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E91Opening

King's Indian Defense:Orthodox Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2

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Black to move

Legal moves
32
Games in the next 4 moves
1,519,980
Different positions among them
479,463
Named lines from here
23

See it on the mapOn the opening map

It is reached after 11 moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2. It is a line of the King's Indian Defense.

Black is to move and has 32 legal moves. Over the next four moves — two for each side — the game can branch into 1,519,980 different games. Those games reach 479,463 different positions: most positions can be reached in more than one way, 3.2 on average.

The Lichess opening list names 23 further lines after this position, such as Kazakh Variation (6... Na6).

The same moves can be played in 2,700 different legal orders that all reach this position. For example 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2, which starts as the Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense.

Map of every game of the next four moves after the King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation
Every game of the next four moves from this position, as the map draws it. Each ring is one more move; the outer ring holds all 1,519,980 games.

Move by move

  1. 1. d4Queen's Pawn Game
  2. 1... Nf6Indian Defense
  3. 2. c4Indian Defense: Normal Variation
  4. 2... g6Indian Defense: West Indian Defense
  5. 3. Nc3King's Indian Defense
  6. 3... Bg7King's Indian Defense
  7. 4. e4King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation
  8. 4... d6King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation
  9. 5. Nf3King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Rare Defenses
  10. 5... O-O—
  11. 6. Be2King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation

Named lines from here

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