Friday, May 1, 2009

Kings Indian Attack ( A07 - A08) - Opening Theory

King's Indian Attack Resources

 A chess opening system for White that is not a series of specific moves, but rather a system that can be played from many different move orders. The KIA is often reached via 1.e4 followed by d3Nd2Ngf3g3, Bg2, and 0-0, it can also arise from 1. g31. Nf3, or even 1. d3.

General Opening Knowledge and History.


Short & Sweet: The King's Indian Attack -FREE Chessable Course - 26 Trainable Variations 
(FM Plichta shows us the secrets to his KIA set-up based on the moves 1. e4 2. d3 3. Nd2 4. Ngf3 5. g3 6. Bg2 7. O-O.)
Short & Sweet: King's Indian Attack -FREE Chessable Course FM Plichta distills the point-getting lessons from his analysis and over-the-board adventures into 29 core lines and almost 2 hours of video.

 

Kings Indian Attack Chess Articles

Kings Indian Attack - Simplify Chess Page - Gives Lines and Why to play it.

The Kings Indian Attack - Complete Guide -   ichess.net (Huge Article with Games and  1.5 Hr worth of Embedded Videos)
How to Play the King’s Indian Attack  - Pretty Nice (In-depth Guide) Chessfox.com
Beating The Kings Indian Attack with the French - Article and Video by GM Fabian Libiszewski
The Kings Indian Attack - Notes on a Lecture by FM Steve Stoyko (9 Annotated Games)

Flank Openings - IM David Cummings (Nice Articles on A08 )
King’s Indian Attack 6 Na3 July 2021
Reversed Grünfeld 1 Nf3 d5 2 g3 c5 3 Bg2 Nf6 4 0-0 g6 5 d4 November 2020
King’s Indian Attack Mainline 8 Re1 Qc7 October 2020
King’s Indian Attack Mainline 7...b6 October 2020
King’s Indian Attack, 9 exd5 May 2020
King’s Indian Attack, 9 e5, 10...Bb7, 12...Rfc8 May 2020
King’s Indian Attack, 7...b6 May 2020
King’s Indian Attack, 1 Nf3 Nf6 2 g3 d5 3 Bg2 e6 4 0-0 c5 5 d3 Nc6 6 e4 May 2020

GAMES DATABASES

365Chess.com

A07: Reti, King's Indian attack (Barcza system) 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 - 34,386 Games
A08: Reti, King's Indian attack 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2  - 3833 Games


Chessgames.com

King's Indian Attack (A07-A08)  - 67 Annotated Games
The King's Indian Attack - 32 Games  (Chessgames.com)
King's Indian Attack Compilation - 56 Games (Chessgames.com)


Kings Indian Attack Chess Puzzles

WTHarvey.com

Reti Opening, King's Indian Attack (ECO A07) - 14 Puzzles 


Kings Indian Attack LiChess Puzzles -  2510  KIA Puzzles (Broken into 9 Variations) Halfway down Page

KIA LiChess Studies

KIA -  13 Chapter LiChess Study  (141 hearts)
KIA Openings - 6 Chapter Study (Setups vs Different Openings)
King´ s Indian Attack (KIA) - 46 Chapter Study (Very In Depth Lessons) (62 heart Study)
King's Indian Attack!  - 8 Chapter Interactive Study  (3056 hearts)

On kings Indian Attack  - 36 Chapter Study  (Lessons w/ a lot of Annotated games)

KIA VS FRENCH  -  36 Chapter Study  (Lessons w/ a lot of Annotated games)



King's Indian Attack Chess Video Lessons


Kings Indian Attack Mainline 14 Min NM Bryan Tillis

GM Damian Lemos

King's Indian Attack - An Introduction [Part 1/3] - 24 Min
King's Indian Attack - Smash the Sicilian 👏 [Part 2/3] - 24 Min
King's Indian Attack against Caro-Kann 👊 [Part 3/3] - 25 Min
How Not to Play the Kings Indian -  32 Min YouTube Video


Kings Indian Attack Game Videos (W/Analysis)

Aman's Kings Indian Speedrun - 12 Video Playlist - (Over 9 hrs of Video) (Watch a GM explain every game played with this opening) GM Aman Hambleton
King's Indian Attack   - 12 Video Playlist  - Chess School
The Kings Indian Attack  - 19 Video Playlist - kingscrusher (Famous Games)
King's Indian Attack Rating Climb - 18 Video playlist - IM Alex banzea (Lots of Annotated games Here)
Kings Indian Attack - Fischer vs. Tal   - 11 Min
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura || Blitz chess 2018 - 12 Min
Longer Chess Games #61 The Kings Indian Attack - 33 Min GM Simon Williams