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Openings / E60

King's Indian Defense

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6

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Evaluation
+0.44 (White's view)
White to move, best
g1f3
Main line
g1f3 e8g8 f1e2 e7e5 e1g1
Depth
24, Stockfish 17
FEN
rnbqk2r/ppp1ppbp/3p1np1/8/2PPP3/2N5/PP3PPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 5

Black concedes the centre and strikes back with ...e5 or ...c5. The Classical (5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7) gives opposite-wing attacks; the Sämisch and Four Pawns are sharper.

Get this from the API

curl -s https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STOCKFISH_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"fen":"rnbqk2r/ppp1ppbp/3p1np1/8/2PPP3/2N5/PP3PPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 5","depth":24,"multipv":3}'
const res = await fetch("https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.STOCKFISH_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "fen": "rnbqk2r/ppp1ppbp/3p1np1/8/2PPP3/2N5/PP3PPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 5",
    "depth": 24,
    "multipv": 3
  }),
});
const data = await res.json();
import os, requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['STOCKFISH_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "fen": "rnbqk2r/ppp1ppbp/3p1np1/8/2PPP3/2N5/PP3PPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 5",
        "depth": 24,
        "multipv": 3
    },
)
data = r.json()

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