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King's Indian Defence
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6, with ...Bg7, ...d6 and castling. Black gives White the centre, then strikes back with ...e5 or ...c5. Play is often sharp, with Black attacking on the kingside with ...f5.
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A key line
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 g6 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.d5 Nc5 9.Qc2 a5
More lines
King's Indian Defence: Classical, 7.O-O Nc6
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
King's Indian Defence: Mar del Plata
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5
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All 50 lines in this opening
- 2...g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qd2 …
- 3...Bg7 4.Bd3 O-O 5.Nf3 …
- 3...Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.h3 …
- 2...d5 3.Bf4 g6 4.e3 …
- 2...d5 3.Bg5 g6 4.Bxf6 …
- 2...d5 3.Nf3 g6 4.Bf4 …
- 2...g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.e3 …
- 2...g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 …
- 2...g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 …
- 3...Nbd7 4.Bf4 e5 5.dxe5 …
- 3...Nbd7 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 …
- 4...g6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 …
- 4...g6 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 …
- 4...g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 …
- 3...Nbd7 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 …
- 5...g6 6.d5 Nc5 7.Qc2 …
- 5...g6 6.dxe5 dxe5
- 5...Nc5 6.Bd3 Nxd3+ 7.Qxd3 …
- 5...Nc5 6.f3 a5 7.Be3 …
- 2...d6 3.e3 g6 4.Nf3 …
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- King's Indian Defence: 3.g3
- 2...g6 3.Bd3 Bg7 4.f4 …
- 2...g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Bd3 …