King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Fluid Attack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2
The King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Fluid Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO E78, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2. It is a line of the King's Indian Defense. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 5 times by this move order. White won 40%, 0% were drawn and Black won 60%. The most popular continuation is 7… cxd4 (80% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 7… cxd4 8. Nxd4 e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Ndb5)
- ECO
- E78
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
rnbq1rk1/pp2ppbp/3p1np1/2p5/2PPPP2/2N2N2/PP2B1PP/R1BQK2R b KQ - 1 7- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 3 | |
| 2000+ | 2 | |
| All | 5 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… cxd4 | 4 (80%) | |
| 7… Nc6 | 1 (20%) |
Master games
8 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 25%, Black 75%). The strongest:
- IM Justin Sarkar (2337) – GM Nikola Djukic (2566) 0-1 · GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2019 · 2019-04-16
- FM Itzhak Ben-Menachem (2249) – IM Elie Milikow (2388) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-ISR GpB 2026 · 2026-01-09
- FM Dawid Czerw (2396) – FM Dejan N Djordjevic (2156) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 16th Nov · 2021-11-16
- FM Jonathan W Rogers (2336) – FM Hendrik Hoffmann (2186) 0-1 · 4NCL 2025-26 · 2026-05-03
- Emmanuel Diaz Gonzalez Jardon (1919) – IM Samir Sahidi (2476) 0-1 · 60th World Juniors 2023 · 2023-09-28
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Romanichin (2186) – Pampalino (2184) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 600 + 0s
- yusufnasution (2105) – Timogen1970 (2134) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- TorstenSchmehl (1967) – Cug_Cvang (1961) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 300 + 3s
Comes from
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack (4… d6 5. f4) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4
Continuations
- King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Exchange Variation E79 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3
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.