Games played with Trifunovic's suggested openings .

only the ones I post.. lol 

Excellent game and very instructive.Be carefull f4 as it is one of the thematic weaknesses of the pawn structure.

okay :D

lol probably the most succeful kingside attack I played with this opening that hasn't been decided by one simple tactic.. 

also is anyone actually reading this thread?

finally someone else posts their game... lol :D

Thank you Michael for such a detailed analysis!!!!

I've kept playing OFD as black against 1.d4. As you pointed out in the analysis, I've come to understand f5 is the critical weakenss for black in this setup(just as in this game).  I have been somewhat obsessed by the idea "Don't push pawns in front of your king", but there are always exceptions for rules, and in this setup it would be ...g6.

Damn!!!!!!!!! Second time in a row where I have had where I have lost on time trouble!!!!

Also I struggled massively in the middlegame so comments are appreciated :)

A very good game Marcus with very few mistakes.In fact only 2 positional  mistakes for 30 moves is quite impressive.First time I saw Marcus playing so well in closed position. Turning to the other side at move 23  was  very simple and that is why it was very difficult.Congratulations , your best game I have seen till now against an opponent that is very underrated(he played for at least 2000, a lot stay low on purpose) and made extremely few mistakes.

ty!!! :D Not my most tactically stunning game ever but still! Also I checked out the player I was againsts profile, they have only been a member for 3 days which may be why :) They joined on April 23rd

I would appreciate any thoughts and criticisms regarding this game. It was a live game (30 min per side) played versus an opponant rated over 100 points higher than I. I am white in this game. Although I am not proud of every move in this game, I suppose all's well that ends well (If I learn from it)

wow that was certainly a very complicated middlegame and you showed great endgame technique! nice game!!

For some reason, I seem to repeatedly fail to place a piece or even a pawn on e5.

I'm not sure e5 is so important when playing against the KID. Your opponent always had a pawn on d6 so it was much more dfficult to anyway. also I think c4 before b3 is a better move order (but am not sure) as you can get a quicker Qc2 and Nc3 in, I think you should of let b3 wait a bit longer. 7...e6 was when it started going weird as we havn't really studied those sorts of positions..

Thank you for the analysis. It is frustrating to see some good and some bad and some very bad moves. I must become more consistant! I'm glad that I wasn't the only one in the game that missed the bishop skewer on the queen. Yikes!

Against KID-type  defenses, e5 is not the focal point anymore.White's plan is to either exchange on e5 or c5 and play on d-file or block with d5 and attack q-side.The later is risky of course as gives Black a k-side counterplay but creates exciting positions.

Promontory's opponent played something that was more like hippo than KID.For anyone that doesn't know what hippo is , we call hippo any defense that has double fianketo and delays a lot any central action.

You have to be always careful with that kind of defenses.They can't be refuted with quick reckless attacks.Expanding carefully and preparing either e5 or d5 (if in the meantime Black remains passive) is the best.

There is the so called First Blood rule(First Blood we call the first central break)

"How well either side will prepare First Blood will determine who will win."

Avoid closing the position unless you are sure you take a better position.Usually in open positions Black's pieces don't have good cooperation. 

interesting advice, will try to remember that :)