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King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Dynamic Attack
Overview
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Dynamic Attack is a variation within the Indian Defenses family, indexed as ECO E76.
The Indian Defenses group covers Indian defences — hypermodern lines where Black challenges the centre with pieces rather than pawns.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5, after 13 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, which itself descends from the root opening Indian Defense: West Indian Defense.
It continues primarily into one named line, King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Normal Attack.
In total, the branch covers 2 sub-variations across all depths.
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- ECO code
- E76
- Group
- Indian Defenses (E)
- Plies
- 13
- Direct variations
- 1
- Total in subtree
- 2
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Statistics from Lichess
755,880 games · White 48.7% / Draw 5.3% / Black 46.0%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| e6 | 421,793 | |
| Bg4 | 100,749 | |
| a6 | 62,796 | |
| b5 | 52,148 | |
| Nbd7 | 34,698 | |
| Na6 | 27,645 | |
| Qa5 | 16,011 | |
| e5 | 15,012 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:54:11
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