The KC Method - Chess Forums

SeadraCheeseChess

Nov 30, 2025

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The KC method in chaturaji is a strategic approach that centers on king-safety, coordinated piece development, and efficient control of critical central squares. I really sucked at chaturaji, so I asked my friend KC (King Chessable) and former #1 in the world to teach me. He famously embraced this approach, and transformed me from an absolute neophyte into a top chaturaji competitor. Through disciplined study and consistent application of KC fundamentals, I rapidly climbed the rankings—eventually reaching #2 in the world and becoming one of the method’s most well-known success stories.

Today I will showcase 4 games, all displaying the KC Method. As Red, I do not utilize this KC method as the Big Bear Method (talk to @articpolarbear) is a lot more effective.

Game #1. https://www.chess.com/variants/chaturaji/game/92589137/121/4

We are looking at sort of a setup where the pawn above the bishop is pushed and the king going into that hole. 4.g is something we are looking for. By the time it hits 15.g, the battlefield is cleared and we are safe due to our KC method. After this, a nearly flawless endgame was extrapolated against a 2500 in order to secure that dub.

Game #2: https://www.chess.com/variants/chaturaji/game/92589450/1/2

In this game, by 4.b we have our setup. Let red take the bishop for your knight, as the bishop is virtually useless unless you can get it active, as we can see in games 3 and 4.

Tip #1. Get your knight on the (here d6) square WITHOUT letting (yellow) take it as it completely ruins your pawns. Now 13.g was a huge mistake by N-a-v-a as we can see 14.g led N-a-v-a with no choice but to lose his bishop all after a certain pawn.

In this game, I got a free bishop, but got even luckier after 18.r This blunders away a free 10 points for me, virtually securing me the victory. At 29.b, I could trade off everything and have a free win here easily, but I decided to take a shortcut and after 31.b secure that easy dub.

Game #3: https://www.chess.com/variants/chaturaji/game/92589657/186/3

4.y we have our setup. However, when the player in front of you finachettos, the (f5) square is left open for our knight. We have achieved Tip #1.

Tip #2: by 7.y, we can get our pawns into a 3x3 box and therefore avoid blue snatching up all of our pawns. This is good if Green can take and we can take back. This does NOT work with the b pawn however because then our pawns are split.

Tip #3: This is a tip that all 2600 and under completely miss, which is to activate your bishop. By 12.y, we have achieved our active bishop and can now push our king and pawns up to the end.

17.b Our hard work has paid off, leading blue to blunder a pawn. We can see that the active bishop really helped as if it was stuck behind the pawns, we would have no counterplay.

24.y makes us likely to snatch up that pawn, causing blue to blunder his king. It is smooth sailing after this. With 37 points, we easily secure that dub.

Game #4: https://www.chess.com/variants/chaturaji/game/92589948/192/3

By 8.y we have our KC setup. 13.r Red blunders a pawn, which we greedily snatch up. 15.y, we snatch up that diagonal that we have been looking at for a while, leading us to get a huge advantage in the endgame. At 27.r, things take a twist. I don’t particularly want red getting a free bishop, and therefore 27.y getting an extra 2 pawns for free is best. 30.g I got really lucky with green blundering a bishop allowing me to advance into the endgame with more points and material. This helps us secure a massive dub and give me a 4 in a row first place win streak, untilting me from 2630 all the way back up to 2692.

I hope you guys enjoyed, and if you guys want to see a forum post on the Big Bear method let me know. Feel free to dm me how the KC method works for you.

See you next time,

Seadra