Tree path 7 levels Indian Defense: West Indian Defense › King's Indian Defense › Normal Variation › King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation › King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack › Dynamic Attack › King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Normal Attack
- Chess Codex
- Indian Defense: West Indian Defense E60
- King's Indian Defense E61
- Normal Variation E70
- King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation E70
- King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack E76
- Dynamic Attack E76
- King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Normal Attack E77 you are here
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Normal Attack
Overview
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Normal Attack is a named branch in the Indian Defenses group of chess theory, classified under ECO E77.
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. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2, after 15 plies of opening development.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Dynamic Attack, part of the broader Indian Defense: West Indian Defense system.
It continues primarily into one named line, King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Florentine Gambit.
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- ECO code
- E77
- Group
- Indian Defenses (E)
- Plies
- 15
- Direct variations
- 1
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