Opening name: King's Indian Attack
Opening line: 1. e4 e6 2. d3
Lichess Board
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Winning percentages
White: 3038 (36.34%)
Black: 2474 (29.59%)
Draws: 2849 (34.07%)
King's Indian Attack
This is a way for White to avoid the "classical" French Defence. Though White's game looks less active (White will have to fianchetto his king's bishop, leaving time for Black to develop), a powerful attack is possible by advancing king's pawn to e5, building a strong outpost. Like in a sicilian defence, White will launch a king-side attack, and Black can counter-attack at the queen side.
The main continuation is d5, though c5 is also correct (many transpositions exist in the King's Indian).
Most popular responses
2...d5 (French Defense) Lichess Analysis - Wikibooks (9130353 games)
2...c5 (French Defense) Lichess Analysis - Wikibooks (3951740 games)
Engine Evaluation
Depth: 45
Score: -0.02
Best Move: d5
PV Line: 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O
Historical games for King's Indian Attack
| Game | Result | Year |
| Carlsen, Magnus (2843) vs Caruana, Fabiano (2773) | 1-0 | 2012 |
| Kasparov, Garry (2815) vs Kramnik, Vladimir (2780) | 1/2-1/2 | 1998 |
| Giri, A. (2773) vs Topalov, V. (2798) | 1/2-1/2 | 2015 |
| Yu Yangyi (2752) vs Caruana, F. (2818) | 0-1 | 2019 |
| Nepomniachtchi, I. (2730) vs Caruana, F. (2791) | 0-1 | 2014 |
| Duda, J. (2707) vs So, W. (2810) | 0-1 | 2017 |
| Bologan, Viktor (2732) vs Morozevich, Alexander (2770) | 0-1 | 2012 |
| Nakamura, Hikaru (2741) vs Ponomariov, Ruslan (2744) | 1-0 | 2010 |
| Kasparov, G. (2812) vs Short, N. (2664) | 1-0 | 2015 |
| Amin, B. (2680) vs Caruana, F. (2792) | 0-1 | 2021 |