E76

King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack

Key moves: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3

The Classical System is the main line of the King's Indian. White develops naturally and the battle centres on whether Black can successfully execute the ...e5 break. The resulting middlegames feature some of the most dramatic attacking play in chess.

History & Notable Players

The Classical KID has produced some of the most famous games in history, including many Kasparov brilliancies.

Best Games

Topalov, Veselin vs Kasparov, Gary1/2-1/2
Linares • 1994★ Notable
Mamedyarov,S vs Svidler,P1/2-1/2
FIDE GP • 2008
Arencibia, Walter vs Tal, Mihail0-1
Manila Interzonal • 1990
Christiansen, Larry Mark vs Kasparov, Gary0-1
Moscow Interzonal • 1982
Keres, Paul vs Bronstein, David I1/2-1/2
Candidats Tournament • 1953
Geller, Efim P vs Gligoric, Svetozar0-1
Saltsjobaden Interzonal • 1952
Alekhine, Alexander vs Lasker, Edward1/2-1/2
New York • 1924
Cervantes Landeiro,Thalia vs Duda,J0-1
Titled Tue 21st May Early • 2024
Ivanchuk,V vs Jocev,M1-0
Titled Tue 13th Feb Early • 2024
Mikaelyan,A vs Aronian,L0-1
Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late • 2024
Nepomniachtchi,I vs Idnani,Roshan1-0
Titled Tue 5th Sep Late • 2023
Andreikin,D vs Praggnanandhaa,R1-0
Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 • 2021
Ivanchuk,V vs Hoffmann,Max1-0
Sunway Sitges Open 2018 • 2018
Ponomariov,R vs Vovk,Y1/2-1/2
81st ch-UKR 2012 • 2012
Ostenstad,B vs Carlsen,M1/2-1/2
TCh-NOR Final • 2004
Arencibia,W vs Nakamura,H0-1
Anibal Open • 2002
Timman, Jan H vs Damaso, Rui1-0
EUCup sf • 1998
Lautier, Joel vs Shirov, Alexei1/2-1/2
Investbanka • 1997
Comp Fritz vs Anand, Viswanathan0-1
The Hague AEGON sim1 • 1997
Leitao, Rafael vs Polgar, Judit1-0
Sao Paulo SC • 1996

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