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Boris Vladimirov vs Isaac Boleslavsky
URS-ch sf Gorky (1954), Gorky URS, rd 6
King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack. Normal Attack (E77)  ·  0-1

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Oct-21-09  parisattack: "Before Boleslavsky we did not understand the King's Indian." - Botvinnik.

Whoops ;) that was 'before Geller.' But Boleslavsky was an awesome KID player and made many contributions to theory.

Boleslavsky definately one of the forgotten Super GMs like Kashdan, Flohr and Stein. Jimmy Adams' book on him is excellent though a tad pricey.

Any thoughts on the best KID player? Bronstein, Boleslavsky, Geller, Fischer, Stein, Gligoric, Kasparov?

Oct-21-09  nescio: <parisattack: Bronstein, Boleslavsky, Geller, Fischer, Stein, Gligoric, Kasparov> In the second world war years the King's Indian was almost exclusively a Kiev affair amd even in your short list there are no less than four from Ukraine.

I can't say who was the best, but I think Boleslavsky was the one with the most interesting ideas on strategy.

I don't agree that the players mentioned by you (Boleslavsky, Kashdan, Flohr, Stein) are forgotten. Many of their games are certainly remembered by me, but they do have in common that their careers at the top were relatively short, compared with some others.

Oct-21-09  parisattack: That is true, good catch! I guess it should be the Ukrainian Indian. Considering he was there at the beginning, had to discover so much on his own, I think Boleslavsky made a huge contribution... Not to forget Gligo - the entire Mar Del Plata was his idea if memory serves.

I haven't forgotten these players either. But to the general chess public I think they are forgotten in the sense they don't get the recognition they deserve relative to their strength.

Geller at least was in the thick of things for quite awhile (two decades plus or minus).

Dec-30-21  jerseybob: I remember reading toward the end of Kasparov's reign that attacking schemes against the KID had gotten so sharp that he was starting to turn away from his lifetime favorite. He can partly blame himself for that of course!

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