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hi everyone this is Grandmaster Eugene Perelstein

and together with Chess lecture.com

I'd like to welcome you to a series of lecture

on the 4 pawns attack in King's Indian

and this opening starts after d 4

Knight of 6

c 4

g 6

night c 3 Bishop g 7

e 4 d 6

so

these are the basic moves of the King's Indian defense

and I am an avid player as black

and I have played King's Indian all my life

and F4 is the most aggressive approach for white

to take the initiative in his hands

and let me show you how to deal with this opening

in this series of lectures

now besides f 4

there are many other ways for white to play

the most popular way these days is Knight f

three castles Bishop e two

which is the classical approach

and I did a few lectures after night A

six Castles

where you will see Black's typical plan

in these type of structures

so followed by E5

but this is a completely different opening

and the opening that we wanna talk about is f 4

which is the four pawns attack

so the good thing about F4 is that nowadays

it's a very rare guest to tournament practice

because it's just not that popular anymore

and so that means you

still have to know how to counter against F4

nevertheless

so there are two moves that you can make

which are about equally the same

and usually transpose is either castles

or c 5 immediately challenging white in the center

note

it's very important to challenge white in the center

as soon as possible

because if you're gonna play slow move such as c 6

a 6 knight a 6 White is gonna play knight of 3

with the idea of e five

followed by a very quick development

bishop e 2 or bishop d 3 in castles

and you also have to watch out for e 5 for white

so that's why either c 5 or castles

usually the main line goes castles

knight of 3 and now c five

and here white has two options of playing this

opening d 5 is the main line

closing the center

or d take C

where the position is actually more dragon like

Martha structure after queen a 5

and white has to play Bishop d 3

okay so two ways for white to play here

moves such as e 5 are not good

because notice that white king is still in the middle

it takes at least two moves to castle

whereas black is ready to attack the center

so black can simply drop back with the knight

to d seven

and it turns out that it's not so easy

for white to hold his central pawns

because c takes d and d takes e are threatened

and it turns out that White's position could fall apart

like a house of cards

so it's not very good to play e 5 here

so first let's look at the line after d take C

and let me show you the best plan in this position

so Queen a 5 is the right move

you're not worried about this move at all

because of night takes e 4

and immediately White's position is in real

real danger because on c 3 we are attacking three ways

and we're not really afraid of this move

because of simple rookie 8

lining up the rook x raying the king

and the game is almost over in a few moves

so Bishop d 3 defending the e 4 pawn

this is the main line and now queen takes e five

so how does white continue his development

because he could not really castle

so that's why white has to spend another move

or two to prepare castle

so Queen e 2 is the right move

with the idea of bishop e 3 kicking out the queen

and then castling

so my question to you is

how do you proceed with development

and the answer is very simple

just develop your pieces on the natural square

bishop on g 4

knight to c 6 so we start with bishop g four

or as a matter of fact you can play N66 first

it doesn't really matter

and after Bishop e 3 kicks the queen out

queen a 5 castles

now bishop g four

as you see we are taking control

or we wanna take control over the d 4 square

followed by knight d 7

and now the other knight can go to d 4

and the knight from d 7 to c five

because white is really has a lot of weaknesses

because of these points f 4

e 4 c 4

we can start immediate active piece play

and this actually position is very similar to the perk

except the bonus on c 4 and gives black extra targets

so after bishop g 4

how can white continue

his plan

so let's take a look at this position and try to think

what possibilities does white have to duel

so normally white wants to stabilize

make his position stable by playing rook a C one

followed by king h 1

and just trying to push black spaces backwards with a 3

and potentially b four

how do we or actually they can start with a 3 first

followed by b 4

so let's take a look at these moves one by one

so let's take a look at a 3 first

so after a three

black simply continues with his plan of 97

opening up the dark square

bishop for the very long diagonal

and preparing 94 95 thrust at the right moment

and white continues with b 4

the aggressive approach

and the question is

where do we put the queen on D8 or H5

I like queen on h 5 better so it can participate

in attack on f 3 9 and after typical rook c one

we really wanna create more weaknesses

and the correct move here is a five

as you see White's position is becoming very very

weak because it's

harder and harder for white to keep defending

all these weaknesses

because there are so many points over extended

and now b five really gives black an upper hand

a complete domination over the c 5 square

so after N I d four hidden the queen

queen f 2 another powerful move

night c 5

Bishop b 1 Black can do whatever he wants

Night d to B 3 Bishop takes f three

or knight takes f 3 forward by bishop h 3

so many plans due to complete control of the c 5 square

black has a solid edge

so let's go back and take a look at the different way

for why to develop

so hyper aggressive approach with A3 and B4

simply is not working

let's take a look at more solid rook AC 1

again

you don't really have to know the variations by heart

in this position you have to simply know the plan

put the bishop on g 4 put the knight on g seven

and try to create counter play with the pieces

so 97 is the right move

and now queen f 2

White really needs to take care of this d 4 square

that's why queen f 2 has to be played

and now you can simply play Bishop takes knight

pawn takes

notice that if queen takes

