King's Indian Attack: Keres Variation (8. Nc3 Bd6)
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
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 5. d4 Ngf6 6. c4 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Bd6. It is a line of the King's Indian Attack. 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: +0.14 (Stockfish, depth 27; best line 9. Nh4 O-O 10. f3 Be6 11. e4 Ne8)
- ECO
- A07
- Moves
- 16 plies
- FEN
r2qk2r/pp1n1ppp/2pb1n2/3p4/3P2b1/2N2NP1/PP2PPBP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 2 9- PGN
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
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Master games
2 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 0%, Black 100%). The strongest:
- IM Serkan Soysal (2389) – GM Vugar Rasulov (2445) 0-1 · Titled Tue 12th Apr Late · 2022-04-12
- FM Jain Jeet (2167) – GM Sergei Zhigalko (2572) 0-1 · Titled Tue 2nd Aug Early · 2022-08-02
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Comes from
King's Indian Attack: Keres Variation (4. O-O Nd7) 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7
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 (1… d5 2. g3) A07
- 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
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.