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King's Indian Defense:Four Pawns Attack

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4

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Black to move

Legal moves
34
Games in the next 4 moves
1,525,361
Different positions among them
486,196
Named lines from here
6

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White pushes four pawns into the centre — c4, d4, e4 and f4 — for the most ambitious setup against the King’s Indian.

It is reached after 9 moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4. It is a line of the King's Indian Defense.

Black is to move and has 34 legal moves. Over the next four moves — two for each side — the game can branch into 1,525,361 different games. Those games reach 486,196 different positions: most positions can be reached in more than one way, 3.1 on average.

The Lichess opening list names 6 further lines after this position, such as Dynamic Attack (5... O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5) and Fluid Attack (5... O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2).

The same moves can be played in 720 different legal orders that all reach this position. For example 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4, which starts as the English Opening.

Map of every game of the next four moves after the King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack
Every game of the next four moves from this position, as the map draws it. Each ring is one more move; the outer ring holds all 1,525,361 games.

Move by move

  1. 1. d4Queen's Pawn Game
  2. 1... Nf6Indian Defense
  3. 2. c4Indian Defense: Normal Variation
  4. 2... g6Indian Defense: West Indian Defense
  5. 3. Nc3King's Indian Defense
  6. 3... Bg7King's Indian Defense
  7. 4. e4King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation
  8. 4... d6King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation
  9. 5. f4King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack

Named lines from here

Related openings

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