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Reference position · Black to move

E80 King’s Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation

E80 holds a single named line. It leaves E70 (King’s Indian Defense: Normal Variation) with 5.f3. Lines of ten other codes continue from its position, the third-widest spread of the 39 King’s Indian Defense codes. That final move, by the f-pawn, covers e4 and g4.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1d4Nf6
2c4g6
3Nc3Bg7
4e4d6
5f3

The road to E80

  1. 1.d4 … 3...Bg7five earlier stops: A40, A45, A50, E60, E61
  2. 4.e4E70 Normal Variation
  3. 4...d6E70 Normal Variation
  4. 5.f3E80

The position after 5.f3

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

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3939Minor pieces developed12Moves spent on pawns42Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e520Squares attacked in the other half73not castlednot castled

Codes that branch off from E80

The reference lines of one other code leave E80 from the position after 5.f3, each with its own moves.

CodeMovesReference line
E815...O-OKing’s Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Normal Defense

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
E76King’s Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attacktwo squares: f3, f4
E90King’s Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Rare Defensesthree squares: g1, f2, f3
A42Modern Defense: Averbakh Systemfour squares: f2, f3, f6, g8
E71King’s Indian Defense: Makogonov Variationfour squares: f2, h2, f3, h3
E72King’s Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Deferred Fianchettofour squares: f2, g2, f3, g3
E73King’s Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Standard Developmentfour squares: f1, e2, f2, f3
B09Pirc Defense: Austrian Attacksix squares: c2, f3, c4, f4, g7, f8

Where lines continue from here

Besides the codes above, they belong to A65, E82, E83, E84, E85, E86, E87, E88, E89.

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