French Defense: King's Indian Attack, Franco-Hiva Gambit
1. e4 e6 2. d3 f5
The French Defense: King's Indian Attack, Franco-Hiva Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C00, reached after 1. e4 e6 2. d3 f5. It is a line of the French Defense. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 51 times by this move order. White won 47%, 10% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 3. exf5 (39% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.57 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Be2 Be7)
- ECO
- C00
- Moves
- 4 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e6 2. d3 f5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 29 | |
| 1500-1999 | 19 | |
| 2000+ | 3 | |
| All | 51 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3. exf5 | 20 (39%) | |
| 3. Nc3 | 8 (16%) | |
| 3. f3 | 5 (10%) | |
| 3. e5 | 4 (8%) | |
| 3. Nf3 | 3 (6%) | |
| 3. Qf3 | 2 (4%) | |
| 3. f4 | 2 (4%) | |
| 3. Bg5 | 2 (4%) |
Master games
4 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 75%, Black 25%). The strongest:
- IM Maksim Chigaev (2494) – FM Andras Egyed (2238) 1/2-1/2 · European Rapid 2014 · 2014-12-20
- Samuel Sevian (2336) – Garuch Manukian (2260) 1/2-1/2 · 22nd Metropolitan IM · 2012-10-10
- CM Gerardo Fernandez Hernandez (2126) – GM Alexey Kislinsky (2350) 0-1 · Titled Tue 7th Jan Early · 2025-01-07
- Guilherme Sacardo Telles Nunes (1543) – Romulo Rodrigues Mota (1960) 1/2-1/2 · Copel Telecom SESC Open · 2018-08-02
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Iamdannyel (2209) – behzad8766 (2133) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Mac64-52 (2067) – huad1 (2093) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 300 + 8s
- wilgatree (2042) – bhodarbhai (2049) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
French Defense: King's Indian Attack 1. e4 e6 2. d3
More French Defense lines (all)
- French Defense (1. e4 e6) C00
- French Defense (2. d4 d5) C00
- French Defense: Alapin Gambit C00
- French Defense: Baeuerle Gambit C00
- French Defense: Banzai-Leong Gambit C00
- French Defense: Banzai-Leong Gambit, Pinova Gambit C00
- French Defense: Bird Invitation C00
- French Defense: Carlson Gambit C00
- French Defense: Chigorin Variation C00
- French Defense: Diemer-Duhm Gambit C00
- French Defense: Diemer-Duhm Gambit Accepted C00
- French Defense: Franco-Hiva Gambit C00
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.