KID ...exd4 (Radjabov): can it be my main opening?

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I want information on the Radjabov KID with exd4 (exact move order, plans,ideas ) Can it be my main answer as black to 1.d4?

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Also there was a Nh5-Nf4 plan...

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Do you mean this variation ? 



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The Kings Indian Revolution by GM Arun and GM Magesh

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The most prominent advocate of this variation is GM Rauf Mamedov.

Playable, but Black has to work hard on some nasty white offers. In the following game, the young Super-GM Ding Liren used an old sacrificial idea by Suat Atalik, and Black went down in flames. 15...Ne6 was probably mandatory, but in any case white's attack is extremely dangerous. Maybe thorough analysis can prove Black being OK, but... this is not easy living, for sure.



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nope, the grunfeld is better. I'm changing my openings a lot though.

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Yea, this line tends to be rather tricky for black. There's also that incredible Nf5!! sacrifice Kasimdzhanov unleashed earlier this years that's putting one of 7...exd4's main lines in the dumps.

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But this line can be very promising for black too !! I've just found this game and I would like to share it with you !



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apostolis1 wrote:

But this line can be very promising for black too !! I've just found this game and I would like to share it with you !

This is quite different: white already has a bishop on e3.

13...a5 was nice home prep, and Gusti fell right into it. But it has no relation with the aforementioned variation.

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apostolis1, pfren is correct. That you showed is not the variation I meant.
Anyway thanks to all posters.

This thread has now no use (I will eventually switch to the Grunfeld) so it may as well be closed.

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Roeczak wrote:

apostolis1, pfren is correct. That you showed is not the variation I meant.
Anyway thanks to all posters.

This thread has now no use (I will eventually switch to the Grunfeld) so it may as well be closed.

Then you will certainly want to join the Grunfeld Study Group.

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Roeczak and pfren

Do you mean that the difference between the variation I have posted and the one you have is the c6 instead of Nc6? If so, it is a different variation... in the variation Wink

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Yes, and also , as pfren posted, the white bishop is already on e3 when you play exd4.

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apostolis1 wrote:

Roeczak and pfren

Do you mean that the difference between the variation I have posted and the one you have is the c6 instead of Nc6? If so, it is a different variation... in the variation 

No, it isn't. 7.0-0 c6 is the Pilnik variation, when white usually does NOT play Be3. 8.Kh1 is the most testing move.

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Modernized: The King's Indian released by Dejan Bojkov (Metropolitan Chess) just a few days ago, containing in depth analysis of 7...exd4 against both the classical and Gligoric variations. Thought you may want to check it out.

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I'm quite happy with the grunfeld atm