Tree path 8 levels Indian Defense: West Indian Defense › King's Indian Defense › Normal Variation › King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation › King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation › Normal Defense › King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Orthodox Variation › King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation
- 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: Sämisch Variation E80
- Normal Defense E81
- King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Orthodox Variation E85
- King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation E86 you are here
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation
Overview
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation is a variation within the Indian Defenses family, indexed as ECO E86.
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. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6, after 14 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Orthodox Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Indian Defense: West Indian Defense.
It continues primarily into one named line, Closed Variation, Main Line.
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- ECO code
- E86
- Group
- Indian Defenses (E)
- Plies
- 14
- Direct variations
- 1
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