King's Indian Attack, with e6 (4. O-O Be7)

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7

The King's Indian Attack, with e6 is a chess opening classified as ECO A07, reached after 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7. White is to move.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 197 times by this move order. White won 48%, 9% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 5. d3 (38% of games).

Engine evaluation: +0.25 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 5. c4 c6 6. d4 O-O 7. b3 b6)

ECO: A07
Moves: 8 plies
FEN: rnbqk2r/ppp1bppp/4pn2/3p4/8/5NP1/PPPPPPBP/RNBQ1RK1 w kq - 2 5
PGN: 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	6	50%17%33%
1500-1999	28	39%54%
2000+	163	49%42%
All	197	48%43%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
5. d3	75 (38%)	60%37%
5. c4	58 (29%)	36%14%50%
5. d4	52 (26%)	42%12%46%
5. b3	9 (5%)	44%12%44%
5. Re1	2 (1%)	50%50%
5. c3	1 (1%)	100%

Master games

2,620 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 44%, draw 30%, Black 26%). The strongest:

GM Magnus Carlsen (2853) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2787) 1-0 · chess.com Blitz Final 5m+2spm 2016 · 2016-10-27
GM Magnus Carlsen (2853) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2787) 1/2-1/2 · chess.com Blitz Final 5m+2spm 2016 · 2016-10-27
GM Magnus Carlsen (2830) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2794) 1/2-1/2 · CCT Final Playoff 2023 · 2023-12-10
GM Magnus Carlsen (2839) – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2771) 1-0 · chess.com SpeedChess 2023 · 2023-09-15
GM Vladimir Kramnik (2792) – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2808) 1-0 · GCT Rapid Paris 2018 · 2018-06-20

Search all games of the King's Indian Attack, with e6 and its sub-variations

Highest-rated Lichess games

GM TonyGazzo (2810) – Kruciatos (2739) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
FM umagon20 (2760) – Kruciatos (2753) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
FM Crew12 (2724) – Kruciatos (2733) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s

Comes from

King's Indian Attack, with e6 (3. Bg2 e6) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6

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.