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: Sämisch Variation › Normal Defense › King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Yates Defense
- 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, Yates Defense E83 you are here
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Yates Defense
Overview
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Yates Defense is a variation within the Indian Defenses family, indexed as ECO E83.
The Indian Defenses group covers Indian defences — hypermodern lines where Black challenges the centre with pieces rather than pawns.
It begins with 12 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Normal Defense, which itself descends from the root opening Indian Defense: West Indian Defense.
It branches into 2 notable variations — King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Panno Formation, King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Ruban Variation.
Together the deeper variations number 3 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- E83
- Group
- Indian Defenses (E)
- Plies
- 12
- Direct variations
- 2
- Total in subtree
- 3
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