King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation, Korchnoi 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. h3 Rb8 9. Be3 b5 10. Nd2

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation, Korchnoi Line 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. h3 Rb8 9. Be3 b5 10. Nd2 87654321abcdefgh

The King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation, Korchnoi 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. h3 Rb8 9. Be3 b5 10. Nd2. It is a line of the King's Indian Defense. Black 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: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 10… b4 11. Nce4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 e5 13. dxe5)

ECO
E63
Moves
19 plies
FEN
1rbq1rk1/2p1ppbp/p1np1np1/1p6/2PP4/2N1B1PP/PP1NPPB1/R2Q1RK1 b - - 1 10
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. h3 Rb8 9. Be3 b5 10. Nd2

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Master games

1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 100%, draw 0%, Black 0%). The strongest:

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King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6

More King's Indian Defense lines (all)

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.