page 1 of 69; games 1-25 of 1,715  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Vidmar vs Tartakower   1-0 50 1917 Vienna E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 2. Rubinstein vs Reti   ½-½ 32 1919 Stockholm E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 3. J Bernstein vs Yates   1-0 89 1923 Karlsbad E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 4. J Bernstein vs G A Thomas   1-0 45 1923 Karlsbad E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 5. Alekhine vs Yates 0-1 52 1923 Karlsbad E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 6. Alekhine vs Reti 1-0 44 1924 New York E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 7. Colle vs K Behting   1-0 48 1924 Paris E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 8. G A Thomas vs Yates   ½-½ 67 1925 Marienbad E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 9. G Fontein vs Euwe   0-1 50 1925 Amsterdam E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 10. N Zubarev vs A Rabinovich   1-0 31 1925 URS-ch04 E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 11. Rubinstein vs M Bluemich   1-0 80 1926 Dresden E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 12. Gruenfeld vs Gilg   1-0 46 1926 Semmering E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 13. Gruenfeld vs Yates   1-0 74 1926 Semmering E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 14. Alekhine vs N Schwartz 1-0 54 1926 London E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 15. M Monticelli vs Yates   1-0 51 1926 Budapest E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 16. Gruenfeld vs K Kullberg   1-0 37 1927 pre-B E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 17. K Ruben vs J W Te Kolste   0-1 36 1927 1st olm final E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 18. Reti vs Yates   0-1 39 1927 Hastings 2627 E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 19. J Rejfir vs A Vajda   0-1 30 1928 The Hague ol (Men) E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 20. A Muffang vs Giulio De Nardo   1-0 33 1928 Olympiad E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 21. L Abramavicius vs A Simonson   0-1 37 1933 Olympiad E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 22. Capablanca vs Tylor 1-0 35 1936 Nottingham E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 23. Kotov vs Panov 0-1 49 1936 Moscow RUS E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 24. A Kotz vs P Lebedev   1-0 34 1937 Moscow E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 25. T Regedzinski vs A De Groot   1-0 18 1937 7th olm final E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto  page 1 of 69; games 1-25 of 1,715    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Mar-06-04    Bartleby: I study the gambit lines of the Four Pawns Attack for slash-and-burn complications, but for pure solidity, I regularly fall back on this white setup vs. the King's Indian (also known as the Russian variation). Nice opening of the day choice. Dec-24-08    MontyChesson: MCO gives the classical main line of the king's indian fianchetto variation to be: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 Nf3 d6 5 g3 0-0 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.0-0 e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3. However, there is no explanation. Can someone please explain to me why Black plays 8...c6? Doesn't it just weaken the d6 pawn? Wouldn't Re8 or a6 be better? Thanks. Dec-25-08    blacksburg: 1. MCO is garbage. if you want to play a line as sharp as the KID, you need a specialist's book. 2. note that 9.h3 stops ...Ng4 in preparation for Be3. 3. Tal's comment on 8...c6, from game 6 of the 1960 match - "This is the most flexible. Black does not object to the blockading of the center, since, in this case, his knight will get a comfortable post on c5 and besides that, if there is a closed center, he is free to develop play on the kingside by withdrawing his knight from f6 to e8 or h5. The immediate capture on d4 gives white a well known edge and more freedom of play in the center and on the kingside." <Doesn't it just weaken the d6 pawn?> yes, and black should be prepared to sac this pawn in some lines. i think kasparov said that you shouldn't play the KID unless you're comfortable being down a pawn. <Wouldn't Re8 or a6 be better?> Re8 makes it more beneficial for white to close the center. after d5, black's rook wishes it was on f8 to support ...f5 break. a6 is an idea in some KID lines, but i don't think it accomplishes anything here, unless you have a specific idea. Dec-25-08    blacksburg: also, note that in this system, if black plays ...Nc5 as Tal describes above, black also usually wants to play ...a5 to stop b4, so ...a6 would be a wasted tempo. Dec-25-08    MontyChesson: <blacksburg> Thanks, that was very helpful.

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