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Understanding the King's Indian
208 Seiten, kartoniert, Gambit, 1. Auflage 2006
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Despite its sharp and aggressive nature, the King's Indian is an opening that lends itself well to discussion in terms of plans, ideas and pawn-structures. Those who are familiar with these underlying themes will enjoy an enormous practical advantage when facing those who lack this understanding, even if they are theoretically well-prepared. Golubev is ideally qualified to provide a realistic and informative guide to the King's Indian: he has played it for the whole of his chess career, scoring many devastating victories. He draws upon this extensive experience to choose the most instructive games and positions, and to provide a wealth of insightful tips.
This thoroughly practical guide to one of the most attractive chess openings is written by an author who has proved his mastery of the King's Indian in the acid test of grandmaster practice. Golubev has played the King's Indian for the whole of his chess career, scoring many devastating victories. He draws upon this extensive experience to choose the most instructive games and positions, and to provide a wealth of insightful tips.
Despite its sharp and aggressive nature, the King's Indian is an opening that lends itself well to discussion in terms of plans, ideas and pawn-structures. Those who are familiar with these underlying themes will enjoy an enormous practical advantage when facing those who lack this understanding, even if they are theoretically well-prepared.
This engaging personal account of the King's Indian is also wide-ranging and detailed. The main games are all from Golubev's own practice, enabling him to provide a completely accurate description of the decisions at the board. The notes contain a wealth of references to games and ideas from other King's Indian specialists, and the coverage is sufficient to provide Black with a flexible and aggressive repertoire.
Mikhail Golubev is a grandmaster from Odessa, Ukraine. He is a noted expert in several sharp and aggressive opening systems, including the King's Indian and the Dragon. His previous book, The Sicilian Sozin, has been praised for the quantity and quality of its original analysis, and for Golubev's objectivity in identifying the critical lines.
Introduction:
The title of this book leaves no doubts that its topic is the King's Indian Defence - one of the most popular and controversial openings in modern chess. The author has used this opening with Black for more than 25 years. How I got started was slightly unusual. When I was 8 or 9, I played a training game with a friend from my chess club, Dima Novokhatko. After 1 c4 I noticed a certain weakening of the a1-h8 diagonal, and answered with 1...g6. The result of this game is not preserved in my memory, but probably it was positive enough, because I immediately started to seek information about 'my' opening and found that it was well-known as Staroindiskaya zashchita (the Russian name for the KI). .
According to common classification, everything that begins with the moves 1 d4 Sf6 2 c4 g6 is called the 'King's Indian Defence', with the exception of cases when Black later continues ...d5, which is the Grünfeld Defence.
While the other KI lines (most importantly, the Fianchetto Variation with early g3) are covered in this book, most of material is devoted to the 'real' King's Indian lines which begin from 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6. Note that 4...0-0!?, which once brought a brilliant victory to Bobby Fischer in a famous game against Letelier, alas, does not have much independent significance, because Black will normally play ...d6 soon enough in any case. . :
It is obvious that White, in accordance with opening principles, has occupied the centre with pawns and enjoys a territorial advantage. So, we should discuss what Black is doing, and why.
First, of all, he has developed his pieces in such a way that they cannot be profitably attacked (e4-e5 is out of the question for the moment), and at the same time they occupy active positions. The weakening of the a1-h8 diagomentioned above, is not a joke but a real factor which, as Black hopes, could somehow compensate him for White's territorial achievements.
The most vulnerable square in White's cenis d4, which can be defended by pieces only. And, not surprisingly, two main basic ideas for Black are related to attacking the d4-pawn (after castling) by ...e5 or ...c5, which lead to two different classes of positions. After either ...e5 or ...c5, White has the choice between keeping the d4-pawn in its place (in this case the support of minor pieces is required), exchanging this pawn for Black's pawn on e5 (c5), or moving the pawn forward by d5, stepping into the opponent's side of the board and increasing White's territorial advantage.
In the book we shall deal with all these types of structures (also including lines where Black delays the assault on White's centre). Black's methods of counterplay will be illustrated separately in each of the opening lines, and general observations will always be made when possible.
There should be no doubt that the King's Indian is not only a highly provocative opening (White is invited to occupy the centre) but also not an easy one to play with the black side. "It's a difficult opening, positionally it's very difficult," wrote the most successful King's Indian player ever, Garry Kasparov, answering a quesfrom a visitor at his Website. The stakes are higher than in other openings and, basically, White gets some objective advantage from the very beginning. (Well, I can try to describe the word 'advantage' as a situation where the opposite site would be satisfied with a draw of
How valuable is White's objective advantage in the King's Indian? The correct answer to this question is beyond our knowledge. There are grandmasters (even those who often use the King's Indian as Black), who have the opinion that with perfect play White should win. For my part, I firmly believe that Black, if he plays perfectly, should not lose. Some players, on the other hand, simply do not worry about such abstract theoretical questions.
A more practical question is: what does Black get in return for voluntarily giving his opponent an obvious (even if slight) opening adIn fact, he gets quite a lot. By playing the King's Indian, Black, as a rule, avoids early simplifications, which allows him to keep the position complicated (due, not least, to such a banal factor as the number of pieces remaining on the board!).
So, the King's Indian is a perfect opening choice for players who aim to 'outcalculate' the Opponent in a complicated struggle. The spirit of the King's Indian was best described in my memory by one of its regular practitioners, Croatian GM Cvitan. "I want to be dangerous", he said during the post-mortem analysis of one of his games.
