King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Florentine Gambit
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. e5
The King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Florentine Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO E77, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. e5. 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 1 times by this move order. White won 100%, 0% were drawn and Black won 0%. The most popular continuation is 9… Re8 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.68 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 9… Ne4 10. Nxd5 Nc6 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf6)
- ECO
- E77
- Moves
- 17 plies
- FEN
rnbq1rk1/pp3pbp/3p1np1/2ppP3/2P2P2/2N2N2/PP2B1PP/R1BQK2R b KQ - 0 9- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. e5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 9… Re8 | 1 (100%) |
Master games
7 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 29%, draw 42%, Black 29%). The strongest:
- FM Gaston Manuel Martin Carmona (2362) – FM Artur Dilmukhametov (2293) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 14th Dec · 2021-12-14
- Rainer Weisshaupt (2154) – Ahmet Ismail Dogantug (2149) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-EUR Senior 2014 · 2014-04-04
- Michael Harris (2234) – Arjun Pyda (1819) 1/2-1/2 · British Rapidplay 2025 · 2025-03-01
- Sinisa Dronjic (1881) – FM Serhan Berat Ozdemir (2142) 1/2-1/2 · Caissa Hotel Krizantem Gp · 2022-12-20
- CM Christopher Young (1824) – FM Sebastian J. Toro Cruz (2143) 0-1 · 46th Olympiad 2026 · 2026-09-26
Highest-rated Lichess games
- L_W_Q (2136) – berlin-chess (2045) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Normal Attack 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. 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.