Chessmate

King's Indian Defense

Difficulty 3/3Black repertoireECO E60–E98

Classical: Kingside and Queenside Race (E98)

Line progress1/27

Develop the knight and control e4 before White builds the full pawn center.

1.
Next Nf61/27
Live position

All lines in this course

ECO E60–E98

Every one of these lines is explained move by move in the app — with recall practice and spaced review.

Train this course
  1. Classical: Kingside and Queenside RaceSample

    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 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. c5

  2. Exchange: The e5 Pawn Is Not Free

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nxe5 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bxe5

  3. Petrosian: Gain Kingside Space

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4

  4. Sämisch: Panno Queenside Counterplay

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Rb8

  5. Four Pawns Attack: Break the Center

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3

  6. Averbakh: Counter with c5

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6

  7. Fianchetto: Nc6 and e5 Setup

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. Re1 Nd7 10. c3 h6