black can even go after the pawn

after bishop takes c 3 Rook takes c 3

Queen takes a 2

because it's unclear how the two bishops

play a role

because the bishop on d 3 is completely locked

and it's not so easy for for white to play f 5 or e 5

because f 5 gives the e 5 square to black

and e 5 is simply impossible after d takes e

so here white doesn't have sufficient compensation

for the pawn

and this is the main line g takes f

and here black can simply continue with his plan

to take control over the c 5 square

after night c 5

bishop b 1 so the position is roughly even

I would prefer black

because of very simple and clear play

using his pieces against the queen side pawns

and you might say that the typical plan involves night

a 4

exchanging a pair of pieces

after night takes Queen takes for example rook at d 1

now black can play

the following plan

to take over the queen side initiative

the plan is

to play b 6

for example king h 1 rook a C 8

would I do a night before

so for example if h 4 now night before

and all of a sudden

black succeeds first on the queen side

because of a threat

Rook takes c 4 winning at least a pawn and b 3

well b 3 we can either drop back to a 5

or play queen

a 3 depending on what your plans are with idea queen f

queen b 2 trying to change Queens and or queen a 5

keeping the position complicated

with the possibility of playing F5 in the future

and really really powerful play on both sides

it's really unclear how white can take

the initiative into his own hands

because moves such as f 5 followed by h 5

do leave his king wide open

and so we can simply play bishop f 6

king h 8 rook g 8

and slowly take over the initiative on the king side

so I would think that black is at least equal

but I would prefer to play black in this position

so let's go back

and the move that we looked at

is d take C after black plays c five

so again after d take C the chemo is queen a 5

bishop d 3 queen take c 5

and remember that your plan

bishop g 4 knight c six

then after white plays queen a 2 and bishop b 3

simply drop back to a 5 knight d 7

at the right moment I changed the dark

the light square bishop for the knight

and you have a very good game because of the squares

d 4 and c five

so this is very easy and natural play

and let's start looking at the main line

D5 is the main line

so this is almost Benoni like plan the black

black really wants to undermine the center with E6

and at the right moment

we're gonna play on the queen side with a 6 and b 5

well of course

it depends on white decides to do

white can leave the pawns

in the center and play Bishop E2

which is the main line

or an interesting approach is to actually

give up the control over the center

and take on E6

and this is what we're gonna look at now

so after d takes E we can take with the bishop

but this would lead to this would lead to

uh both sides actually counteracting

and fighting for the d 5 and d 4 squares

I would rather take it with the pawn

not not even

not give white

even the slightest control over d 5 square

and in the meantime

black has full control over d 4 square

so let's see what could happen after F takes E

so Bishop D3 and natural weight to develop

followed by 96 and now of course Castle

so now that we have full control over D 4 square

we can take it right away with 9 d four

and now two ways white can play

white can take on d 4 or say

well I really don't want to exchange pieces

because your position is cramped and play Knight g five

and after N g 5

don't be afraid to back up your knight again

with e five

you're not really caring about the d 5 square anymore

because you have full control of d 4 square

and if white plays f 5

you can take over the initiative after h 6

knight h 3 g takes f

E takes F and now simple move queen e 8

with all sorts of threats such as e 4

it's not so easy for white to play

and notice that now it's black

who has the control in the middle of the board

and what about Knight takes d 4 well let's take a look

this is not something that you should worry about

because after C takes d

it's unclear

how white can play for any sort of advantage

with such a powerful pawn on d 4

but for example knight b 5

we can simply play night e 8 and now Bishop d 2

for example

drive back the knight of a 6

knight has to go to bad square a three

and now simply develop your pieces with b 6

knight c 2 now bishop b 7 right away

or even the move I like here is rook a 7

followed by

rook f seven

and Bishop B 7 with a very good

play for black

the bishop on b 7 will hit the pawn on e 4

two Rooks are gonna pressure white on the f file

at the right moment

you can either play for g 5 or knight of 6

or even e 5

and really white has no advantage whatsoever

and black is doing really really well

so with this in mind let's go back to the main line

and we are not afraid at all of the move d takes E

taking control taking pressure off the center

and allowing black pawn to be closer to the center

after f takes e again the key here is the d 4 square

don't be afraid to play knight d 4

and e 5 to support the knight later

so that leaves us to the very main line

the most popular move is of course Bishop e two

now after E takes d

C takes d

Bishop G4 so this is the main line

which we're gonna look at more deeper

deeper into the next lecture

now let me quickly cover E to X

d and how you should play against it

well the easiest way is to exchange a pair of pieces

because remember Black Expedition is cramped

by exchanging a pair of pieces

and opening up your g 7 bishop

you're gonna have a very good game

and the way to do it is to play bishop f 5

castles knight e 4

you see you immediately for the exchange of the knight

and after night takes bishop takes

you could see that black has no problems at all

very powerful bishop on g seven

black is gonna play later 97 a 6

b 5 type of plan or simply play on the e file

and black is doing really

really well

so to summarize

if white doesn't go to the very main line

all the other lines

black has a very easy and comfortable play

and the main line starts after E takes d

C takes d Bishop G 4

which we're gonna cover in more detail

in my next lecture

thank you very much and I hope to see you all next time

bye bye