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King's Indian Defense — opening family

119 catalogued lines · ECO E60–E99

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The shortest catalogued line of the family runs 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 — the position below. The continuation chips count how many catalogued lines extend this head with each next move; any branch can be explored on the interactive tree and played against the engine from there.

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Main continuations

All 119 lines

NameECOMain line length
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Immediate FianchettoE605 plies
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight VariationE605 plies
King's Indian DefenseE615 plies
King's Indian Defense: Santasiere VariationE607 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto VariationE607 plies
King's Indian Defense: Normal VariationE707 plies
King's Indian Defense: Normal VariationE708 plies
King's Indian Defense: Makogonov VariationE719 plies
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Deferred FianchettoE729 plies
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns AttackE769 plies
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch VariationE809 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Delayed FianchettoE629 plies
King's Indian Defense: Accelerated Averbakh VariationE709 plies
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Standard DevelopmentE739 plies
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Rare DefensesE909 plies
King's Indian Defense: Smyslov VariationE619 plies
King's Indian Defense: Kramer VariationE709 plies
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Modern DefenseE7610 plies
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Normal DefenseE8110 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Pterodactyl VariationE6410 plies
King's Indian Defense: Karpov SystemE7111 plies
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns AttackE7711 plies
King's Indian Defense: Steiner AttackE8111 plies
King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical VariationE6111 plies
King's Indian Defense: Semi-Averbakh SystemE7311 plies
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh VariationE7311 plies
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Bobotsov-Korchnoi-Petrosian VariationE8111 plies
King's Indian Defense: Larsen VariationE9011 plies
King's Indian Defense: Zinnowitz VariationE9011 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox VariationE9111 plies
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Sämisch GambitE8112 plies
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Double FianchettoE8212 plies
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Orthodox VariationE8512 plies
King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Benoni VariationE6012 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav Variation, Rare LineE6412 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav SystemE6412 plies
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Spanish DefenseE7312 plies
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Flexible DefenseE7312 plies
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Benoni DefenseE7412 plies
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Yates DefenseE8312 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox VariationE9212 plies
King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Hollywood VariationE6012 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Carlsbad VariationE6212 plies
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Modern DefenseE7312 plies
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Nc6 DefenseE7312 plies
King's Indian Defense: Kazakh VariationE9112 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Debrecen DefenseE6712 plies
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Geller DefenseE7312 plies
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Dynamic AttackE7613 plies
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Closed VariationE8713 plies
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defense, Advance VariationE7413 plies
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Fluid AttackE7813 plies
King's Indian Defense: Petrosian VariationE9213 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav VariationE6513 plies
King's Indian Defense: Pomar SystemE7213 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Gligoric-Taimanov SystemE9213 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox VariationE9413 plies
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defense, Exchange VariationE7413 plies
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Closed VariationE8814 plies
King's Indian Defense: Exchange VariationE9213 plies
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Main LineE7514 plies
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Byrne DefenseE8114 plies
King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Stein DefenseE9214 plies
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch VariationE8614 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Ukrainian DefenseE9414 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Donner DefenseE9414 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Benjamin DefenseE6114 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Kavalek DefenseE6214 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Uhlmann-Szabo SystemE6214 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Larsen DefenseE6214 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno VariationE6314 plies
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Modern Defense, Burgess LineE7314 plies
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Panno FormationE8314 plies
King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Normal DefenseE9314 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Glek DefenseE9414 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Aronin-Taimanov DefenseE9714 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Simagin VariationE6214 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Lesser Simagin (Spassky)E6214 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Hungarian VariationE6414 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical FianchettoE6714 plies
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Ruban VariationE8314 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Positional DefenseE9414 plies
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Normal AttackE7715 plies
King's Indian Defense: Steiner AttackE8115 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav Variation, Advance LineE6615 plies
King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Queenside Storm LineE6115 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Double Fianchetto AttackE6415 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical VariationE6815 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Positional Defense, Closed LineE9415 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox VariationE9515 plies
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Closed Variation, Main LineE8916 plies
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Panno Main LineE8416 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav Variation, Exchange LineE6516 plies
King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Exchange VariationE6116 plies
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Florentine GambitE7717 plies
King's Indian Defense: Steiner AttackE8117 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Main LineE6917 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet AttackE9717 plies
King's Indian Defense: Steiner AttackE8117 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Modern SystemE9717 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Korchnoi AttackE9717 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical SystemE9817 plies
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Exchange VariationE7917 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Positional Defense, Main LineE9618 plies
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Sämisch Gambit AcceptedE8117 plies
King's Indian Defense: Six Pawns AttackE7719 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation, Korchnoi LineE6319 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack, Sokolov's LineE9719 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack, Yepishin's LineE9719 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System, Neo-Classical LineE9819 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation, Blockade LineE6320 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System, Traditional LineE9920 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System, Benko AttackE9921 plies
King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Keres DefenseE9321 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Long VariationE6822 plies
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Bronstein DefenseE8723 plies
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Orthodox Variation, Bronstein VariationE8724 plies
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation, Donner LineE6326 plies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System, Kozul GambitE9827 plies