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King's Indian Attack
Overview
King's Indian Attack is a named branch in the Flank Openings group of chess theory, classified under ECO A05.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
The line arises from 4 plies — specifically the moves 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Zukertort Opening, part of the broader Zukertort Opening system.
3 named variations grow from this line, including with Bf5, with e6, Yugoslav Variation.
Together the deeper variations number 9 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- A05
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 4
- Parent
- Zukertort Opening
- Direct variations
- 3
- Total in subtree
- 9
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Variations (3)
Show all 9 sub-variations (full subtree)
- A07 with Bf5 8-ply
- A07 with e6 6-ply
- A07 Yugoslav Variation 8-ply
- A07 King's Indian Attack, with Bf5 10-ply
- A07 King's Indian Attack, with Bf5 11-ply
- A07 King's Indian Attack, with Bf5 11-ply
- A07 King's Indian Attack, with e6 8-ply
- A07 King's Indian Attack, with Bf5 12-ply
- A11 Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 12-ply