Yes, Black's main strategy in the King's Inis: to be dangerous, to keep the game as complicated as possible, and to deny his Oppothe type of clear technical superiority that makes his position easy to handle in practice. Very importantly in the King's Indian (and this is atypical for most other openings) even in the case that Black makes a mistake and obtains an (objectively) bad position, he often, due the complexity of the Situation on the board, preserves reasonable practical chances not only for a draw, but also for a win.
It is not therefore surprising that a list of regKing's Indian practitioners (say, those who have more than a hundred KI games as Black in ChessBase's Mega Database 2005) features most of the brightest and most ambitious chess fighters of the 20th Century, including four world Champions - Kasparov, Fischer, Tal and (maybe some will be surprised by this) Petrosian. Also:
Shirov, J.Polgar, Geller, Stein, Bronstein, Najdorf, Gligoric, Gelfand, Nunn, Uhlmann, Smirin and many other great players. There are also young stars of the present day who may not have played as many KI games due to their age, but who use the opening regularly. It is enough to name Radjabov and Volokitin.
Here I should perhaps say a few words about the book's legitimacy (as I hold the view that opening books should be written by opening experts). I had some doubts when I started this work. Although according to the statistics I am among the 30 most active GM practitioners of the KI (168 games as Black in Mega 2005), it would seem strange to place my name along-side the illustrious players mentioned above, who are the great KI experts.
If most of the present King's Indian gurus (or Kasparov alone) were to reveal their secrets, I would possibly prefer to write not a book but a short article. In reality, however, the top players rarely show all what they know. They need their analysis for their practice. Here I have an advantage, because my career as a professional player at this moment is over (chess journalism, especially the work for Chess Today, which requires daily attention, occupies me more and more). So, I do not have any reason to hide anything - with exception of joint analysis with other players, which it would be improper to rewithout the agreement of the other party.
But also in this respect, I face fewer problems than most other grandmasters would face. In 2000, I helped the then very young Ruslan Ponomariov to include the King's Indian in his repertoire. His results (especially from the openpoint of view) were quite good, but eventually Ruslan decided that the King's Indian did not fully suit his chess taste, and he stopped using it. He did not object to the inclusion of our analysis in this book.
Earlier, in 1996, thanks to efforts of Anatoly Karpov's coach IM Mikhail Podgaets who lives in Odessa, I was invited to a Karpov & Podtraining session to help them prepare for the Karpov-Kamsky match. There our King's Indian analysis was limited in a very narrow direction, in a line that is not critical for current opening theory. I did not use our analysis of that specific line in this book, and have not indicated which line it was, but have provided an honest assessment around the place where today's official theory ends.
This book on the King's Indian is my third writing attempt, after Easy Guide to the Dragon and The Sicilian Sozin. All three books were bom in my cooperation with Gambit Publications (in the case of the Dragon in association with Everyman). Gambit's editor Graham Burgess, to whom I am endlessly grateful for his patience (alas, I seem unable to complete a major work within the agreed schedule) certainly has enough material to write a book entitled "Understanding Mikhail Golubev". I only can say in my defence that I would never have started any of these projects if in the beginning I had not been over-optimistic and unable to imagine the real amount of work required.
The key difference between this book and the two previous ones is in the size of the topic under consideration. The King's Indian database which I used (Mega 2005 games, joined with all other available material) consisted of more than 255,000 games (Kasparov was, perhaps, quite correct, when he stated that the KI "is not fresh any more"!), which makes it impossible to provide any complete, scientific coverage of the opening.
So, this book has a different concept. The coverage of all lines is based on my own games, while I have also provided additional theoretical material - enough to enable the reader to use the work as a repertoire book at the very least. I considered it important to offer a choice of different lines for Black wherever it was possible and appropriate. I believe that the best approach to playing the King's Indian is a flexible one -I would not like the situation when someone, knowing that his opponent owns my book, would be able to predict his opponent's first 20 moves. And, let's be completely honest, if I were able to construct a straightforward, perfect opening repertoire for Black (in the King's Inor in any other opening), containing not even the slightest potential problem, I would have preferred to sell this repertoire to one of the participants in the San Luis world championship. (Well, this is a purely hypothetical idea - chess is alive, and White will always find ways to set new, unexplored problems for Black.)
I should say a little more about the selection of the main games for this book. It was not such a difficult task, because I had some clear criteria: quality, theoretical importance, instructiveness, and a balance in the number of games for each of the different lines. The additional theomaterial, as a rule, is placed not in introductions to chapters, but inside games (hence, some of games are a bit overloaded with notes - but the opposite approach would have had its own drawbacks).
References to many games, played by me and by other players, can be found inside the notes to the main games. In some cases I considered it appropriate to refer to blitz games, in those cases where I felt that the moves objectively deserved to be mentioned. I apologize to any chess purists who object to this. (I also apologize for cases where the moves are given without references to the actual games, which can be found in databases.) My attitude to the games that I lost was simple: I always included such games when they deserved it. Of the main games, you will find 25 games that were won by me, with 15 draws and 16 losses. So, to some extent these are selected games of myself and my opponents.
The notes to all games are new. Certainly, during the work I used my old notes from chess periodicals (New in Chess, Informator, Chess Today, etc.), but the differences and contradictions between the old and new notes are not analysed - it would be just a waste of space. Understandably, the notes to the older games were sometimes changed in more dramatic ways - before 1998 I did not make serious use of chess engines to help with analysis.
(On a separate note, I should mention that in 2001 ChessBase published a collection of surveys on the Classical King's Indian with "Glek/Golubev" in the annotator's field. In fact, I was responsible only for the E98-E99 part, i.e. the main line with 9 Ne1.)
