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E6815 plies · black to move

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Variation

The King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Variation is a chess opening classified under ECO code E68 in the Indian Defences family, where Black responds to 1.d4 with 1...Nf6, including the Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Indian, and King's Indian. It is reached after 8 moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4. The resulting position leaves black to move.

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Black r
Black b
Black q
Black r
Black k
7
Black p
Black p
Black p
Black n
Black p
Black b
Black p
6
Black p
Black n
Black p
5
Black p
4
White p
White p
White p
3
White n
White n
White p
2
White p
White p
White p
White b
White p
1a
White r
b
c
White b
d
White q
e
f
White r
g
White k
h

Resulting Position