Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Fianchetto Defense
1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5
The Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Fianchetto Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO D00, reached after 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5. It is a line of the Queen's Pawn Game. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 95 times by this move order. White won 45%, 6% were drawn and Black won 49%. The most popular continuation is 4. Bf4 (49% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.30 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 4. e4 Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Ne4 O-O)
- ECO
- D00
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 33 | |
| 1500-1999 | 45 | |
| 2000+ | 17 | |
| All | 95 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. Bf4 | 47 (49%) | |
| 4. e4 | 20 (21%) | |
| 4. Bg5 | 14 (15%) | |
| 4. e3 | 7 (7%) | |
| 4. Qd3 | 1 (1%) | |
| 4. b3 | 1 (1%) | |
| 4. h3 | 1 (1%) | |
| 4. Bd2 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
25 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 32%, draw 20%, Black 48%). The strongest:
- GM Vugar Rasulov (2478) – GM Vladislav Artemiev (2704) 0-1 · Katara Bullet Final 2021 · 2021-06-23
- GM Antoaneta Stefanova (2462) – GM B. Adhiban (2659) 1/2-1/2 · Chess24 Banter QualF 2020 · 2020-09-13
- IM Lennis Martinez Ramirez (2443) – GM Alexander Rustemov (2525) 1-0 · Titled Tue 1st Apr Late · 2025-04-01
- GM Pablo Salinas Herrera (2513) – FM Michel Bifulco (2332) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 16th Nov · 2021-11-16
- FM Cristian Vasquez Toledo (2270) – GM Yahli Sokolovsky (2532) 0-1 · Titled Tue 1st Oct Early · 2024-10-01
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Drstrengerus12 (2519) – GM Enialios (2673) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- simple_hunter (2638) – Murmansk1 (2548) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- Ayda_M (2316) – funesko27 (2335) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense 1. d4 g6
More Queen's Pawn Game lines (all)
- Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4) A40
- Queen's Pawn Game: Anglo-Slav Opening A40
- Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4 d6) A41
- Queen's Pawn Game: Rossolimo Variation A41
- Queen's Pawn Game: Liedmann Gambit A43
- Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation (2. Nc3 d5) A45
- Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov, Richter Attack A45
- Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Breyer Variation A46
- Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov Attack, Classical Defense A46
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack (3… d5 4. Bf4) A48
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack (4. Bf4 Bg7) A48
- Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack, Grünfeld Variation A48
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.