On the whole, I have written this book as a practical player rather than a theoretician. Primarily, I worked with all the material I have accumulated over the years from my own games and from work on my repertoire - and only then started to add supplementary material. The book can be considered as a personal introduction to the world of the King's Indian. I am sure that it will be useful for players who are interested in this opening, but the usefulness will vary from player to player. There is no question that 'black' King's Indian players are my target audience and I am not even sure what to say to white players to encourage them to pay attention to my work. There is plenty of material here to help them to combat the KI with greater success... Perhaps I should say 'Please, never buy this book and allow us, the black KI playto improve our statistics a bit!'.
The so-called Anti-King's Indians (i.e. lines where White does not play c4) are outside this book's scope. However, I feel that I should explain the point of the move-order 1 d4 Sf6 2 Sf3 d6 (instead of the usual 2...g6), which I use very often. In the past I experienced some problems dealing with the seemingly innocuous line 2...g6 3 Bg5 (intending 4 Nbd2, 5 e4 and 6 c3). Therefore I started to use 2...d6 as an antidote. Krivoshei-Golubev, Ukrainian jr Cht (Dnepropetrovsk) 1988 continued 3 Bg5 Nbd7 4 Nbd2 e5 5 c3 Be7! 6 e4 0-0 7 Be2 h6! 8 Bh4 exd4! 9 Bxf6 (9 cxd4? Nxe4! and Black wins the pawn) 9...Bxf6 10 Nxd4 Nb6 11 0-0 d5 12 Bf3 c5 13 Ne2 d4 14 cxd4 cxd4 15 Nf4 d3 16 Nb3 Bxb2 17 Rb1 Bf6 18 Qxd3 Qxd3 19 Nxd3 Nc4. Black has a pleasant position with two bishops, and went on to win. Of course, the 2...d6 move-order has its own nuances and drawbacks. Thus, 3 g3 can be answered by 3..Nbd7!?, planning ...e5, ...c6 and ...e4. On the other hand, 3 Nc3 forces Black to choose between the Philidor (3...Nbd7 4 e4 e5), the Pirc (3...g6 4 e4) and lines with an early ...Bg4, which may not be to the taste of all KI players. I shall not enter into deeper details here, but will add that the 1 Nf3 d6 move-order (instead of 1...Nf6, the most normal move for KI players) is linked with the same idea (2 d4 Nf6) and, more importantly, allows Black to use lines with an early ...f5 if White opts for the English set-up with d3. Black should also be ready to meet 2 e4. Then 2...c5 is the Sicilian.
I am planning to launch a weblog devoted to the book. Reviews and letters from readers can be discussed there. Please, check the news at my webpage www.geocities.com/mikhail_golubev, where my contact data is available as well.
And finally: good luck in your King's Indian adventures!
Mikhail Golubev
Odessa, December 2005
Despite its sharp and aggressive nature, the King's Indian is an opening that lends itself well to discussion in terms of plans, ideas and pawn-structures. Those who are familiar with these underlying themes will enjoy an enormous practical advantage when facing those who lack this understanding, even if they are theoretically well-prepared.
This engaging personal account of the King's Indian is also wide-ranging and detailed. The main games are all from Golubev's own practice, enabling him to provide a completely accurate description of the decisions at the board. The notes contain a wealth of references to games and ideas from other King's Indian specialists, and the coverage is sufficient to provide Black with a flexible and aggressive repertoire.
Mikhail Golubev is a grandmaster from Odessa, Ukraine. He is a noted expert in several sharp and aggressive opening systems, including the King's Indian and the Dragon. His previous book, The Sicilian Sozin, has been praised for the quantity and quality of its original analysis, and for Golubev's objectivity in identifying the critical lines.
Introduction:
The title of this book leaves no doubts that its topic is the King's Indian Defence - one of the most popular and controversial openings in modern chess. The author has used this opening with Black for more than 25 years. How I got started was slightly unusual. When I was 8 or 9, I played a training game with a friend from my chess club, Dima Novokhatko. After 1 c4 I noticed a certain weakening of the a1-h8 diagonal, and answered with 1...g6. The result of this game is not preserved in my memory, but probably it was positive enough, because I immediately started to seek information about 'my' opening and found that it was well-known as Staroindiskaya zashchita (the Russian name for the KI). .
According to common classification, everything that begins with the moves 1 d4 Sf6 2 c4 g6 is called the 'King's Indian Defence', with the exception of cases when Black later continues ...d5, which is the Grünfeld Defence.
While the other KI lines (most importantly, the Fianchetto Variation with early g3) are covered in this book, most of material is devoted to the 'real' King's Indian lines which begin from 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6. Note that 4...0-0!?, which once brought a brilliant victory to Bobby Fischer in a famous game against Letelier, alas, does not have much independent significance, because Black will normally play ...d6 soon enough in any case. . :
It is obvious that White, in accordance with opening principles, has occupied the centre with pawns and enjoys a territorial advantage. So, we should discuss what Black is doing, and why.
First, of all, he has developed his pieces in such a way that they cannot be profitably attacked (e4-e5 is out of the question for the moment), and at the same time they occupy active positions. The weakening of the a1-h8 diagomentioned above, is not a joke but a real factor which, as Black hopes, could somehow compensate him for White's territorial achievements.
The most vulnerable square in White's cenis d4, which can be defended by pieces only. And, not surprisingly, two main basic ideas for Black are related to attacking the d4-pawn (after castling) by ...e5 or ...c5, which lead to two different classes of positions. After either ...e5 or ...c5, White has the choice between keeping the d4-pawn in its place (in this case the support of minor pieces is required), exchanging this pawn for Black's pawn on e5 (c5), or moving the pawn forward by d5, stepping into the opponent's side of the board and increasing White's territorial advantage.
