King's Indian Defense: Six Pawns Attack
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
The King's Indian Defense: Six Pawns Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO E77, reached after 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. It is a line of the King's Indian Defense. Black is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: −1.00 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 10… Nd4 11. h5 b5 12. hxg6 Bb7 13. cxb5)
- ECO
- E77
- Moves
- 19 plies
- FEN
r1bq1rk1/pp4bp/2nppnp1/2p5/2P1PPPP/2N5/PP2B3/R1BQK1NR b KQ - 0 10- PGN
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
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Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 100%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- Norbert Thomas (2051) – Gerrit Leck (1919) 1/2-1/2 · 5th Hofheim Spring Open · 2017-04-10
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Comes from
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
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.