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ECO E98: King's Indian Defense

ECO E98 is part of volume E — Indian Defenses. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 3 named lines under it. The shortest is King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1.

That position has come up in 377,298 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 53.6%, 5.0% were drawn and Black won 41.4%.

OpeningMovesPlies
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 17
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System, Neo-Classical Line 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 19
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System, Kozul Gambit 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. c5 27