King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Modern Defense

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO E76), reached after 10 half-moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Na6.

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About this opening

King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Modern Defense is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code E76. ECO group E (E00–E99) covers Indian defences against 1.d4, covering the Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Indian, King's Indian and Catalan systems. This particular variation is reached after 10 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Na6.

It belongs to the King's Indian Defense family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Four Pawns Attack → Modern Defense line). The immediate parent line is King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, transitioned via 5…Na6.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 Nf6, 2.c4 g6, 3.Nc3 Bg7, 4.e4 d6, 5.f4 Na6. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.