Chess openings: King's Indian, Petrosian System (E93)

King's Indian, Petrosian System (E93)
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 Nf3 O-O 6 Be2 e5
7 d5 Nbd7

Number of games in database: 191
Years covered: 1931 to 2009
Overall record:
   White wins 45.5%
   Black wins 23.6%
   Draws 30.9%

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PRACTITIONERS

With the White Pieces

With the Black Pieces

Vladimir Antoshin		6 games
Petrosian		5 games
Borislav Ivkov		5 games

Svetozar Gligoric		12 games
Varlam Vepkhvishvili		8 games
Robert James Fischer		5 games

NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]

White Wins

Black Wins

Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994

Tal vs Fischer, 1959

F Olafsson vs Fischer, 1959

B Wexler vs Fischer, 1960

J H Donner vs Gligoric, 1968

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. R P Michell vs Flohr 0-1 30 1931 Hastings 3132 E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

2. V Mikenas vs N Kopilov 0-1 50 1949 Ch-URS,17 Ch E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

3. Szabo vs Najdorf 0-1 30 1950 Budapest E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

4. Kapu Jeno vs G Kluger ½-½ 63 1951 HUN-ch 07th E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

5. Tolush vs Keres 1-0 42 1953 13.08.53 E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

6. B De Greiff vs Petrosian ½-½ 30 1958 Izt E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

7. Petrosian vs Suetin 1-0 61 1958 USSR ch (01) E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

8. O Neikirch vs Tal ½-½ 27 1958 Portoroz E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

9. F Olafsson vs Fischer 0-1 40 1959 Zurich E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

10. L Sanchez vs Fischer ½-½ 41 1959 Mar del Plata E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

11. Tal vs Fischer 1-0 41 1959 Yugoslavia ct E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

12. Tal vs Fischer 1-0 34 1959 Yugoslavia ct E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

13. Petrosian vs Gligoric 1-0 45 1959 Bled E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

14. Portisch vs S Dittmann 1-0 41 1959 ? E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

15. Smyslov vs Benko 1-0 53 1959 Yugoslavia, Zagreb E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

16. Tal vs W Pietzsch 1-0 30 1959 Riga E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

17. F Olafsson vs Gligoric 1-0 70 1959 Belgrade ct YUG E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

18. Matulovic vs Gligoric 0-1 89 1959 YUG-ch E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

19. Matulovic vs J Stupica 1-0 38 1959 YUG-ch E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

20. S Kwiatkowski vs Savon ½-½ 20 1959 UKR-ch E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

21. B Wexler vs Fischer 0-1 40 1960 Mar del Plata E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

22. Eliskases vs H Rossetto ½-½ 29 1960 Buenos Aires E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

23. Smyslov vs G Szilagyi 1-0 82 1960 04, Moscow E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

24. Szabo vs Gligoric ½-½ 27 1960 Budapest E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

25. O'Kelly vs Gligoric 0-1 36 1960 Madrid zt E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System

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Aug-09-03		Dustin J.: I like and play the White Opening & Black Defense. But countering the White openinging is easy playing Na6 and opening up the Queenside while holding onto your King Indian's Bishop. The kingside is rock solid for Black and the center soon becomes compromised for White. Thats my take on it anyway, heh.

Apr-04-04		Bears092: anyone know of good books on this (preferably from the white side)?

Jul-13-04		tomh72000: 7...a5! is usually preferable in this variation, I thought?

Jul-13-04		notyetagm: The great KID expert Joe Gallagher has a book due out in September 2004 titled <"Play The King's Indian">. From the Everyman Chess book publisher, it is supposed to be a repertoire book for Black in the KID. I am sure it will answer this question you have about 7 ... a5! in the Petrosian system. Personally I am curious what he will recommend against the dreaded Bayonet Attack (9 b4 and 10 Re1 in the Classical system).

Jul-14-04		tomh72000: Yes, the Bayonet made Kasparov give up the KID I think.

