5/12/2022 – The King's Indian is a very straight-forward, aggressive opening. Basically, Black builds up a system in the first couple of moves, and once it is set up, the attacking begins! White tries to counter on the queenside, in most cases. But please take a look at it all for yourself in this episode of "Svitlana's Smart Moves".
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Svitlana's Smart Moves - Episode 38
With Svitlana Demchenko and Arne Kaehler
Svitlana Demchenko is an 18-year-old, Canadian WIM and chess coach. Here and now, she will teach us plenty of smart moves on the board, ranging from tactics, strategies, openings, and anything else chess related. In the process, I'm happy to be available as a student at club player level, and pester the Women's International Master with questions. Anyone who wants to strengthen their chess skills is welcome to watch, and actively replay the positions from the video, on our chessboard.
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.Nf30-06.Be2e57.0-0Nc68.d5Ne79.Ne1Nd710.f3f511.Be3f412.Bf2g513.Nd3Ng614.c5Nf615.Rc1Rf716.Kh1h517.cxd6cxd618.Nb5Both players are following their plans: White plays on the
queenside to create some weaknesses and Black attacks his opponent's king as
fast as possible.a619.Na3Nb5!Black avoids the Nc4-b6 maneuver.19...g4?20.Nc4g321.Bb620.Rc6g421.Qc2Qf821...g3!?
was also possible,22.Bb622.hxg3?fxg323.Bxg3h424.Bf2Nh5
with a strong attack.22...Qf821...Ne722.Bb6Qd723.Rc7Qe822.Rc1Bd723.Rc7?23.Nb4!was better, to tempt BlackBxc6?24.dxc6±with a strong compensation.23...Bh623...g324.Bb6Bh624.Be1White removes the bishop from potential g3 move with tempo.h4!
A good way to continue the attack25.fxg4?f325...Bxg426.Bxg4Nxg427.Rxf7Qxf728.Qc725...Nxe426.Bf3Ng527.Nf2∞26.gxf3Nxe4!
The best reply! Of course the bishop is more important than the c1 rook.27.Rd1?27.fxe4?Rf1+!28.Kg2Be3!29.Bxf1h3+!-+27.Nf2Nxf2+28.Bxf2Bxc129.Qxg6+Rg727...Rxf3!28.Rxd728.Bxf3Qxf3+29.Qg2Bxg4-+is completely winning.28...Rf1+!29.Kg2Be3!29...h3+
was also winning:30.Kxh3Rf2‼31.Bxf2Qxf2‼32.Nxf2Nf4+33.Kh4Bg5#30.Bg3hxg331.Rxf1Nh4+32.Kh3Qh6!White has a clear rook up, but he
can't avoid the mate.33.g5Nxg5+34.Kg434.Kxg3Nf5+35.Rxf535.Kg2Qh3+36.Kh1Ng3#35...Qh3#34...Nhf335.Nf2Qh4+36.Kf5Rf8+37.Kg6Rf6+!38.Kxf6Ne4+39.Kg6Qg5#0–1
Bologan: "If you study this DVD carefully and solve the interactive exercises you will also enrich your chess vocabulary, your King's Indian vocabulary, build up confidence in the King's Indian and your chess and win more games."
If you like Svitlana's Smart moves, you will certainly enjoy her video lectures about "Surprising your opponents with the Lazy Sicilian", her first Fritztrainer "Understanding Material Imbalances", and her brand new Fritztrainer "The Scotch Game".
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Arne KaehlerArne Kaehler, a creative mind who is passionate about board games in general, was born in Hamburg and learned to play chess at a young age. By teaching chess to youth teams and creating chess-related videos on YouTube, Arne was able to expand this passion and has even created an online course for anyone who wants to learn how to play chess. Arne writes for the English and German news sites, but focuses mainly on content for the ChessBase media channels.
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