Beat 1.d4 as Black with the King's Indian Defense | Mysterious Sideline

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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov will share with you a simple and a universal chess opening that you can play as Black against the White's first move 1.d4, the Queen's Pawn Game. The opening is King's Indian Defense (KID), which arises after the opening moves: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6. It also arises in different move orders, transforming from other openings such as after 1.c4 or 1.Nf3.
You will learn an interesting sideline, 6...Bg4, which is not very known and at the same time very easy to learn. This way, you will have a great chance of surprising your opponents as you are driving them away from their opening preparation for the main variations of the KID. This variation also comes with a lot of tricks that you can use against your opponents, which works really well for blitz games.
Black's main idea behind the move 6...Bg4 is to relieve their somewhat cramped position by exchanging their light-squared bishop (by playing Bxf3), which is often relegated to a passive role in the King's Indian Defense. By exchanging this bishop for the White's f3-knight, the d4-pawn becomes an easy target of attack.
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► Chapters
00:00 Intro to the King's Indian Defense (KID)
01:51 Good things about KID opening setup
03:11 Interesting sideline: 6...Bg4
04:23 Play the mysterious Nfd7
05:41 If White protects the pawn with d5
06:58 Trap with the poisoned pawn (knight fork)
07:50 KID setup in different move orders
08:58 If White protects the pawn with Be3
09:43 If White en passants with dxe6
10:36 Strongest variation for White
11:54 Sudden attacking idea for you
13:46 Bring your rook into the attack
14:58 Conclusion: Surprise your opponents
15:21 Puzzle: Can you find the winning continuation?
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[@mpec_tv4051]

Qxg3, mate on h6 is unstoppable

[@TheAnshuman1974]

Puzzle: Qxg3 and if hxg3, then g5 followed by Rh6#. So the queen can't be captured and black won a knight for free.

[@keisuketakahashi3597]

One of the best teacher ever

[@srikanthtupurani6316]

Chess is not popular in Japan. For the first time I am seeing a Japanese commenting on a video related to chess.

[@thenateyoulove]

Love this guy

[@thenateyoulove]

@@srikanthtupurani6316 keisuke takahashi is a fictional character from a popular manga series called mf ghost. They're most likely a white boy.

[@chesslars]

​@@srikanthtupurani6316He is not Japanese

[@aryanpatel3936]

Levy 😊

[@lastsonofkrypton3918]

Thank you, Igor! I recently picked up the Pirc+KID and was looking for more information on the less theory intensive sidelines after ...Bg4 and this was exactly the level of detail and depth I needed. Subscribed because you are the man!

[@davidholgerson2642]

Excellent video! I’ve been looking to learn the King’s Indian more and this is a fascinating idea! Thanks!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 Intro to the King's Indian Defense (KID) 01:51 Good things about KID opening setup 03:11 Interesting sideline: 6...Bg4 04:23 Play the mysterious Nfd7 05:41 If White protects the pawn with d5 06:58 Trap with the poisoned pawn (knight fork) 07:50 KID setup in different move orders 08:58 If White protects the pawn with Be3 09:43 If White en passants with dxe6 10:36 Strongest variation for White 11:54 Sudden attacking idea for you 13:46 Bring your rook into the attack 14:58 Conclusion: Surprise your opponents 15:21 Puzzle: Can you find the winning continuation?

[@namedperson1436]

It's funny that my main repertoires as black are Pirc and Stafford, with Kings Gambit as the white main repertoire. Thank you Igor for making me suck less at chess.

[@kalelpi314]

Igor, can you do a dedicated video on playing against the Kings Indian defense as white ? Thanks !

[@idanglick]

what a great explanation!

[@stolenhandle]

Really needed to see this today. Thank you so much for the time you take and the quality of your teaching. Very much appreciated!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad it was helpful!

[@michaele.2583]

Long overdue for me to whatch and learn, played the Kings indian a lot, without great theoretical knowledge, this really fills the gap, thann you!

[@dominique7641]

Thank you very much for this video!

[@AkshayParulekar-cm7hx]

You are really good teacher. I fixed my opening repertoire by watching your videos. It's not just for blitz and rapid but also for classical. Now I want to advance my technical knowledge in middle game and endgame. Will you please make those kind of videos? Like, 1. Middle game planning 2. Attacking Techniques 3. Attacking castled king 4. Basic & Advance level Defence 5. Art of Defence 6. Pawn chain 7. Converting extra pawn into win 8. Basic and most occuring endgames & techniques 9. Rarely occuring endgames 10. Calculation techniques 11. Evaluation of the position Thanks

[@gayan22233]

Thanks for your valuable lesson

[@kotydragon]

Another great video, thank you!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dimifisher7942]

Wow man, didn't imagine you can do so much damage with Kings Indian so early, thanx!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Happy to help

[@thakurmmexecutivedirector8306]

Simple but Elegant !

