English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line (6… d6 7. O-O O-O)
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. O-O O-O
The English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line is a chess opening classified as ECO A29, reached after 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. O-O O-O. It is a line of the English Opening. White is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: −0.03 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 8. Ne1 h6 9. Nc2 Bf5 10. Ne3 Be4)
- ECO
- A29
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
r1bq1rk1/ppp2ppp/2np1n2/4p3/2P5/2P2NP1/PP2PPBP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 2 8- PGN
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. O-O O-O
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Master games
6 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 33%, draw 34%, Black 33%). The strongest:
- IM Pablo Glavina (2415) – FM Dmitry Petukhov (2350) 1-0 · Titled Tue 29th Aug Late · 2023-08-29
- GM Yevhen Sharapov (2375) – IM Julian Estrada Nieto (2156) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 8th Apr Early · 2025-04-08
- Enzo Suzarte Ferreira (2076) – IM Julian Estrada Nieto (2195) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 21st Jan Early · 2025-01-21
- Lars Madebrink (2236) – Per Green (1966) 1-0 · Deltalift Open 2015 · 2015-05-14
- Egor Blokhin (1235) – Eldar Karapetrov (1595) 0-1 · Vladimir Dvorkovich Cup · 2019-01-12
Comes from
English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line (4. g3 Bb4) 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4
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.