King's Indian Defense: Accelerated Averbakh Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5
The King's Indian Defense: Accelerated Averbakh Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO E70, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5. It is a line of the King's Indian Defense. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 708 times by this move order. White won 48%, 4% were drawn and Black won 48%. The most popular continuation is 5… O-O (69% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.26 (Stockfish, depth 49; best line 5… h6 6. Bc1 O-O 7. Be2 c5 8. Nf3)
- ECO
- E70
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 146 | |
| 1500-1999 | 434 | |
| 2000+ | 128 | |
| All | 708 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… O-O | 488 (69%) | |
| 5… h6 | 102 (14%) | |
| 5… Nbd7 | 64 (9%) | |
| 5… c6 | 14 (2%) | |
| 5… e5 | 11 (2%) | |
| 5… c5 | 8 (1%) | |
| 5… Nc6 | 7 (1%) | |
| 5… e6 | 4 (1%) |
Master games
372 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 44%, draw 16%, Black 40%). The strongest:
- GM Ivan Sokolov (2650) – GM Etienne Bacrot (2720) 0-1 · FIDE World Rapid 2014 · 2014-06-17
- GM Francisco Vallejo Pons (2711) – GM Ivan Saric (2652) 1/2-1/2 · European Rapid 2016 · 2016-12-15
- GM Francisco Vallejo Pons (2698) – GM Zaven Andriasian (2604) 1/2-1/2 · PRO League Group Stage · 2019-02-19
- GM Alexey Sarana (2686) – GM Denis Lazavik (2605) 0-1 · 2nd 3-0 Thu 15th Jan 2026 · 2026-01-15
- GM Alexey Sarana (2686) – GM Cristobal Henriquez Villagra (2603) 1-0 · 1st 3-0 Thu 22nd Jan 2026 · 2026-01-22
Search all games of the King's Indian Defense: Accelerated Averbakh Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Lucky-Luke-Skywalker (2451) – contrapunctus_XI (2639) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Xaalt (2454) – CH-Subject029 (2604) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- Xaalt (2454) – BlackScholesModel (2600) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (4. e4 d6) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6
More King's Indian Defense lines (all)
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation E60
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Immediate Fianchetto E60
- King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation E60
- King's Indian Defense: Santasiere Variation E60
- King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Benoni Variation E60
- King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Hollywood Variation E60
- King's Indian Defense E61
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Benjamin Defense E61
- King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation E61
- King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Exchange Variation E61
- King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Queenside Storm Line E61
- King's Indian Defense: Smyslov Variation E61
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.