E98: King's Indian, orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, 9.Ne1

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

King's Indian, orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, 9.Ne1

E98 Sub-variants:

King's Indian, orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, 9.Ne1
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

Overview

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Last Played:

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Overall score:

43.6%

26.3%

30.1%

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Possible continuations:

9... Nd7

4973

42.8 %

27 %

30.3 %

9... Ne8

1624

44.2 %

24.8 %

31 %

9... c5

85

50.6 %

30.6 %

18.8 %

9... a5

57

50.9 %

28.1 %

21.1 %

9... c6

28

78.6 %

9... Kh8

13

69.2 %

23.1 %

9... h6

11

63.6 %

27.3 %

9... Bd7

6

83.3 %

16.7 %

9... h5

5

80 %

20 %

9... Nh5

4

50 %

25 %

25 %

9... a6

3

66.7 %

33.3 %

9... b6

2

100 %