King's Indian Attack (2. g3 d5)

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5

The King's Indian Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO A05, reached after 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5. White is to move. 3 named lines continue from this position.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 3,263 times by this move order. White won 50%, 7% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 3. Bg2 (90% of games).

Engine evaluation: +0.10 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 3. d4 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O e6)

ECO: A05
Moves: 4 plies
FEN: rnbqkb1r/ppp1pppp/5n2/3p4/8/5NP1/PPPPPP1P/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 0 3
PGN: 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	307	48%45%
1500-1999	1,225	51%43%
2000+	1,731	50%42%
All	3,263	50%43%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
3. Bg2	2,943 (90%)	50%43%
3. d4	139 (4%)	53%38%
3. c4	75 (2%)	47%43%
3. d3	74 (2%)	46%51%
3. b3	13 (0%)	46%46%
3. Bh3	4 (0%)	25%75%
3. e3	3 (0%)	67%33%
3. c3	3 (0%)	100%

Master games

7,206 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 44%, draw 25%, Black 31%). The strongest:

LCZero0.31-dag-4d98c58-BT5-3700000 (3692) – KomodoDragon3.3 (3620) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 28 Premier 2025 · 2025-08-03
KomodoDragon3.3 (3620) – LCZero0.31-dag-4d98c58-BT5-3700000 (3692) 0-1 · TCEC 28 Premier 2025 · 2025-08-03
GM Magnus Carlsen (2855) – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2792) 1-0 · 9th Norway Armageddon · 2021-09-10
GM Magnus Carlsen (2831) – GM So, W. (2747) 1-0 · Titled Tue 24th Dec Late · 2024-12-24
GM Hikaru Nakamura (2816) – GM So, W. (2760) 1/2-1/2 · Millionaire TB Final 2015 · 2015-10-11

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Highest-rated Lichess games

GM arturchix (2818) – Tornado_M (2733) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
GM TonyGazzo (2810) – Kruciatos (2739) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
FM umagon20 (2742) – Chess1Love0 (2781) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s

Comes from

Zukertort Opening (1. Nf3 Nf6) 1. Nf3 Nf6

Continuations

King's Indian Attack, with e6 (3. Bg2 e6) A07 · 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6
King's Indian Attack, with Bf5 (4. O-O Bf5) A07 · 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5
King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (4. O-O Bg4) A07 · 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4

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.