7...Nc6 is out of fashion these days
Besides this Nefedov guy seemed really determined to make this Ne8 line work when it was clear it wasnt
Not really, 7...Nc6 is still 100% relevant in ICCF.
The bayonet should be answered either by 9.b4 a5, or by 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.a4!? a5!, when Black is {insert 20 moves of anaysis here} just OK.
Nefedov's 9.b4 Ne8 might not be a good idea, but this does not mean that the KID is "refuted".
And also add
- 7.0-0 exd4!? 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 Nc6! (which I believe is just equal, although not ambitious) and
- 7.0-0 h6!? which is a new idea, with a very sound positional basis. In the main line, Stockfish after proper analysis claims a huge advantage to white, of the scale +0.15 or so.
No, by a big shot. Whoever claimed this, is illiterate.