King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Modern Defense
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Na6
The King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Modern Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO E76, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Na6. It is a line of the King's Indian Defense. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 11 times by this move order. White won 45%, 0% were drawn and Black won 55%. The most popular continuation is 6. Nf3 (64% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.48 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 e5 8. fxe5 dxe5)
- ECO
- E76
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
r1bqk2r/ppp1ppbp/n2p1np1/8/2PPPP2/2N5/PP4PP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 1 6- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Na6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 8 | |
| 2000+ | 3 | |
| All | 11 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Nf3 | 7 (64%) | |
| 6. e5 | 2 (18%) | |
| 6. Bd3 | 1 (9%) | |
| 6. h3 | 1 (9%) |
Master games
10 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 30%, Black 20%). The strongest:
- FM Thalia Cervantes Landeiro (2229) – GM Francesco Sonis (2577) 1-0 · Titled Tue 28th May Early · 2024-05-28
- FM Gustavo Adolfo Cadena M (2258) – IM Mika Karttunen (2480) 1-0 · Titled Tue 14th Jan Early · 2025-01-14
- Al Taher Abdulrahman Mohammad (1894) – GM Igor Kovalenko (2668) 0-1 · 1st BICA Pawn Open 2021 · 2021-12-24
- Malte Colpe (2412) – Baldur Teodor Petersson (2086) 1/2-1/2 · Xtracon Chess Open 2017 · 2017-07-29
- FM Lefong Hua (2305) – CM Tahsin Tajwar Zia (2071) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 13th Oct · 2020-10-13
Highest-rated Lichess games
- aboabdallah555 (2225) – LouayKhalouf (2209) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- Racger (2153) – knightmare52 (2209) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 600 + 0s
- krlos66 (2199) – tunku (2161) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 2s
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
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.