King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (4. O-O Bg4)
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4
The King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A07, reached after 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4. It is a line of the King's Indian Attack. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 128 times by this move order. White won 49%, 9% were drawn and Black won 42%. The most popular continuation is 5. d3 (33% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.19 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 e6 7. d4 Nbd7)
- ECO
- A07
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
rn1qkb1r/pp2pppp/2p2n2/3p4/6b1/5NP1/PPPPPPBP/RNBQ1RK1 w kq - 2 5- PGN
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 33 | |
| 2000+ | 93 | |
| All | 128 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. d3 | 42 (33%) | |
| 5. d4 | 23 (18%) | |
| 5. h3 | 20 (16%) | |
| 5. c4 | 17 (13%) | |
| 5. Ne5 | 13 (10%) | |
| 5. b3 | 8 (6%) | |
| 5. c3 | 3 (2%) | |
| 5. Nc3 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
1,632 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 38%, draw 30%, Black 32%). The strongest:
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2861) – GM Sergey Karjakin (2780) 1-0 · 75th Tata Steel GpA · 2013-01-20
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2864) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2774) 0-1 · 8th Tal Memorial · 2013-06-15
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2864) – GM Quang Liem Le (2728) 1-0 · FTX Crypto Cup 2022 · 2022-08-18
- GM Vladimir Kramnik (2783) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2765) 1-0 · Vugar Gashimov Mem 2015 · 2015-04-25
- GM Hao Wang (2752) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2796) 1-0 · 41st GM · 2013-07-29
Search all games of the King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- SavitarTheGodOfSpeed (2720) – GM FCChelsea14 (2666) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- pandastique (2744) – IM Romsta (2630) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- reallylovezerk (2722) – IM Romsta (2646) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Indian Attack (2. g3 d5) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5
More King's Indian Attack lines (all)
- 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: Keres Variation (4. O-O Nd7) A07
- King's Indian Attack: Keres Variation (8. Nc3 Bd6) A07
- King's Indian Attack: Omega-Delta Gambit A07
- King's Indian Attack: Pachman System 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.