Chess: Understanding the King's Indian Defense

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 Line



What's the game plan for White?

What's the game plan for Black?

Also available:
Understanding the Classical King's Indian Part I
http://chesscoach1950.blogspot.com/2006/01/chess-understanding-classical-kings.html
Understanding the Classical King's Indian Part II
http://chesscoach1950.blogspot.com/2006/05/chess-understanding-classical-kings.html
Understanding the King's Indian Defense
(Four Pawns Attack)
http://chesscoach1950.blogspot.com/2006/07/chess-understanding-kings-indian.html
Chess: Understanding the King's Indian Defense
(g3 Systems)
http://chesscoach1950.blogspot.com/2006/08/chess-understanding-kings-indian.html


For explanations of moves 1 through 6 please refer to:
Understanding the Classical King's Indian Part I
http://chesscoach1950.blogspot.com/2006/01/chess-understanding-classical-kings.html

1 d4 Nf6



2 c4 g6



3 Nc3 Bg7



4 e4 d6



5 Nf3 O-O



6 Be2 e5



7 dxe5 dxe5



7 Be3 Ng4 8 Bg5 f6 9 Bh4 Nc6 10 d5 Ne7 11 Nd2 Nh6 12 f3 g5
13 Bf2 f5 14 c5 Ng6 15 O-O Nf4 16 cxd6 cxd6 17 Nc4 g4 18 fxg4 Nxe2+ 19 Qxe2 Nxg4 20 exf5 Nxf2 21 Rxf2 Bxf5 22 Raf1 Bg6.
7 Be3 Na6 8 O-O Ng4 9 Bg5 Qe8 10 dxe5 dxe5 11 Nd2 f6
12 Bxg4 fxg5 13 Bxc8 Qxc8.
7 Bg5 h6 8 Bh4 g5 9 dxe5 gxh4 10 exf6 Qxf6 11 Qd2.

8 Qxd8 Rxd8



9 Bg5 Re8!



9 Nxe5? Nxe4 10 Nxe4 Bxe5 11 Bg5.
9 Nd5 Nxd5 10 cxd5 c6 11 Bc4 cxd5 12 Bxd5 Na6 13 Bg5 Re8
14 O-O-O Nc7 15 Bb3 Be6 16 Bxe6 Nxe6 17 Be3 f5 18 Kb1.
9 ... c6 10 Nxe5 Re8 11 O-O-O Na6 12 f4 h6 13 Bh4 g5
14 Bg3 Nc5 15 Bf3 g4 16 Bf2 gxf3 17 Bxc5 fxg2 18 Rhg1 Nh5
19 Be3.
9 ... Rf8 10 Nd5 Nxd5 11 cxd5 c6 12 Bc4 cxd5 13 Bxd5 Nc6
14 O-O-O h6 15 Be3 Bd7 16 Kb1 Rfd8 17 Rd2 Be8 18 Rhd1.

10 Nd5 Nxd5




10 Rd1 h6 11 Bxf6 Bxf612 Nd5 Bd8 13 Nxe5 Rxe5 14 Nb6 axb6
15 Rxd8+ Kg7 16 Rxc8 Rxa2 17 Rxb8 Rxe4 18 Rd8.
10 O-O-O Na6 11 Ne1 Nc5 12 f3 Ne6 13 Be3 c6 14 Nc2 Nf4
15 Bf1 h5 16 h4 Bf8 17 b4 Ne6 18 a3 b6 19 Kb2 Bb7.
10 O-O c6 11 Rfd1 h6 12 Be3 Bf8 13 h3 Nbd7 14 a3 a5 15 Bd3 Nc5
16 Bc2 Nfd7 17 b4 axb4 18 axb4 Rxa1 19 Rxa1 Na6.

11 cxd5 c6



11 ... h6 12 Be3 c6 13 O-O cxd5 14 exd5.

12 Bc4 cxd5



12 ... b5 13 Bb3 Bb7 14 Rc1 a5 15 a3 a4 16 Ba2 Rc8
17 Be3 b4 18 axb4 a3 19 bxa3 Rxa3 20 Bc4 cxd5 21 exd5 e4
22 Nd2 Bb2 23 Rc2.

13 Bxd5 Nd7



13 ... Nc6; 13 ... Na6.

14 Nd2 Nc5



15 O-O-O Be6



By ChessCoach@care2.com

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