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Reference position · Black to move

A07 King’s Indian Attack

Also filed here: Hungarian Opening.

A07 holds 19 named lines from two openings, most of them (18) under King’s Indian Attack. It leaves A06 (Zukertort Opening) with 2.g3. Lines filed under A14 and D02 reach one of its named positions by a different move order. That final move, by the g-pawn, covers f4 and h4 and opens a line for the bishop on f1.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1Nf3d5
2g3

Lines filed under A07

They begin with three different first moves.

NameAfter the shared startPliesAt the end
King’s Indian Attack1.Nf3 d5 2.g33
Hungarian Opening: Wiedenhagen-Beta Gambit1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 g54
King’s Indian Attack: Double Fianchetto1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g64
King’s Indian Attack: Keres Variation1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg44
King’s Indian Attack: Omega-Delta Gambit1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 e54
King’s Indian Attack: Sicilian Variation1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c54
King’s Indian Attack, with e61.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e66
King’s Indian Attack: Keres Variation1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd76
King’s Indian Attack, with Bf51.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf58White castled
King’s Indian Attack, with e61.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be78White castled
King’s Indian Attack: Keres Variation1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd78White castled
King’s Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg48White castled
King’s Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 b6 5.O-O9White castled
King’s Indian Attack, with Bf51.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 h610White castled
King’s Indian Attack: Pachman System1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Ne710White castled
King’s Indian Attack, with Bf51.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd211White castled
King’s Indian Attack, with Bf51.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 e6 6.Nh411White castled
King’s Indian Attack, with Bf51.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 h6 6.c4 dxc412Black +1, White castled
King’s Indian Attack: Keres Variation1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d4 Ngf6 6.c4 e6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 Bd616White castled

The road to A07

  1. 1.Nf3A04 Zukertort Opening
  2. 1...d5A06 Zukertort Opening
  3. 2.g3A07

The position after 2.g3

White has brought out the knight on f3; Black has not yet moved a knight or bishop. Black is to move and has 28 legal moves.

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3939Minor pieces developed10Moves spent on pawns11Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e501Squares attacked in the other half24not castlednot castled

Codes that branch off from A07

The reference lines of one other code leave A07 from the position after 2...c5, each with its own moves.

CodeMovesReference line
A083.Bg2King’s Indian Attack: Sicilian Variation

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
A04Zukertort Openingfour squares: g2, g3, d5, d7
A09Réti Openingfour squares: c2, g2, g3, c4
D02Queen’s Pawn Game: Zukertort Variationfour squares: d2, g2, g3, d4
A03Bird Opening: Dutch Variationsix squares: g1, f2, g2, f3, g3, f4
A05Zukertort Openingsix squares: g2, g3, d5, f6, d7, g8
B01Scandinavian Defensesix squares: g1, e2, g2, f3, g3, e4
D00Queen’s Pawn Gamesix squares: g1, d2, g2, f3, g3, d4

Where lines continue from here

Twelve named lines filed under other codes pass through the position after 2.g3. Besides the codes above, they belong to A14, D02.

Other move orders

  • King’s Indian Attack, with e6 is also reached inside A14 English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined, whose order is 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6.
  • King’s Indian Attack, with e6 is also reached inside A14 English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined, whose order is 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7.
  • King’s Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation is also reached inside D02 Queen’s Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan, whose order is 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Bg4.

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