USSR ChampionshipE61 King's Indian
12. H E Price vs H Saunders  0-1331925British ChampionshipE61 King's Indian
13. Weenink vs Euwe  0-1491925AmsterdamE61 King's Indian
14. Saemisch vs Yates 0-1461925MoscowE61 King's Indian
15. G Norman vs Vidmar 0-1191925Hastings 1925/26E61 King's Indian
16. M Sonnenberg vs Euwe  0-1311927AmsterdamE61 King's Indian
17. R P Michell vs Reti  0-1331927Hastings 1926/27E61 King's Indian
18. V Vukovic vs K Kullberg  0-1441927KecskemetE61 King's Indian
19. A Sacconi vs H E Atkins  1-02519271st olm finalE61 King's Indian
20. G A Thomas vs Tylor  1-0331930Hastings 1930/31E61 King's Indian
21. E Mulder vs Koltanowski  0-1311931South Brabant - North BrabantE61 King's Indian
22. Kashdan vs Bogoljubov 0-1301931BledE61 King's Indian
23. J H Hoetabarat vs W F Wertheim  ½-½371932Schaakmat-Satoer BatakE61 King's Indian
24. Pirc vs Bogoljubov  1-0461932Bad SliacE61 King's Indian
25. A Y Model vs Alatortsev  1-0581932Leningrad ChampionshipE61 King's Indian

Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-31-03  Sarimanok: If you want total war, play the King's Indian.
Mar-31-03  GregorMendel: I love the KID. I play it almost all the time with Black against 1. d4. I have mixed results, but I always get a good game.
May-25-04  tacticsjokerxxx: Do any King's Indian fans care to share their opinion on whether the C5, D5 or E5 pawn-thrust is best for black? and which line is the most popular in the king's indian today?
May-25-04  Dudley: The d5 pawn move early in the opening is a Grunfeld, not a KI. Fischer played it for important games but it's really quite different than the KID and very sharp. So that leaves c5, which transposes into Benoni type positions, and I have seen it recommended as a way of limiting the options of the first player. Personally, I have tried it and don't think much of it. I wanted it to work but the positions are too cramped because white moves d5 early in the opening. So, e5 is the line if you want to learn the real themes of the King's Indian, imho.
May-25-04  Dudley: Oh, and according to popularity in the database the classical line for white is the most common line. Black responds with Nc6 or exd5 but I don't know which one is more popular today.
Jul-13-04  tomh72000: ..c5 is usually only played by black against the Averbakh System, .d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Bg5 and here black sometimes plays 6...c5. Sometimes ...c5 is played in the four pawns attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3) where one of black's best moves is 6...c5.
Jul-13-04  ThePurplePimpernel: In the Averbakh system, and some lines of the Petrosian, the early movement of White's QBishop can leave squares like b2 vulnerable to black's KBishop. If white responds to ...c5 by playing d5, it opens the diagonal for the bishop, rather than closing it ala ...e5.
Feb-05-07  Tacticstudent: I'm a beginner and I want to play the KID against 1. d4, but I need some comments of more experienced players. Can anyone help me?
Feb-05-07  Jafar219: <Tacticstudent> Learn from Radjabov!-
Feb-08-07  Tacticstudent: <Jafar219> Thank you a lot, man!
May-01-07  Rajiv Herman Kramer: Is playing e3 instead of e4 a good alternative for white in this particular opening.
May-01-07  MaxxLange: <Rajiv Herman Kramer> No. Playing e3 is, if not outright bad, insipid, and it puts no pressure on Black.
May-01-07  e4Newman: if white played e3, i'd transpose right into a grunfeld
Jun-02-09  joakimvitriol: What options black have after 3...Bg7 and 4.Bg5? Is standard 4...d6 good or there is better continuation lke c5 for instance?
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King's Indian
1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 g6 3.♘c3 ♗g7

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King's Indian
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7

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