King's Indian Attack: Keres Variation (4. O-O Nd7)
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7
The King's Indian Attack: Keres Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A07, reached after 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7. It is a line of the King's Indian Attack. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 121 times by this move order. White won 52%, 9% were drawn and Black won 39%. The most popular continuation is 5. d4 (31% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.25 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 e6 7. c4 Ngf6)
- ECO
- A07
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
r2qkbnr/pp1npppp/2p5/3p4/6b1/5NP1/PPPPPPBP/RNBQ1RK1 w kq - 4 5- PGN
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 4 | |
| 1500-1999 | 10 | |
| 2000+ | 107 | |
| All | 121 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. d4 | 37 (31%) | |
| 5. d3 | 34 (28%) | |
| 5. h3 | 30 (25%) | |
| 5. c4 | 16 (13%) | |
| 5. b3 | 2 (2%) | |
| 5. e3 | 1 (1%) | |
| 5. Ne1 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
1,594 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 39%, draw 28%, Black 33%). The strongest:
- GM Anish Giri (2785) – GM So, W. (2815) 1-0 · chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017 · 2017-05-25
- GM Vladimir Kramnik (2801) – GM Viswanathan Anand (2784) 1/2-1/2 · 5th Zurich CC Blitz · 2016-02-15
- GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2804) – GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2749) 1-0 · World Blitz 2016 · 2016-12-30
- GM Levon Aronian (2815) – GM Michael Adams (2710) 1/2-1/2 · 4th London Chess Classic · 2012-12-09
- GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2780) – GM Veselin Topalov (2740) 1-0 · Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019 · 2019-05-12
Search all games of the King's Indian Attack: Keres Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- FM umagon20 (2759) – Sunrise34 (2843) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- KFC2025 (2645) – GM Chewbacca18 (2789) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- FM Brastrodamus (2664) – sapphire_phoenix (2766) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Indian Attack (1… d5 2. g3) 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3
Continuations
- King's Indian Attack: Keres Variation (8. Nc3 Bd6) A07 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. c4 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Bd6
More King's Indian Attack lines (all)
- King's Indian Attack (2. g3 d5) A05
- King's Indian Attack: Smyslov Variation A05
- King's Indian Attack: Spassky Variation A05
- King's Indian Attack: Symmetrical Defense A05
- King's Indian Attack: Wahls Defense A05
- King's Indian Attack: Double Fianchetto A07
- King's Indian Attack: Keres Variation (2. g3 Bg4) A07
- King's Indian Attack: Keres Variation (3. Bg2 Nd7) A07
- King's Indian Attack: Omega-Delta Gambit A07
- King's Indian Attack: Pachman System A07
- King's Indian Attack: Sicilian Variation (2. g3 c5) A07
- King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (4. O-O Bg4) A07
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.