Selected Openings 59 King’s Indian Attack

The King’s Indian Attack is not a Specific Opening Variation. It’s a Universal system of development for White which starts with 1.Nf3, 2.g3, 3.Bg2, 4.0-0, 5.d3, 6.Nbd2, 7.e4 etc. This Opening system could be adopted against French Defence, Sicilian Defence, Caro-Kan Defence, Queen’s Indian and Dutch Defence. The King’s Indian Attack is very easy to play and a very unique weapon in Opening Repertoire. 
King’s Indian Attack against French Defence
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0


(a)    1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 b6?! 9.e5 Nd7 10.Nf1 Bb7 11.h4 Qc7? 12.Bf4 b5 13.N1h2 d4? 14.Ng5! h6 15.Qh5! hxg5 16.hxg5 Rfb8 17.Ng4 Nf8 18.Nf6+! Bxf6 19.exf6 e5 20.Bd5! Re8 21.g6 Nd8 22.gxf7+           1-0    Dvoretsky-Damsky, 1969
(b)    1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 Qc7 9.Qe2 b5 10.e5 Nd7 11.Nf1 a5 12.h4 b4 13.Bf4 Ba6 14.Ne3 a4 15.b3 Ra7 16.h5 Rfa8 17.h6 g6 18.Nxd5!! exd5 19.e6 Qd8 20.exf7+ Kh8 (20...Kf8 21.Ng5! Bxg5 22.Bxg5 Qxg5 23.Qe8+ +- ; 20...Kxf7 21.Qe6+ Kf8 22.Ng5! Bxg5 23.Bd6+ Be7 24.Bxd5 +- )21.Ne5 Ncxe5 22.Qxe5! Bf6 (22...Nxe5 23.Bxe5+ Bf6 24.Bxf6+ Qxf6 25.Re8+ +-)23.Qe8+ Nf8 24.Be5! Qb6 25.Bxd5 Rc8 26.Be6 ( Batter was 26.Re3! & 27.Rf3 )26...Bxe5 27.Bxc8 Bd6 28.Bxa6 Rxa6 29.bxa4 Ra7 30.Re6 Qc7 31.Rae1 c4 32.Rxd6! Qxd6 33.Re6    1-0    Vasiukov-Uhlmann,1962

(c)    1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.0-0 Qc7 8.Re1 0-0 9.e5 Nd7 10.Qe2 b5 11.h4 a5 12.Nf1 a4 13.a3 b4 14.Bf4 bxa3 15.bxa3 Ba6 16.Ne3 Rfe8? 17.Nxd5! exd5 18.e6 Qc8 19.exf7+! Kxf7 20.Qe6+ Kf8 21.Ng5 Bxg5 22.Bd6+ Be7 23.Bxd5       1-0    Dvoretsky-Yusupov,1987

(d)    1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 Qc7 9.e5 Nd7 10.Qe2 b5 11.h4 a5 12.Nf1 Nd4?! 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Bf4 Ra6!? 15.Nh2!? Rc6 16.Rac1 Ba6? 17.Bxd5! exd5 18.e6 Qd8 19.exd7 Re6 20.Qg4! f5 21.Qh5 Qxd7 22.Nf3 g6 23.Qh6 Bf6 24.Rxe6 Qxe6 25.Be5!! Bxe5 26.Re1 f4!? 27.Rxe5 Qd7 28.h5! fxg3 29.hxg3! gxf2+ 30.Kxf2  hxg  31.Qxg6+ Kh8 32.Rh5+   1-0   Fisher-Geller, 1968

(e)    1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.e5 Nd7 9.Re1 b5 10.Nf1 b4 11.h4 a5 12.Bf4 a4 13.a3! bxa3 14.bxa3 Na5?! (14...Nd4!?)15.Ne3 Ba6 16.Bh3 d4 17.Nf1 Nb6 18.Ng5 Nd5 19.Bd2 Bxg5 20.Bxg5 Qd7 21.Qh5 Rfc8 22.Nd2 Nc3 23.Bf6! Qe8 24.Ne4 g6 25.Qg5! Nxe4 26.Rxe4 c4 27.h5! cxd4 28.Rh4 Ra7 29.Bg2!! dxc2? ( Better was 29...Qf8)30.Qh6 Qf8 31.Qxh7+!       1-0        (31...Kxh7 32.hxg6++ Kxg6 33.Be4# )             Fisher-Magmasuren, 1967

