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Uncommon opening system? 1.c4 Nf6, 2.f4

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ubluk
Sep 28, 2012
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Hello everyone, I wanted to ask how I should play against the opening mentioned in the topic.

as King's Indian player I wonder, is it just fine to simply go for g6,Bg7,
0-0,d6?
or should I play different setup? Here is a possible scenario how the game might go:
€ 1.c4 Nf6, 2.f4 g6, 3.b3 Bg7, 4.Bb2 0-0, 5.Nf3 d6, one thing that makes me believe that a King's Indian setup isn't optimal here is, that I will have no chance to play e5 any time soon.
So any other ways that could be recommended to play against white's opening system?
 
well it's 1.c4 as in the topic...
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IM pfren
Sep 28, 2012
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#2

Black can play ...e5 anytime he wants here. an eventual fe5 can be met with ...Nfd7 or ...Ng4 (depends on white's setup).

That said, its impossible to suggest a line without knowing your intentions.  If you expect by playing the KID to castle short, then playing ...d6 and ...e5 and after that going for a "crushing" attack on the kingside, then you are employing the wrong opening. The KID is way more versatile than that... factly, that wild kingside attack plan happens only when Black is positionally much worse, using generic strategical elements of evaluation, and so he has either to attack, or die from suffocation.

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ubluk
Sep 28, 2012
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You sure it's possible to play e5 anytime? Wouldn't this just drop a pawn in some cases? (After f4,b3,Bb2,Nf3)

By sticking with king's indian moves here, i simply hope to transpose to some kinda Four Pawns Attack. Of course it might be better to play 2... e6 though, as it's simply more flexible.

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IM pfren
Sep 28, 2012
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ubluk wrote:

You sure it's possible to play e5 anytime? Wouldn't this just drop a pawn in some cases? (After f4,b3,Bb2,Nf3)

By sticking with king's indian moves here, i simply hope to transpose to some kinda Four Pawns Attack. Of course it might be better to play 2... e6 though, as it's simply more flexible.

Absolutely. Just sample lines (Black may have even better play by ...c5 in the case of an early d2-d4):

Black is already slightly better in all lines.