King's Indian Defense: Steiner Attack (5… O-O 6. Bg5)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5
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. It is a line of the King's Indian Defense. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 203 times by this move order. White won 48%, 4% were drawn and Black won 48%. The most popular continuation is 6… c5 (34% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.12 (Stockfish, depth 53; best line 6… c5 7. d5 e6 8. a4 h6 9. Be3)
- ECO
- E81
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 5 | |
| 1500-1999 | 69 | |
| 2000+ | 129 | |
| All | 203 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… c5 | 70 (34%) | |
| 6… h6 | 45 (22%) | |
| 6… Nbd7 | 29 (14%) | |
| 6… Nc6 | 20 (10%) | |
| 6… c6 | 16 (8%) | |
| 6… e5 | 7 (3%) | |
| 6… a6 | 6 (3%) | |
| 6… b6 | 3 (1%) |
Master games
396 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 48%, draw 25%, Black 27%). The strongest:
- rofChade 2.303 (3661) – LCZero v0.25.1-sv-t60-3010 (3809) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 18 Premier 2020 · 2020-05-29
- LCZero v0.25.1-sv-t60-3010 (3809) – rofChade 2.303 (3661) 1-0 · TCEC 18 Premier 2020 · 2020-05-25
- LCZero 0.31-dag-f7fb268-BT4-61 (3652) – Stockfish dev-20241208-cf10644 (3683) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 27 Superfinal 2024 · 2025-01-01
- Stockfish dev-20241208-cf10644 (3683) – LCZero 0.31-dag-f7fb268-BT4-61 (3652) 1-0 · TCEC 27 Superfinal 2024 · 2025-01-01
- LCZero 0.28-dev+_69626 (3623) – Stockfish 14_202107131735 (3639) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 21 Superfinal 2021 · 2021-08-01
Search all games of the King's Indian Defense: Steiner Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- maxdvoryadkin (2478) – Pescaderocalvo (2564) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- PeterPantz (2460) – Grifo2003 (2569) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 2s
- FM BonaventuraB (2469) – tough-guy (2539) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Normal Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O
Continuations
- Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line, with Bg5 (6… c5 7. d5) A65 · 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.