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The King's Indian Defense (or "KID") is a semi-closed opening starting with 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6. Black develops with Bg7 and O-O and then either e5 or c5 depending on white's setup. The KID often leads to unbalanced positions: white attacks on the queenside and black attacks on the kingside, resulting in a high percentage of decisive games.
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Why do some openings have Indian in their name?
In many cases, openings are named after a notable first master game (or games). The master or country does not necessarily must have contributed to it. Apparently in the case of Indian openings (1. d4 …
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1. e4 with backup plan
I recently started playing 1. e4. Since black has a big choice of replies, I would like to learn one opening at a time. If black plays something I haven't learned yet, I would like to resort to a Kin …
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How to avoid Pirc in favor of KID
No, you cannot force white to play c4 and end up in a KID.
However, if you want to avoid the Pirc, you have several options after 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3.
... d5 is the most popular and you usually end …
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Pawn storm, should I start with h4 or g4?
Typically you use a pawn storm to exchange pawns around the castled enemy king and thereby to open lines and diagonals for an attack. Most of the time you want a closed (to some extent) center in orde …
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KID Gligoric-Taimanov Variation [E92] Black inaccuracy? Move 7 .... Nc6
Chess engines are currently not able to give you a good analysis of opening moves all by themselves. This is basically due to the huge number of possible variations during the opening phase. Engines a …
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Why 6...e5 in King's Indian?
After 6....e5 the centre usually gets closed with white playing d5. This closed centre helps black in his kingside attack with f5, g5, ... The dark squared bishop sometimes goes to f8 from where it he …
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How does one find the tactic here?
You are almost there with your analysis. Tactical motives you should look out for are:
overloading, interference, distraction, skewer
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