In the book we shall deal with all these types of structures (also including lines where Black delays the assault on White's centre). Black's methods of counterplay will be illustrated separately in each of the opening lines, and general observations will always be made when possible.
There should be no doubt that the King's Indian is not only a highly provocative opening (White is invited to occupy the centre) but also not an easy one to play with the black side. "It's a difficult opening, positionally it's very difficult," wrote the most successful King's Indian player ever, Garry Kasparov, answering a quesfrom a visitor at his Website. The stakes are higher than in other openings and, basically, White gets some objective advantage from the very beginning. (Well, I can try to describe the word 'advantage' as a situation where the opposite site would be satisfied with a draw of
How valuable is White's objective advantage in the King's Indian? The correct answer to this question is beyond our knowledge. There are grandmasters (even those who often use the King's Indian as Black), who have the opinion that with perfect play White should win. For my part, I firmly believe that Black, if he plays perfectly, should not lose. Some players, on the other hand, simply do not worry about such abstract theoretical questions.
A more practical question is: what does Black get in return for voluntarily giving his opponent an obvious (even if slight) opening adIn fact, he gets quite a lot. By playing the King's Indian, Black, as a rule, avoids early simplifications, which allows him to keep the position complicated (due, not least, to such a banal factor as the number of pieces remaining on the board!).
So, the King's Indian is a perfect opening choice for players who aim to 'outcalculate' the Opponent in a complicated struggle. The spirit of the King's Indian was best described in my memory by one of its regular practitioners, Croatian GM Cvitan. "I want to be dangerous", he said during the post-mortem analysis of one of his games.
Yes, Black's main strategy in the King's Inis: to be dangerous, to keep the game as complicated as possible, and to deny his Oppothe type of clear technical superiority that makes his position easy to handle in practice. Very importantly in the King's Indian (and this is atypical for most other openings) even in the case that Black makes a mistake and obtains an (objectively) bad position, he often, due the complexity of the Situation on the board, preserves reasonable practical chances not only for a draw, but also for a win.
It is not therefore surprising that a list of regKing's Indian practitioners (say, those who have more than a hundred KI games as Black in ChessBase's Mega Database 2005) features most of the brightest and most ambitious chess fighters of the 20th Century, including four world Champions - Kasparov, Fischer, Tal and (maybe some will be surprised by this) Petrosian. Also:
Shirov, J.Polgar, Geller, Stein, Bronstein, Najdorf, Gligoric, Gelfand, Nunn, Uhlmann, Smirin and many other great players. There are also young stars of the present day who may not have played as many KI games due to their age, but who use the opening regularly. It is enough to name Radjabov and Volokitin.
Here I should perhaps say a few words about the book's legitimacy (as I hold the view that opening books should be written by opening experts). I had some doubts when I started this work. Although according to the statistics I am among the 30 most active GM practitioners of the KI (168 games as Black in Mega 2005), it would seem strange to place my name along-side the illustrious players mentioned above, who are the great KI experts.
If most of the present King's Indian gurus (or Kasparov alone) were to reveal their secrets, I would possibly prefer to write not a book but a short article. In reality, however, the top players rarely show all what they know. They need their analysis for their practice. Here I have an advantage, because my career as a professional player at this moment is over (chess journalism, especially the work for Chess Today, which requires daily attention, occupies me more and more). So, I do not have any reason to hide anything - with exception of joint analysis with other players, which it would be improper to rewithout the agreement of the other party.
But also in this respect, I face fewer problems than most other grandmasters would face. In 2000, I helped the then very young Ruslan Ponomariov to include the King's Indian in his repertoire. His results (especially from the openpoint of view) were quite good, but eventually Ruslan decided that the King's Indian did not fully suit his chess taste, and he stopped using it. He did not object to the inclusion of our analysis in this book.
Earlier, in 1996, thanks to efforts of Anatoly Karpov's coach IM Mikhail Podgaets who lives in Odessa, I was invited to a Karpov & Podtraining session to help them prepare for the Karpov-Kamsky match. There our King's Indian analysis was limited in a very narrow direction, in a line that is not critical for current opening theory. I did not use our analysis of that specific line in this book, and have not indicated which line it was, but have provided an honest assessment around the place where today's official theory ends.
This book on the King's Indian is my third writing attempt, after Easy Guide to the Dragon and The Sicilian Sozin. All three books were bom in my cooperation with Gambit Publications (in the case of the Dragon in association with Everyman). Gambit's editor Graham Burgess, to whom I am endlessly grateful for his patience (alas, I seem unable to complete a major work within the agreed schedule) certainly has enough material to write a book entitled "Understanding Mikhail Golubev". I only can say in my defence that I would never have started any of these projects if in the beginning I had not been over-optimistic and unable to imagine the real amount of work required.
The key difference between this book and the two previous ones is in the size of the topic under consideration. The King's Indian database which I used (Mega 2005 games, joined with all other available material) consisted of more than 255,000 games (Kasparov was, perhaps, quite correct, when he stated that the KI "is not fresh any more"!), which makes it impossible to provide any complete, scientific coverage of the opening.
So, this book has a different concept. The coverage of all lines is based on my own games, while I have also provided additional theoretical material - enough to enable the reader to use the work as a repertoire book at the very least. I considered it important to offer a choice of different lines for Black wherever it was possible and appropriate. I believe that the best approach to playing the King's Indian is a flexible one -I would not like the situation when someone, knowing that his opponent owns my book, would be able to predict his opponent's first 20 moves. And, let's be completely honest, if I were able to construct a straightforward, perfect opening repertoire for Black (in the King's Inor in any other opening), containing not even the slightest potential problem, I would have preferred to sell this repertoire to one of the participants in the San Luis world championship. (Well, this is a purely hypothetical idea - chess is alive, and White will always find ways to set new, unexplored problems for Black.)
