Play Against the King's Indian Defense - GM Varuzhan Akobian - 2013.02.27

[@mitchellhodgemeyer]

GM Akobian is the best! Clear explanations of positional concepts, and practical lines to play against some sharp openings.

[@robertmcvickers5975]

Such a legend, I love his vids haha

[@tonymiller6847]

I don't usually go on these sites as I retired from competitive chess many years ago and an old student of mine is now running the local club (only negative is we all have to wear masks for OTB play and none of us older folks (especially those over 70 years old) enjoy OTB chess as much with masks on and I don't enjoy playing or studying chess on the internet , but I think this is the guy that made it tough for the top players in Southern CA (like Jackie Peters and Cyrus Lackdawala) to make a living at chess. Cyrus opted for writing about chess. I believe my best results against the KID were accomplished with the Petrosian variation although I never understood why and I hope I'm about to find out why. Why? How come? Tell me why!

[@tonymiller6847]

You just explained this system as well as Tigran himself in one of his books. (I think I own all of Petrosian's writings.) Still he lost 2 games against Bent Larson in the second Piatigorsky Cup in '69. Both great games..

[@tylerwaye632]

Akobian is a brilliant teacher.

[@gabrielshen1434]

***** Yeah. He taught at a summer camp I attended a few years back, and taught us to play the French Defense, my preferred opening ever since

[@hagartm]

That he is! ;)

[@rogermichou8654]

he was born to teach chess in perfect way

[@venkatrathnam9751]

Hooo

[@venkatrathnam9751]

Off course

[@pratikgajjar6183]

I learnt a lot from your videos, I was and still an average player, but recently won against a player of 1700 ranking, which I couldn't even imagine a month ago, before making every move, i tried to remember every tricks you taught. Thank you so much.

[@southparkninja3190]

How good r u now

[@sachinmohite9435]

Can you share your contact details please, i want to play with you

[@etovietsup1325]

Grandmaster class, never imagine I could have a plan like his.

[@HansHenrikBay]

They forgot to write what game was being analyzed, so here it is : Akobian,Varuzhan (2556) - Foygel,Igor (2438) [E61] Minneapolis HB Global op Minneapolis (3), 19.05.2005 1.d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2.c2-c4 g7-g6 3.Nb1-c3 Bf8-g7 4.Ng1-f3 0-0 5.Bc1-g5 d7-d6 6.e2-e3 Nb8-d7 7.Bf1-e2 c7-c6 8.Qd1-c2 Qd8-c7 9.0-0 e7-e5 10.Rf1-d1 Rf8-e8 11.Ra1-c1 Nd7-f8 12.b2-b4 Bc8-f5 13.Qc2-b3 Nf6-e4 14.Nc3xe4 Bf5xe4 15.d4xe5 d6xe5 16.Nf3-d2 Be4-f5 17.c4-c5 Nf8-e6 18.Bg5-h4 g6-g5 19.Bh4-g3 Ne6-f4 20.Be2-f1 Bf5-e6 21.Qb3-c2 f7-f5 22.Nd2-c4 Nf4-d5 23.e3-e4 f5-f4 24.e4xd5 c6xd5 25.Nc4-d6 Re8-f8 26.Qc2-b3 f4xg3 27.h2xg3 Ra8-d8 28.Rc1-c2 Kg8-h8 29.Rc2-d2 Bg7-f6 30.Rd2xd5 b7-b6 31.Qb3-e3 Be6xd5 32.Rd1xd5 b6xc5 33.b4xc5 Qc7-g7 34.Bf1-d3 Bf6-e7 35.Nd6-f5 Qg7-f6 36.Nf5xe7 Qf6xe7 37.Rd5xe5 Qe7-f6 38.Bd3-e2 h7-h6 39.Re5-e6 Qf6-a1+ 40.Kg1-h2 Rf8-f6 41.c5-c6 1-0

[@kpradheep8868]

-_- 🤥

[@abhisheksarkar3072]

I really like GM Akbian sir's lecture.

