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Reference position · Black to move

E95 King’s Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation

E95 holds a single named line. It leaves E94 (King’s Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Positional Defense) with 8.Re1. Both kings have castled by the end of the reference line, White on move 7 and Black on move 5. Of all other reference positions, the board of E97 (Orthodox Variation, Aronin-Taimanov Defense) comes closest, four squares apart.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1d4Nf6
2c4g6
3Nc3Bg7
4e4d6
5Nf3O-O
6Be2e5
7O-ONbd7
8Re1

The move that completes E95

The reference line of E96 plays all of these moves and continues beyond them; E95 is the position reached at 8.Re1.

  1. 8.Re1 The rook goes from f1 to e1.

The road to E95

One of the 12 named positions on the way are reached by a move order other than their own.

  1. 1.d4 … 6...e5ten earlier stops: A40, A45, A50, E60, E61, E70, E90, E91, E92
  2. 7.O-OE94 Orthodox Variation
  3. 7...Nbd7E94 Positional Defense by another order
  4. 8.Re1E95

The position after 8.Re1

White has brought out the knight on c3, knight on f3 and bishop on e2; Black the knight on d7, knight on f6 and bishop on g7. Black could capture with Nxe4, exd4. Black is to move and has 26 legal moves.

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3939Minor pieces developed33Moves spent on pawns33Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e521Squares attacked in the other half74castled kingside, move 7castled kingside, move 5

Codes that branch off from E95

The reference lines of one other code leave E95 from the position after 8.Re1, each with its own moves.

CodeMovesReference line
E968...c6 9.Bf1 a5King’s Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Positional Defense, Main Line

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
E68King’s Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Variationfive squares: e1, f1, e2, g2, g3
E92King’s Indian Defense: Orthodox Variationfive squares: e1, g1, h1, d7, b8
E93King’s Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Normal Defensefive squares: e1, g1, h1, d4, d5
E91King’s Indian Defense: Orthodox Variationseven squares: e1, g1, h1, e5, d7, e7, b8
E98King’s Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical Systemseven squares: e1, f1, f3, d4, d5, d7, e7
E67King’s Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Debrecen Defensenine squares: e1, g1, h1, e2, g2, g3, e4, e5 …
E69King’s Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Main Linenine squares: e1, f1, e2, g2, h2, g3, h3, c6 …

Where lines continue from here

One named line filed under other codes passes through the position after 8.Re1. It belongs to the code listed above.

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