saubhikr wrote on 01/14/12 at 02:16:05:

Well, there are two volumes and unfortunately only one as e-book.

Just completed my first read through of SO KID by Gallagher at 3am this morning. Was an excellent book, plan on going over it a few more times as i continue to work on my KID. It feels great. On to Golubev! Much thanks for all the recommendations.

Not really. He recommends different lines in everything but the Fianchetto. In the Classical it's 7...Nc6 main lines in the book, Nbd7 on the DVD; the Four Pawns Attack is c5 in the book, Na6 on the DVD; and the Saemisch is c5 main lines in the book and early a6 Nbd7 and trying to play a Benko on the DVD.

I quite like the Bologan book, in particular when you combine it with the starting out book and annotated games. I quite like the repertoire and he often gives real alternatives and doesnt ignore sidelines (eg the English/Reti is also covered as are the various possibilitie with Bg5 which you encounter a lot at lower levels)

I read the German version of the Gallagher book and I am quite sure that it was the "Starting-Out" one. Golubev takes a look at different setups in the different systems (classical, Awerbach, saemisch,...). It is a while ago since I read but I remember that he mentioned e.g. c5 and Panno against Saemisch and Sc6 and Sa6 against classical.
You are right there are a lot of books for White and it is important to see which variation they prefer. Therefore I check the reference book list in the KI books and e.g. Beat the KID is nearly mentioned by most of them (e.g. Vigorito I guess, Bojkov-DVD,...). Wojo´s book is very new and therefore it is not covered e.g. by Vigorito. But Black has to be aware that these are favorite lines for White because of these books.
Sure, Kasparov and Fischer are important KI players but I like to mention also Radjabov, Gelfand, Nakamura,... as strong KI players.
A good source to get an impression what is going on in the KI is the outstanding book of David Bronstern "Zurich 1953" when the KI started to get popular and many famous KI-player (Geller, Bronstein,...) are involved in this tournament.

Hi,

I don´t know wich rating you have but perhaps it helps when I (Elo 2250-2290) explain how I studied the KI, which is my main weapon aganist 1.d4:
The first book I read was the Gallagher KI-book. He explains different setup against each variation e.g. classical line with Sc6 or Sa6. So you get a good overview about the different setups.
Another book that explains more the strategy is the Golubev book which I also recommend for getting more information about the plans.
After this you need a more theoretical book e.g. from Bologan or Vigorito.
I would recommend Vigorito´s book because it is newer and more explainations are given. Also I don´t agree with Bologan about some evaluations of the araising positions but he has a 350-400 Elo higher rating than me. So, don´t give too much on my last statement.
In general, not all setups are mentioned in Bologan´s or Vigorito´s book, e.g. if you want to play c5 against Saemisch you have to use Bologan´s book, if you like Sc6,a6,Tb8 (=Panno) against Saemisch you have to use Vigorito´s book. Therefore I mentioned the Gallagher or Golubev book, so that you get an impression which setups you prefer.
If you like Sa6-setup I can recommend the DVD of Bojkov, which is one the better DVDs. It is really good.

Hope that it helps and I wish you a lot of fun playing the KI.

Is this book all I would need if I wanted to make the Kings Indian my #1 defense to d4? A strong player suggested that I use it and go over the games of Kasparov and Fischer to really master this opening. Is this good advice?