(f)    1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.0-0 Nge7 8.Re1 0-0 9.e5! Qc7 10.Qe2 a5 11.h4 h6 12.Nf1 a4 13.a3 b5 14.N1h2 b4 15.Bf4 Kh7 16.  Ng8 17.c4! bxc4 18.bxc4 Ba6 19.c4! dxc4 20.dxc4 Rab8 21.h5! Kh8 22.hxg6 fxg6 23.Nf6! Nge7 24. Rad1 Rbd8 25.Rd6! Bb7 26.Rxe6 Nd4 27.Nxd4 cxd4 28.Qd3 Bxg2 29.Kxg2 Rf7 30.Rh1! Nf5 31.g4 Qb7+ 32.Kg1 Ne3 33.Bxe3 Qf3 34.Qxg6 Bxf6 35.Rxh6+    1-0       Dvoretsky-Ubilava, 1979
King’s Indian Attack against Sicilian Defence
(g)    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4!? cxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.0-0 Ne7 10.Qd6! Qa5 11.Bd2!? Qe5 12.Qxe5 Bxe5 13.Bc3 Bxc3 14.Nxc3 d5 15.Na4 Rb8 16.b3 0-0 17.f4 Rd8? 18.Rfd1 h6 19.c4 g5 20.Rd4! gxf4 21.gxf4 Ng6 22.exd5 exd5 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.Nc3! Be6 25.Rad1 Kg7 26.Nxd5 Bxd5 27.Bxd5 +  Dvoretsky-Filipovic,1980
(h)    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0-0 Nge7 7.c3 0-0 8.d4 d6 9.dxc5! dxc5 10.Qe2 b6 11.e5 a5 12.Re1 Ba6 13.Qe4 Ra7 14.Nbd2 Bd3 15.Qh4 Nd5 16.Qxd8 Rxd8 17.a4! Rad7 18.Bf1! Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Nde7 20.Nc4 Nc8 21.Bg5 N6e7 22.Nfd2 h6 23.Bxe7 Rxe7 24.Ra3! Rc7 25.Rb3 Rc6 26.Ne4 Bf8 27.Ke2 Be7 28.f4 Kf8 29.g4 Ke8 30.Rf1 Rd5 31.Rf3 Rd8 32.Rh3 Bf8 33.Nxa5! Rc7 34.Nc4 Ra7 35.Nxb6 Nxb6 36.Rxb6 Rda8 37.Nf6+ Kd8 38.Rc6 Rc7 39.Rd3+ Kc8 40.Rxc7+ Kxc7 41.Rd7+ Kc6 42.Rxf7    1-0         Fisher-Durao, 1966
(i)    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 Nge7 5.h4!? d5 6.Nbd2 h6 7.h5!? b6?! (7...e5!) 8.Bg2 dxe4 9.dxe4 Ba6 10.Bf1! Bb7 11.c3! g5 12.hxg6 Nxg6 13.Rh5! Qd7 14.Qc2 0-0-0 15.Be2 Bg7 16.Nc4f6?!(Better was 16...Kb8)  17.a4! Qf7 18.a5! Nf4 19.Bxf4! Qxh5 20.Nh4 Qf7 21.axb6 e5 22.Be3 Bf8 23.bxa7 Kc7 24.Qb3 Ba8 25.Bg4   1-0                           Mortensen-Lindburg, 1998
(j)    1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 Nge7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 e5 9.a3 a5?! 10.a4! d6 11.Na3 h6 12.Nd2! Be6 13.Nb5 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nc4 Ra6? 16.Qe2 Re8 17.Be3 Bf8 18.Bd2! f6 19.f4! Bf7 20.Qf2 Qd7 21.Rad1 Nb6? 22.Nxb6 Rxb6 23.Be3! Bb3 24.Bxc5 Bxd1 25.Bxb6 Bxa4 26.Nc7! Re7 27.Nd5!    1-0      Bologan- Firmian,2002
King’s Indian Attack against Caro –Kan Defence
(k)    1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 e5 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.0-0 Nf6 6.Nbd2 0-0 7.e4 Re8 8.b3 a5 9.Bb2!? Nbd7 10.a4! Qc7 11.Re1 d4?! 12.c3! dxc3 13.Bxc3 b6 14.Nc4 Bb4? 15.Bxb4 axb4 16.d4! exd4 17.Nxd4 Bb7 18.Nf5! Re6 19.Qd2 c5 20.Ncd6! Ne8 21.Nxb7!          1-0  Buchal-Treffert, 1988
(l)    1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.Ngf3 Bg7 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nbd7 10.Qe2 dxe4? 11.dxe4 Qc7 12.a4 Rad8 13.Nb3 b6 14.Be3 c5 15.a5 e5 16.Nd2! Ne8?! 17.axb6 axb6 18.Nb1! Qb7 19.Nc3 Nc7 20.Nb5 Qc6 21.Nxc7 Qxc7 22.Qb5 Ra8 23.c3 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 Rb8 25.Ra6 Bf8 26.Bf1! Kg7 27.Qa4 Rb7 28.Bb5 Nb8 29.Ra8 Bd6 30.Qd1! Nc6 31.Qd2! h5 32.Bh6+ Kh7 33.Bg5 Rb8 34.Rxb8 Nxb8 35.Bf6 Nc6 36.Qd5 Na7 37.Be8! Kg8 38.Bxf7+ Qxf7 39.Qxd6 1-0 Fisher-Ibrahimoglu, 1970

