Beware of the KID...Do not play the Samis...Oh too late!
O Jakobsen vs G Guseinov, 2006  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 24 moves, 0-1
Storming into the Trenches.
Shamkovich vs Bronstein, 1971  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 56 moves, 0-1
Good Enough to Join the KID Gang
J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2003  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1
Kill the KID Killer!
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (E92) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
Knights-Sweep
Seirawan vs J Polgar, 1993  (E77) King's Indian, 28 moves, 0-1
Extinction of KID Exchange
D Olafsson vs H Danielsen, 2006 (E92) King's Indian, 35 moves, 0-1
Arm the Bishops and Fire!
Romanishin vs Petrosian, 1976  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 74 moves, 0-1
Fianchetto the Queen to Activate!
R Goode vs Petrosian, 1954  (E70) King's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1
Develop and Win Against the 4 Pawns...
R G Wade vs Petrosian, 1954  (E77) King's Indian, 55 moves, 0-1
Gain Space on the Queenside and Attack Down the Kingside
B Andersen vs Petrosian, 1960  (E88) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6, 29 moves, 0-1
White Fianchettoed the Bishop So Evacuate the Queenside
Najdorf vs Petrosian, 1966  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 74 moves, 0-1
Pounding the Petrosian
Zaw Win Lay vs J Ye, 1999  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 33 moves, 0-1
Bend the Bayonet
Kramnik vs Smirin, 2002  (E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
Dynamic Play Against the Fianchetto
C Adrian vs Smirin, 1991 (A15) English, 23 moves, 0-1
Another Way to Fight the Petrosian
B Pytel vs Smirin, 1991 (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 31 moves, 0-1
Pounding the Petrosian Encore
R Lev vs Smirin, 1992 (E92) King's Indian, 35 moves, 0-1
Neutralize the Fianchetto
R Bjerke vs Smirin, 1994 (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 32 moves, 0-1
A Line Long Dead
Bronstein vs Smirin, 1994  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 35 moves, 0-1
Checkm8... the KID style.
G Michelakis vs Kotronias, 1996  (E88) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6, 38 moves, 0-1
The KID's Grand-dad
Kazhgaleyev vs V Akopian, 2006  (A53) Old Indian, 59 moves, 0-1
Classical KID without White's Queenside Counterplay
Ivanchuk vs Radjabov, 2002  (E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 37 moves, 0-1
...Nh4...g4...Nxg2!
S Yuferov vs Kasparov, 1978  (E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 59 moves, 0-1
Control of the g1-a7 diagonal
J Piket vs Kasparov, 1989  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 28 moves, 0-1
Black provoked White's Queenside Self-destruction.
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1991  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 31 moves, 0-1
Busting the g4 Classical.
R Almond vs R Paramos, 2005 (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 29 moves, 0-1
Demolish the g4 Classical, again!
I Constantineau vs E Bannon, 2001 (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 52 moves, 0-1
When Bc8 is Bait
B Simic vs J Langreck, 1997  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 33 moves, 0-1
...Bh3...Nh4-g2...Nh4-f3
Gelfand vs B Kantsler, 2001  (E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 34 moves, 0-1
Every Outpost can be Over-run
R Djurhuus vs A Sousa, 2006 (E77) King's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
Whole Board Action.
M Illescas vs Radjabov, 2005  (A62) Benoni, Fianchetto Variation, 43 moves, 0-1
L Garcia vs S Thomson, 2005  (E90) King's Indian, 31 moves, 0-1
No Compromise
Browne vs Benjamin, 1980  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 41 moves, 0-1
Orthodox KID against Saemisch.
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1993  (E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 27 moves, 0-1
...Na6!
D Quinn vs A Muratet Casadevall, 2006 (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 54 moves, 0-1
Another way to Benko the Samisch
A Iljushin vs E Inarkiev, 2002  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 47 moves, 0-1
Method to play the Bayonet Attack. Note: 17...c5!
Nakamura vs E Inarkiev, 2003  (E97) King's Indian, 45 moves, 0-1
Ne1 allows ...Nc5, when Bg5 is useless
G Danner vs E Inarkiev, 2005 (E92) King's Indian, 43 moves, 0-1
Benko the KID in the MIDDLEGAME!
