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ECO E72: King's Indian Defense

ECO E72 is part of volume E — Indian Defenses. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 2 named lines under it. The shortest is King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Deferred Fianchetto: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3.

That position has come up in 98,029 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 48.3%, 5.5% were drawn and Black won 46.2%.

OpeningMovesPlies
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Deferred Fianchetto 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 9
King's Indian Defense: Pomar System 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nge2 13