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E68

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Long Variation

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Overview

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Long Variation is a variation within the Indian Defenses family, indexed as ECO E68.

The Indian Defenses group covers Indian defences — hypermodern lines where Black challenges the centre with pieces rather than pawns.

Play reaches this position via 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 Re8 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Re1 a5, after 22 plies of opening development.

It is a variation of King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Delayed Fianchetto, which itself descends from the root opening Indian Defense: West Indian Defense.

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ECO code
E68
Group
Indian Defenses (E)
Plies
22
Parent
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Delayed Fianchetto

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