Need help with countering some openings.

I have a friend whom which I keep losing against. He generally starts off with setting up this formation.

I'm not sure what it's called but I know it is some variant of the King's Indian Defense. I want to know what openings would be effective in obtaining key squares in order to win and what those squares are

low long do they delay the pawn to d6 move?

I'm not exactly sure

I think he may do it before he does that formation I should take notation next time we play.

usally it goes

1d4 nf6

2c4 g6

3.Nc3 bg7

4.e4 d6

5.Nf3 O-O

6.Be2 e5

7.O-O nc6

8.d5 Ne7

9. b4/Ne1/Nd2 Nh5/Nd7/Ne8

white will break with c5 and black breaks with f5

white plays on queen side and black on king side whosoever attack is faster wins

A friend of mine in high school played this way and used to frustrate the hell out of me.  Finally I bought an opening book and studied some lines.  I used the Four Pawns Attack and steamrolled him off the board.  Good fun.

Dan

You mean this ?

Btw How should I proceed from there ?

Attack the queenside violently, take advantage of the underdevlopment on that side. Make your kingside airtight to protect againt counterattack.

attack his king!!! :)

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1214467

I actually play this opening. So, i know it pretty well from both sides of the board.