Tree path 11 levels Indian Defense: West Indian Defense › King's Indian Defense › Normal Variation › King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation › Rare Defenses › King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation › King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation › King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation › Aronin-Taimanov Defense › King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System › Neo-Classical Line
- Chess Codex
- Indian Defense: West Indian Defense E60
- King's Indian Defense E61
- Normal Variation E70
- King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation E70
- Rare Defenses E90
- King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation E91
- King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation E92
- King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation E94
- Aronin-Taimanov Defense E97
- King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System E98
- Neo-Classical Line E98 you are here
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System, Neo-Classical Line
Overview
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System, Neo-Classical Line is a named branch in the Indian Defenses group of chess theory, classified under ECO E98.
The Indian Defenses group covers Indian defences — hypermodern lines where Black challenges the centre with pieces rather than pawns.
It is reached after 19 plies of play, with the move sequence 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 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System, part of the broader Indian Defense: West Indian Defense system.
It continues primarily into one named line, King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System, Kozul Gambit.
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- ECO code
- E98
- Group
- Indian Defenses (E)
- Plies
- 19
- Direct variations
- 1
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