King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation
ECO: E73Indian Defences1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5
no master games reached this exact line · estimated data
How it's played
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1.2.3.4.5.6.
About the King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation
The King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation is a line of the King's Indian Defense, catalogued under ECO code E73 in the Indian Defences section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5, with White playing the move that gives the line its name.
The King's Indian Defense has 119 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
Where the line goes next
- King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Benoni DefenseE74 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5
- King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Flexible DefenseE73 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 h6
- King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Geller DefenseE73 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7
- King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Modern DefenseE73 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6
- King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Nc6 DefenseE73 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nc6
- King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Spanish DefenseE73 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 a6
- King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defense, Advance VariationE74 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5
- King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defense, Exchange VariationE74 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5
Other lines of the King's Indian Defense
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Immediate FianchettoE60 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3
- King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight VariationE60 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto VariationE60 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3
- King's Indian Defense: Normal VariationE70 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4
- King's Indian Defense: Santasiere VariationE60 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.b4
- King's Indian Defense: Normal VariationE70 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6
- King's Indian Defense: Accelerated Averbakh VariationE70 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Delayed FianchettoE62 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3