E87
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Closed Variation
Key moves: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3
The Sämisch Variation features the aggressive f3, supporting the centre and preparing for a kingside pawn storm or positional play. It's one of the most critical tests of the King's Indian.
History & Notable Players
Named after Fritz Sämisch. It's been a favoured weapon against the KID at the highest levels.
Top Players in this Opening
Related Openings
E80 - King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation90E81 - King's Indian Defense: Steiner Attack392E82 - King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Double Fianchetto45E83 - King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Yates Defense51E84 - King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Panno Main Line70E85 - King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Orthodox Variation43E86 - King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation55E88 - E8858E89 - King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Closed Variation, Main Line44
Best Games
Timman, Jan H vs Kasparov, Gary0-1
Linares 1992Notable
Karpov, Anatoly vs Kasparov, Gary1/2-1/2
World Championship 35th-KK5 1990Notable
Karpov, Anatoly vs Kasparov, Gary1-0
World Championship 35th-KK5 1990Notable
Timman, Jan H vs Wibe, Terje1-0
Wch U20 1967Notable
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Tal, Mihail1-0
World Championship 24th 1961Notable
Tal, Mihail vs Dittmann, Sieghart1-0
WchT U26 1957Notable
Tal, Mihail vs Mogrev1-0
WchT U26 1956Notable
Timman, Jan H vs Topalov, Veselin0-1
Moscow ol (Men) 1994
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Gurevich, Mikhail1-0
Linares 1991
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Piket, Jeroen1-0
Tilburg 1989
Speelman, Jonathan S vs Short, Nigel D1/2-1/2
Subotica Interzonal 1987
Geller, Efim P vs Diaz, Joaquin C1-0
Biel Interzonal 1976
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs Najdorf, Miguel1-0
Lugano ol (Men) 1968
Gajek,R vs Gukesh,D0-1
4th IIFL Wealth Mumbai Op 2019
Kasimdzhanov,R vs Nijboer,F1-0
3rd Julian Borowski A 2001
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam vs Poldauf, Dirk1-0
Bundesliga 9900 1999
Karpov, Anatoly vs Guillouet, Y.1-0
Bastia sim 1998
Karpov, Anatoly vs Plotnikov, S.1-0
Voronezh simul 1997
Anand, Viswanathan vs Janus, Elfi1-0
Bad Mergentheim sim 1993
Karpov, Anatoly vs Jacques, Robert0-1
St Martin simul 1992