When is it good to break with c5 in King's Indian defence?
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When I am playing king's Indian defence and if opponent deviates from theory and plays a weird setup I am confused everytime wheather to play e5 or c5. In king's Indian defence when is c5 better compared to e5?
Only ...e5 is the true King's Indian Defense. ...c5 is more a Benoni Defense.
Dec 25, 2022
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tygxc wrote:
Only ...e5 is the true King's Indian Defense. ...c5 is more a Benoni Defense.
Only if White answers d4-d5.
Benonis are characterized by White Pawn on d5 vs Black Pawn on d6.
It is normally correct to play c5 instead of e5 when White has misplaced his c1-Bishop.
In the Averbakh variation where ..e5 is not possible ( at least not straight away, without additional preparations), Black commonly goes for ..c5 setups.
