I looked up John Watson's review of Offbeat King's Indian (because someone had mentioned it in another KI thread) and he mentions this:

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i was playing speed chess against an expert, and he played averbahk/four pawns attack, if there is such name (thats what i call it); followed by e5.  real annoying.

I seriously considered the Reti KID line for the Dangerous Weapons - Flank book ... but the problem is that it is not really dangerous! Also it is very difficult to define any mainlines as both sides have such a large choice of plans and move orders.
My two chapters on the Mikenas stick strictly to the mainline well beyond move 10!

TopNotch wrote on 01/04/09 at 21:20:22:


Well, in fairness, the whole series might be called Surprise Weapons, and I'm no marketing wiz, but that doesn't sound quite so sharp.  I have a few of the books and I think each chapter strives to divert from the mainstream mainlines before move 10, so I doubt you'll get what you're looking for.  You will, however, get a few surprises that might be worth the odd outing from time to time.  They're geared to quick study and rapid application.

Here's the criteria for what constitutes a Dangerous Weapon:

1) Moves that create complex, original positions full of razor sharp tactics and rich positional ideas where creative attacking play is rewarding moves which are new, rare or very fresh, leaving plenty
of scope for research.

2) Moves that are highly ambitious; ones which aim for total domination.

3) Moves that have previously been discarded or discredited by theory perhaps unfairly so or maybe for the wrong reasons.

4) Moves that are visually shocking; moves which seem to contradict the laws of the game.

In lieu of that, I suspect the Reti KID (which as you note didn't beat Capa in itself) is a surer bet than cutting edge theory in the mainlines, although the more I think about the Reti KID: 

1) There's probably too much to cover in a single chapter for it to be fully useful in this format.

2) It's unlikely that the authors would examine a variation that diverges so considerably from the standard KID move order (for White, anyway).

Best bet: a few unorthodox ideas around moves 5-8 in the Saemisch, Four Pawns, etc...

I was rather hoping that this line might make it into the Reti/Flank Openings book, but I guess it could find a place in the KID book.   

I think White gets a very good game against the standard KID, but play against 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 c6 6.Bg2 d5 is a bit trickier...