14K games from Lichess · Updated January 2026
At all ratings, the English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto has a 52.8% expected score for White (we're 90% confident it's between 52.1% and 53.5%), based on 14K Lichess games.
Declines with rating: 56% → 48%
Best in Bullet (50%), worst in Classical (43%)
Click any cell to filter. Green = above 50%, Red = below 50%.
| Rating | UB | Bulle | Blitz | Rapid | Class |
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| 0-999 | — | — | |||
| 1000-1199 | — | ||||
| 1200-1399 | — | ||||
| 1400-1599 | — | ||||
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| 1800-1999 | — | ||||
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| 2200-2499 | |||||
| 2500+ | — | — |
Expected score matrix by rating bracket and time control
The English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto has a 49.2% (90% CI: 48.5%-49.9%) win rate for white, based on 14K rated games from Lichess.
The English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto performs best at 1600-1799 Elo with a 52.0% win rate for white (953 games). Win rate tends to decline at higher ratings as opponents know the theory better.
Bullet (49.8%) outperforms Rapid (49.4%) by 0.4%. Choose your time control wisely.
The English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto has a sharpness score of 92.9 (decisive), meaning 92.9% of games end decisively. Average game length is 40 moves.
At 1200-1399 Elo, the English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto has a 52.2% (90% CI: 46.6%-57.7%) win rate for white, based on 216 Lichess games. Average game length is 32 moves with a 2.5% draw rate.
At 1400-1599 Elo, the English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto has a 49.1% (90% CI: 45.2%-52.9%) win rate for white, based on 454 Lichess games. Average game length is 36 moves with a 3.2% draw rate.
At 1600-1799 Elo, the English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto has a 52.0% (90% CI: 49.4%-54.7%) win rate for white, based on 953 Lichess games. Average game length is 36 moves with a 3.4% draw rate.
At 1800-1999 Elo, the English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto has a 49.4% (90% CI: 47.4%-51.5%) win rate for white, based on 1.6K Lichess games. Average game length is 38 moves with a 4.9% draw rate.
At 2000-2199 Elo, the English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto has a 49.4% (90% CI: 47.9%-51.0%) win rate for white, based on 2.9K Lichess games. Average game length is 39 moves with a 6.1% draw rate.
At 2200-2499 Elo, the English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto has a 48.9% (90% CI: 47.7%-50.1%) win rate for white, based on 4.6K Lichess games. Average game length is 40 moves with a 8.8% draw rate.
At 2500+ Elo, the English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto has a 47.9% (90% CI: 46.3%-49.5%) win rate for white, based on 2.7K Lichess games. Average game length is 44 moves with a 8.9% draw rate.
In Bullet games, the English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto has a 49.8% (90% CI: 48.7%-51.0%) win rate for white (5.0K Lichess games). Draw rate is 4.8%.
In Blitz games, the English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto has a 48.7% (90% CI: 47.8%-49.7%) win rate for white (7.6K Lichess games). Draw rate is 8.3%.
In Rapid games, the English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto has a 49.4% (90% CI: 46.6%-52.3%) win rate for white (829 Lichess games). Draw rate is 10.4%.
The English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto is statistically favors white with a 49.2% (90% CI: 48.5%-49.9%) win rate across all ratings. It performs best at 1600-1799 Elo. Your results depend on your rating, time control, and how well you know the typical plans.