Basic KIA formation.

The King's Indian Attack(KIA) began to show up in the repertoire of masters around1950.This was due mainly to the successes reached by players of the black pieces in the King's Indian defense.As happens with all openings or lines named "attack" , King's Indian Attack , is not actually an "attack".It can be an attack but can also be a very positional opening.It was named "attack" because of the unusually good results it had the early years of it's appearance.

The great advantage of KIA is that it has a standard development formation, that white will follow no matter what black plays.White gains an answer against all major 1.e4 defenses that allows him to sit down at the board without having to worry about what black may play. For OTB games that means extra time in the clock and a "ready made" understanding of the positional and tactical nuances which the constraints of the time-limit may prevent the opponent from getting the grips with.

For the player that chooses to play KIA, advantages don't stop here.Black , no matter what he does can't surprise a well prepared KIA player.There are no possible novelties , surprise moves or traps.If as white something surprise you , it's either bad and you are going to have a good game or you didn't do your study correctly.KIA has been analysed in detail and studying carefully the illustrative games will give you a definite advantage against anyone that hasn't study it properly.

One more advantage is that it is an almost forgotten system nowadays and most don't even bother to prepare against it and even if they do , they will rarely have the same familiarisation as the dedicated KIA player.

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