Chessmate

King's Indian Defense · White

Makogonov Main Line, ...a5 and ...Na6-c5 · White (E71)

Claim central space and keep both the c-pawn and e-pawn ready to build a broad center.

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Black repertoire · ECO E60–E98

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ECO E71

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  1. Makogonov Main Line, ...a5 and ...Na6-c5 · WhiteSample

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9. Nge2 Nc5 10. Ng3 c6 11. Qd2

  2. Makogonov Main Line, ...Nf6-d7-c5 · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Qd2 Ndc5 11. Ng3

  3. Makogonov Main Line, Direct ...Na6 and the c-File Structure · White

    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 c6 10. Qd2 cxd5 11. cxd5 Bd7 12. Nge2

  4. Makogonov Main Line, ...Qe8 and the c6 Tension · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Qe8 8. g4 a5 9. Nge2 Na6 10. Ng3 c6 11. g5 Nd7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Qd2

  5. Makogonov Main Line, ...cxd4 and ...b6 · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 b6 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. f3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O

  6. Makogonov Main Line, ...cxd4 and the Maróczy Structure · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qc2

  7. Makogonov Main Line, ...Qa5 Pin and Bd3 · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd3

  8. Makogonov Benoni, exd5 and the f4 Break · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. exd5 Nfd7 10. Nf3 f5 11. O-O Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bxc3 14. bxc3

  9. Makogonov Flexible ...Na6, Nge2-g3 Route · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. g4 c6 8. Nge2 Nc7 9. Ng3

  10. Makogonov ...c6, Rc1 Waiting Plan · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Nf3 Na6 8. Rc1

  11. Makogonov ...Nbd7, Hedgehog Setup and Qa4 · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 a6 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Qa4

  12. Makogonov Early ...Nbd7, Long-Castle Attack · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nc5 8. Qc2 a5 9. Be3 O-O 10. g4 Ne8 11. Rg1 Kh8 12. O-O-O f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. h4

  13. Makogonov Benko Try, a4 and Bd2 · White

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. a4 Qa5 10. Bd2