Trying to tame the KID | Standard Chess

The King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7) is a popular way to fight 1.d4, especially at amateur level. Here my opponent chooses a less popular to fight the Classical Variation (6...Na6), but a true King's Indian "race" situation develops where White attacks in the center/queenside, while Black attempts to butcher White's king! Some touch-and-go moments in this one.
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[@hmt4173]

Ahhh John your videos are so therapeutic, especially after an infuriating losing streak. I needed this!

[@BrokenG-String]

If it wasn't for John I think my passion for chess would have died a long time ago

[@Peter-li5bc]

"And you're instincts are usually right in chess." Maybe that's true for John, unfortunately not for me, haha.

[@theJW55]

One of the most fascinating games of the entire Standard Chess series! The post-game analysis was especially captivating! It is easier for me now to see why this opening holds such fascination for the Fischers, Kasparovs and Nakamuras of the chess world! Truly mind-numbing, amazing tactical possibilities arose during this game!

[@alvindior5508]

Thanks for the video, John. Very instructive, and I like this standard video type. I'm still slow when trying to find good moves like complicated tactics while also defending my pieces. Slower pace like this is really helpful

[@FatherTau]

Instructive, entertaining commentary, interesting structures and ideas...thoroughly enjoyable. Well done, John!

[@danielbarb9558]

Good to see more standard! I've been playing the KID so I appreciate this video :)

[@jonaskoelker]

Wow, this was excellent! This was everything I hope to find in a John Bartholomew video: an interesting and tense game, a good and interesting analysis by John followed by a revealing analysis by John-plus-Stockfish. This is the kind of stuff that makes me consider picking up chess again (as in join a club and play regularly).

[@TheGrislyBear]

Now that was a game.

[@tylerstackpole7260]

Wooooo! Always a good day when we get a new standard video. Cheers John, happy holidays!

[@shawnwilliams1662]

Ok, but how does this help me with my feral baby goat?

[@chrisrsdpr3429]

Thank you thank you for this. I need to watch 5 or 6 times to understand. I’m just learning the variation you played with Bishop e3. Gligoric variation.

[@drumetul_dacic]

The plus and minus signs are so confusing in the engine analysis, as the minus is invisible while the plus is visible as minus.

[@SaintD382]

Exactly! I find this so confusing, and I was looking through the comments to find out if I was the only one.

[@yanair2091]

Lichess is much better in that respect. (The interface)

[@chizzelfingers]

Wow,that game was intense, u were down to 28 seconds and ended up with almost more time. Very nice play

[@oecleus0]

I liked the "very legal and very cool" @ 55:16

[@razersharpblades]

oecleus0 only a stable genius will capture en passant

[@nomvanhoutte1998]

Another fantastic Standard video Minnesota Fins, a.k.a. Nostrajohnus. Christmas came early this year. Not sure what you mean't by a "horizon problem for engines."

[@jorisvandenbroeck6609]

To keep it simple : let's say the engine can only calculate 5 moves ahead - if you start playing a 6-move tactic, the engine would be very dismissive of your tactic at first, but improve the evaluation as soon as it starts seeing the idea. It only declared it bad at first because the point of the move was "behind the (thought) horizon" (I often have this when I watch IM or GMs play some weird move, then understand their idea 3-4 moves later) In the KID, black lets white have a strong center in exchange for long-term compensation, but traditional engines aren't able to calculate far enough ahead to see this compensation at first. As the game progresses, they start to understand that White isn't simply winning. AlphaZero was in fact able to beat Stockfish several times by getting some long-term compensation - exploiting the fact that Stockfish can "only" calculate 20-30 moves ahead.

[@emregeylani]

@@jorisvandenbroeck6609 "only" calculate 20-30 moves ahead... what a looser

[@AxeMurderer2222]

I've been watching many of your vids lately and you do a fine job teaching all the ways you look at positions and decide what to do when and why. Especially during the game. I think the format you've chosen to present is a particularly efficient instructive procedure. It is based almost entirely in reality for one thing. Given the time constraints it is very demanding of you. You must think about the game, think up a way forward, then a way to explain how you are figuring, then speak all the words clearly in a manner that makes sense, all in a matter of a few seconds most of the time, and constantly for a solid hour. You handle it all like a champ I must say. However, this does have one drawback I've noticed. After an hour of all that busy brain activity it really winds you up. It is visibly evident. And because you are always so pumped up by the end of the game, when you transition into the end-of-game analysis phase, you are still going like 150 mph. So you rush through it too fast, and especially talk way too fast. Like a game show host. Even faster than during the game sometimes since there exists no clock to pace you. I am forever pausing the video to catch up on some of the possible variations you bombard us with at the end. Plus rewinding on KZbin is imprecise and clunky. "Did he say B or E or D?". All those sound the same at 150 mph. Must be the Doppler effect or something going on there. I really like the end portion of the videos, but please take a short breather after the game so you can calm down a little. Try to slow yourself down. Don't know about everyone else, but it would help me comprehend better anyway, and not waste so much time dealing with KZbin's clunky media player. On the other hand, it is awfully entertaining to watch you rev up like that. Kinda like watching airplane races.

