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, Sämisch Gambit › King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Sämisch Gambit Accepted
- 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, Sämisch Gambit E81
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King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Sämisch Gambit Accepted
Overview
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Sämisch Gambit Accepted belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO E81, Indian Defenses). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Indian Defenses group covers Indian defences — hypermodern lines where Black challenges the centre with pieces rather than pawns.
It begins with 17 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 to reach the canonical position.
The line refines King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Sämisch Gambit, which traces back to the root opening Indian Defense: West Indian Defense.
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- ECO code
- E81
- Group
- Indian Defenses (E)
- Plies
- 17
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