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King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation
Overview
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation is a named branch in the Indian Defenses group of chess theory, classified under ECO E60.
The Indian Defenses group covers Indian defences — hypermodern lines where Black challenges the centre with pieces rather than pawns.
It begins with 7 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 to reach the canonical position.
It branches immediately from Indian Defense: West Indian Defense in the opening tree.
9 distinct sub-variations branch from this opening; prominent examples include Classical Fianchetto, Double Fianchetto Attack, Hungarian Variation, and others.
Together the deeper variations number 16 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- E60
- Group
- Indian Defenses (E)
- Plies
- 7
- Direct variations
- 9
- Total in subtree
- 16
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Statistics from Lichess
1,223,173 games · White 49.1% / Draw 6.6% / Black 44.3%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| O-O | 742,700 | |
| d6 | 313,412 | |
| d5 | 75,517 | |
| c6 | 47,233 | |
| c5 | 21,825 | |
| b6 | 12,155 | |
| e6 | 5,601 | |
| Nc6 | 1,339 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:44:14
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Variations (9)
Show all 16 sub-variations (full subtree)
- E67 Classical Fianchetto 14-ply
- E64 Double Fianchetto Attack 15-ply
- E64 Hungarian Variation 14-ply
- E62 Kavalek Defense 14-ply
- E63 Panno Variation 14-ply
- E64 Pterodactyl Variation 10-ply
- E62 Uhlmann-Szabo System 14-ply
- E64 Yugoslav System 12-ply
- E65 Yugoslav Variation 13-ply
- E68 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Variation 15-ply
- E63 Blockade Line 20-ply
- E63 Donner Line 26-ply
- E63 Korchnoi Line 19-ply
- E66 Advance Line 15-ply
- E65 Exchange Line 16-ply
- E69 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Main Line 17-ply