As the King's Indian is my main defense against d4 i want to allow transpositions to it from other openings whenever possible so I am looking for a repertoire that covers how a KID player can play against everything apart from d4 and e4 (mainly against English, Réti and Nimzo-Larsen) in order to allow transpositions as much as possible, or if not directly transposing at least aims for similar setups.
If you know of some repertoire like that (book, dvd, online course etc.) it would be great if you let me know.
Thanks in advance!
I know it's not exactly what you're asking, but there's a book by Yelena Dembo called Fighting the Anti-King's Indians from 2008. I'm not sure how it holds up to contemporary engines, but it has some good prose about the ideas. It's really about all the ways white avoids the KID after 1. d4 Nf6 when white doesn't play c4, so not exactly what you seek, but the final two chapters are about the English. It's floating around the internet so you could probably find it just for those chapters.
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A kid player should first learn how pieces move.
@njswift said in #2:
> I know it's not exactly what you're asking, but there's a book by Yelena Dembo called Fighting the Anti-King's Indians from 2008. I'm not sure how it holds up to contemporary engines, but it has some good prose about the ideas. It's really about all the ways white avoids the KID after 1. d4 Nf6 when white doesn't play c4, so not exactly what you seek, but the final two chapters are about the English. It's floating around the internet so you could probably find it just for those chapters.
Thanks! That definitely sounds interesting to at least cover a part of what I'm looking for, I'll see if i can find it.
It won't always end up being the KID...but you can play g6/Bg7 against pretty much anything.
@MrPushwood said in #6:
> It won't always end up being the KID...but you can play g6/Bg7 against pretty much anything.
I know, that's why i ask for a repertoire which leaves possible transpositions to the KID open as much as possible...
I'm looking for theoretically sound solutions, not just playing g6/Bg7 and then see where it gets me ^^
@Checkidy said in #7:
> leaves possible transpositions to the KID open as much as possible...
I know a player who was an OTB master who plays KID, Dragon Sicilian, Modern and sometimes Pirc Def (I initially typed Pork Defense). He has an aggressive tactical style and likes to enter into sharp hand-to-hand combat positions. He also plays endgames well.
If you do not like an early Bg5 move you can delay development of Nf6
Agains the reti and the english and whatever else, just play your normal KID set up, the positions will be similar compared to 1.d4 KID
You can check out Lakdawala‘s 1. ... d6 book.
I would be careful with such approaches, for example I play the KID but I cannot stand the Pirc/Modern.
