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Kings Indian Attack vs. the Dragon

Written by WGM Raluca Sgrcea, IM Renier Castellanos
Wednesday, 15 February 2017 00:00

We are always on the look to learn new opening ideas to surprise our opponents in the future. It
doesnt really matter whether it is an opening that we play or not; we see someone playing something
and if its enough interesting for us we take a deeper look and use it in the next opportunity we have.
Thats how it works at competitive level. In this article we are going to draw your attention to a short
and easy to learn recipe against the Hyper-Accelerated Dragon that was played recently by the
International Grandmaster Eduardas Rozentalis.

Rozentalis is a player of a unique style. He likes to grind a small advantage and his openings are, in general, secondary lines, yet
always with some poisonous idea. His chess is not based on remembering long forced lines but mostly on logical thinking. Very
practical, we can say.

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This move is quite rare in this position. As you may have noticed, the popularity of the systems with kingside fianchetto in 1.e4 36K likes
openings has increased considerably in recent years. The impact of 3.g3 against the Sicilians with 2e6 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3)
was big, with many top players trying it and writing the theory of the line with every game they played it. It seems that these
systems may contain more poison than it was acknowledged years ago.
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Whats special about the 3.g3 move order? We can say that the main point to whites favor is the flexibility of not having committed
the D pawn to d3 as it happens in the regular Kings Indian Attack or Closed Sicilian variation. White can choose what to do in
accordance to how white reacts. He can either push d3 or d4 or even try c3-d4, all this under the solidity that a kingside fianchetto 2 friends like this
offers.

On the diagram above we can already begin to draw some conclusions about the plans for both sides.

Lets start with white, which is simpler: White wants to play: Bg2 0-0 Re1 c3 d4 in one way or another. His plan may as well
be frustrated by an early attack against the e4 pawn or a central break, say d5. However, it seems that white can find interesting
play against both.

Black, on the other hand, must decide how to prepare against whites plan. Lets see what the most logical tries are:

First he can try Nf6 with the idea to force white to advance the e4 pawn or defend it with d3 or Nc3. In both cases this would mean
a concession for white.
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Another standard idea would be to develop with Nc6 - Bg7 e5 Nge7 with a good grip on the central squares. This looks
perfectly logical and forces white to be creative if he wants to avoid lines known in the Kings Indian Attack.
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A third setup, but less logical, would be Nc6-e6-Nge7. This setup works against most closed systems, but here it seems not to I'm of 14 years and I'm a rated
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It seems that a good move for black is 3...Nf6! tactics finding great world players thinking

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4... d5 5. g2
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5. g5 !? We have232 guestsonline

5... g7 6.O-O O-O 7. e1 c7 8.d3

8.c3 !?

8... c6 9.h4 b6 10.h5 b7 11.hxg6

In the second game we will see how the play can develop when black plays e6-Nge7. This line transposes directly to a well-known
scenario in the Kings Indian Attack. It is worth knowing what to do against this setup from black.

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1.e4 c5 2. f3 e6

2...g6 3.g3 g7 4. g2 c6 5.O-O e6

6.c3 ge7 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 d5 9.e5
O-O 10. c3 Transposes to the game

3.d3 d6 4.g3 g6 5. g2 g7 6.O-O c6

7.c3 ge7 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 O-O 10. c3
d5 11.e5 This is the starting position of the
middlegame. It seems that black's plan is clear, he
will play f6-Nf5 and put pressure on white's central
pawns. Meanwhile white will try to maximize his
space advantage f6 !? The most critical try,
challenging the center immediately

11... f5 is an option, white could continue

with 12. e1 f6

12... d7 13. f4

Our third game was play by GM Amin Bassem against GM Negi Parimarjan. Amin is one of the main specialists of the Kings Indian
Attack and his games can be a great source to familiarize yourself with this opening. In this game we have a look at other possible
continuations for black. See details below:

Amin, Bassem vs Negi, Parimarjan

Wch U20 Gaziantep 4 Jun 2008 1-0

1. f3 c5 2.g3 c6 3. g2 g6 4.O-O g7
5.e4 d6 6.c3 f6 7. e1 g4 This is a
natural move but perhaps there is no need to give
white the bishop pair for no reason. Other options
are

7...O-O and now white could play either d4 or

h3 and d4 on the next move. 8. a3 !? is an
original way of playing

8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 g4 is not fully

satisfactory for white since he has
problems to defend his center.

8...e5

After the natural 8... b8 9. c2 b5

10.d4 d7 11. f4 cxd4 ?! 12.cxd4
b6 13.d5 white is already better:

We hope this will article serves you as inspiration and gives you a weapon to use against all those dragon players who employ this
move order. It may not be a line for a daily use, but it can certainly be an effective surprise weapon.

Thanks for reading and, as usual, feel free to leave us any feedback!

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 February 2017 12:28

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