[@justin57153]

Your tactics are on point... Puzzle Rush!

[@SaintD382]

4:12 A man after my own heart! I'm a night owl too, and I'm often at the gym as late as 2-3am.

[@tai_af]

59:40 there is a game where Kasparov sacrifice the a8 rook and completely destroy white

[@giordanobruno9106]

John, a few suggestions for you. You could make the analysis screen a bit bigger so we can see the +/- signs on the lines. Also, when doing analysis on chess.com (also in lichess, which I think is much better in general for analysis) I think it's better to run the whole game through analysis instead of analyzing move by move (Self Analysis). Open game > Analysis button > Computer Analysis > Select Depth: Quick (1 min), Deep (3 min)...Not Self Analysis. This way you won't have to worry about the engine vacillating on clear moves so you can focus on the more uncertain moments and you'll get the list of Inaccuracies, Mistakes and Blunders with the move and top line. Thanks for the excellent videos.

[@callumevans2615]

It's much better to analyse games yourself and work out where you went wrong/could improve instead of the engine telling you everything - it makes you engage far more with the analysis and you'll learn better from it.

[@barcarolleenjoyer]

The opening reminds me of a Maroczy Bind position in the Accelerated Dragon.

[@nakulbam5067]

Very instructive but highly entertaining as well. Btw are you planning on analysing any of the newly released Alphazero vs Stockfish games??

[@iaspati610]

"This pawn on a4 is stopping you from playing b4 because of en passant - very legal and very cool" 😄

[@andrewssportsden9396]

Bond Villian Bartholomew sipping his tea.

[@malegupta8404]

thanks sir youare great teacher and chess plaeyr thanks black is playing very fast

[@ericreese20]

Love your videos john. You're very good, you will earn that GM title soon!

[@williamsquires3070]

Night is for sleeping. Knights, however, are for forking! 😎

[@square444]

Love the standard format!

[@fertedin]

Great game to see the dangerous of the King side attack of KID. I think you need to be an aggressive and tactical player to play it, in order to take your changes when they are on the board! thanks a lot!

[@jerrodjohnson4492]

21 moves in, you explained how your dark squared bishop helped you protect h4...do you have the foresight to plan these moves (bishop maintaining it’s original diagonal) to f2 or do you re-evaluate after several, contentious moves? Great vid John, as always!

[@chizzelfingers]

I love this video, really all the video u do mde in this style.

[@xaviermejiaxx]

Leaving your bishop on e2... Just for intuition... "Masterly" .... kuddos

[@faznaz7455]

Instead of blacking playing 20. kh8 what was wrong with playing b5? It seems very attractive to me, despite a weak c6 pawn, black can perhaps organise his pieces? Or maybe should black have played this on move 19?

[@grantgre]

Great stuff!

[@DeathEaterLink]

Really high quality game! (spoilers) Too bad the opponent missed the counterplay on the kingside, would have gotten really sharp and interesting.

[@theinacircleoftheancientpu492]

Thanks for the video, just wondering could you give us a video from Bl pov on KID?

[@reidpattis9478]

This dude is good. He nearly crushed our favorite IM.

[@mikecantreed]

John seemed to have the game solidly under control after black played Ne6 in the opening.

[@pasxizeis]

In which part of the game exactly did he "crushed" him?

[@kurtozan251]

@@pasxizeis the clock? lol

[@balthazarbeutelwolf9097]

Well, after Na3 black has a winning position, just missed out on playing Ng5.

[@MjrLeegInfidel]

At 20:00 would Na7 have been solid? Rook can't take with the bishop covering, you attack the bishop and can push the pawn later...

[@meta7234]

Bd7 and the knight is trapped?

[@MjrLeegInfidel]

@@meta7234 solid...thanks

[@mchlbeckett]

Any games against the queens indian defence?

[@kratos5224]

You pronounced Tudorache so weird lol ;) great job as always btw

[@InfiniteQuest86]

I was totally getting ready to comment, but then I figured someone else did already.

[@kratos5224]

@@InfiniteQuest86 I know, it feels really wrong to hear the pronunciation of the name if you are a fellow romanian :d

[@robertfargher5154]

How should it be pronounced?

