King's Indian Defense: Kramer Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2
The King's Indian Defense: Kramer Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO E70, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2. 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 259 times by this move order. White won 51%, 5% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 5… O-O (90% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.33 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 5… O-O 6. Ng3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8. O-O)
- ECO
- E70
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 13 | |
| 1500-1999 | 79 | |
| 2000+ | 167 | |
| All | 259 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… O-O | 233 (90%) | |
| 5… Nc6 | 7 (3%) | |
| 5… e5 | 5 (2%) | |
| 5… Nbd7 | 5 (2%) | |
| 5… c5 | 3 (1%) | |
| 5… Bg4 | 1 (0%) | |
| 5… c6 | 1 (0%) | |
| 5… a5 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
1,662 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 46%, draw 19%, Black 35%). The strongest:
- Stockfish dev-20230308-39da50e (3607) – Koivisto 9.2 (3493) 1-0 · TCEC 24 Premier 2023 · 2023-03-29
- Koivisto 9.2 (3493) – Stockfish dev-20230308-39da50e (3607) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 24 Premier 2023 · 2023-03-26
- LCZero 0.29-dev+_781561 (3586) – ScorpioNN 3.0.15.5 (3514) 1-0 · TCEC 22 Premier 2022 · 2022-03-12
- ScorpioNN 3.0.15.5 (3514) – LCZero 0.29-dev+_781561 (3586) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 22 Premier 2022 · 2022-03-10
- Seer 20241122 (3542) – Obsidian 14.06 (3555) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 27 Premier 2024 · 2024-12-09
Search all games of the King's Indian Defense: Kramer Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- FM sergeikim2003 (2536) – FM umagon20 (2728) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- FM sergeikim2003 (2507) – AlwaysLookingForMore (2691) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- Mitichkin_Ivan (2597) – Washington91 (2601) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 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
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.