Chessmate

King's Indian Defense · Black

Classical: Kingside and Queenside Race (E98)

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King's Indian Defense · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO E71

Sample line with full explanations: Makogonov Main Line, ...a5 and ...Na6-c5 · White.

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ECO E60–E98

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  1. Classical: Kingside and Queenside RaceSample

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. c5 Nf6

  2. Bayonet: The ...Nh5 Counter

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4

  3. Gligoric: Chase the Bishop

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Nc6

  4. Petrosian: Gain Kingside Space

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4 Nxg3 12. fxg3 g4

  5. Sämisch: Panno Queenside Counterplay

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. O-O-O b5

  6. Four Pawns: The Benoni Break

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4

  7. Averbakh: Counter with c5

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. exd5 Qb6

  8. Semi-Averbakh: Break the Kingside Clamp

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5 9. f3 h5 10. g5 Nh7 11. h4 f6 12. Qd2 fxg5 13. hxg5 Rf4

  9. Fianchetto Panno: Break with b5

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5

  10. Makogonov: Kingside Clamp

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5 9. f3 a5

  11. Anti-Grünfeld: Counter with c5

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nec3 e6

  12. Hungarian Attack: Restrain Ng3

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 h5 7. Be2 h4 8. Nf1 e5

  13. Exchange: The e5 Pawn Is Not Free

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nxe5 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bxe5

  14. Four Pawns: Punish the Greedy cxd6

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. cxd6 Nxe4