King's Indian Defense: Steiner Attack (8… h6 9. Bxh6)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 h6 9. Bxh6
The King's Indian Defense: Steiner Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO E81, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 h6 9. Bxh6. 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: +0.07 (Stockfish, depth 41; best line 9… Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qxh6 12. Qxh6)
- ECO
- E81
- Moves
- 17 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 h6 9. Bxh6
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Master games
3 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 100%, draw 0%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (2491) – WGM Wenjun Ju (2544) 1-0 · Geneva WGP 2013 · 2013-05-11
- FM Simplice Armel De Gondo (2115) – IM Stanley Chumfwa (2297) 1-0 · ch-Africa 2019 · 2019-07-16
- Andreea-Cristina Nastase (1899) – WGM Mihaela Sandu (2207) 1-0 · TCh-ROU Superliga w 2016 · 2016-11-24
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Comes from
Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line, with Bg5 (6… c5 7. d5) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5
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.