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Volume E · Indian defenses‹ E77E79 ›
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Reference position · Black to move

E78 King’s Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Fluid Attack

E78 holds a single named line. It leaves E76 (King’s Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack) with 5...O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.Be2. That final move, by the bishop, opens a line for the rook on h1. Of all other reference positions, the board of E77 (Four Pawns Attack) comes closest, four squares apart.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1d4Nf6
2c4g6
3Nc3Bg7
4e4d6
5f4O-O
6Nf3c5
7Be2

The road to E78

  1. 1.d4 … 4.e4six earlier stops: A40, A45, A50, E60, E61, E70
  2. 4...d6E70 Normal Variation
  3. 5.f4E76 Four Pawns Attack
  4. 7.Be2E78

The position after 7.Be2

White has brought out the knight on c3, knight on f3 and bishop on e2; Black the knight on f6 and bishop on g7. Black could capture with Nxe4, cxd4. Black is to move and has 34 legal moves.

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3939Minor pieces developed32Moves spent on pawns43Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e520Squares attacked in the other half65not castledcastled kingside, move 5

Codes that branch off from E78

The reference lines of one other code leave E78 from the position after 7.Be2, each with its own moves.

CodeMovesReference line
E797...cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Be3King’s Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Exchange Variation

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
E91King’s Indian Defense: Orthodox Variationfour squares: f2, f4, c5, c7
A68Benoni Defense: Four Pawns Attacksix squares: f1, e2, c4, d4, d5, e7
A69Benoni Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Main Linesix squares: c4, d4, d5, e7, e8, f8
A72Benoni Defense: Classical Variationsix squares: f2, c4, d4, f4, d5, e7
E74King’s Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defensesix squares: c1, g1, f2, f3, f4, g5
E92King’s Indian Defense: Orthodox Variationsix squares: f2, f4, c5, e5, c7, e7
E81King’s Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Normal Defenseseven squares: f1, g1, e2, f3, f4, c5, c7

Where lines continue from here

One named line filed under other codes passes through the position after 7.Be2. It belongs to the code listed above.

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