King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Panno Formation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6
The King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Panno Formation is a chess opening classified as ECO E83, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6. It is a line of the King's Indian Defense. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 30 times by this move order. White won 63%, 0% were drawn and Black won 37%. The most popular continuation is 8. Qd2 (67% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.46 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 8. b3 Bd7 9. d5 Na5 10. Rc1 b5)
- ECO
- E83
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
r1bq1rk1/1pp1ppbp/p1np1np1/8/2PPP3/2N1BP2/PP2N1PP/R2QKB1R w KQ - 0 8- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 4 | |
| 2000+ | 26 | |
| All | 30 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8. Qd2 | 20 (67%) | |
| 8. Rc1 | 6 (20%) | |
| 8. g4 | 2 (7%) | |
| 8. Nc1 | 1 (3%) | |
| 8. a3 | 1 (3%) |
Master games
296 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 32%, draw 28%, Black 40%). The strongest:
- LCZero 0.30-dag-9a9c42d_784968 (3599) – Stockfish dev16_20221027 (3625) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 23 Superfinal 2022 · 2022-11-01
- Stockfish dev16_20221027 (3625) – LCZero 0.30-dag-9a9c42d_784968 (3599) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 23 Superfinal 2022 · 2022-11-01
- GM Veselin Topalov (2760) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2779) 0-1 · Champions Showdown Blitz · 2016-11-14
- GM Jaime Santos Latasa (2582) – GM Vladislav Kovalev (2703) 1/2-1/2 · 20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019 · 2019-03-27
- GM David Baramidze (2599) – GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (2672) 1-0 · GRENKE Classic 2014 · 2014-09-10
Highest-rated Lichess games
- SkitiaN (2539) – FM sergeikim2003 (2495) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- Ali_valizadeh (2594) – Mellow_Monster (2413) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- wuyouruo (2414) – Lukcza (2446) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 600 + 0s
Comes from
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Yates Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6
Continuations
- King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Panno Main Line E84 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Rb8
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.