Caissa Codex
E64

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Double Fianchetto Attack

Chess diagram: King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Double Fianchetto Attack after 8. b3

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Statistics from Lichess

25,357 games: White 51.4% / Draw 7.0% / Black 41.6%

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Rated Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500, from the Lichess opening explorer, updated Oct 29, 2026

Engine evaluation

+0.31 White is slightly better

Best play: 8... Re8 9. h3 a5 10. Qc2 c6 11. e4 exd4 12. Nxd4 a4 13. Be3

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

Overview

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Double Fianchetto Attack (ECO E64, Indian Defenses) is a variation of the King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. b3 (8 moves).

In 25,357 rated Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500, White won 51.4%, Black 41.6% and 7.0% were drawn. Black's most played move here is 8…Re8, in 35% of those games.

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How to play against the King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Double Fianchetto Attack

The most played answer, 8…Re8, also scores best for Black: 49.1%, with Black winning 45.3% and White 47.2% of 8,867 games. Of the main answers, 8…exd4 scores lowest: 42.4%. Stockfish's first choice is also 8…Re8.

Main answers: those played in at least 5% of these games. Score: Black's wins plus half the draws, in rated Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500. How to play against other popular openings

Other lines from the same position

Instead of 4…d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. b3, the position after King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation also goes on to:

Transpositions

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

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Caissa Codex. “King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Double Fianchetto Attack (E64)”. Lichess data as of 29 Oct 2026. https://chesscodex.org/openings/kings-indian-defense-fianchetto-variation-double-fianchetto-attack

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