[@Indowaindowa]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c6 8. Nge2 a6 9. c5 dxc5 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. Nc1 Rd8 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Rd1 Re8 14. Be2 Nf8 15. Na4 Be6 16. Nb6 Rad8 17. Qc2 N6d7 18. O-O Nxb6 19. cxb6 Qe5 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. b4 Ne6 22. f4 Qb8 23. Nb3 Bh6 24. g3 Ng7 25. Bd4 Bh3 26. Rf2 Ne6 27. Bb2 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Rd8 29. Bf3 Bg7 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Rd2 f6 32. Qc3 Rxd2 33. Qxd2 Qd6 34. Qc3 h5 35. e5 fxe5 36. fxe5 Qd8 37. Qe3 Qd7 38. a4 Bf5 39. h4 Qd8 40. a5 Qg8 41. Qc3 Kh7 42. Nc5 Nd8 43. Qd2 Qf8 44. Kh2 Bc8 45. Bg2 Nf7 46. Qf4 Kg8 47. e6 Nd6 48. Qg5 Qg7 49. Nd7 Kh7 50. Ne5 Bxe6 51. Bxc6 bxc6 52. Nxc6 Qb2+ 53. Kg1 Qa1+ 54. Kf2 Qb2+ 55. Ke3 Nf5+ 56. Kd3 Qb3+ 57. Ke4 Bd5+ 58. Ke5 Bxc6 59. Qf4 Qd5# 1-0

[@bobby2ram]

GM Akobian such a wonderful teacher, his explanations simple and lucid, those extra smart guys criticising here can go somewhere else, if they dont want to appreciate the efforts

[@Idontunderstandchess]

i just love how he always says think about it, because he always knows in advance they will something wrong of the top of their head.

[@mikewood8561]

I have to agree with many! Great teacher. I've watched a lot of other GM's teach and their not as detailed as him. He makes sure you see what he's talking about and understand why you made that move. The others assume you know already. Great Great teacher!

[@fhadenal-mutairi3294]

AKobian.. always plays simple move not go to complicated.. logical move.. great teacher thank you! I have seen this video 3 times

[@marsharupe8112]

Very nice. I love GM Akobian's videos. He's such a patient teacher.

[@Crazeyfor67]

His lectures are excellent! His enthusiasm for teaching shows. Great choice STL Chess Club.

[@lonewolfmentality999]

Yes

[@StudioStockfish]

Thank you for your great classes GM Akobian

[@killerdude2793]

Amazing! superb teaching style, solid technique, brilliant game! :)

[@silvsinto]

35:50 how to checkmate if Rf7? even thought with the next check but the king still can hide behind the rook in 2 steps

[@aletrnate24]

checkmate via queen to D6 with rook on 8 file

[@albibushi3006]

Very instructive and full of strategic ideas. Thank you.

[@ouqassousouhayl7165]

thank you very much for sharing these videos, and thank you Mr Akobian you are a brilliant teacher, you are just amazing :)

[@blackdrag0nfly]

Great ideas! Nice lecture Mr. Akobian!

[@unskeptable]

Best teacher

[@semnome6871]

these guy teatches chess ...unlike the other who just analise games or moves!

[@kouroshmohammadi-cz6cu]

this is wonderful thank you gm! 🎉🎉

[@Ronbo710]

Love these lessons. Thanks !!

[@enotwentyfourseven]

This is instructional, thank you!

[@paulbaran549]

Akobian is the man!

[@eljuanmanuel]

By far, up to this video GM Akopian V. is the best at teaching chess.

[@robdavis8434]

Thanks for the post, Juan. I'm still up north here. Next time I'm in the B. A. we will have to get together for a game ! Rob

[@eljuanmanuel]

rob davis Hi Rob, just let me know when you are coming, it will be great.

[@LordDeuce-ul7my]

I've watched all of these but it's been about ten years lol. Time to remember what I forgot.

[@lubime10]

Thank you very much sir !!

[@aleef1735]

Just a 1400 player here but I noticed something interesting. At 23:00 bxd5 is possible but qxd5+ and there's a chance to save the rook at c2. At 23:27 after kh8 the same move is not possible anymore so bxd5 is winning if you don't stack the rooks. I imagine that this was analyzed during the actual game but got lost in the lesson. So he says he could have already taken on d5 before stacking the rooks but that's not accurate. Just my 2c ... for what it's worth.

[@andreaneri7120]

Great teacher and lesson. I am 1300 and I can sort of predict what move my opponent is going to make and play accordingly. Very interesting sistem!

[@edmundasjauniskis9347]

GM Akobian is very good!

[@alexandrecrt]

Fantastic. Varuzhan is the best professor.

[@migubragafut]

I would like to thank GM Akobian, because this line made me convincingly beat a 200 higher rated opponent very cleanly. Even better, it was a team championship, we were loosing 2-1 and I won on board 1! The ideas are very similar (althought, of course, the accuracy is much lower), as you can see: chessmicrobase.com/g/hpbzi7ze

[@NeverTooLateToAct]

Great teacher ! The problem of smyslov for higher levels is that black would switch to benoni and won't play ...e5 but rather ...na6 and ...c5 and white is not ideally prepared for this set-up

[@cellardoor70]

What about the systems with ...c5 by black? That's what most repertoire books suggest against the Smyslov.

