King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack (5… O-O 6. f4)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. f4
The King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO E77, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. f4. It is a line of the King's Indian Defense. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 61 times by this move order. White won 49%, 0% were drawn and Black won 51%. The most popular continuation is 6… c5 (48% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.12 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 6… c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. b6)
- ECO
- E77
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
rnbq1rk1/ppp1ppbp/3p1np1/8/2PPPP2/2N5/PP2B1PP/R1BQK1NR b KQ - 0 6- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. f4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 35 | |
| 2000+ | 25 | |
| All | 61 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… c5 | 29 (48%) | |
| 6… e5 | 11 (18%) | |
| 6… Nbd7 | 7 (11%) | |
| 6… Nc6 | 6 (10%) | |
| 6… c6 | 3 (5%) | |
| 6… Na6 | 2 (3%) | |
| 6… Re8 | 1 (2%) | |
| 6… b6 | 1 (2%) |
Master games
107 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 44%, draw 22%, Black 34%). The strongest:
- GM Parham Maghsoodloo (2728) – FM Sergey Kim (2295) 1-0 · Titled Tue 28th Feb Early · 2023-02-28
- IM Timothy Taylor (2282) – GM Carlos S. Matamoros Franco (2545) 1/2-1/2 · Western Pacific Open 2013 · 2013-04-28
- Dara Akdag (2236) – GM Matthieu Cornette (2532) 0-1 · Politiken Cup 2014 · 2014-07-29
- IM Aydin Suleymanli (2512) – FM Alejandro Garcia Garcia (2247) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 19th Jan · 2021-01-19
- FM Jonathan L B Blackburn (2200) – GM Jaan Ehlvest (2532) 0-1 · Titled Tue 6th May Late · 2025-05-06
Search all games of the King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- wanderameise (2327) – Noddy_Holder2 (2410) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 300 + 0s
- CM Gatsu84 (2366) – gkiss (2360) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 2s
- CM Gatsu84 (2368) – bozorg6 (2271) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Standard Development 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2
More King's Indian Defense lines (all)
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation E60
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Immediate Fianchetto 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
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.