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A07

King's Indian Attack: Sicilian Variation

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Overview

King's Indian Attack: Sicilian Variation is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A07.

The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.

Play reaches this position via 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5, after 4 plies of opening development.

It is a variation of King's Indian Attack, which itself descends from the root opening Zukertort Opening.

It continues primarily into one named line, King's Indian Attack: Sicilian Variation.

In total, the branch covers 7 sub-variations across all depths.

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ECO code: A07
Group: Flank Openings (A)
Plies: 4
Parent: King's Indian Attack
Direct variations: 1
Total in subtree: 7

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Statistics from Lichess

1,945,479 games · White 52.8% / Draw 5.5% / Black 41.7%

Moves	Games	W / D / B
Bg2	1,771,051
d4	55,078
c4	49,920
d3	49,376
c3	8,515
b3	6,096
e3	3,000
h4	508

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:38:38

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Variations (1)

A08 King's Indian Attack: Sicilian Variation

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