No such luck.
The KID is a sound opening.
You could learn the King's Indian Defence so that if you opponent makes a mistake, you can get get the most out of that mistake.
Get him into a position he isn't comfortable with. It varies for every player. I usually play the Torre attack variant of the KID against my trainer and that has had a lot of success against him. He expects his normal line in the KID where c4 is going to be played and all of a sudden Bg5 and he has difficulty what to do.
Please, don't go for an offbeat inferior line. Go for something mainstream as they are generally the strongest.
I find most trouble with Ne1 followed up with a quick Rc1. (If u know what i mean ((the mar del plata)))
The grandmasters play the bayonet lines, but I find it pretty tough. I don't know what I am doing with queenside attack, and I am not a good defender of the king.
I used play both 1e4 and 1d4 about 50-50. but I dropped d4 for many reasons. I don't do well against grunfeld, benko gambit, and THIS. so now i mostly just 1e4 mixed with 1f4.
I play KID as black and Queen's Gambit as white, so I have some experience from both sides. It's a completely sound opening, and I find pursuing the Q-side attack in the book lines works for me as white.
The trick is that, as opposed to a K-side attack, your goal is either:
a) To trap the b8 knight there (And with it the a8 rook.)
b) To promote a pawn
or c) To win material
Here's an example line:
Of course, anything can happen, and I made that game up on the spot in about 5 minutes, but it's a good thematic example of play on both sides. It's my favourite opening, from either side.
There is no way to force a win as White in the KID. It's a strong and complicated defense.
I recommend you look into the Bayonnet Attack or Saemisch Variation. There are many approaches but those are two of White's most popular and most successful.
Playing against the KID is tough. You have to get some queen side counter play, and if you can trade off blacks light squared bishop, by getting a knight down the queens flank that is a major blue to black. Play through several grandmaster games where white wins to get some ideas. The bayonet is what to aim for, and if your ambitious enough, learn the saemisch variation, too.
Playing against the KID is tough. You have to get some queen side counter play, and if you can trade off blacks light squared bishop, by getting a knight down the queens flank that is a major blue to black. Play through several grandmaster games where white wins to get some ideas. The bayonet is what to aim for, and if your ambitious enough, learn the saemisch variation, too.
I agree. Look at this game:
Here is a video of Kramnik analyzing his game at the press conference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdeyB2ZOOHQ
Does anyone know a good book/DVD for white against the King's Indian? Can't find anything.
Your best bet is to get a more objective book rather than a repertoire book.
I would suggest "The Classical King's Indian Uncovered" - Don't recall the authors, but it's 2 authors published by Everyman in I want to say 2009.
As a King's Indian player, I can tell you easily what is the scariest line for Black and what I would suggest to players as White (though there is the "How Ulf Beats Black" book if you are ok with playing slightly better endgames for White).
I believe GM Grivas recently did a mulit-volume set on the King's Indian for Quality Books. He was of the opinion that the lines that posed the biggest challenge for Black were the Mar Del Plata, Makaganov, Gligoric, and Saemisch. None of the these lines are a refutation of the KID. The player who has a better understanding of what to do in the middlegame of these variations will still tend to prevail.
I believe GM Grivas recently did a mulit-volume set on the King's Indian for Quality Books. He was of the opinion that the lines that posed the biggest challenge for Black were the Mar Del Plata, Makaganov, Gligoric, and Saemisch. None of the these lines are a refutation of the KID. The player who has a better understanding of what to do in the middlegame of these variations will still tend to prevail.
I think you are mixing something up here. I don't deny that such a book exists, though I'm not familiar with the book you mention.
I can tell you it's not by Quality Chess. The books they published on the King's Indian are the 5-book set by Kotronias (which is written as a Repertoire for Black), the book by Smirin, which is a middlegame book more than anything else but his view is skewed towards Black, and then the 1.d4 repertoire books. The two-volume set (being expanded to 4, namely 1A, 1B, 2A, and 2B) by Avrukh advocates the Fianchetto and the two volume set on 1.d4 by Schandorff advocates the Saemisch.
I believe Chess-Stars published "Kill the K.I.D.", but that was by Semkov.
I have only mildly kept up with Everyman, though I seem to recall the only recent King's Indian book being a repertoire for Black in the Move by Move series. Of course, there is the Starting out Book from 15 years ago and the one on the classical that I mentioned two posts ago.
There is the book "The Modernized King's Indian", not sure who wrote it. I want to say it was Thinkers Publishing that pushed that one out, but not 100% positive.
Lastly, I don't seem to recall anything recent on the King's Indian by New in Chess.
I found another interesting line, 5.Be2 0-0 6.Be3 in the mainline. Seems to pose some problems. But yeah the Petrosian and the Mar Del Plata are both very good, but I wanted something which would be a bit of a surprise for my opponents, so that they don't understand the middlegames better than me and win.
KoustavChatterjee1: Trying to surprise your opponents with a variation they are not prepared for is not a sustainable approach. Eventually, when someone achieves a measure of success with a rare line, that line will become known and it will be dissected. Look for variations that lead to the kind of positions you enjoy playing. To be competitive over the long haul, you have to improve at all three phases of the game.
KoustavChatterjee1: Trying to surprise your opponents with a variation they are not prepared for is not a sustainable approach. Eventually, when someone achieves a measure of success with a rare line, that line will become known and it will be dissected. Look for variations that lead to the kind of positions you enjoy playing. To be competitive over the long haul, you have to improve at all three phases of the game.
I agree with your sentiment, but in this case Be2 and Be3 will almost always simply transpose to more well known lines anyway. It's a fairly harmless transposition of moves.
I have noticed that when I play Be2 before Nf3 in the Classical KID, Black often responds with Bg4 as soon as I've played Nf3. It's an interesting psychological ploy that works well against lower rated players and transposes into main lines against stronger opposition.
Playing Be2 and Be3 will give Black more information than they would normally get with Nf3 and Be2 lines, but it isn't objectively bad as far as I can tell, and leads by transposition to main lines in most cases anyway.
Can Someone Please Tell Me How To Break THe KIng's Indian Defence So That White Wins.
I Would Also Appreciate An Example Of Grandmasters.
Thanks In Advance