King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation
ECO: E70Indian Defences1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4
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How it's played
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1.2.3.4.
About the King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation
The King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation is a line of the King's Indian Defense, catalogued under ECO code E70 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, 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: 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: Four Pawns AttackE76 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4
- King's Indian Defense: Kramer VariationE70 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2
- King's Indian Defense: Makogonov VariationE71 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3
- King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Deferred FianchettoE72 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3
- King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Rare DefensesE90 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3
- King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Standard DevelopmentE73 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2
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: Santasiere VariationE60 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.b4
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Delayed FianchettoE62 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3
- King's Indian Defense: Sämisch VariationE80 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3
- King's Indian Defense: Smyslov VariationE61 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Pterodactyl VariationE64 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Qa5+