King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Immediate Fianchetto
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3
The King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Immediate Fianchetto is a chess opening classified as ECO E60, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3. It is a line of the King's Indian Defense. Black is to move. 5 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1,715 times by this move order. White won 51%, 6% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 3… Bg7 (83% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.10 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 3… c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. cxd5)
- ECO
- E60
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 113 | |
| 1500-1999 | 622 | |
| 2000+ | 980 | |
| All | 1,715 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Bg7 | 1,428 (83%) | |
| 3… d5 with g3 (3. g3 d5) | 129 (8%) | |
| 3… c6 | 66 (4%) | |
| 3… d6 | 61 (4%) | |
| 3… c5 | 26 (2%) | |
| 3… b6 | 2 (0%) | |
| 3… h5 | 2 (0%) | |
| 3… e6 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
7,543 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 41%, draw 28%, Black 31%). The strongest:
- Ethereal 12.01 (3810) – Komodo 2503.05 (3912) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 20 Premier 2020 · 2020-03-22
- Komodo 2503.05 (3912) – Ethereal 12.01 (3810) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 20 Premier 2020 · 2020-03-21
- Reckless 0.10.0-dev-b5462f11 (3763) – Stockfish dev-20260318-d173a06 (3807) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Superfinal 2026 · 2026-04-04
- Stockfish dev-20260318-d173a06 (3807) – Reckless 0.10.0-dev-b5462f11 (3763) 1-0 · TCEC 29 Superfinal 2026 · 2026-04-04
- Komodo 2551.00 (3743) – LCZero v0.25.1-sv-t60-3010 (3809) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 18 Premier 2020 · 2020-06-06
Highest-rated Lichess games
- GM cutemouse83 (2963) – Sunrise34 (2865) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- Sunrise34 (2859) – GM gmbrewchess (2932) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- FM juancruzariasTDF (2764) – GM gmbrewchess (2964) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Indian Defense: West Indian Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6
Continuations
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense: with g3 (3. g3 d5) D70 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5
- Grünfeld Defense: Counterthrust Variation E60 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Carlsbad Variation E62 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Debrecen Defense E67 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav Variation, Rare Line E64 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5
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.