Chessmate

King's Indian Attack · White

Classical Setup, ...Nd7 and the Fischer Attack · White (A07)

Develop the king knight and keep both central pawns flexible. White will choose the KIA only after seeing a setup where its breaks make sense.

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King's Indian Attack · BlackDifficulty 2/3

Black repertoire · ECO A07

Sample line with full explanations: Keres Setup, ...c6/...e6 and the Central Exchange · Black.

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ECO A05–A08

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  1. Classical Setup, ...Nd7 and the Fischer Attack · WhiteSample

    1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 b5 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3

  2. Classical Setup, ...Ne8 and the Kingside Build-Up · White

    1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. e5 Ne8 9. Re1 b5 10. h4 Nc7 11. a3 Bd7 12. Nf1 a5 13. N1h2 a4 14. Ng5 Nd4 15. Qh5

  3. ...c5 and ...d6, the c3–d4 Center · White

    1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 b6 9. e4 Qc7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4

  4. Reversed London, ...Bf5 and the e5 Advance · White

    1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Qe1 h6 8. e4 Bh7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. e5

  5. ...Bg4 Setup and the Nh4 Regrouping · White

    1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6 7. e4 Be7 8. Qe1 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nh4

  6. Black's ...e5 Center and the Queenside Break · White

    1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. c3 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. a3 d4 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. b4

  7. Symmetrical Fianchetto and the d5 Exchange · White

    1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 e5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 Re8 11. a4

  8. ...c5, ...g6 and ...e6, the h4 Plan · White

    1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nge7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. c3 b6 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. h4

  9. Against the King's Indian Setup · White

    1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e4 e5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. c3 a5 9. Re1 h6 10. a4 Be6 11. Nc4

  10. Against the Queen's Indian Setup · White

    1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4

  11. Against the Dutch Setup, the Central Break · White

    1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. e4 e5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Re1 f4 10. d4 Nh5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b4