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LCB, Issue #136 --, Have You Played the King's Indian Lately? October 01, 2026 |
Have You Played the King's Indian Lately?Chessorb Classic, Issue #136 -- GOTM #106 Chessorb Classic The King's Indian Defense is one of Black's main hypermodern openings. He allows White to build a big center and then attacks it. It's common to fianchetto the King's Bishop on the long diagonal. Your strategy is to get a powerful g2-Bishop searing into Black's Queenside. With the e-pawn staying on the second rank the Bishop's power will be felt via x-ray all the way to a8. You're also prioritizing piece development over spatial expansion. Black will not have targets on e4 and f4. You'll reach the Main Starting Position after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3. The Exchange, Orthodox, Petrosian or Gligoric are all possibilities in this position. We have a great King's Indian this month. It is typical of the genre. Starts out quiet and then explodes into a really interesting tactical joust. The game took place in Moscow in 1954. Mikhail Botvinnik had White and Vassily Smyslov had Black. Botvinnik, Mikhail - Smyslov, Vassily [E68] P.S. If you do not have html based email software and you're using a text only system, you may find that the links are only partially highlighted and may not work. If this is the case, simply copy and paste the entire link into the browser and hit Enter. That should get you where you want to go. Comments, ideas, feedback? I'd be stoked to hear from you. Get in touch See you next month. Ken 
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