King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3

The King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO E60, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3. It is a line of the King's Indian Defense. Black is to move. 11 named lines continue from this position.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2,453 times by this move order. White won 49%, 6% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 4… O-O (61% of games).

Engine evaluation: +0.15 (Stockfish, depth 48; best line 4… c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. cxd5)

ECO: E60
Moves: 7 plies
FEN: rnbqk2r/ppppppbp/5np1/8/2PP4/5NP1/PP2PP1P/RNBQKB1R b KQkq - 0 4
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	234	50%44%
1500-1999	1,111	50%45%
2000+	1,108	48%46%
All	2,453	49%45%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
4… O-O	1,490 (61%)	49%46%
4… d6	639 (26%)	50%46%
4… d5	144 (6%)	44%46%
4… c6	93 (4%)	47%47%
4… c5	39 (2%)	44%49%
4… b6	25 (1%)	68%28%
4… e6	13 (1%)	62%31%
4… Nc6	6 (0%)	83%17%

Master games

6,048 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 41%, draw 28%, Black 31%). The strongest:

Berserk 20250622 (3667) – Torch 20260128-7136070b (3716) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Premier 2026 · 2026-03-12
Torch 20260128-7136070b (3716) – Berserk 20250622 (3667) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Premier 2026 · 2026-03-10
LCZero 0.28-dev+_69626 (3623) – Stockfish 14_202107131735 (3639) 1-0 · TCEC 21 Superfinal 2021 · 2021-08-02
Stockfish 14_202107131735 (3639) – LCZero 0.28-dev+_69626 (3623) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 21 Superfinal 2021 · 2021-08-02
Stockfish 20210113 (3601) – LCZero 0.27.0d-Tilps-dje-magic_JH.94-100 (3586) 1-0 · TCEC 20 Superfinal 2020 · 2021-01-30

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Highest-rated Lichess games

Pookinator (2780) – FM umagon20 (2757) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
ChessElation94 (2711) – Alpha_777 (2798) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
Opteron85 (2659) – Epichess95 (2844) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s

Comes from

Indian Defense: West Indian Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6

Continuations

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Pterodactyl Variation E64 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav System E64 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation, Original Defense D78 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav Variation E65 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation (6… Nxd5 7. O-O) D74 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Fianchetto E67 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Hungarian Variation E64 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 a6
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Kavalek Defense E62 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Qa5
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation E63 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Uhlmann-Szabo System E62 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Double Fianchetto Attack E64 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. b3

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.