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
The English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6 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. It is a line of the English Opening. Black is to move. 3 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 6… Bf5 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.19 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 6… Nd4 7. Nd2 O-O 8. e3 Ne6 9. O-O)
- ECO
- A29
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 2 | |
| All | 2 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… Bf5 | 1 (50%) | |
| 6… O-O | 1 (50%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 100%, draw 0%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- CM John Veny Akkarakaran (2110) – Nitai Leve (2128) 1-0 · Titled Tue 7th Mar Early · 2023-03-07
Highest-rated Lichess games
- salejelesa (1698) – thoumam (1685) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 600 + 0s
- pascal59 (1732) – lat22 (1630) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line (3… Nc6 4. g3) 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3
Continuations
- English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, a6 A29 · 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2 a6
- English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6, h6 A29 · 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2 h6
- English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with .. d6 (6… O-O 7. O-O) A29 · 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O
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.