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The Kings Indian Defense is one of the most solid defenses in chess, and as such it is one of the most common. Black starts by building a super strong defense for his king before looking later on for a counter attack. It very often leads to fascinating positions where Black gets a good attack on White’s King.
The Kings Indian Defense usually begins with the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6. It’s a hypermodern opening which means that Black allows White to initially seize control of the center before attacking it indirectly later on after all Black’s pieces have been developed. As such, White usually gets a space advantage and typically puts strong pressure on the 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 favored by former World Chess Champions and absolute legends Garry Kasparov, Mikhail Tal and, probably the most famous of all chess players. Bobby Fischer. For example, the King’s Indian was featured in Fischer’s 1971 match demolitions of Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen. In fact, Fischer could also play it as White, which means cutting in half the opening theory study! Current top players Hikaru Nakamura, Teimour Radjabov, and Ding Liren all play the opening.
In this free webinar, IM Valeri Lilov analyses three exciting games in the King’s Indian Defense – Korchnoi vs Fischer 1970, Shirov vs Radjabov 2007 and Taimanov vs Najdorf 1953. Not only will you see how these top players used this opening, you’ll get ideas and guidelines that you can employ in your own games to give yourself the best chances of a good game with Black when playing against 1. d4 players.
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