I should say a little more about the selection of the main games for this book. It was not such a difficult task, because I had some clear criteria: quality, theoretical importance, instructiveness, and a balance in the number of games for each of the different lines. The additional theomaterial, as a rule, is placed not in introductions to chapters, but inside games (hence, some of games are a bit overloaded with notes - but the opposite approach would have had its own drawbacks).
References to many games, played by me and by other players, can be found inside the notes to the main games. In some cases I considered it appropriate to refer to blitz games, in those cases where I felt that the moves objectively deserved to be mentioned. I apologize to any chess purists who object to this. (I also apologize for cases where the moves are given without references to the actual games, which can be found in databases.) My attitude to the games that I lost was simple: I always included such games when they deserved it. Of the main games, you will find 25 games that were won by me, with 15 draws and 16 losses. So, to some extent these are selected games of myself and my opponents.
The notes to all games are new. Certainly, during the work I used my old notes from chess periodicals (New in Chess, Informator, Chess Today, etc.), but the differences and contradictions between the old and new notes are not analysed - it would be just a waste of space. Understandably, the notes to the older games were sometimes changed in more dramatic ways - before 1998 I did not make serious use of chess engines to help with analysis.
(On a separate note, I should mention that in 2001 ChessBase published a collection of surveys on the Classical King's Indian with "Glek/Golubev" in the annotator's field. In fact, I was responsible only for the E98-E99 part, i.e. the main line with 9 Ne1.)
On the whole, I have written this book as a practical player rather than a theoretician. Primarily, I worked with all the material I have accumulated over the years from my own games and from work on my repertoire - and only then started to add supplementary material. The book can be considered as a personal introduction to the world of the King's Indian. I am sure that it will be useful for players who are interested in this opening, but the usefulness will vary from player to player. There is no question that 'black' King's Indian players are my target audience and I am not even sure what to say to white players to encourage them to pay attention to my work. There is plenty of material here to help them to combat the KI with greater success... Perhaps I should say 'Please, never buy this book and allow us, the black KI playto improve our statistics a bit!'.
The so-called Anti-King's Indians (i.e. lines where White does not play c4) are outside this book's scope. However, I feel that I should explain the point of the move-order 1 d4 Sf6 2 Sf3 d6 (instead of the usual 2...g6), which I use very often. In the past I experienced some problems dealing with the seemingly innocuous line 2...g6 3 Bg5 (intending 4 Nbd2, 5 e4 and 6 c3). Therefore I started to use 2...d6 as an antidote. Krivoshei-Golubev, Ukrainian jr Cht (Dnepropetrovsk) 1988 continued 3 Bg5 Nbd7 4 Nbd2 e5 5 c3 Be7! 6 e4 0-0 7 Be2 h6! 8 Bh4 exd4! 9 Bxf6 (9 cxd4? Nxe4! and Black wins the pawn) 9...Bxf6 10 Nxd4 Nb6 11 0-0 d5 12 Bf3 c5 13 Ne2 d4 14 cxd4 cxd4 15 Nf4 d3 16 Nb3 Bxb2 17 Rb1 Bf6 18 Qxd3 Qxd3 19 Nxd3 Nc4. Black has a pleasant position with two bishops, and went on to win. Of course, the 2...d6 move-order has its own nuances and drawbacks. Thus, 3 g3 can be answered by 3..Nbd7!?, planning ...e5, ...c6 and ...e4. On the other hand, 3 Nc3 forces Black to choose between the Philidor (3...Nbd7 4 e4 e5), the Pirc (3...g6 4 e4) and lines with an early ...Bg4, which may not be to the taste of all KI players. I shall not enter into deeper details here, but will add that the 1 Nf3 d6 move-order (instead of 1...Nf6, the most normal move for KI players) is linked with the same idea (2 d4 Nf6) and, more importantly, allows Black to use lines with an early ...f5 if White opts for the English set-up with d3. Black should also be ready to meet 2 e4. Then 2...c5 is the Sicilian.
I am planning to launch a weblog devoted to the book. Reviews and letters from readers can be discussed there. Please, check the news at my webpage www.geocities.com/mikhail_golubev, where my contact data is available as well.
And finally: good luck in your King's Indian adventures!
Mikhail Golubev
Odessa, December 2005
| EAN | 9781904600312 |
|---|---|
| Gewicht | 400 g |
| Hersteller | Gambit |
| Breite | 17,2 cm |
| Höhe | 24,8 cm |
| Medium | Buch |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2006 |
| Autor | Michail Golubew |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Auflage | 1 |
| ISBN-10 | 190460031X |
| ISBN-13 | 9781904600312 |
| Seiten | 208 |
| Einband | kartoniert |
004 Symbols
005 Introduction
009 1 Classical: 9 Ne1
032 2 Classical: 9 Nd2 and 9 b4
054 3 Classical: 7 0-0 and 7 Be3
075 4 Classical: 7 d5
084 5 Classical: Exchange Variation
093 6 Lines with h3
107 7 The Averbakh Variation and Related Lines
124 8 The Four Pawns Attack
132 9 4 e4 d6: Rare Lines with Nge2
143 10 The Sämisch
169 11 The Fianchetto Variation
200 12 Early Bf4 or Bg5
204 Index of Golubev's Opponents
205 Index of Variations
005 Introduction
009 1 Classical: 9 Ne1
032 2 Classical: 9 Nd2 and 9 b4
054 3 Classical: 7 0-0 and 7 Be3
075 4 Classical: 7 d5
084 5 Classical: Exchange Variation
093 6 Lines with h3
107 7 The Averbakh Variation and Related Lines
124 8 The Four Pawns Attack
132 9 4 e4 d6: Rare Lines with Nge2
143 10 The Sämisch
169 11 The Fianchetto Variation
200 12 Early Bf4 or Bg5
204 Index of Golubev's Opponents
205 Index of Variations
The author has been a lifelong devotee of the KID, so there are few players better qualified to unravel the mysteries of this ever-popular defensive system. In fact he has been so successful with it that he has been able to concentrate exclusively on his own games to illustrate Black's best play.
