Svitlana's Smart Moves - The King's Indian

by Arne Kaehler
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".
Besides in-depth theory and exciting tactical exercises in the Scotch Game, this video course also includes a bonus section on the Scotch Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Bc4), a lively variation often leading to very dynamic positions.

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.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5 11.Be3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nd3 Ng6 14.c5 Nf6 15.Rc1 Rf7 16.Kh1 h5 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nb5 Both 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. a6 19.Na3N b5! Black avoids the Nc4-b6 maneuver. 19...g4? 20.Nc4 g3 21.Bb6 20.Rc6 g4 21.Qc2 Qf8 21...g3!? was also possible, 22.Bb6 22.hxg3? fxg3 23.Bxg3 h4 24.Bf2 Nh5 with a strong attack. 22...Qf8 21...Ne7 22.Bb6 Qd7 23.Rc7 Qe8 22.Rc1 Bd7 23.Rc7? 23.Nb4! was better, to tempt Black Bxc6? 24.dxc6± with a strong compensation. 23...Bh6 23...g3 24.Bb6 Bh6 24.Be1 White removes the bishop from potential g3 move with tempo. h4! A good way to continue the attack 25.fxg4? f3 25...Bxg4 26.Bxg4 Nxg4 27.Rxf7 Qxf7 28.Qc7 25...Nxe4 26.Bf3 Ng5 27.Nf2∞ 26.gxf3 Nxe4! The best reply! Of course the bishop is more important than the c1 rook. 27.Rd1? 27.fxe4? Rf1+! 28.Kg2 Be3! 29.Bxf1 h3+!-+ 27.Nf2 Nxf2+ 28.Bxf2 Bxc1 29.Qxg6+ Rg7 27...Rxf3! 28.Rxd7 28.Bxf3 Qxf3+ 29.Qg2 Bxg4-+ is completely winning. 28...Rf1+! 29.Kg2 Be3! 29...h3+ was also winning: 30.Kxh3 Rf2‼ 31.Bxf2 Qxf2‼ 32.Nxf2 Nf4+ 33.Kh4 Bg5# 30.Bg3 hxg3 31.Rxf1 Nh4+ 32.Kh3 Qh6! White has a clear rook up, but he can't avoid the mate. 33.g5 Nxg5+ 34.Kg4 34.Kxg3 Nf5+ 35.Rxf5 35.Kg2 Qh3+ 36.Kh1 Ng3# 35...Qh3# 34...Nhf3 35.Nf2 Qh4+ 36.Kf5 Rf8+ 37.Kg6 Rf6+! 38.Kxf6 Ne4+ 39.Kg6 Qg5# 0–1
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So,W2779Nakamura,H28140–12015E99Sinquefield Cup 3rd6

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The King's Indian Attack is full of positional and tactical ideas and often an unpleasant surprise for the opponent.

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".

In just 60 minutes, you will be well-equipped with a surprise weapon, which will take most of your opponents out of book right from the start.

This DVD focuses on several types of material imbalances, such as Rook vs 2 Pieces, Queen vs 2 Rooks, and Queen vs Pieces.

Besides in-depth theory and exciting tactical exercises in the Scotch Game, this video course also includes a bonus section on the Scotch Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Bc4), a lively variation often leading to very dynamic positions.

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Arne 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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