Opening guide
King's Indian Defense (E60) — win rates at club level
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6, playing as black — data from 6,368,425 Lichess blitz & rapid games at 1600-1800.
The position
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How it scores at your rating
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| Rating band | Games | White / draw / Black | Score for black |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1600-1800 | 6,368,425 | 47.6% / 4.4% / 48.1% | 50.2% |
| 1400-1600 | 3,650,773 | 48.0% / 3.9% / 48.1% | 50.1% |
| 1800-2000 | 8,531,362 | 47.3% / 5.1% / 47.6% | 50.2% |
| 2000+ | 11,649,415 | 47.9% / 6.6% / 45.5% | 48.8% |
What white actually plays next
Top replies at 1600-1800:
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| Move | Games | Played | Win / draw / loss |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nc3 (King's Indian Defense) | 4,861,372 | 76.3% | 48.0% / 4.3% / 47.6% |
| Nf3 (King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation) | 683,708 | 10.7% | 46.9% / 4.6% / 48.4% |
| e3 | 282,451 | 4.4% | 44.5% / 4.8% / 50.7% |
| Bg5 | 185,069 | 2.9% | 44.8% / 4.4% / 50.8% |
| g3 (King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Immediate Fianchetto) | 103,421 | 1.6% | 49.5% / 4.6% / 45.9% |
| Bf4 | 77,085 | 1.2% | 44.9% / 4.5% / 50.6% |
Common mistakes at 1600-1800
- e3 is played in 4.4% of games here but scores only 46.9% for white. After e3, Bg7 is the most common answer and scores 53.6% for black.
- Bg5 is played in 2.9% of games here but scores only 47.0% for white.
Model games
Real games from the Lichess masters database.
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| White | Black | Result | Year | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlsen, M. (2881) | Grischuk, A. (2792) | 1-0 | 2014 | View game |
| Carlsen, M. (2881) | Grischuk, A. (2792) | ½-½ | 2014 | View game |
| Carlsen, M. (2881) | Caruana, F. (2791) | ½-½ | 2014 | View game |
| Ding Liren (2806) | Carlsen, M. (2864) | ½-½ | 2022 | View game |
| Ding Liren (2799) | Carlsen, M. (2865) | ½-½ | 2022 | View game |
Recent club games in this line
Recent rated games at 1600-1800 — not model games, just what actually happens at that rating.
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| White | Black | Result | Year | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UkashaMeer (1782) | Javier_CORSARIO (1774) | 0-1 | 2026 | View game |
| Arshiyapoorkafi87 (1695) | mongueletor (1723) | 1-0 | 2026 | View game |
| yyermak63 (1649) | Go_fun (1749) | 1-0 | 2026 | View game |
| akrammarka (1718) | antyantyheglizm (1726) | 0-1 | 2026 | View game |
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