[@mavericksush4371]

Sir you explain so well.. I am 31 years old, and I had somewhat lost interest in Chess. Recently I have started liking Chess again. Your explanations have been really helpful.

[@jigarkansara100]

Best teacher..perfect explained

[@atom2793]

rlly needed this cuz of school activities we have chess tournament and many people uses kings indian and mostly strong opponents i lost on the fifth round but still got 5th place but there is still next matches so i needed this tnx so much

[@abisab9321]

akobian is the best teacher ever

[@tonymiller6847]

He should put a DVD out called the Petrosian variation versus the KID.

[@tonysu8860]

Very well explained for all levels. And, the game itself is very interesting. No doubt that when e3 is played by White instead of the usual e4, Black has to understan the consequences.and GM Akobian explains the ideas well.

[@syyhkyrotta]

YES!! More Akobian please!

[@samukgarcia]

31:36 Is there not a tatical idea for black? RxD3??

[@mrgoldie109]

Yes, eliminate white’s light squared Bishop.

[@RRRaszkolnyikov]

I had the pleasure to play a very similar line (same opening) where I also exchanged my rook for the light square bishop and after that my opponent's position (defense) was falling apart :) It was very nice to see how a very smart GM just like GM Akobian plays it to perfection. :)

[@deliriumtremenz]

Really love this guy

[@themaurishbz]

38..g6 was apparently a blunder, black can put up more resistance with Rd2; anyways that position was definetly winning even the echange down, it's amazing how the gm evaluated the position, that lsb was valuable.

[@howardvihon400]

White's move 38 is also incorrectly transcribed. In the talk Varuzhan says he played 38. Bc2, but both Chess Base and Chess Tempo give 38. Be2. Agreed that Varuzhan is a terrific teacher.

[@bigstar3000]

Excellent !! Thank you very much

[@jozefkostelansky]

The best lector of the chess. 👍👍👍

[@kevinnannberg5576]

What about checkmate in 4? exchange rooks at e file, take with queen, check - pushes king to G7 - queen check E7 - King to G8 - checkmate queen H7 ? Even though Queen E4 is strongest

[@STLChessClub]

You are very welcome!

[@YesPlease1]

Isn't the problem with playing Nf3 instead of e4 in the opening that black can immediately play d5? These are cool lines but black can avoid them

[@umdbest001]

great lessons please upload more

[@sayafkhan748]

Quite helpful🌸

[@2phil4u]

strongest move ist just Re8+ because its a mate in 15, nice to have this stockfish matefinder, even on superslow hardware ;)

[@johnpedraza629]

WE WANT AKOBIAN BACK

[@DTFERNANMM]

Great lesson but there is a big detail... if black captures on d4 and the pawn on d6 stays all the system changes and the ideas explained here will not work... it would be good if he mentioned that...

[@Carlusmagsun]

Amazingly explained

[@malleshonlinechessclasses3548]

Thank you sir your teaching very very nice

[@boyanfilev255]

Best chess lectures.

[@christopherfi6139]

Thanks for the great video! :)

[@williamjefferson8280]

Akobian should have mention a5 in the Bayonet Attack. It's been used by Ilya Smirin with great success.

[@rogermichou8654]

AMAZING COURSE

[@David-fx3kv]

Akobian can u play as King's Indian Defense?

[@ahmedalrdady3655]

I cannot tell how many games I won with this system against kings Indian defense , great and flexible.

[@kellerpeti]

What if after Bg5, h6 coming right after the fifth move?

[@rudinghton]

on Bc2 he can play Rd2 perhaps

[@ahj166]

What about after white castle black chase white bishop by h6?

[@danielgajdos368]

What do you mean? Loek van Wely said bayonet attack breaks King's Indian

[@rajibdutta4683]

You are the best man

[@slipkip]

Nice to see very good game. I am interested about their second game. Where Can I find it?

[@mrgoldie109]

At 26:01 - 5 white pawns vs 4 black pawns = who ever has the most pawns at the end stage wins 95% of the time. Let’s bet!!

[@hilbertshotel]

This is great, but I can never get to the ideal position because nearly every single game I play against the King's Indian involves either 5...h6, 5...d5 (followed by 6. BxN BxB 7. cxd c6 8. dxc Nxd6---and white is a little behind), or the very popular 6...Bb4 with the intention of trading the bishop for the f3 knight and getting the queen out early. I hate the KI so much that I'm thinking of switching to 1.e4 or something other than d4/c4.

[@alansong4754]

MLG great lecture!

