King's Indian Attack (1… d5 2. g3)

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3

The King's Indian Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO A07, reached after 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3. Black is to move. 7 named lines continue from this position.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 29,157 times by this move order. White won 52%, 5% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 2… Nf6 (23% of games).

Engine evaluation: +0.13 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 2… e6 3. d4 c5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bg2)

ECO: A07
Moves: 3 plies
FEN: rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/3p4/8/5NP1/PPPPPP1P/RNBQKB1R b KQkq - 0 2
PGN: 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	7,404	49%47%
1500-1999	12,367	53%43%
2000+	9,386	52%41%
All	29,157	52%43%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
2… Nf6	6,755 (23%)	51%43%
2… Nc6	6,251 (21%)	50%46%
2… c5 Sicilian Variation (2. g3 c5)	4,595 (16%)	53%42%
2… e6	2,606 (9%)	55%40%
2… c6	2,346 (8%)	50%44%
2… Bg4 Keres Variation (2. g3 Bg4)	1,972 (7%)	53%42%
2… Bf5	1,809 (6%)	52%44%
2… g6 Double Fianchetto	611 (2%)	46%47%

Master games

35,626 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 46%, draw 24%, Black 30%). The strongest:

Stockfish dev-20260228-702d4b8c (3796) – Obsidian dev-16.15 (3714) 1-0 · TCEC 29 Premier 2026 · 2026-03-05
Obsidian dev-16.15 (3714) – Stockfish dev-20260228-702d4b8c (3796) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Premier 2026 · 2026-03-02
LCZero 0.31-dag-5350a2e-BT4-61 (3631) – Stockfish dev-20240728-2343f71 (3662) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 26 Balanced Lines · 2024-08-04
Stockfish dev-20240728-2343f71 (3662) – LCZero 0.31-dag-5350a2e-BT4-61 (3631) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 26 Balanced Lines · 2024-08-04
GM Magnus Carlsen (2864) – GM Liren Ding (2806) 1/2-1/2 · Chessable Masters KO 2022 · 2022-05-24

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Highest-rated Lichess games

feeblad (2836) – GM cutemouse83 (2940) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Mysterious_Spy (2789) – GM cutemouse83 (2910) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
sapphire_phoenix (2817) – kuhmft (2853) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s

Comes from

Zukertort Opening (1. Nf3 d5) 1. Nf3 d5

Continuations

King's Indian Attack: Double Fianchetto A07 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6
King's Indian Attack: Keres Variation (2. g3 Bg4) A07 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4
King's Indian Attack: Omega-Delta Gambit A07 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e5
King's Indian Attack: Sicilian Variation (2. g3 c5) A07 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5
King's Indian Attack: Keres Variation (4. O-O Nd7) A07 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7
Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan (5. d4 e6) D02 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 e6
English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined (6. b3 c5) A14 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5

More King's Indian Attack lines (all)

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.