E79
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Exchange Variation
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.
Top Players in this Opening
Related Openings
E70 - King's Indian Defense: Kramer Variation267E71 - King's Indian Defense: Makogonov Variation253E72 - King's Indian Defense: Pomar System51E73 - King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation332E74 - King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defense87E75 - King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Main Line46E76 - King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack55E77 - King's Indian Defense: Six Pawns Attack21E78 - King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Fluid Attack3
Best Games
Tal, Mihail vs Petrosian, Tigran V1/2-1/2
Portoroz Interzonal 1958Notable
Tal, Mihail vs Persitz, Raaphi1-0
WchT U26 1957Notable
Pomar Salamanca, Arturo vs Geller, Efim P1-0
Stockholm Interzonal 1962
Larsen, Bent vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman1/2-1/2
Dallas 1957
Szabolcsi, Janos vs Polgar, Judit1/2-1/2
Donau Cup op 1992
Martz, William E vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman1/2-1/2
USA-ch 1972
Szily, Jozsef vs Polugaevsky, Lev1/2-1/2
Buesum 1969
Larsen, Bent vs Hamann, Svend1/2-1/2
DEN-ch 1963
Benko, Pal C vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman1/2-1/2
Piatigorsky Cup 1963
Uhlmann, Wolfgang vs Fischer, Robert James1/2-1/2
Varna olm 1962
Uhlmann, Wolfgang vs Tal, Mihail1/2-1/2
Stockholm 1961
Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich vs Geller, Efim P0-1
URS-ch28 1961
Uhlmann, Wolfgang vs Fischer, Robert James0-1
Leipzig olm fin-A 1960
Uhlmann, Wolfgang vs Geller, Efim P0-1
Dresden 1959
Bertholdt, D. vs Tal, Mihail0-1
Munich olm fin-A 1958