[@mkemechanic]

Beautiful game

[@honoriuc]

After Bc2 Td2 is another deflection threatening f2.

[@AakashKumar-gl2fk]

Akobian is best teacher

[@ienjoyapples]

Intermediate class? How could no one find Nxg5? Poor Akobian...

[@williamjefferson8280]

ienjoyapples Nxg5 isn't that difficult to find even for intermediate class.

William Jefferson Yeah, it was very obvious. Maybe there weren't that many students?

[@daeuri]

Once he tells the kids that White can win a pawn, they should be able to figure out there are only two moves that capture a pawn, Nxg5 and Bxd6. My guess is that most of the class are probably e4 players so this isn't the kind of position they normally encounter. Consequently, the thought of capturing guarded pawns with a piece would be out of the question.

[@rogermichou8654]

this is more like 600 -1100 elo fide class

[@bob_on_the_cob1110]

lol ikr they're so trash

[@allanroman2650]

31:35 Qf7 it was better in fact the game is equalized probably 1...Qf7 2RxR BxR 3Qxe5+ Bf6 4Qe4 Qe8 5Qf3 Ba1 6c6.. (the best for white)

[@thomasperkins4543]

What's the opening called again?

[@superrevisionsinstanz]

Nice video! What chess software are you using?

[@innocuousblockofwood]

What if after bg5, they play h6 immediately?

[@williamjefferson8280]

TurboROTMG h6 is a mistake. White will play Be3 and then Qd2 and black will end up with a very weak kingside. Bg5 invites h6 for this reason.

[@ReugreWins]

@@williamjefferson8280 but Be3 and Qd2 is winning for black according to analysis

[@BigGus87]

at 26:00 can queen take h7 followed by rook h1 mate?

[@زينالديناسبر-ش8ط]

What if play h3 ibefor e3

[@obrienpj2312]

This guy is a baller.

[@georgeeisenhart457]

If Black plays h6 on move 5 followed by Bh4,g5; Bg3, Nh5 and NxB, isn't Black better ??

[@hitchhike4905]

What happens if after white plays e3, black responds with c5? Hasn't black then forced open the defense to his fianchetto'd bishop?

[@bhaleraopramod15]

Akobian is the best teacher

[@wiredog771]

What is the formal name of this KID counter?

[@goosegoesquack]

0:58

[@goosegoesquack]

Smyslov

[@xXDragonxHunterXx]

is there a way to do this with the e4 white opening??? because I'm not a d4 player

[@BREAKocean]

kings indian defense is done primarily to defend against d4. There is also King's indian attack!

[@vadimplotkin2461]

Black should have retreated his knight to g6 instead (from f4 square), and his e5, f7 and g5 pawns seemed to destroy everything on their way forward...

[@sovdepia]

I enjoyed a crushing win with White by playing this system after watching the vid! Thanks all.

[@Chess_Improvement]

i think it's Fritz or Rybka or Houdini

[@connormonday]

A little annoying that the audience just blurts out moves without thinking. Great game and lecture though Akobian is awesome.

[@aummanman8427]

34:17 Black move Rook to d2 and draw !

[@omegalulomegalul1107]

not a draw white is +1.5 and will win

[@michaeldonaldalker73]

Bravo !

[@Blomstrom]

Why is Smyslov better than Averbakh to conquer KID?

[@gundam4596]

akobian is the gambit

[@lostblue5651]

akobian is the best

[@tonymiller6847]

I'd love to see this guy get together with Jackie Peters and Cyrus Lackdawala and put together a book of impressive ( and as yet unpublished games from New England and California over the last fifty years.). Jackie beat me 111 straight in New England and 2 here in La La land I'd love to be involved as I've been an editor, but I've never written anything original except poetry Jackie put two of my games in his column in the 80's or 90's= One quick loss to a friend (Valdes Saulespurens and one positional win when I thought I couldn't play because I'd had no sleep the night before.(I'd lost to Charles Van Buskirk in a excellent position by hallucinating and getting confused with positions in games from the past in the evening round the day before MY ADHD coming to the fore.

[@tonymiller6847]

Jackie Peters only beat me 11 times on the East Coast -not 111 as previously typed- (primarily in Taxachusetts as that was where most of the Important New England tourneys took place.) In my second USCF tourney in '63 in Springfield, MA (GM) Svetozar Gligoric won first with 6 wins and one draw. I think Dr, Joseph Platz or John Curdo drew him.

[@harekrishnahareram5066]

WONDERFUL EXPLANATION THANKFUL TO YOU... PLEASE MAKE END GAME MASTER 🌍🌎🌏🌼🌼🌼🌼

[@drbest87]

12:05 That's the difference