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
The King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO E76, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4. It is a line of the King's Indian Defense. Black is to move. 4 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 3,114 times by this move order. White won 51%, 4% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 5… O-O (74% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 59; best line 5… O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2)
- ECO
- E76
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
rnbqk2r/ppp1ppbp/3p1np1/8/2PPPP2/2N5/PP4PP/R1BQKBNR b KQkq - 0 5- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 196 | |
| 1500-1999 | 1,862 | |
| 2000+ | 1,056 | |
| All | 3,114 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… O-O | 2,304 (74%) | |
| 5… c5 | 224 (7%) | |
| 5… Nbd7 | 194 (6%) | |
| 5… Bg4 | 135 (4%) | |
| 5… Nc6 | 72 (2%) | |
| 5… e5 | 57 (2%) | |
| 5… c6 | 50 (2%) | |
| 5… b6 | 21 (1%) |
Master games
1,240 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 44%, draw 20%, Black 36%). The strongest:
- LCZero 0.31-dag-e429eeb-BT3-2790000 (3642) – Stockfish dev-20231010-00263636 (3673) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 25 Superfinal 2023 · 2023-10-12
- Stockfish dev-20231010-00263636 (3673) – LCZero 0.31-dag-e429eeb-BT3-2790000 (3642) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 25 Superfinal 2023 · 2023-10-12
- LCZero 0.30-dag-9a9c42d_784968 (3599) – Stockfish dev16_20221027 (3625) 0-1 · TCEC 23 Superfinal 2022 · 2022-11-03
- Stockfish dev16_20221027 (3625) – LCZero 0.30-dag-9a9c42d_784968 (3599) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 23 Superfinal 2022 · 2022-11-03
- GM Baadur Jobava (2603) – GM Alexander Grischuk (2777) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 23rd June · 2020-06-23
Search all games of the King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- MIGV (2614) – Drogono (2824) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- MIGV (2613) – SackOnTheKing930 (2745) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- IM Burjugul_7 (2636) – NeuroChess-Academie (2696) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (4. e4 d6) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6
Continuations
- King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Modern Defense E76 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Na6
- King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Dynamic Attack E76 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5
- King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Fluid Attack E78 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2
- King's Indian Defense: Six Pawns Attack E77 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. g4 Nc6 10. h4
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.