98_E71_KID Makagonov Var. 5.h3 (Black wins or dr

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98_E71_KID Makagonov Var. 5.h3 (Black wins or dr
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"The Classical King's Indian with h3 has gained a wide following, mostly because of its flexibility. It is commonly called the <Makagonov System> (E71) when White plays 5.h3 and the <Krasenkow System> when White plays 5.Nf3 followed by 6.h3 (though that was actually Vladimir Makagonov's preferred move order!) -- but I have not made a distinction between the two here as transpositions are common. It is worth noting that when Martin Breutigam produced his ChessBase CD in 2002, he complained about having a paucity of source material to draw upon. Times have certainly changed, for it seems that the line is now completely mainstream and much has been written about it.

I think the lines with h3 for White are very worth exploring, with a lot of room for creativity. In some ways, h3 seems like a "high class waiting move," with White waiting for Black to commit himself before deciding on his plan. I am most interested in the line from the Black perspective, where I tend to favor an early Na6, which is Black's most flexible rejoinder. An interesting option against the 5.h3 move order, though, is a Byrne approach with a6, c6, and b5, as seen in the game Suba vs Golubev, 1997, though this idea is not much discussed in the literature." ... http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2...

<= = ♙h3 = = = King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) (E71) = = ♗g7 = = <>>

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3

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Karpov playing King's Indian (E71) as White: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

6.Be3 c5 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.Nd2 cxd4 9.Nb3 Qxc3+ 10.bxc3 dxe3 11.f3
Firouzja vs M Karthikeyan, 2019
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 52 moves, 0-1
6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.Bg5 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Qa5 10.Bd2 Ne5 11.Be2 Qc5
Avrukh vs Smirin, 1999
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 35 moves, 0-1
6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.exd5 Qa5 10.Bd2 Re8+
Rybka vs Houdini, 2013
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 74 moves, 0-1
6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Be2 f5 9.Bxh5 gxh5 10.Qxh5 f4 11.Bd2
O Pavlenko vs Kasparov, 1975
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 34 moves, 0-1
6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6 8.Bd3 cxd5 9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.Nge2 Nh5 11.Bc2 f5
V Osnos vs A Shashin, 1971
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Qe8 8.g4 a5 9.Nge2 Na6 10.Ng3 c6 11.g5 Nd7 blitz
Karpov vs Anand, 2007
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 30 moves, 0-1
6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Be3 Nh5 9.Nh2 Qe8 10.Be2 f5 11.exf5 Nf4
Chernin vs Polgar, 1990
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 29 moves, 0-1
6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.exd5 Nbd7 10.Nf3 Re8+ 11.Kf1
Movsesian vs Ding Liren, 2013
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 44 moves, 0-1
6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.exd5 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Nf3 Re8+
A Potapov vs I A Nataf, 2007
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 66 moves, 0-1
6.Bg5 Qe8 7.Bd3 e5 8.d5 Nh5 9.Nge2 f5 10.Qd2 Na6 11.O-O-O Nc5 r
Avrukh vs Smirin, 1996
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 38 moves, 0-1
6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.Bg5 c5 8.d5 Ne5 9.Nf3 Nxd3+ 10.Qxd3 a6 11.a4
Beliavsky vs Smirin, 1998
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 32 moves, 0-1
6.Bg5 c6 7.Bd3 e5 8.d5 Na6 9.a3 Nc5 10.Bc2 cxd5 11.Nxd5 Ne6
Chernin vs Kasparov, 1994
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 22 moves, 0-1
6.Bg5 c6 7.Bd3 e5 8.d5 Na6 9.Nge2 Nc5 10.Bc2 Qb6 11.O-O cxd5
Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, 1994
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
6.Bg5 c6 7.g4 d5 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Bxf6 exf6 10.exd5 f5 11.Qd2
Suba vs Motylev, 2001
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 28 moves, 0-1
6.Bg5 c6 7.Nf3 a6 8.Be2 b5 9.O-O b4 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Na4 Nd7
Suba vs Golubev, 1997
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
6.Bg5 a6 7.Nf3 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5 9.Nd2 dxc5 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be2 Rd8
Suba vs Golubev, 1996
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 47 moves, 0-1
6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bxc5 Nc6 10.Nf3 b6 11.Be3
Karpov vs Susan Polgar, 2004
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 41 moves, 1-0
6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.Nge2 Nbd7 11.O-O h6
Ponomariov vs Topalov, 2007
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 58 moves, 0-1
R Kutirov vs Golubev, 1991
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 17 moves, 0-1
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