Defending the king is a priority | Postny - Harsha | Tal memorial blitz
White player in Kings Indian knows that black's attack can look very remote, but at one point become extremely sharp. Evgeny takes a lot of measures to buy time to win the queens flank and protect king as long as possible. His Indian opponent looking for way pass through white's defences.
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Postny, Evgeny (2601)
Harsha, Bharathakoti (2486)
Event: Tal Memorial Blitz 2019
Site: Riga LAT Date: 07/18/2019
Round: 5.7 Score: 1-0
ECO: E92 King's Indian, Petrosian system, Stein variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.h3 Na6 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.Nd2 Bd7 11.b3 h6 12.Be3 c6 13.O-O Nh7 14.a3 f5 15.f3 h5 16.Rb1 f4 17.Bf2 c5 18.Nb5 Qe7 19.Qc2 g5 20.Qc3 b6 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 Nxb4 23.Rxb4 cxb4 24.Qxb4 Rf6 25.Bxb6 g4 26.fxg4 hxg4 27.Bxg4 Bxg4 28.hxg4 Rg6 29.Nf3 Ng5 30.Qe1 Nf7 31.Nc7 Rb8 32.Ba5 Rxg4 33.Ne6 Rb2 34.Rf2 Qb7 35.Kh2 Rxf2 36.Qxf2 Bf6 37.c5 dxc5 38.Qxc5 Qa8 39.Bd8 Bg7 40.Qe7 Nxd8 41.Nxd8 Qc8 42.Qf7+ Kh8 43.Qh5+ Kg8 44.Qf7+ Kh8 45.Ne6 Rg3 46.Nh4 Qc2 47.Qh5+ Kg8 48.Qe8+ Kh7 49.Qh5+ Kg8 50.d6 Qd2 51.Qe8+ Kh7 52.Qh5+ Kg8 53.Qe8+ Kh7 54.d7 f3 55.Qh5+ Bh6 56.Qf7+ Rg7 57.Nxg7 Bf4+ 58.Kh3 1-0
The Kings Indian Defense is one of the most solid defenses in chess. Black builds an extremely strong defense around his king and then looks to counter attack depending on where white’s structure is weak.
Play normally starts in the Kings Indian Defense with the moves:
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7
4. e4 d6
This defense is a hypermodern idea that allows white to control the center of the board early on while black looks to develop his minor pieces early on and move his pawns towards the center later on in the game.
Although the Kings Indian Defense is a very solid opening for black it is also very passive in the early stages and if you are a very aggressive player you will not enjoy this opening. Much like any opening in chess, though, in the middle stages of this opening will allow for many opportunities for counter play.
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