King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation, Blockade Line

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 e5

The King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation, Blockade Line is a chess opening classified as ECO E63, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 e5. It is a line of the King's Indian Defense. White is to move.

This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.

Engine evaluation: +0.42 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. a4 Bh6 13. Re1 Rb8)

ECO

E63

Moves

20 plies

FEN

r1bq1rk1/1p3pbp/p2p1np1/n1pPp3/2P5/2N3P1/PPQNPPBP/R1B2RK1 w - e6 0 11

PGN

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 e5

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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.