This is how to never lose against the King’s Indian!

I learned this opening from a Chessable course by Adrian Söderström, who kindly allowed me to create a condensed and free lichess study version of it. The course is rooted in the Semi-Averbakh variation, where we delay developing the g1-knight to prioritize the development of both bishops and aim for a quick attack!

Black can continue with a couple setups, but the most common is 6... e5. This is the main line of the Semi-averbakh and leads to some very interesting positions.

That begs the question: How well does it work in practice?

Well, according to Adrian he has an incredibly impressive 75% score when playing this opening! I’ve also played it myself in a couple online games and gotten great positions. It also works on the highest level, this is a game between Hikaru Nakamura and Alexander Grischuk:

I hope this post has found you well, and if you’re interested in learning more, check out my lichess study :) ️

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