Just under half of the book is devoted to lines arising from the Classical System, with five chapters examining White's various approaches. The rest of the book comprises a further seven chapters covering all the other systems that can be adopted by White. I was surprised that the Sämisch Variation only merited 25 pages as in my long experience of playing the KID this is one of White's most popular and most effective methods of putting Black under pressure. I suppose that this reflects the difference between the frequency of the Sämisch at GM level and club level. But it is reassuring to note that Golubev offers a good repertoire against those annoying sidelines such as h3 and Bg5 systems.
The author has chosen 56 of his games as Black in the KID, annotating them quite deeply at times, with an abundance of references to games played by other players too. Even for players as experienced as Golubev, things do not always go as one would like them to, a point well made by the inclusion of some losses among the wins and draws. The KID is a double-edged system where planless play will quickly be punished, and all the way through the emphasis is on the best plan, rather than individual moves. I gave up playing the KID a few years ago after realising that I was losing more and more games. This book is just what is needed to rekindle my interest in it.
Alan Sutton, "En Passant"
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The King’s Indian was developed during the ‘hypermodern’ era in the early 1920s and reached it’s peak in the 1970s when Fischer, the greatest exponent of the King’s Indian, became world champion.
Who does not remember Fischer’s win on Korchnoi of the World Blitz Championship that was held in Yugoslavia a small 36 years ago?
If not here is the great game: Kortschnoj,Viktor - Fischer,Robert James [E97] Herceg Novi blitz 1970
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 c5 10.a3 Ne8 11.b4 b6 12.Rb1 f5 13.f3 f4 14.a4 g5 15.a5 Rf6 16.bxc5 bxc5 17.Nb3 Rg6 18.Bd2 Nf6 19.Kh1 g4 20.fxg4 Nxg4 21.Rf3 Rh6 22.h3 Ng6 23.Kg1 Nf6 24.Be1 Nh8 25.Rd3 Nf7 26.Bf3 Ng5 27.Qe2 Rg6 28.Kf1 Nxh3 29.gxh3 Bxh3+ 30.Kf2 Ng4+ 31.Bxg4 Bxg4 0-1 (Please see also page 32 of this book after 10.Rb1 black has quite some problems to solve).
The Russian Grandmaster Mikhail Golubev from the Ukraine describes in this latest Gambit book the latest developments of the King’s Indian with an impressive collection of 56 model games all played by Golubev himself, and that is truly super instructive because there is no better way to explain chess than from your own King's Indian experiences!
Golubev has not only a very refreshing view on the Kings Indian but offers the reader a unique insight of the hidden subtleties of this defence.
All major lines plus alternatives are getting an intensive turn and the author from Odessa has managed to create in this book a fine balance between explanations and latest chess theory. And this I cannot say for example from Andrew Martin’s latest over loaded book on the King’s Indian! (King’s Indian Battle Plans from Thinkers Press 2004)
Some older books on the King’s Indian as the famous one from Barden, Hartston and Keene with their King’s Indian defence are really dead meat when we compare it with all the latest lines of this book.
Golubev has quite some interesting suggestions in this book as for example against the Sämisch he suggests for black the interesting move order: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.Nge2 Re8, a relatively seldom used alternative but he honestly admits he hardly ever played seriously 6…e5 after his crushing defeat against Oll in the 1985 USSR qualification tournament for the World Junior Championship.
I have one book in my book shelf that comes close to the work from Golubev and that is the one from Joe Gallagher, Play the King’s Indian, Everyman Chess 2004, but dear reader, this is only a repertoire book and not all the repertoire lines from Gallagher are fun to play with black!
Conclusion: A very important reference book on the King’s Indian defence!
With kind permission of the author John Elburg (www.chessbooks.nl)
Just under half of the book is devoted to lines arising from the Classical System, with five chapters examining White's various approaches. The rest of the book comprises a further seven chapters covering all the other systems that can be adopted by White. I was surprised that the Sämisch Variation only merited 25 pages as in my long experience of playing the KID this is one of White's most popular and most effective methods of putting Black under pressure. I suppose that this reflects the difference between the frequency of the Sämisch at GM level and club level. But it is reassuring to note that Golubev offers a good repertoire against those annoying sidelines such as h3 and Bg5 systems.
The author has chosen 56 of his games as Black in the KID, annotating them quite deeply at times, with an abundance of references to games played by other players too. Even for players as experienced as Golubev, things do not always go as one would like them to, a point well made by the inclusion of some losses among the wins and draws. The KID is a double-edged system where planless play will quickly be punished, and all the way through the emphasis is on the best plan, rather than individual moves. I gave up playing the KID a few years ago after realising that I was losing more and more games. This book is just what is needed to rekindle my interest in it.
Alan Sutton, "En Passant"
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The King’s Indian was developed during the ‘hypermodern’ era in the early 1920s and reached it’s peak in the 1970s when Fischer, the greatest exponent of the King’s Indian, became world champion.
Who does not remember Fischer’s win on Korchnoi of the World Blitz Championship that was held in Yugoslavia a small 36 years ago?
