| Mar-31-03 |
| Sarimanok: If you want total war, play the King's Indian. |
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| Mar-31-03 |
| GregorMendel: I love the KID. I play it almost all the time with Black against 1. d4. I have mixed results, but I always get a good game. |
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| May-25-04 |
| tacticsjokerxxx: Do any King's Indian fans care to share their opinion on whether the C5, D5 or E5 pawn-thrust is best for black? and which line is the most popular in the king's indian today? |
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| May-25-04 |
| Dudley: The d5 pawn move early in the opening is a Grunfeld, not a KI. Fischer played it for important games but it's really quite different than the KID and very sharp. So that leaves c5, which transposes into Benoni type positions, and I have seen it recommended as a way of limiting the options of the first player. Personally, I have tried it and don't think much of it. I wanted it to work but the positions are too cramped because white moves d5 early in the opening. So, e5 is the line if you want to learn the real themes of the King's Indian, imho. |
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| May-25-04 |
| Dudley: Oh, and according to popularity in the database the classical line for white is the most common line. Black responds with Nc6 or exd5 but I don't know which one is more popular today. |
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| Jul-13-04 |
| tomh72000: ..c5 is usually only played by black against the Averbakh System, .d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Bg5 and here black sometimes plays 6...c5. Sometimes ...c5 is played in the four pawns attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3) where one of black's best moves is 6...c5. |
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| Jul-13-04 |
| ThePurplePimpernel: In the Averbakh system, and some lines of the Petrosian, the early movement of White's QBishop can leave squares like b2 vulnerable to black's KBishop. If white responds to ...c5 by playing d5, it opens the diagonal for the bishop, rather than closing it ala ...e5. |
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| Feb-05-07 |
| Tacticstudent: I'm a beginner and I want to play the KID against 1. d4, but I need some comments of more experienced players. Can anyone help me? |
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| Feb-05-07 |
| Jafar219: <Tacticstudent> Learn from Radjabov!-http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... |
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| Feb-08-07 |
| Tacticstudent: <Jafar219> Thank you a lot, man! |
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| May-01-07 |
| Rajiv Herman Kramer: Is playing e3 instead of e4 a good alternative for white in this particular opening. |
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| May-01-07 |
| MaxxLange: <Rajiv Herman Kramer> No. Playing e3 is, if not outright bad, insipid, and it puts no pressure on Black. |
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| May-01-07 |
| e4Newman: if white played e3, i'd transpose right into a grunfeld |
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| Jun-02-09 |
| joakimvitriol: What options black have after 3...Bg7 and 4.Bg5? Is standard 4...d6 good or there is better continuation lke c5 for instance? |
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