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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1

Black to move
3,568 games · 1926-2024
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white wins - draws - black wins %

9...Nd7

2,850

42.8%

28.5%

28.7%

9...Ne8

616

44.2%

25%

30.8%

9...c5

50%

29.2%

20.8%

9...a5

50%

25%

9...c6

72.2%

16.7

9...h6

50%

33.3%

16.7

9...h5

66.7%

33.3%

9...Nh5

50%

9...Bd7

50%

9...Kh8

50%

9...b6

R Vera vs J Polgar, 2002 1-0

9...b6 +0.38 (38 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Piket vs Kasparov, 1989 (0-1)
Gligoric vs Fischer, 1961 (1/2-1/2)
Taimanov vs Najdorf, 1953 (0-1)
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1991 (0-1)
W So vs Nakamura, 2015 (0-1)

DEBUT: B Hoenlinger vs A Duenmann, 1926 (0-1)
RECENT: Lenderman vs J Becerra Rivero, 2018 (1-0)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
E98 KID: Orthodox, Classical [White] by chess.master
E98 KID: Orthodox. Classical [Black] by chess.master
The Taimanov 9.Ne1 variation of the KID by KingG

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
E98: King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 (2021)
E99: King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov (1547)

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