Beat 1.d4 as Black with the King's Indian Defense | Mysterious Sideline

In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov will share with you a simple and a universal chess opening that you can play as Black against the White's first move 1.d4, the Queen's Pawn Game. The opening is King's Indian Defense (KID), which arises after the opening moves: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6. It also arises in different move orders, transforming from other openings such as after 1.c4 or 1.Nf3.

You will learn an interesting sideline, 6...Bg4, which is not very known and at the same time very easy to learn. This way, you will have a great chance of surprising your opponents as you are driving them away from their opening preparation for the main variations of the KID. This variation also comes with a lot of tricks that you can use against your opponents, which works really well for blitz games.

Black's main idea behind the move 6...Bg4 is to relieve their somewhat cramped position by exchanging their light-squared bishop (by playing Bxf3), which is often relegated to a passive role in the King's Indian Defense. By exchanging this bishop for the White's f3-knight, the d4-pawn becomes an easy target of attack.

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00:00 Intro to the King's Indian Defense (KID)
01:51 Good things about KID opening setup
03:11 Interesting sideline: 6...Bg4
04:23 Play the mysterious Nfd7
05:41 If White protects the pawn with d5
06:58 Trap with the poisoned pawn (knight fork)
07:50 KID setup in different move orders
08:58 If White protects the pawn with Be3
09:43 If White en passants with dxe6
10:36 Strongest variation for White
11:54 Sudden attacking idea for you
13:46 Bring your rook into the attack
14:58 Conclusion: Surprise your opponents
15:21 Puzzle: Can you find the winning continuation?

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[TheAnshuman]

Puzzle: Qxg3 and if hxg3, then g5 followed by Rh6#. So the queen can't be captured and black won a knight for free.

[namedperson]

It's funny that my main repertoires as black are Pirc and Stafford, with Kings Gambit as the white main repertoire. Thank you Igor for making me suck less at chess.

[kalelpi]

Igor, can you do a dedicated video on playing against the Kings Indian defense as white ? Thanks !

[AkshayParulekar-cmhx]

You are really good teacher.
I fixed my opening repertoire by watching your videos.
It's not just for blitz and rapid but also for classical.

Now I want to advance my technical knowledge in middle game and endgame.

Will you please make those kind of videos?
Like,
1. Middle game planning
2. Attacking Techniques
3. Attacking castled king
4. Basic & Advance level Defence
5. Art of Defence
6. Pawn chain
7. Converting extra pawn into win
8. Basic and most occuring endgames & techniques
9. Rarely occuring endgames
10. Calculation techniques
11. Evaluation of the position

Thanks

[GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters

00:00 Intro to the King's Indian Defense (KID)
01:51 Good things about KID opening setup
03:11 Interesting sideline: 6...Bg4
04:23 Play the mysterious Nfd7
05:41 If White protects the pawn with d5
06:58 Trap with the poisoned pawn (knight fork)
07:50 KID setup in different move orders
08:58 If White protects the pawn with Be3
09:43 If White en passants with dxe6
10:36 Strongest variation for White
11:54 Sudden attacking idea for you
13:46 Bring your rook into the attack
14:58 Conclusion: Surprise your opponents
15:21 Puzzle: Can you find the winning continuation?

[dancu]

A lot of thanks for making and sharing your video!!

[lastsonofkrypton]

Thank you, Igor! I recently picked up the Pirc+KID and was looking for more information on the less theory intensive sidelines after ...Bg4 and this was exactly the level of detail and depth I needed.

Subscribed because you are the man!

[josephsalmonte]

I've just started experimenting with The King's Indian so great timing 🙂

[dimifisher]

Wow man, didn't imagine you can do so much damage with Kings Indian so early, thanx!

[SteveJ-kzee]

Great work, helped me finally beat the Caro in an OTB game 👍

[davidholgerson]

Excellent video! I’ve been looking to learn the King’s Indian more and this is a fascinating idea! Thanks!

[stolenhandle]

Really needed to see this today. Thank you so much for the time you take and the quality of your teaching. Very much appreciated!

[louischarley]

6:12 What if en passant dxe6, I can't calculate it but it looks dubious/scary and bad for black

Edit:(
I should never have doubted you Igor, you covered it, just in a transposition. Legend
)

I think everyone above 500 would probs play en passant dxe6 as the most natural move but I may be wrong...


Sure you take the bishop, they develop your queen, they are still attacking your knight, aight with an ok discovered attack for you... But no way I'd play this unless I'd spent an hour calculating 8 moves further

[michaele.]

Long overdue for me to whatch and learn, played the Kings indian a lot, without great theoretical knowledge, this really fills the gap, thann you!

[supersoniclion]

Puzzle at 15:30: Qxg3 hxg3 Rh6#, so the k night is free.

[RayaanVivaan]

nice opening and explanation now I am ready for my tomorrow's tournament to beat d4 players!

[upendergupta]

U are my one of the favourite chess youtuber 🥰🥰

[khinkyawhtwe]

If Queen moves to a4 to take knight, c pawns is safe. No chance to jump another knight. Only can apply if opponent mades mistakes. Correct, my great teacher, igor?

[ROBLOX_DIAGNOSTICS]

Answer,

Q×g3 h×g3, g5

And White can't stop Rh6#

[LokangoFreewar]

15:35 Qxg3 ; hxg3 ; g5 and unstoppable anastasia mate