King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Modern Defense, Burgess Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 c6
The King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Modern Defense, Burgess Line is a chess opening classified as ECO E73, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 c6. It is a line of the King's Indian Defense. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 8. f4 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.36 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 8. f3 Nc7 9. h4 h5 10. Be3 a6)
- ECO
- E73
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
r1bq1rk1/pp2ppbp/n1pp1np1/6B1/2PPP3/2N5/PP1QBPPP/R3K1NR w KQ - 0 8- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 c6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 2 | |
| All | 2 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8. f4 | 1 (50%) | |
| 8. Nf3 | 1 (50%) |
Master games
79 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 38%, draw 30%, Black 32%). The strongest:
- GM Quang Liem Le (2726) – GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2712) 1/2-1/2 · 8th Danzhou Super GM 2017 · 2017-07-13
- GM Simen Agdestein (2567) – GM Etienne Bacrot (2714) 0-1 · FIDE World Cup 2013 · 2013-08-11
- GM Julio E Granda Zuniga (2667) – IM Alan Pichot (2523) 1/2-1/2 · 6th ch-Iberoamericano · 2015-11-01
- GM Evgenios Ioannidis (2513) – GM Rauf Mamedov (2651) 0-1 · European Rapid 2023 · 2023-12-14
- GM Yangyi Yu (2721) – IM Mihajlo Radovanovic (2370) 1-0 · 32nd ECC Open 2016 · 2016-11-07
Highest-rated Lichess games
- FM Manuel_Ochoa (2364) – adamiva5 (2385) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- money2000 (2173) – lliilllliill (2230) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Modern Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6
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.