King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Positional Defense
In the King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Positional Defense, aim to understand the plans and pawn structures, not just memorize the first moves.
The King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Positional Defense is a chess opening classified under ECO code E94. It is reached after the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O: 14 moves in, with White to play.
It belongs to the King's Indian Defense family — one of many ways the line can branch. Understanding the parent system’s plans is the fastest way to play this variation well.
Club players rarely lose the King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Positional Defense in the opening itself. They lose it a few moves later, when the plan behind the moves runs out: that is what reading your own games in this line shows you.