Caissa Codex
A05

King's Indian Attack 2. g3 d5

Chess diagram: King's Indian Attack after 2…d5

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Statistics from Lichess

3,070,774 games: White 50.7% / Draw 6.7% / Black 42.6%

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Next moveGamesWhite / Draw / BlackW / D / B
2,852,5922.9M
Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan 80,03280K
59,75060K
56,17156K
11,88712K
3,9603,960
1,7111,711
926926

Rated Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500, from the Lichess opening explorer, updated Nov 9, 2026

Engine evaluation

+0.17 The position is about equal

Best play: 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O c5 5. c4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 cxd4

Stockfish 19, depth 30, after the line's last move. Scores are in pawns, from White's side.

By rating

Rating changes little here: Black scores 48% under 1400, 46% at 2200 and up and 43% in master games (wins plus half the draws).

PlayersGamesWhite / Draw / BlackW / D / B
Under 1400 479K
1400–1799 843K
1800–2199 1.7M
2200 and up 903K
Masters, over the board 25K

Master games

Rated blitz, rapid and classical Lichess games by rating band, and over-the-board games of players rated 2200+ from the Lichess masters database, updated Sep 26, 2026

Overview

King's Indian Attack (ECO A05, Flank Openings) is a variation of the Zukertort Opening, reached after 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 (2 moves).

In 3,070,774 rated Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500, White won 50.7%, Black 42.6% and 6.7% were drawn. White's most played move here is 3. Bg2, in 93% of those games.

It branches into 3 named variations; the most played are King's Indian Attack, with e6 and King's Indian Attack, with Bf5. In all, 9 named lines continue from it.

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Popularity by year

This line dipped to 0.11% of Lichess games in 2021 and has recovered since: 0.13% in 2025.

Numbers by year
YearShare of gamesGames
20160.11%38,324
20170.12%67,455
20180.13%105,621
20190.12%155,712
20200.12%361,309
20210.11%416,146
20220.11%413,910
20230.12%434,735
20240.12%434,288
20250.13%441,309
2026 (Jan–Apr)0.14%148,702

Share of rated Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500 (blitz, rapid and classical) that reach this position, by year; 2026: January to April. Which openings are rising and falling

Variations (3)

Other lines from the same position

Instead of 2. g3 d5, the position after Zukertort Opening also goes on to:

Transpositions

This position is also reached from these lines, by another move order:

From here, a move transposes into another named line:

All 9 named lines that continue from here

Cite this page

Caissa Codex. “King's Indian Attack (A05)”. Lichess data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://chesscodex.org/openings/kings-indian-attack-2

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