King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Carlsbad Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
The King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Carlsbad Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO E62, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6. It is a line of the King's Indian Defense. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 53 times by this move order. White won 55%, 2% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 7. O-O (85% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.45 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 7. d5 Na5 8. b3 a6 9. O-O c5)
- ECO
- E62
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
r1bq1rk1/ppp1ppbp/2np1np1/8/2PP4/2N2NP1/PP2PPBP/R1BQK2R w KQ - 2 7- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 2 | |
| 2000+ | 51 | |
| All | 53 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. O-O | 45 (85%) | |
| 7. d5 | 8 (15%) |
Master games
1,501 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 45%, draw 27%, Black 28%). The strongest:
- Fire 8_beta (3729) – Ethereal 12.19 (3708) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 18 Premier 2020 · 2020-06-13
- Ethereal 12.19 (3708) – Fire 8_beta (3729) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 18 Premier 2020 · 2020-06-10
- Stoofvlees II a14 (3730) – rofChade 2.303 (3661) 1-0 · TCEC 18 Premier 2020 · 2020-06-12
- rofChade 2.303 (3661) – Stoofvlees II a14 (3730) 1-0 · TCEC 18 Premier 2020 · 2020-06-08
- GM Liren Ding (2791) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2863) 1-0 · Carlsen Tour Final 2020 · 2020-08-12
Highest-rated Lichess games
- GM cutemouse83 (2963) – Sunrise34 (2865) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- iamgroot_2025 (2634) – Mitichkin_Ivan (2550) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- Zentheon (2513) – Dmitry_Kornilovich (2558) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Immediate Fianchetto 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3
Continuations
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Lesser Simagin (Spassky) E62 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5
More King's Indian Defense lines (all)
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation 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
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Delayed Fianchetto E62
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.