E77

King's Indian Defense: Six 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

Kirschbaum,G vs Aronian,L0-1
GRENKE Rapid WCh • 2010★ Notable
Carlsen,M vs Kleimenov,Nikolay1/2-1/2
1st 3-0 Thu 27th Nov 2025 • 2025
Toncheva,Nadya vs Nakamura,Hi0-1
Titled Tue 15th Aug Early • 2023
Jobava,Ba vs Grischuk,A1-0
Titled Tuesday 23rd June • 2020
Moranda,W vs Grischuk,A1-0
PRO League Group Stage • 2020
Mozharov,M vs Grischuk,A1/2-1/2
67th Moscow Blitz 2013 • 2013
Ding Liren vs Rapport,R1/2-1/2
Breisacher Memorial • 2013
Bozzi, Gianni vs Larsen, Ba1-0
Lombardia op • 1991
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Zueger, Beat1-0
Nuernberg • 1990
Peng, Zhaoqin vs Polgar, Judit0-1
Novi Sad ol (Women) • 1990
Bagaturov, Giorgi vs Shirov, Alexei0-1
Frunze op • 1989
Vaisser, Anatoli vs Kasparov, Gary0-1
Moscow1 • 1981
Thorbergsson, Freysteinn vs Tal, Mihail0-1
Reykjavik • 1964
Keres, Paul vs Ojanen, Kaarle Sakari1-0
EST-FIN m • 1963
Mikenas, Vladas vs Polugaevsky, Lev0-1
URS-chT • 1962
Portisch, Lajos vs Uhlmann, Wolfgang1/2-1/2
Varna olm • 1962
Schweber, Samuel vs Najdorf, Miguel0-1
ARG-ch • 1960
Wade, Robert Graham vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman0-1
Haifa/Tel Aviv • 1958
Wade, Robert Graham vs Petrosian, Tigran V0-1
Belgrade • 1954
Prokhorovich, Taras E vs Kortschnoj, Viktor0-1
URS-chT • 1953

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