Zukertort Opening: Kingside Fianchetto

1. Nf3 g6

Zukertort Opening: Kingside Fianchetto after 1. Nf3 g6 87654321abcdefgh

The Zukertort Opening: Kingside Fianchetto is a chess opening classified as ECO A04, reached after 1. Nf3 g6. It is a line of the Zukertort Opening. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 15,824 times by this move order. White won 49%, 5% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 2. d4 (32% of games).

Engine evaluation: +0.38 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 2. e4 c5 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4)

ECO
A04
Moves
2 plies
FEN
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PGN
1. Nf3 g6

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Results by rating

Average ratingGamesWhite / draw / Black
0-14993,99548%48%
1500-19997,33349%47%
2000+4,49650%43%
All15,82449%46%

Most played moves

MoveGamesWhite / draw / Black
2. d45,014 (32%)48%46%
2. g33,650 (23%)50%44%
2. e42,413 (15%)49%46%
2. c41,680 (11%)49%46%
2. Nc3833 (5%)48%48%
2. e3561 (4%)45%49%
2. d3518 (3%)47%47%
2. b3373 (2%)49%45%

Master games

15,380 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 40%, draw 21%, Black 39%). The strongest:

Search all games of the Zukertort Opening: Kingside Fianchetto and its sub-variations

Highest-rated Lichess games

Comes from

Zukertort Opening (1. Nf3) 1. Nf3

Continuations

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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.