OldGrizzly wrote on 02/10/09 at 07:40:00:


Quite right, I honestly don't know what I was thinking when I posted that, perhaps the hour was late. Let me just add that after the seemingly crazy 22.bxc7?! the reply 22...Bh3, though aesthetically pleasing, may in fact turn out better for White. Luckily the prosaic 22...Rxc7! should suffice for Black.

Toppy    

rossia wrote on 02/08/09 at 18:59:51:


Thanks for the compliment.

I wish I could say I found the powerful 21...Nh4 over the board but alas it was mostly home preparation, inspired in large part by the Charbonneau game alluded to earlier.

To be honest I was slightly disappointed as my opponent didn't allow me to show anything new, losing in the same way as Charbonneau's opponent did, only with the exception of three extra moves.

Many players are still relying heavily on the Khaliman books, but theory marches on. Instead of the very human but losing 22.Re1, he must try something like 22.Ra2, 22.Re2 or 22.Bd3 but in all cases Black gets a very strong attack that is extremely difficult to cope with over the board. My opponent was visibly shaken during and after the game and understandably so, even in the post mortem he remained shell shocked and expressed disbelief that the position after 23...Rg7 was simply lost.

The Bayonet/Kramink attack these days is played by many players looking for a quiet and safe life, happily applying queenside pressure while having to worry little about the brutal mating attacks so typical of the Mar del Plata variation. Nevertheless as was seen, White is never totally immune from attack in these Classical mainlines.

Indeed a major reason why I fell in love with KID is that one, it often does not feel like you are playing the Black pieces and two When white is successful it usually means that he wins a couple of pawns on the Queenside but when Black is successful it usually means Check Mate. 

Toppy

He's an IM, and he was referring to the game Roussel Roozman - Charbonneau, Montreal 2008, which he pointed out earlier.

But maybe I shouldn't be answering for him.  So, never mind.

TopNotch wrote on 02/03/09 at 17:17:45:


Very nice game indeed! And your Elo is?

By the way in the position after 21.Bg1


we have only one game in Mega 2008, Informants 1-102. But there isn't mentioned the move you played.

You found it over the board or?

Welcome Mr Golubev,

I'm very happy you're in charge of the KID section

I tried to send an email at your @chesspublishing mail address but it didn't work - is the mail account already setup ?

Regards,

BlkSabb wrote on 02/04/09 at 07:04:41:


Normally not. 

First of all, there is not much King's Indian in Chess Today. Maybe one or two annotated (not necessarily be me) games per month.

Excellent! Thank you Grandmasters Golubev, and Kosten.  

I'm also excited about this section.
As the Markos book has already had a mention in the opening theory section could we have some ideas/opinion/clarification on the h3 lines as mentioned elsewhere in the forum.

Markos' alternative line offered with g3 seems to be floundering a little and whilst I offered Enders an idea of my own I would be very appreciative of Golubevs and other members ideas in this line.

Nelson