If not here is the great game: Kortschnoj,Viktor - Fischer,Robert James [E97] Herceg Novi blitz 1970
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 c5 10.a3 Ne8 11.b4 b6 12.Rb1 f5 13.f3 f4 14.a4 g5 15.a5 Rf6 16.bxc5 bxc5 17.Nb3 Rg6 18.Bd2 Nf6 19.Kh1 g4 20.fxg4 Nxg4 21.Rf3 Rh6 22.h3 Ng6 23.Kg1 Nf6 24.Be1 Nh8 25.Rd3 Nf7 26.Bf3 Ng5 27.Qe2 Rg6 28.Kf1 Nxh3 29.gxh3 Bxh3+ 30.Kf2 Ng4+ 31.Bxg4 Bxg4 0-1 (Please see also page 32 of this book after 10.Rb1 black has quite some problems to solve).
The Russian Grandmaster Mikhail Golubev from the Ukraine describes in this latest Gambit book the latest developments of the King’s Indian with an impressive collection of 56 model games all played by Golubev himself, and that is truly super instructive because there is no better way to explain chess than from your own King's Indian experiences!
Golubev has not only a very refreshing view on the Kings Indian but offers the reader a unique insight of the hidden subtleties of this defence.
All major lines plus alternatives are getting an intensive turn and the author from Odessa has managed to create in this book a fine balance between explanations and latest chess theory. And this I cannot say for example from Andrew Martin’s latest over loaded book on the King’s Indian! (King’s Indian Battle Plans from Thinkers Press 2004)
Some older books on the King’s Indian as the famous one from Barden, Hartston and Keene with their King’s Indian defence are really dead meat when we compare it with all the latest lines of this book.
Golubev has quite some interesting suggestions in this book as for example against the Sämisch he suggests for black the interesting move order: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.Nge2 Re8, a relatively seldom used alternative but he honestly admits he hardly ever played seriously 6…e5 after his crushing defeat against Oll in the 1985 USSR qualification tournament for the World Junior Championship.
I have one book in my book shelf that comes close to the work from Golubev and that is the one from Joe Gallagher, Play the King’s Indian, Everyman Chess 2004, but dear reader, this is only a repertoire book and not all the repertoire lines from Gallagher are fun to play with black!
Conclusion: A very important reference book on the King’s Indian defence!
With kind permission of the author John Elburg (www.chessbooks.nl)
Das Ausufern der Eröffnungstheorie, ein durch das Informationszeitalter gefördertes Phänomen, führte für die Verlage zu einem banalen aber praktisch schwierig zu lösenden Problem. Wie fasse ich die aktuelle Theorie einer Eröffnung in einem Buch so zusammen, dass ich dem Leser einerseits keine wichtige Variante vorenthalte und andererseits das Ergebnis in einem erfassbaren Rahmen präsentiere? Ein Ansatz ist, dem Leser von vornherein nur ein bestimmtes Repertoire einer Eröffnung zu präsentieren, so dass dieser sich nicht mit der Auswahl der Varianten plagen muss. Klarer Nachteil dieser Herangehensweise ist, dass man sich der subjektiven Sichtweise eines bestimmten Autors unterwerfen muss.
Ein anderer Ansatz ist, die Ideen einer Eröffnung anhand von repräsentativem Partiematerial zu vermitteln. Aktuelle Auswüchse dieser Herangehensweise sind z.B. die Starting Out Reihe aus dem Haus Everyman Chess oder die Chess Explained Reihe aus dem Haus Gambit Publications. Der „Nachteil” dieses Ansatzes ist, dass er im Grunde genommen nur für Anfänger bis Fortgeschrittene konzipiert ist. Im vorliegenden Buch wurden anscheinend beide Ansätze kombiniert. Das Partiematerial stammt ausschließlich vom Autor und da der Autor nur bestimmte Varianten der königsindischen Eröffnung angewandt hat, ist das Ergebnis das autobiographische Repertoirebuch.
Großmeister Mikhail Golubev ist 36 Jahre alt, lebt in Odessa (Ukraine) und hat sich durch diverse Veröffentlichungen und Arbeiten einen guten Ruf als Schachjournalist und Autor erworben. Insbesondere seine Arbeiten zur Drachen-Variante der Sizilianischen Verteidigung sind herausragend. Die Wahl auf ihn als Autor ist nachvollziehbar. In seiner gesamten Schachkarriere wählte er gegen 1.d4 fast ausschließlich die königsindische Verteidigung. Somit kann sich Golubev mit Fug und Recht als Experte dieser Eröffnung bezeichnen.
Der Autor hat 56 Partien für sein Buch ausgewählt - leicht sinnentleert ist auch eine Quotenweißpartie mit eingeflossen - und das Material ist auf 208 Seiten und in 12 Kapiteln übersichtlich und lesefreundlich geordnet. Jedes System der königsindischen Verteidigung wird gebührend gewürdigt, wobei das klassische System mit fünf Kapiteln und fast der Hälfte des Buches den größten Teil ausmacht. Sehr gut gefallen mir Golubev‘s Einleitungen zu den jeweiligen Kapiteln. Sie sind informativ, erklärend und nicht zu lang.
