E60Opening
King's Indian Defense:Fianchetto Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3
Black to move
- Legal moves
- 26
- Games in the next 4 moves
- 778,586
- Different positions among them
- 253,416
- Named lines from here
- 31
It is reached after 7 moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3. It is a line of the King's Indian Defense.
Black is to move and has 26 legal moves. Over the next four moves — two for each side — the game can branch into 778,586 different games. Those games reach 253,416 different positions: most positions can be reached in more than one way, 3.1 on average.
The Lichess opening list names 31 further lines after this position, such as Neo-Grünfeld Defense, Classical Variation, Original Defense (4... O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5) and Classical Fianchetto (4... O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5).
The same moves can be played in 72 different legal orders that all reach this position. For example 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3, which starts as the English Opening.
Move by move
- 1. d4Queen's Pawn Game
- 1... Nf6Indian Defense
- 2. c4Indian Defense: Normal Variation
- 2... g6Indian Defense: West Indian Defense
- 3. Nf3King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation
- 3... Bg7—
- 4. g3King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation
Named lines from here
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense, Classical Variation, Original DefenseD784... O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5
- Classical FianchettoE674... O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5
- Yugoslav SystemE644... d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5
- Panno VariationE634... O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense, Delayed Exchange VariationD744... O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O
- Pterodactyl VariationE644... c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+
- Kavalek DefenseE624... O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Qa5
- Uhlmann-Szabo SystemE624... O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5
- Hungarian VariationE644... d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 a6
Related openings
- Indian DefenseA451. d4 Nf6
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange VariationD351. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin DefenseD381. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch DefenseD401. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5
- Nimzo-Indian DefenseE201. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
- Queen's Indian DefenseE121. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6
- Bogo-Indian DefenseE111. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+
- Catalan OpeningE001. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3
- King's Indian DefenseE611. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3
- Benoni DefenseA561. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5
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