An Introduction To The King's Indian Attack
Chapter 1: King's Indian Attack
What is the King's Indian Attack? The King's Indian Attack is a chess opening that can only be played by white. The King's Indian Attack mainly starts with 1. Nf3 1... d5 2. g3. Which is one of the fastest ways to fianchetto your light squared bishop. I will show you an example:
See, we fianchetto our bishop to make it control an important diagonal. The diagonal contains both rooks on the light squares and we can see the b7 pawn for future material advantages.
Chapter 2: How To Play The King's Indian Attack
Playing the King's Indian Attack is simple. We play Nf3, start of the Reti opening. But, we are playing the King's Indian Attack. If your opponent plays any move, play g3. Otherwise, if your opponent plays e5, this is called the Ross Gambit. We simply play Nxe5 like this:
If your opponent plays any move other than e5, do this:
Now, I want you to be able to learn how to play the King's Indian Attack.
If your opponent plays e5 in the King's Indian Attack, you have to play d3 or if he/she doesnt, you can play it whenever if you want to develop your Bishop and Knight in the Queen-side and to avoid e4 to attack your f3 knight. Before you play this opening, you have to understand what does it accomplish. So the next chapter will teach you what are the things that are accomplished by playing the King's Indian Attack.
Chapter 3: The Main Ideas Of Playing The King's Indian Attack
The Main Ideas of Playing the King's Indian Attack is how your pieces are strongly developed and is easy to control. Like, if you play d3. You activate your Bishop and Knight in just one move. And you also make the e4 square a strength for your position. And you could castle you King to safety very early. I will show you an example involving the main ideas.
This position makes you control many squares and your minor pieces is almost developed and makes you control the e4 pawn, which is very essential for your center. And you also can castle next move. So these are the main ideas.
Chapter 4: Advantages
You can have advantages by playing the King's Indian Attack. But, it depends on your opponent's play. If your opponent plays the best move and already knows the King's Indian Attack, it will be equal. Just don't blunder. I will give you an example that will give your opponent a disadvantage. But, he/she will be the one to be depending about that.
If your opponent plays e4 still, play dxe4. If he/she plays dxe4, play Qxd8+. If your opponent plays Kxd8, you will play Ng5. If your opponent plays Nxd8, play Nd4. Discover Attack on the pawn. What if your opponent doesn't play dxe4, you play exd5. But if your opponent plays d4, you play O-O, which is castles.
This is all I could say about the King's Indian Attack. So, I hope you learned something. Ask me questions in the comment section below and you can give suggestions on what should I post next. So, bye!
