[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: This Week's ChessBase Show: Killing the King's Indian with Korchnoi

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
This Week's ChessBase Show: Killing the King's Indian with Korchnoi
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1215571212.shtml


   Few players have been as implacably opposed to a major opening as
   Viktor Korchnoi has been to the King's Indian Defense, but at least he
   can be said to have earned the right to his principled antipathy. For
   at least five decades, he has been in the vanguard of those combating
   the KID, developing countless new ideas (not just new moves) in the
   struggle to prove an advantage for the white pieces.
   Along these lines, one game that deservedly received a lot of buzz at
   the time was his victory over Croatian grandmaster Krunoslav Hulak,
   from the 1987 Interzonal in Zagreb. The position after 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4
   g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 d6 6.d4 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7
   10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5
   [korchnoi_hulak_1987.jpg]
   remains a crucial tabiya to this day, and it is here that Korchnoi
   sprang a brilliant new idea on his opponent. Standard operating
   procedure involves finding a way to favorably execute the c5 advance
   while slowing Black's attempts to execute White's king. Moves like
   13.b4 and 13.Rc1 were commonplace, while White would often make moves
   like Kh1, so as to meet ...g3 with Bg1, and to then answer ...gxh2
   with Bf2. White generally can't dream of a move like h3, on account of
   various ...Bxh3 possibilities. Korchnoi's ingenious idea aided the
   prosecution of his queenside play while safeguarding his king, but in
   a new way.
   How did he do it? Tune in tomorrow, Wednesday night at 9 p.m. ET, and
   find out! The game doesn't just feature a significant theoretical
   idea, but is a very well-played effort from start to finish. Finally,
   and most importantly for the King's Indian aficionados in the
   audience, we'll see the cure for his idea. You won't want to miss it!
   (Note for first-timers: the shows are free to watch, and you can find
   directions explaining how to tune in, [1]here.)

References

   1. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1114234449.shtml