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E81

King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Normal Defense

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Overview

King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Normal Defense is a variation within the Indian Defenses family, indexed as ECO E81.

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

The line arises from 10 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O.

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

It is the root of 7 named variations, with King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Bobotsov-Korchnoi-Petrosian Variation, King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Byrne Defense, King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Double Fianchetto, and others among the most studied.

Together the deeper variations number 20 across the full subtree.

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ECO code
E81
Group
Indian Defenses (E)
Plies
10
Parent
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation
Direct variations
7
Total in subtree
20

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Variations (7)

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