[@josephsalmonte4995]

I've just started experimenting with The King's Indian so great timing 🙂

[@chilakashalemraju3668]

Outstanding. Thank you

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you liked it!

[@RayaanVivaan]

nice opening and explanation now I am ready for my tomorrow's tournament to beat d4 players!

[@cwesley2005]

Igor you are the best!

[@jonniriepponen6248]

Love your vids

[@nurulabsar4454]

Very nice tech to defence d4

[@upendergupta514]

U are my one of the favourite chess youtuber 🥰🥰

[@vigilantvillan1967]

Hi Igor, any thoughts on going over the Kings Indian Attack ?

[@supersoniclion5225]

Puzzle at 15:30: Qxg3 hxg3 Rh6#, so the k night is free.

[@louischarley6775]

6:12 What if en passant dxe6, I can't calculate it but it looks dubious/scary and bad for black Edit:( I should never have doubted you Igor, you covered it, just in a transposition. Legend ) I think everyone above 500 would probs play en passant dxe6 as the most natural move but I may be wrong... Sure you take the bishop, they develop your queen, they are still attacking your knight, aight with an ok discovered attack for you... But no way I'd play this unless I'd spent an hour calculating 8 moves further

[@LokangoFreewar15]

15:35 Qxg3 ; hxg3 ; g5 and unstoppable anastasia mate

[@huaguo7608]

7:40 Knight fork, anything going on if just pull back Qb1 to protect.

[@theoldworldwasbetter]

in the position at 5:31 White can defend its d4 pawn by simply pushing his e4 pawn. At which point, even if you manage to come out even or with an additional pawn, you end up with a completely messed up pawn structure

[@ishanwarudkar1217]

But u get an extra pawn. BTW excellent video

[@mahendrashukla3899]

What happens when you play e5 to protect the knight and white does in-passante ?

[@tengkuzaril1754]

How about white fianchettoed his Bishop like Reti opening?How to continue?Is it same?

[@sifathasan7360]

6:20 when you play pawn to E5 what happens if your opponent el passant you..!! Pls help..

[@JabarFarahi]

Q takes g3 Knight. if h takes Queen, then g5 and Rook h6 mate.

[@quietmoves8857]

1...Qxg3 2. Hxg3 g5

[@khinkyawhtwe8603]

If Queen moves to a4 to take knight, c pawns is safe. No chance to jump another knight. Only can apply if opponent mades mistakes. Correct, my great teacher,igor?

[@wyscigowa_yt.8232]

what is that chessboard?

[@Sam07989]

Mr. Smirnov, can this be used against e4 and let’s say we start with d6 like the Pirc Defense. Can the same theme be followed theoretically?

[@sweatplayz6925]

It’s true

[@susznie9418]

Queen sacrifice, g5 Rh6

[@nicovanderwilt7502]

Sounds like i play the right way 😁 this standard agaist d and c4. C5 against e4.

[@michaelgreen7002]

Does this KID variation have a name?

[@TITOTYNM]

Answer, Q×g3 h×g3, g5 And White can't stop Rh6#

[@playandlearnwithichu2876]

the answer of that puzzle is .........Qg3 hg3 g5 there is no good way to stop Rh6 mate. Great puzzle

[@Janto001]

What if white plays an early prophylactic 5…h6? Which you may get if you always play Bg4.

[@lastsonofkrypton3918]

Your long term plans then are different, you fianchetto your bishop on g2, Nbd7 and plan to push the c5 at opportune moment :)

[@difri84]

6:10 isn't the most natural move for the white to take en passant the e pawn?

[@thenameicantfind]

yes ;-;

[@thenameicantfind]

but he covers en passant in the video later

[@unlucky9515]

You can also go king's indian in vs e4 but u need to go d6 first so pawn can't push the knight

[@pola_behr]

that's not king's indian that's pirc

[@perfectnight999]

7:41 10:44

[@neskender]

Pawn to E5 to "fix" black knight ( 6.20 )? But he can play en passant?

[@ronniereyes397]

Question: What if they push pawn to h3 before you can put the white square bishop to g4. What's the plan for bishop?

[@muhammedga7303]

You can fianchetto the light squared bishop by pushing the b pawn

[@ogunronbitaiwofisayo6085]

F5 would be interesting

[@chessforarabs3099]

Very nice ...thank you But what if white play 5.h3 Preventing 6. ...Bg4

[@muhammedga7303]

Hey, did you figure that out? I'm also having trouble with that

[@CantaloupeWater]

6:13 What if e.p?

