English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anti-Anti-Grünfeld
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e4
The English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anti-Anti-Grünfeld is a chess opening classified as ECO A15, reached after 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e4. It is a line of the English Opening. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 103 times by this move order. White won 44%, 6% were drawn and Black won 50%. The most popular continuation is 4… d6 (79% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.49 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 4… O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Na6 7. Be3)
- ECO
- A15
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 18 | |
| 1500-1999 | 56 | |
| 2000+ | 29 | |
| All | 103 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… d6 | 81 (79%) | |
| 4… O-O | 18 (17%) | |
| 4… e5 | 2 (2%) | |
| 4… Nc6 | 1 (1%) | |
| 4… e6 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
135 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 46%, draw 21%, Black 33%). The strongest:
- GM Vincent Keymer (2776) – GM Anish Giri (2760) 1-0 · TechM GCL 2025 · 2025-12-20
- GM Rasmus Svane (2615) – GM Ivan Cheparinov (2689) 1/2-1/2 · Bundesliga 2022-23 · 2023-02-03
- GM Yangyi Yu (2753) – GM Chongsheng Zeng (2536) 1-0 · TCh-CHN 2017 · 2017-07-28
- GM Manuel Petrosyan (2625) – GM Aram Hakobyan (2617) 0-1 · Titled Tue 25th Jun Early · 2024-06-25
- GM Max Warmerdam (2679) – GM Leon Livaic (2550) 0-1 · 45th Olympiad 2024 · 2024-09-16
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Jeronkarji (2620) – Woodenmouse (2465) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 2s
- NM TeAbro (2439) – Flarion (2344) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- Glorfindel17 (2315) – JunSunPark (2350) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3
More English Opening lines (all)
- English Opening A10
- English Opening: Achilles-Omega Gambit A10
- English Opening: Adorjan Defense A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense, Hickmann Gambit A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Variation, Chabanon Gambit A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Variation, Ferenc Gambit A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Lithuanian Variation A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Löhn Gambit A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Malvinas Variation A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Schulz Gambit A10
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.