English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, Be7
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O
The English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, Be7 is a chess opening classified as ECO A29, reached after 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O. 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 3 times by this move order. White won 33%, 0% were drawn and Black won 67%. The most popular continuation is 7. O-O (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.30 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 7. O-O Nd4 8. b3 Re8 9. Bb2 Nxf3+)
- ECO
- A29
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
r1bq1rk1/ppp1bppp/2np1n2/4p3/2P5/2NP1NP1/PP2PPBP/R1BQK2R w KQ - 3 7- PGN
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 3 | |
| All | 3 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. O-O | 3 (100%) |
Master games
2 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 0%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- Dennis San Juan (2101) – Marshool Sultan (1678) 1-0 · Sharjah Rapid 2014 · 2014-07-07
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Fruktorito (1958) – Rolle57 (1731) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
- DiMedil (1681) – IBEATYOUALREADY (1695) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- LionTigerKing (1498) – taobarna (1502) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
English Opening: Carls-Bremen System 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3
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.