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The King’s Indian Defense is one of the most solid defenses in chess. You’re very likely to come across it in your games as it is very popular. Black’s plans are to start by building a good defense for the king and only later in the game searching for a counter attack based on the weaknesses in White’s position. It very often leads to exciting positions where Black has a strong attack on White’s King.
The King’s Indian Defense is a hypermodern opening meaning that Black initially allows White to place their pieces in the center of the board, seemingly in control of the center. Then, once Black’s pieces are all developed they launch an attack and undermine White’s center. This usually means that White gets a space advantage in the beginning with pressure on Black’s queenside. However, there are decent responses Black can play no matter the style of player.
The KID is a very dynamic opening and it can be exceptionally complex. It was played regularly by ruthless former World Chess Champions and absolute legends such as Garry Kasparov, Mikhail Tal and Bobby Fischer. Current top players Hikaru Nakamura, Teimour Radjabov, and Ding Liren all play the opening.
In this exclusive free preview of Grandmaster Damian Lemos’ excellent new course, “Deep Dive: The King’s Indian Defense”, one of Nakamura’s games takes center stage. Damian examines one of the sidelines of the KID, in a so-called Kamikaze attack. Next, he analyses a Benko-style line from a game by Alexei Shirov.
The Kamikaze attack begins with 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb2 4. Bg5. Instead of the usual 4. e4, White looks to be aggressive right away, looking to play Qd2 and force a trade of the dark-squared bishops. As you’ll see in the video, however, Black has some strong responses that could win the game rather quickly!
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