King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Hollywood Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6
The King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Hollywood Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO E60, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6. 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 9 times by this move order. White won 11%, 11% were drawn and Black won 78%. The most popular continuation is 7. O-O (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.32 (Stockfish, depth 31; best line 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 a5)
- ECO
- E60
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
r1bq1rk1/ppp1ppbp/2np1np1/8/2PP4/2N1PN2/PP2BPPP/R1BQK2R w KQ - 2 7- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 2 | |
| 2000+ | 6 | |
| All | 9 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. O-O | 9 (100%) |
Master games
3 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 33%, Black 67%). The strongest:
- WFM Aleksandra Dimitrijevic (2276) – Noam Bergauz (2063) 0-1 · 26th Staufer-Open A 2014 · 2014-01-04
- CM Oscar Humberto Ardila (1982) – FM Simon Fule (2208) 0-1 · Titled Tue 21st Mar Early · 2023-03-21
- Rudolf Fernengel (1786) – FM Horst Watzka (2250) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-EUR Senior 2014 · 2014-04-09
Highest-rated Lichess games
- chess_is_not_magic (2305) – Latief_310 (2268) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- sipakely2007 (2213) – Skittish_E (2331) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- leakovic (2261) – RomanAsatov (2191) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4
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: Santasiere Variation E60
- King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Benoni 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
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Carlsbad Variation E62
- King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Delayed Fianchetto E62
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.