Jan-24-05		cuendillar: Not a book on it, but a video from chess.fm on how to beat the King's Indian with the Petrosian system. Hope it can help out a little. http://video.chess.fm/diesen/121903...

Oct-09-05		Dudley: There is large section on this opening for White in "Play 1.d4" by the English player Richard Palliser. This is packed with dense analysis and seems comprehensive. One of the games is the Kramnik-Bologan game covered in the chess.fm link above, which unfortunately doesn't seem to work anymore.

Oct-09-05		Dudley: I feel sorry for your students.

Jul-27-06		soughzin: I don't understand why 7...a5 is the main move here. Is it just to prevent b4? What is black's plan to undermine white's imposing locked in center? All I can think of is c6 and f5 sometime. Can a KID guy(or gal) help me out here?

Jul-27-06		ganstaman: From my limited experience and understanding of the KID: black wants to expand and put all his pieces on the kingside, while white gets the center and queenside. Black definitely wants to move his N from f6, play f7-f5, and then probably put the knight back. He will then continue to pawn storm the kingside, supported from behind by his pieces. I think c6 is too risky for black, since opening the queenside gives white a way in. Once white does open the queenside, his heavy artillery will make its way to the back few ranks, distracting the black pieces from their kingside attack. Then white is calling all the shots and wil win. I'm pretty sure ...a5 is to prevent (or at least slow down) a b4 push from white. If white gets in b2-b4, his queenside presence is awe-inspiring, and perhaps winning. Therefore, black must take a few defensive measures before claiming the kingside. I've read somewhere (maybe here?) that the Bayonet Attack (which features b4 from white) gives black the most trouble in the KID. I haven't played it nearly enough to verify this, but it sounds like it could be true.

Jul-27-06		ganstaman: Hmmm, had I read a few posts above mine, I would have seen: <tomh72000: Yes, the Bayonet made Kasparov give up the KID I think.>

Jul-27-06		soughzin: I guess that makes sense but it still seems bad to fianchetto the bishop and then it gets so little scope. Maybe a design flaw you have to accept when the KID also brings imbalances and kingside chances?

Jul-28-06		Cecil Brown: <soughzin> I'm currently playing through Starting Out:The King's Indian by Joseph G Gallagher . He gives this game (which I have just submited via the PGN upload utility) as a model game against the Petrosian system. [Event "Mendrisio op"] [Site "Mendrisio"] [Date "1999.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Mariano,Elia"] [Black "Cvitan,Ognjen"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "E92"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Na6 10.Nd2 Qe8 11.0-0 Nh7 12.a3 Bd7 13.b3 h5 14.f3 Bh6 15.Bf2 Qe7 16.Qc2 h4 17.Rab1 Bf4 18.Rfd1 Qg5 19.Kh1 Nf6 20.Bf1 Nh5 21.Ne2 Ng3+ 22.Bxg3 hxg3 23.Nxf4 Qxf4 24.h3 Kg7 25.b4 b6 26.bxa5 Nc5 27.Re1 Rxa5 28.Qc3 Rh8 29.Qe3 g5 30.Qxf4 gxf4 31.Ra1 Rha8 32.Nb1 f5 0-1 7...a5 is played to restrain b4 by white and therefore secure the c5 square for the black queen's knight. 8...h6 pushes the bishop off the c1-h4 diagonal which black will later occupy with his own bishop (14..Bh6). The move ..Qe8 breaks the pin on the kings knight and also covers the a4 square, where black may push the a pawn to further restrain any attempts by white to play on the queenside. 11...Nh7 frees the f pawn to advance, but it also introduces the possibility of trapping the h4 bishop by playing ..h5,..g5 and ..h4. The ..h5 push that is part of this plan frees h6 for the g7 bishop, with the intention of playing ..Be3 if allowed to. The way Gallagher writes all the elements of blacks plan seem fit together very well, I recommend his book. If you are over ~1800 or know the KID quite well already then I suspect his other book 'Play the King's Indian: A complete repetoire in this most dynamic of defences' is a better buy.

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