King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Standard Development
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2
The King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Standard Development is a chess opening classified as ECO E73, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2. It is a line of the King's Indian Defense. Black is to move. 3 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2,807 times by this move order. White won 50%, 6% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 5… O-O (90% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.51 (Stockfish, depth 52; best line 5… O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4)
- ECO
- E73
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 87 | |
| 1500-1999 | 993 | |
| 2000+ | 1,727 | |
| All | 2,807 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… O-O | 2,515 (90%) | |
| 5… Nbd7 | 110 (4%) | |
| 5… Nc6 | 47 (2%) | |
| 5… e5 | 42 (1%) | |
| 5… c6 | 26 (1%) | |
| 5… c5 | 17 (1%) | |
| 5… b6 | 12 (0%) | |
| 5… a5 | 9 (0%) |
Master games
5,525 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 45%, draw 23%, Black 32%). The strongest:
- Reckless 0.10.0-dev-b5462f11 (3763) – Stockfish dev-20260318-d173a06 (3807) 1-0 · TCEC 29 Superfinal 2026 · 2026-04-01
- Stockfish dev-20260318-d173a06 (3807) – Reckless 0.10.0-dev-b5462f11 (3763) 1-0 · TCEC 29 Superfinal 2026 · 2026-04-01
- Stockfish dev-20241208-cf10644 (3683) – LCZero 0.31-dag-f7fb268-BT4-61 (3652) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 27 Superfinal 2024 · 2025-01-03
- LCZero 0.31-dag-f7fb268-BT4-61 (3652) – Stockfish dev-20241208-cf10644 (3683) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 27 Superfinal 2024 · 2025-01-02
- LCZero 0.31-dag-f7fb268-BT4-61 (3652) – Stockfish dev-20241208-cf10644 (3683) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 27 Superfinal 2024 · 2024-12-18
Highest-rated Lichess games
- winx_m (2943) – gmnihalJO (2676) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- AnonymousBrownGuy (2717) – GM sillyMASTER (2838) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- LegendOfTheLounge (2703) – Drogono (2838) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 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: Averbakh Variation E73 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5
- King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack (5… O-O 6. f4) E77 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. f4
- King's Indian Defense: Semi-Averbakh System E73 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. 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.