English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, h6
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2 h6
The English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, h6 is a chess opening classified as ECO A29, reached after 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2 h6. 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: +0.30 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 7. O-O a5 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8)
- ECO
- A29
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
r1bqk2r/ppp2pp1/2np1n1p/2b1p3/2P5/2NP1NP1/PP2PPBP/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 0 7- PGN
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2 h6
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Master games
2 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 100%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- IM Simone De Filomeno (2430) – GM Michele Godena (2528) 1/2-1/2 · 46th TCh-ITA 2014 · 2014-05-04
- Yelfry Torres (2120) – Jason Tang (1908) 1/2-1/2 · 48th Continental Open · 2018-08-18
Comes from
English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6 (5… d6 6. Bg2) 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2
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.