Talk:King's Indian Defence

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King's Indian Defence or Indian Defence?

'1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 ' is currently given as the King's Indian Defence. Does not the King's Indian Defence occur after d6 has been committed and therefore the Grunfled can't be played, otherwise is it not still an Indian Defence? ChessCreator (talk) 13:58, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A bit lame to answer my own question, but the answer is no. When a Grunfeld occurs it transposes out of a KID to a Grunfled. ChessCreator (talk) 04:58, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'd agree with your original point. I would say the KID is characterized by, among other things, the move d7-d6. No one who talks about chess seriously talks about "the Indian Defence". Farannan (talk) 02:37, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]