English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7
The English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto is a chess opening classified as ECO A15, reached after 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7. It is a line of the English Opening. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1 times by this move order. White won 100%, 0% were drawn and Black won 0%. The most popular continuation is 5. O-O (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.35 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 5. d4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 Na6)
- ECO
- A15
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
rn1qkb1r/pbpppp1p/1p3np1/8/2P5/5NP1/PP1PPPBP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 2 5- PGN
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. O-O | 1 (100%) |
Master games
16 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 31%, draw 19%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- GM Denis Khismatullin (2632) – GM Olexandr Bortnyk (2610) 1-0 · World Blitz 2017 · 2017-12-30
- FM Ruben Domingo Nunez (2383) – GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (2707) 0-1 · Titled Tue 18th Oct Late · 2022-10-18
- FM Dmitry Tatarinov (2310) – GM Hrant Melkumyan (2645) 1-0 · Titled Tue 10th Jan Late · 2023-01-10
- FM Marcel Harff (2412) – GM Dejan Antic (2471) 1/2-1/2 · 6th Capablanca Mem GM · 2019-05-06
- GM Nikolozi Kacharava (2511) – FM Daniel Taboas Rodriguez (2330) 1-0 · Titled Tue 3rd Sep Late · 2024-09-03
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Youwillneverwalk1 (2044) – Steinitzfan (2138) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6
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.