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page 1 of 228; games 1-25 of 5,678  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Vidmar vs Tartakower   1-0 50 1917 Vienna E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 2. Rubinstein vs Reti ½-½ 32 1919 Stockholm E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 3. Alekhine vs Yates 0-1 50 1923 Karlsbad E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 4. J Bernstein vs Yates   1-0 89 1923 Karlsbad E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 5. J Bernstein vs G A Thomas   1-0 45 1923 Karlsbad E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 6. Alekhine vs F H Stirling ½-½ 33 1923 Simul, 37b E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 7. Alekhine vs Reti 1-0 44 1924 New York E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 8. Colle vs K Behting   1-0 48 1924 Paris Unofficial Olympiad prel-4 E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 9. N Zubarev vs A Rabinovich   1-0 31 1925 USSR Championship E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 10. A G Conde vs J H Morrison   1-0 48 1925 Scarborough-01 Premier A E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 11. G A Thomas vs Yates ½-½ 67 1925 Marienbad E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 12. G Fontein vs Euwe   0-1 50 1925 ASC-DD E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 13. Alekhine vs N E Schwartz 1-0 54 1926 Simul, 28b E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 14. Gruenfeld vs Gilg   1-0 46 1926 Semmering E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 15. Gruenfeld vs Yates   1-0 74 1926 Semmering E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 16. Rubinstein vs M Bluemich 1-0 80 1926 Dresden E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 17. M Monticelli vs Yates 1-0 51 1926 Budapest 1st FIDE Masters E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 18. Reti vs Yates   0-1 39 1927 Hastings 1926/27 E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 19. Gruenfeld vs K Kullberg   1-0 37 1927 Kecskemet E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 20. K Ruben vs J W te Kolste   0-1 36 1927 London Olympiad E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 21. S Landau vs Reti   0-1 32 1927 Match E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 22. B Lichtenstein vs Kmoch   ½-½ 29 1928 Vienna E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 23. J Rejfir vs A Vajda   0-1 30 1928 The Hague Olympiad E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 24. A Muffang vs Giulio De Nardo   1-0 33 1928 The Hague Olympiad E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 25. L Abramavicius vs A Simonson   0-1 37 1933 Folkestone Olympiad E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto  page 1 of 228; games 1-25 of 5,678

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Mar-06-04    Bartleby: I study the gambit lines of the Four Pawns Attack for slash-and-burn complications, but for pure solidity, I regularly fall back on this white setup vs. the King's Indian (also known as the Russian variation). Nice opening of the day choice. Dec-24-08    MontyChesson: MCO gives the classical main line of the king's indian fianchetto variation to be: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 Nf3 d6 5 g3 0-0 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.0-0 e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3. However, there is no explanation. Can someone please explain to me why Black plays 8...c6? Doesn't it just weaken the d6 pawn? Wouldn't Re8 or a6 be better? Thanks. Dec-25-08    blacksburg: 1. MCO is garbage. if you want to play a line as sharp as the KID, you need a specialist's book. 2. note that 9.h3 stops ...Ng4 in preparation for Be3. 3. Tal's comment on 8...c6, from game 6 of the 1960 match - "This is the most flexible. Black does not object to the blockading of the center, since, in this case, his knight will get a comfortable post on c5 and besides that, if there is a closed center, he is free to develop play on the kingside by withdrawing his knight from f6 to e8 or h5. The immediate capture on d4 gives white a well known edge and more freedom of play in the center and on the kingside." <Doesn't it just weaken the d6 pawn?> yes, and black should be prepared to sac this pawn in some lines. i think kasparov said that you shouldn't play the KID unless you're comfortable being down a pawn. <Wouldn't Re8 or a6 be better?> Re8 makes it more beneficial for white to close the center. after d5, black's rook wishes it was on f8 to support ...f5 break. a6 is an idea in some KID lines, but i don't think it accomplishes anything here, unless you have a specific idea. Dec-25-08    blacksburg: also, note that in this system, if black plays ...Nc5 as Tal describes above, black also usually wants to play ...a5 to stop b4, so ...a6 would be a wasted tempo. Dec-25-08    MontyChesson: <blacksburg> Thanks, that was very helpful.

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