A08 · Flank · a plan for White

King's Indian Attack: French Variation

6/6
1.Nf3d52.g3c53.Bg2Nc6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Indian Attack: French Variation1.5M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
53%802k53%
Zukertort Opening: Reversed Grünfeld23%338k61%
17%261k52%
2.4%36k55%
2%30k48%
1.2%18k49%
0.7%11k44%
0.2%3.1k44%
0.1%1.5k39%
0.1%1.1k47%
Famous games in this line2.2k master games
Carlsen, M. (2861) – Aronian, L. (2759)20221–0Ding Liren (2799) – Caruana, F.. (2820)2021½–½Carlsen, M. (2837) – Firouzja, Alireza (2766)2025½–½Giri, A. (2785) – So, W. (2815)2017½–½Kramnik, Vladimir (2803) – Anand, Viswanathan (2786)2013½–½Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2811) – Anand, V. (2776)2016½–½Nakamura, Hi (2785) – Anand, V. (2786)2017½–½Ding Liren (2816) – Wojtaszek, R. (2749)20181–0
Heroes of this opening Carlsen, M. · Ding Liren
Family
King's Indian Attack
Category
Flank
First move
1.Nf3
ECO
A08
Line
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6
FianchettoPositionalHypermodern
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Zukertort Opening: Reversed GrünfeldA08 4.d4
Nearby lines in the family
King's Indian Attack, with e6A07 1…Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6King's Indian Attack: Smyslov VariationA05 1…Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b4King's Indian AttackA05 1…Nf6 2.g3 d5
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