[@mustaphakassab3943]

That is great , I have never played king's indian defence but after this lesson I'm going to do . Thanks Igor 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 .

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Great!

[@rajathegreat1936]

What if white enpassant nd takes d6

[@ZonaTechnology]

Before playing ...Bg4 what if white played h3.

[@gabrielknight553]

qxg3 and if the pawn xg3 ....g5 is unavoiable checkus matus...rh5

[@emjhaybondoc2477]

Qxg3 follow by g5 and then Rh6

[@AngeloGene]

Extremely late... But the tactic solution is Queen takes knight on g3, pawn takes Queen, then black plays g5 making way for a checkmate with the rook?

[@hans1559]

Queen takes g3, after take back g5 and mates on h6

[@LordiuSB]

I'm curious, how different is this to the Grünfeld?

[@merimackara]

"never have to worry about king safety" i came here because i always get attacked and cant defend it

[@scottysutherland3568]

Work on keeping your pieces connected to each other (defending each other) as you also attempt to make space progress on the board with pawns and minors.

[@HighLigerBimBam]

Good video, but: Would rather play any other line than this, literally throwing away your game. If you are white and want to crush black here play 10. gxf3 instead of Bxf3 in the main line. You can than attack with h4-h5-hxg6 followed by Bh6. If black plays h5 to prevent your plan just go for f4-f5. Black has no counterplay and suffers until he is dead. Btw. engine eval is +3 (literally a piece up) with the move and plan i suggested.

[@rickwilliams8934]

I think Qxg3 hxg3, g5 intending Rg6.

[@srikanthtupurani6316]

Is it true that short term memory plays an important role in chess. I believe that short term memory helps. When I see chess players explaining their game without looking at the chess board I feel surprised. Can people who can memorise 70000 digits of pi have the potential to play chess like world Champions. Suresh sharma, rajan mahadevan two from my country memorised 70000 digits of pi. When I am solving puzzles I am facing little discomfort when I try to manipulate the chess board in my mind. I am loosing track of things.

[@sherazkamran642]

dont think too much. its just moves and attacking and plans.

[@utsavaryal2850]

A4

[@sohailaslam0344]

What if white takes enpassent our pawn

[@markp4609]

6:13 why no en passant?

[@romaldeyarban3604]

E5 pawn capture in pasant 😅

[@azumkyo]

Pawn to e5 is gonna get enpassant

[@Mnsukesh]

Queen takes knight, a Pawan move , checkmate

[@shreyash3146]

White can Play Rc1 And Ng1 Instead Of Be3

[@nicovanderwilt7502]

6:35 en passant

[@kuncogopuncog0]

and black is doomed... yeah.

[@Salivalis]

Nxe6

[@DudzTravelVlog]

Its look like pirc def..

[@namedperson1436]

They are the same, but with different move order

[@JacksonSkeen]

Tarjet

[@ilirtanku9722]

90 %of players i play open with 1 e4

[@Janto001]

That changes as you progress…

[@TheModeratorz]

Just play the pirc, same thing :p

[@muhammedga7303]

Play The Scandinavian Defense, it does wonders

[@romylabuson7608]

Hello, can you turn off your translation? Thanks

[@korekgas8718]

6:20 if white use En passant. It will be dissaster for black. Lose pieces.

[@SomethingLegit1]

dxe6, Nxf3+ Qxf3 fxe6 is completely fine for black.

[@fredvomjupiter8849]

Queen takes, Pawn moves, rook checkmates

[@Bombvlog]

Queen take the knight

[@roshiroshi1240]

Very nice to play against an opponent that play only the moves you want and you as a chess master pretend not to see the other options 🤦‍♂️.

[@27_narkarmayurpramod49]

Don't use above 1700.

[@mariogaranganao7067]

Q x N

[@yalexyalex2782]

Qxg3 hxg3 g5 and that's guaranteed win.

[@njabulommthombothi3802]

Plz invite oyyasu to the tornament

[@gastontvyoutube]

How about en peasant

[@shunchkin4269]

"Your opponents will not be prepared for this sideline." - 114k views :D

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मैं सदस्य नहीं बनना चाहता हूँ।

[@Relic67]

After subscribing to one of your online classes I now have to report your emails as spam. I have received no less than a dozen emails from you in a matter of days. I just like you as a friend. It's not you. It's me. Take care.

[@stevedotg3965]

I find his email educational, but it draws time from the lessons that I purchased.

[@noorfarooq2534]

First view

[@brainmrage786]

this is bull shit , I tried it , they play g4 , he in the starting , he didn't tell that

[@Awed1b]

QXKt @ G3

[@why3185]

i like kids kings indian defense setups