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The list:
e5
d5
c5
c6
e6
g6
b6
Nf6
d6
f5
charlierock
This is nice,I like the name too.
rednblack
e5, g3
d5, cxd5
c5, g3
c6, g3 (I would guess. Never come across this in a game)
e6, g3
g6, g3
b6, Nc3
Nf6, g3
d6, g3
f5, g3
In short, I play Kosten's system pretty exclusively
ericmittens
Yea I'm a big kosten guy myself, although against the king's indian I transpose into the mainline fiancetto system. I played kosten's suggestions in tournaments for a long time and my results were "ok" by not great. Since switching to the mainline KID I've had much better results. I dont think white gets much of anything in the KID unless he plays d4.
I think doing some reading on the KID would be good for me. I've heard similar things from other people, but I haven't done any homework.
Books on the fiancetto king's indian are hard to find as its not one of the more popular systems. The best single instructional book on the variation is "the fiancetto king's indian" by Colin McNab. It's very good but theoretically out of date. A very recent, up to date, theoretical (but not instructional) look at the variation is "King's Indian and Grunfeld: Fiancetto Lines" by Lasha Janjgava.
http://www.amazon.com/Fianchetto-Kings-Indian-Colin-McNab/dp/1879479400
http://www.amazon.com/Kings-Indian-Grunfeld-Fianchetto-Lines/dp/1901983749
Oh and for you Kosten guys I would also recommend buying a seperate book on the catalan. Kosten's coverage is VERY scant and the catalan is a very theoretical opening. I personally picked "Winning with the Catalan" by Angus Dunnington but there are a couple of good books on it.
thanks for the info, ericmittens. I've ended up in the Catalan a few times without knowing it until I put my game through chess.com's analysis. I could use more information for sure.
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