[@InfiniteQuest86]

@@robertfargher5154 Haha, I wasn't even going for the Romanian name. I would just break it into the two English-looking words: tudor - ache.

[@Enderboiiii]

Clickbait! I was expecting help with my ADD son.

[@theinacircleoftheancientpu492]

z17seattle Why teach him to play chess ofc....

[@seppe8156]

Pray is all you can do

[@SaurabhXDD]

When you wake up in the morning john (just curious to know) 😅

[@JohnBartholomewChess]

Depends on the day, but usually 9-10 am. Benefits of working primarily in the afternoon/evening 😉

[@jessepautz]

7:56 always premove Bf1

[@ryaghnaramansanthosh3140]

Hi John, suggest some books on opening, middle and endgame. Thanks in advance.

[@vishalkori7050]

Look in the description he mentioned

[@ryaghnaramansanthosh3140]

@@vishalkori7050 thanks man.

[@faznaz7455]

You go to the gym at 1am? I thought i was the only one :)

[@SuperYtc1]

I go at 2am. Genuinely. I don't feel so alone now haha.

[@ericbhatnagar2873]

When do you guys wake up??

[@fredericdesrosiers7028]

Hey john do you still do lives when you accept challenger that donates?

[@thecharliecai]

And another Awesome video

[@dantolino1093]

Good job.

[@haithambader7119]

Can you do e4 italian game like this

[@anirudhnaqib8911]

My fav against d4😅

[@NicholasRamli]

17:00 c5 Nxc5 ?? Will it work just the same?

[@JohnBartholomewChess]

I mention this a couple times, but ...Nxc5 Bxc5 is even worse for Black, since capturing again on c5 while ultimately lose a rook on d8.

[@NicholasRamli]

@@JohnBartholomewChess im sorry, im not that fluent in chess notation yet, especially when you talk so fast. Not your fault in anyway though! Yeah, that rook on D1 was invisible. And the on E6 was moved.

[@jonathanchan3008]

Would you be playing any of your viewers ?

[@BrokenG-String]

I think a session like that or a series would be awesome

[@PeripheralPurity]

@@BrokenG-String check his 5+5 live stream/the simul he did

[@gghelis]

Do you play these games on some particular days? Is there a way to catch you on chess.com? :)

[@johnbeddoes2892]

gghelis add him as a friend and get a notification when he’s playing

[@MrBamshy]

Would Ginger GM appreciate a shout out while drinking ginger tea or BEER :)

[@marcojimenez2725]

Thanks for your Standard videos ☺ (but play on lichess please 🙃)

[@MjrLeegInfidel]

He plays on lichess often

[@William1w1]

Why... Why does it matter? Why do people care about what site he uses? It's all chess. Does the unfamiliar site layout unsettle you or something. I just can't make sense of this.

[@julienherve2085]

​@@William1w1 You may notice my comparison is a bit biased, but : * all features on lichess.org are free ; you have to pay for some features on chess.com * no ads on lichess.org ; ads on chess.com, that disappear only if you subscribe * lichess.org is free as in "free speech", so you have a way to know exactly what it does with your data : chess.com is proprietary, and you need to trust them, and it uses invasive Google services for advertising and analytics * lichess.org is run by a French non-benefit ; chess.com is run by a company * AFAIK lichess.org does not have any kind of "we sponsor you and you won't stream on any concurrent platform" policy Of course chess.com certainly has some richer content and all, but I guess many people are drawn to the community-based, "pay if you like it", approach of lichess.org (but the majority certainly uses it only because it's completely free)

[@marcojimenez2725]

@@William1w1 there are more classical players on lichess

[@kirklucas1332]

Chris Pines orphaned brother? So much alike its a bit annoying trying to watch this game!

[@Noah-il2wf]

This game is almost the same game that you played against the cheater. I'm surprised you chanced bxc3 again. Maybe this game was played before the cheater game.

[@dariusduesentrieb]

another night owl here

[@georgemanize]

I hope you don't go to Anytime Fitness... That gym chain is trash

[@malegupta8404]

sir play with shahchess engine it gives sacrifices liek tal

[@ashuhncummings8668]

Snoring

[@zualahmangaih1109]

First one to view

[@nektarmangotrinksaft3695]

Nope

[@zualahmangaih1109]

I mean to comment

[@TremendousSax]

Is it just me or is it really annoying when people resign one or two moves before mate? Just play it out if you already let the game get that far

[@anslicht4487]

Isn't it considered proper to resign when mate is obvious? I thought playing that out would be the "less proper" thing to do.

[@nossingo]

55:21 Very legal and very cool.