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French Defense:King's Indian Attack

1. e4 e6 2. d3

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Black to move

Legal moves
30
Games in the next 4 moves
937,550
Different positions among them
300,285
Named lines from here
3

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It is reached after 3 moves: 1. e4 e6 2. d3. It is a line of the French Defense.

Black is to move and has 30 legal moves. Over the next four moves — two for each side — the game can branch into 937,550 different games. Those games reach 300,285 different positions: most positions can be reached in more than one way, 3.1 on average.

The Lichess opening list names 3 further lines after this position, such as Franco-Hiva Gambit (2... f5) and Reversed Philidor Formation (2... d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Be2).

The same moves can be played in 2 different legal orders that all reach this position. For example 1. d3 e6 2. e4, which starts as the Mieses Opening.

Map of every game of the next four moves after the French Defense: King's Indian Attack
Every game of the next four moves from this position, as the map draws it. Each ring is one more move; the outer ring holds all 937,550 games.

Move by move

  1. 1. e4King's Pawn Game
  2. 1... e6French Defense
  3. 2. d3French Defense: King's Indian Attack

Named lines from here

Related openings

FEN

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