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Question: What is the 2nd best line against the KID (after Classical)

Samisch Variation (6.Be3)

13 (16.5%)

Samisch Variation (6.Bg5 or 6.Nge2)

5 (6.3%)

Fianchetto Variation

22 (27.8%)

Averbakh Variation (5.Be2 0-0 6.Bg5)

8 (10.1%)

Four Pawns Attack

4 (5.1%)

Makogonov System (with h3)

12 (15.2%)

Petrosian/Gligoric

6 (7.6%)

Smyslov Variation (4.Nf3 0-0 5.Bg5)

1 (1.3%)

5.Bd3 or 5.Nge2

2 (2.5%)

Other

6 (7.6%)

Total votes: 79

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What is the 2nd best line against the KID? (Read 12741 times)

MilenPetrov Senior Member Offline Winnie the Pooh Rules :) Posts: 353 Location: Varna, Bulgaria Joined: 04/03/08 Gender:	Re: What is the 2nd best line against the KID? Reply #24 - 01/04/09 at 22:37:04	Post Tools	Print Post
	Voted for Averbakh system. Black has to know very well how to defend in this line. Otherwise he has a risk of facing difficulties.


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Dragan Glas Senior Member Offline "If I, like Solomon, ... could have my wish - " Posts: 424 Location: Ireland Joined: 06/25/06 Gender:	Re: What is the 2nd best line against the KID? Reply #23 - 01/04/09 at 20:59:47	Post Tools	Print Post
	Greetings, thibdb13 wrote on 09/05/08 at 18:25:22: Matemax wrote on 09/05/08 at 16:36:53: Quote: I'm surprised that so many voted for the fianchetto system. I think this is one of the Anti-KI for a KI-player, despite it is a KI A difficult day?? I was going to vote "Other", assuming that would mean the Classical - but then Anonymous3000 indicated he hadn't included the Classical because he assumed that that was the best... Not to mention that if you're stumped looking for number five, Markovich, there aren't enough options to cater for my level! Now I'm totally confused... That's why I just play the Sämisch - you've got three choices in one variation: play on the queen-side, play on the king-side or play in the centre. Kindest regards, Dragan Glas


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Zatox Full Member Offline Posts: 175 Joined: 03/11/08	Re: What is the 2nd best line against the KID? Reply #22 - 09/22/08 at 16:31:33	Post Tools	Print Post
	Objectively it would be some Nf3+Be2 variation. But i always hated sämisch as black and i play it as white. So i clicked that one.

	'Experts vs The Sicilian' is a great book, but it is not the Bible. - TopNotch
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cyronix Ex Member	Re: What is the 2nd best line against the KID? Reply #21 - 09/16/08 at 18:27:09	Post Tools	Print Post
	I think the averbakh is a nice try for advantage. also white does not have to know so much theory. Although I currently play the fianchetto, and I'm quite satisfied with it too


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CheckMate Full Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 164 Location: Uppsala Joined: 07/18/06 Gender:	Re: What is the 2nd best line against the KID? Reply #20 - 09/12/08 at 09:25:17	Post Tools	Print Post
	Matemax wrote on 09/05/08 at 16:36:53: Quote: I'm surprised that so many voted for the fianchetto system. I think this is one of the Anti-KI for a KI-player, despite it is a KI I enjoy the kind of play Black gets in the Yugoslav/Panno variations. It's White who has to be careful not to end up in tatters!


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sssthepro Senior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 439 Joined: 12/16/06	Re: What is the 2nd best line against the KID? Reply #19 - 09/08/08 at 09:27:10	Post Tools	Print Post
	lol, if I get 2/2 I would have won both games without losing any... Actually, my record is 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses(I left one out) against opposition with an average rating of 2300-2400 FIDE when my average rating during this period is 2000-2100 FIDE. So I think its not that bad.


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cyronix Ex Member	Re: What is the 2nd best line against the KID? Reply #18 - 09/06/08 at 07:11:30	Post Tools	Print Post
	I guess you made 2/2 with this opening sssthepro wrote on 09/06/08 at 00:02:35: Petrosian System! I only lost 2 games with it so far.