King’s Indian Attack against ....Bf5 system
(m)    1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.0-0 Bf5 5.d3 h6 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Qe1 Bh7 8.e4 Be7 9.Ne5!? Nbd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.f4 0-0 12.Kh1 a5 13.g4 a4?! 14.a3!? Bh4? 15.Qe2 dxe4 16.dxe4 Nc5 17.Nc4! b5 18.Ne5 Qc7 19.g5! Bxg5 20.fxg5 Qxe5 21.Bf4! Qxb2 22.Bd6 Qc3 23.gxh6! Rfd8 24.Rad1 Bg6 25.hxg7 Kxg7 26.e5! Kh6? 27.Qf2! Ne4 28.Qh4+ Kg7 29.Bxe4 Kg8 30.Bxg6 fxg6 31.Qf6 Qxc2 32.Qxe6+ Kh8 33.Rd4      1-0                                  Vaganian-Comp.Centaur, 1996              

King’s Indian Attack against ....Bg4 system
(n)    1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.0-0 Bg4 5.d3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.e4 Be7 9.Qe2 0-0 10.Re1 dxe4 11.dxe4 e5 12.b3 Qc7 13.Bb2 Rfe8 14.Qf1 Rad8 15.a3 b5 16.Bc3 Bf8 17.Nh4 Nc5 = Karpov-Anand,1998

King’s Indian Attack against Queen’s Indian Defence
(o) 
   1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.0-0 e6 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2  Nbd7! 7.Qe1!? g6!? 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4!? Nxe4 10.dxe4 Ba6? 11.Qc3! Bxf1 12.Qxh8 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Qf6 14.Qxh7 0-0-0? 15.Bg5! Qxb2 16.Bxd8 Qxa1 17.Qxf7! Kxd8 18.Ng5! Qxa2 19.Nxe6+ Kc8 20.Qe8+ Kb7 21.Qxd7 Bd6 22.Nd8+! Ka6 23.Qc6 Qa5 24.c4! Qc5 25.Qa4+ Qa5 26.Qd7! b5 27.Qc8+ Kb6 28.Qb7+ Qc5 29.Qd5+     1-0    Kaplan-Salamenca, 1973

King’s Indian Attack against Dutch Defence
(p)
    1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.d3 0-0 6.e4 d6 7.Nc3 fxe4 8.dxe4 e5 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Kh8 11.h3 Be6 12.Rad1 Qd7 13.Ng5 Bc4 14.Rfe1 h6 15.Nf3 g5 16.h4! g4 17.Nh2 Ng8 18.Nd5 Nd4 19.Bxd4!? exd4 20.Nf4 Bf7? 21.Qa5! c5 22.Nxg4! b6 23.Qa3 Be5 24.Nxe5 dxe5 25.Nd3 Rae8 26.c3 Bh5 27.Rd2 Qg7 28.cxd4 cxd4 29.Rc2! Bf3 30.Bh3 Nf6 31.Bf5 Nh5 32.Kh2! Rxf5 33.exf5  e4 34.Qd6! Nf6 35.Rc7 exd3 36.Rxg7 Kxg7 37.Rxe8            1-0           Tal-Pohla, 1977