Nyback vs E Inarkiev, 2006 (E92) King's Indian, 40 moves, 0-1
...h5...h4...h3
Gulko vs Kasparov, 1995  (E92) King's Indian, 44 moves, 0-1
A way to play the Exchange
J Trevelyan vs J Radovanovic, 2006 (E92) King's Indian, 40 moves, 0-1
Nice ending Kingside Attack
Larsen vs Fischer, 1971  (E97) King's Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
Typical Kingside Attack Even in Fianchetto Variation.
S K Bru vs Movsesian, 2001  (A16) English, 36 moves, 0-1
Keeping an eye on the Queenside
Furman vs Browne, 1975  (E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 56 moves, 0-1
How to deal with this Bf4 e3 anti-KID
Z Sturua vs Kasparov, 1977  (A48) King's Indian, 45 moves, 0-1
Creative setup against 4 Pawns
V Veremeichik vs Kasparov, 1978  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 41 moves, 0-1
A creative twist to a traditional setup against 4 pawns.
V Artsukevich vs Korchnoi, 1953  (E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 24 moves, 0-1
How to play against the Gligoric
Sasikiran vs Kasimdzhanov, 2002  (E92) King's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1
A spectacular way to combat the Gligoric
Sasikiran vs Topalov, 2007  (E92) King's Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
Bf4, e4-e5, Bh6-g5-f6, Qf4, Ng5, h4, g4, Re4, h5, Rh1
N Ioseliani vs J Xie, 2001  (A16) English, 35 moves, 1-0
How to combat the Yugoslav
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Onischuk vs Shulman, 1995  (E73) King's Indian, 48 moves, 0-1
The KID way to combat the London
V Mladenovic vs A Brkic, 2001  (A48) King's Indian, 44 moves, 0-1
More Radja KID Bayonet Goodness
Van Wely vs Radjabov, 2007  (E97) King's Indian, 36 moves, 0-1
A Good Way to Fight the Fianchetto
G B Hanssen vs B Svanholm, 2007 (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 41 moves, 0-1
The Lifegiving game to the classic KID mainline.
Taimanov vs Najdorf, 1953  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 43 moves, 0-1
A la Bronstein's games
L'Ami vs M Bosboom, 2008  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 37 moves, 0-1
Busting out all the thematic ideas against the Fianchetto
C Foisor vs H Isgenderova, 2008 (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 31 moves, 0-1
Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 33 moves, 0-1
A nice win to illustrate the dangers of the Panno...for Black.
X Bu vs Zvjaginsev, 2008  (E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 27 moves, 1-0
...g5-g4 initiating total light square control
Vaganian vs Mecking, 2008  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 37 moves, 0-1
The snapping of the Bayonet
Shirov vs Radjabov, 2007  (E97) King's Indian, 47 moves, 0-1
Traditional KID against the Saemisch.
Y Wang vs I Cheparinov, 2007  (E87) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 54 moves, 0-1
Not so innocuous after all, huh?
Y Wang vs Radjabov, 2008  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 62 moves, 1-0
Exchange not granted
Koneru vs M Hebden, 2002  (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 34 moves, 1-0
The power of the first move in symmetrical fianchetto
A Baburin vs Nunn, 2006  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 30 moves, 1-0
Instructive use of Knights via pawn deflections.
Korchnoi vs J Qi, 1985 (E60) King's Indian Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
Dealing with h2-h3: late ...e7-e5 (NOTE final position)
V Kukov vs V Spasov, 2008  (E90) King's Indian, 20 moves, 0-1
Radja's impressively creative win in the Saemisch
Sasikiran vs Radjabov, 2008  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 51 moves, 0-1
How to defend against the Saemisch
M Dekker vs W Lorenzana, 2008 (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 43 moves, 0-1
A Yusupov vs Van Wely, 2008  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 52 moves, 0-1
Classical Mainline against the Fianchetto
Tukmakov vs M Golubev, 2006 (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 34 moves, 0-1
One wrongly invested tempo transforms win to loss.
A Beliavsky vs M Golubev, 2006 (E97) King's Indian, 50 moves, 1-0
KID attack without the Light Squared Bishop
J Werle vs F Vallejo Pons, 2009  (E97) King's Indian, 31 moves, 0-1
Does extra move count in the Symmetrical Fianchetto Yugoslav
J Houska vs D Dimitrijevic, 2009 (E66) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno, 43 moves, 1-0
Stopping the attack in its track
F Berkes vs I Krush, 2009 (E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 64 moves, 1-0
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