Opening · played as Black

King's Indian Defense

Hand over the center, then blow it up. The KID is the ultimate fighting answer to 1.d4, Classical, Sämisch, Four Pawns, Averbakh, and Fianchetto. 50 lines.

A position this opening is aiming for.

You play
Black
Variations covered
50

The main line

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

Some of the variations

…and 44 more in the trainer.

Train it

ChessReflex drills the branch points where a line splits rather than making you replay it move by move, so a repertoire this size is a handful of decisions instead of hundreds of moves. Free, and no account needed to start.

Open King's Indian Defense