Library/Openings/King's Indian Defense/Orthodox Variation/Positional Defense/Closed Line ECO E94
Opening· 15 plies

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Positional Defense, Closed Line

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO E94), reached after 15 half-moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. d5.

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Positional Defense, Closed Line ECO E94
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About this opening

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Positional Defense, Closed Line is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code E94. ECO group E (E00–E99) covers Indian defences against 1.d4, covering the Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Indian, King's Indian and Catalan systems. This particular variation is reached after 15 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. d5.

It belongs to the King's Indian Defense family. Within that family this is a level-3 branch (the Orthodox Variation → Positional Defense → Closed Line line). The immediate parent line is King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Positional Defense, transitioned via 8.d5.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 Nf6, 2.c4 g6, 3.Nc3 Bg7, 4.e4 d6, 5.Nf3 O-O, 6.Be2 Nbd7. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.