Kings Indian Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
Black lets White take the center, then strikes back with ...e5 or ...c5, often leading to opposite-side attacks.
As White: 60% score in 5429 games (3055 wins, 448 draws, 1926 losses).
As Black: 56% score in 4872 games (2507 wins, 453 draws, 1912 losses).
Who plays it most
- FM Behzad Salimiyan: 83 games as Black, scores 46%
- GM Rogelio Barcenilla: 77 games as Black, scores 64%
- GM Sina Movahed: 72 games as Black, scores 68%
- WGM kungmongmanh: 67 games as White, scores 55%
- GM Rogelio Barcenilla: 65 games as Black, scores 54%
- GM Vitezslav Rasik: 64 games as Black, scores 51%
- GM Aaryan Varshney: 62 games as White, scores 75%
- GM taekwondoking: 62 games as Black, scores 52%
- GM Andriy Vovk: 60 games as Black, scores 66%
- GM Xu Zhihang: 59 games as Black, scores 56%
- GM Jayson Gonzales: 59 games as White, scores 58%
- GM Ivan Zemlyanskii: 58 games as White, scores 55%
- GM Davit Benidze: 57 games as White, scores 60%
- GM blitz_expert23: 53 games as Black, scores 50%
- GM Fabian Doettling: 51 games as White, scores 92%
From the recent public Chess.com games of 847 players on the top players list, updated about once a week. Score = wins plus half the draws.