Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Fianchetto Variation
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g6
The Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Fianchetto Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO B03, reached after 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g6. It is a line of the Alekhine Defense. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 323 times by this move order. White won 45%, 3% were drawn and Black won 52%. The most popular continuation is 6. Nf3 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.78 (Stockfish, depth 65; best line 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 dxe5 8. dxe5 Qxd1+)
- ECO
- B03
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 153 | |
| 2000+ | 170 | |
| All | 323 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Nf3 | 161 (50%) | |
| 6. Nc3 | 91 (28%) | |
| 6. Be3 | 54 (17%) | |
| 6. Be2 | 4 (1%) | |
| 6. h4 | 3 (1%) | |
| 6. a4 | 2 (1%) | |
| 6. h3 | 2 (1%) | |
| 6. Bd3 | 2 (1%) |
Master games
296 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 47%, draw 14%, Black 39%). The strongest:
- LCZero 0.30-dag-9a9c42d_784968 (3599) – Stockfish dev16_20221027 (3625) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 23 Superfinal 2022 · 2022-11-14
- Stockfish dev16_20221027 (3625) – LCZero 0.30-dag-9a9c42d_784968 (3599) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 23 Superfinal 2022 · 2022-11-14
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2835) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2863) 0-1 · Carlsen Inv Prelim · 2020-04-22
- GM Kirill Alekseenko (2686) – GM Parham Maghsoodloo (2730) 0-1 · Titled Tue 4th Apr Late · 2023-04-04
- GM Veselin Topalov (2735) – GM Christian Bauer (2639) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-FRA Top 12 2021 · 2021-06-25
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Meatloaf927 (2724) – BlackRakoun (2550) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- Chibukhchyan_Erik (2596) – Cusillu (2522) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- ShadowQueen1 (2505) – hierasousse (2532) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4
More Alekhine Defense lines (all)
- Alekhine Defense (1. e4 Nf6) B02
- Alekhine Defense: Brooklyn Variation B02
- Alekhine Defense: Brooklyn Variation, Everglades Variation B02
- Alekhine Defense: Buckley Attack B02
- Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Lasker Simul Gambit B02
- Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Matsukevich Gambit B02
- Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Mikenas Gambit B02
- Alekhine Defense: Kmoch Variation B02
- Alekhine Defense: Krejcik Variation B02
- Alekhine Defense: Krejcik Variation, Krejcik Gambit B02
- Alekhine Defense: Maróczy Variation B02
- Alekhine Defense: Mokele Mbembe B02
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.