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sssthepro Senior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 439 Joined: 12/16/06	Re: What is the 2nd best line against the KID? Reply #17 - 09/06/08 at 00:02:35	Post Tools	Print Post
	Petrosian System! I only lost 2 games with it so far.


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thibdb13 God Member Offline Tal was the best Posts: 974 Location: Mechelen Joined: 01/25/07 Gender:	Re: What is the 2nd best line against the KID? Reply #16 - 09/05/08 at 18:25:22	Post Tools	Print Post
	Matemax wrote on 09/05/08 at 16:36:53: Quote: I'm surprised that so many voted for the fianchetto system. I think this is one of the Anti-KI for a KI-player, despite it is a KI A difficult day??

	Yusupov once said that “The problem with the Dutch Defence is that later in many positions the best move would be ...f5-f7” but he is surely wrong.
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Matemax God Member Offline Chesspub gives you strength! Posts: 1302 Joined: 11/04/07	Re: What is the 2nd best line against the KID? Reply #15 - 09/05/08 at 16:36:53	Post Tools	Print Post
	Quote: I'm surprised that so many voted for the fianchetto system. I think this is one of the Anti-KI for a KI-player, despite it is a KI


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Markovich God Member Offline Posts: 6099 Location: Columbus, Ohio Joined: 09/17/04	Re: What is the 2nd best line against the KID? Reply #14 - 09/05/08 at 16:14:20	Post Tools	Print Post
	CheckMate wrote on 09/05/08 at 15:30:15: I'm surprised that so many voted for the fianchetto system. The main problem with this system is that you may end up playing against a super-solid symmetrical Grunfeld opening if Black knowns the best plan with ... c6 and ... d5. Personally I'm inclined to think the Sämisch (in all its flavours) is the second most dangerous anti-KID strategy (if not even the first most dangerous!). The Sämisch is the main reason that I never play the KID. I'm surprised because I had thought that the Saemisch at least in its traditional forms had been shorn of its teeth by 6...c5!

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CheckMate Full Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 164 Location: Uppsala Joined: 07/18/06 Gender:	Re: What is the 2nd best line against the KID? Reply #13 - 09/05/08 at 15:30:15	Post Tools	Print Post
	I'm surprised that so many voted for the fianchetto system. The main problem with this system is that you may end up playing against a super-solid symmetrical Grunfeld opening if Black knowns the best plan with ... c6 and ... d5. Personally I'm inclined to think the Sämisch (in all its flavours) is the second most dangerous anti-KID strategy (if not even the first most dangerous!). The Sämisch is the main reason that I never play the KID.


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winawer77 Full Member Offline Posts: 249 Location: UK Joined: 03/31/07 Gender:	Re: What is the 2nd best line against the KID? Reply #12 - 09/01/08 at 09:45:56	Post Tools	Print Post
	Quote: The problem is that not everyone is a second-rate player. I, for example, am only a fifth-rate. Lucky you - I aspire to be fifth-rate. When I saw the poll I was initially going to select '1.d4 Nf6 2.g4' .... but was amazed when it wasn't there!


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Markovich God Member Offline Posts: 6099 Location: Columbus, Ohio Joined: 09/17/04	Re: What is the 2nd best line against the KID? Reply #11 - 08/29/08 at 12:30:24	Post Tools	Print Post
	TonyRo wrote on 08/29/08 at 11:34:51: Four Pawns! ROUGH EM UP!!! GROWWWWWWLLLL! I think it's closer to fifth best, which is the main reason I play it.

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TonyRo God Member Offline I'm gonna crack your skull! Posts: 1826 Location: Cleveland, OH Joined: 11/26/07 Gender:	Re: What is the 2nd best line against the KID? Reply #10 - 08/29/08 at 11:34:51	Post Tools	Print Post
	Four Pawns! ROUGH EM UP!!! GROWWWWWWLLLL!


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