Die Ziele des Autors sind klar und einfach: Die selten gespielte königsindische Verteidigung zu erklären und nebenbei ein State of the Art Theoriebuch abzuliefern. Methodisch neue Wege gehend ist ihm dies, sogar teilweise unterhaltsam, auch gut gelungen. „Nur” gut, weil er mit dem autobiographischen Ansatz den Hauptnachteil der oben erwähnten Methoden nicht umgehen konnte: Das vorgestellte Repertoire umfasst, im Detailmaßstab betrachtet, nur einen Bruchteil der Möglichkeiten, die man gegen die verschiedenen Systeme des Weißen anwenden kann. Der Autor geht allerdings methodisch korrekt vor, indem er immer wieder auf diesen „Nachteil” und auf die Alternativen hinweist. Z.B. weist er auf S. 163 innerhalb der Partie Rogozenko - Golubev darauf hin, dass er in der Hauptvariante des Sämisch-Aufbaus so gut wie nie einen der Hauptzüge, nämlich 6…e5, angewandt hat. Somit wird die Theorie dieses Zuges komplett ausgeklammert.
Manchmal verzichtet Golubev sogar ganz auf Hinweise. In der gleichen Partie fehlt ein kurzer Vermerk, dass 8.e5 bzw. 8.Lxc5 beachtenswert sind.
Das Fehlen dieses Vermerks ist natürlich ein Produkt der Selektion und methodisch nicht wirklich ein Fehler. Trotz der angewandten Methodik sind m. E. einige Kommentare unpräzise bzw. etwas zu lapidar ausgefallen. In der Partie Kasimdzhanov - Golubev wird die Variante 7...Sa6 aus dem klassischen Königsinder behandelt, die sich in den letzten Jahren hoher Beliebtheit erfreut. Auf S. 69 erwähnt Golubev, dass 13.c5 die Hauptalternative zu dem in der Partie gespielten Zug 13.Le3 sei. Tatsächlich verhält es sich genau andersherum. 13.c5 ist der Hauptzug an dieser Stelle und 13.Le3 ist die Hauptalternative. 13.c5 untersucht er weiter und schreibt unter der Note b), dass Schwarz nach 16.Sxc7 Sxc7 etc. akzeptables Spiel habe.
Er mag damit Recht haben, doch macht es wenig Sinn stattdessen den Zug 16.Lb4!? ausführlich zu untersuchen, da er weitaus seltener vorkam und das theoretische Urteil ziemlich klar feststeht. Schwarz besitzt hier ausreichende Kompensation und das wird von keiner Quelle angezweifelt. Was die lapidaren Kommentare betrifft, ist eine Kundenrezension interessant, die auf der Homepage von Amazon(!) nachgelesen werden kann. Der Rezensent weist darauf hin, dass Golubev das Kapitel „Lines with h3” etwas stiefmütterlich behandle und die kritischen Abspiele nicht genug würdige. Da ich mit diesen Abspielen nicht genug vertraut bin, verweise ich auf die Rezension.
Kommen wir zu den Stärken des Buches und die wiegen meines Erachtens weitaus schwerer als die methodischen Schwächen. Königsindisch ist spielbar!!! Golubev‘s Partien und Analysen machen dies wirklich deutlich. Ein Grund warum man diese
Eröffnung, trotz der abschreckenden Theoriefülle, wählen sollte, ist, dass Schwarz immer gute Chancen auf Initiative hat. Ein anderer Grund ist, dass die Stellungsbewertungen zwischen Mensch (Golubev) und Computersoftware teilweise extrem voneinander abweichen. D. h., der menschlichen Intuition und Phantasie sind in dieser Eröffnung keine Grenzen gesetzt. Diese werden beim Studium der Partien und durch Golubev‘s Kommentare sehr gut geschult.
Die Partie Bogdanovski - Golubev aus dem Kapitel „Classical: 9.Sd2 and 9.b4” ist ein gutes Beispiel hierfür. Auf S. 35 zeigen die gängigen Computerprogramme nach 18…h5 mehr oder weniger klaren Vorteil für Weiß an. Dass diese Einschätzung, zumindest
unter praktischen Gesichtspunkten, fraglich ist, beweist Golubev durch die Partie, die er in tollem Angriffstil gewinnt und durch seine Anmerkungen. Nach tiefergehender Analyse passiert häufig das Gleiche: die Programme variieren wie wild in ihren Bewertungen und wissen nichts mit der Stellung anzufangen. Hier findet sich ein Refugium, wo der Mensch dem Computer noch überlegen ist. Man betrachte hier die Variante: 19.Tab1 g4 20.Sxb6 Dg5!? 21.Sxa8?! (21.Kh1 ist Bogdanovski -
Golubev, Skopje 1991) 21...g3! 22.h3 Dh4 23.Tb2 Lxh3 24.gxh3 Dxh3 25.Lb5 Sh4! mit schwarzem Angriff. Als weiteres Beispiel sei die Stellung unter b2) auf S. 98 genannt. Golubev schließt mit „chances for both sides” ab.
Die Programme sind natürlich völlig anderer Meinung und ohne tiefer ins Detail einzudringen, halte ich seine Einschätzung für gewagt, aber das ist Golubev. Immer auf der Suche nach Spiel und niemals vor Opfer scheuend.
Ein besonderes Vergnügen bereiten Golubev‘s Anmerkungen und Geschichten rund um die Partien, womit man das Studium des Buches als nicht zu trocken empfindet. Es ist erstaunlich, woran er sich noch erinnern kann. 1991 erhielt er beim Open in Skopje für seine Partie gegen Bogdanovski einen Schönheitspreis von 200 DM. Erstaunlich daran finde ich nur, dass im damaligen Jugoslawien - oder war es schon Mazedonien? - Preise in DM ausgezahlt wurden.
Sehr gefällig sind auch das großzügige Verteilen von Komplimenten und die teilweise ironischen Bemerkungen:
„An excellent performance by Bareev, who after the game complained that his opponent was unrated and therefore it would make little sense to send the game to Informator, etc. Now I am rated and am glad to help Evgeny to publish the game after all.“ (S. 112)
Alles in Allem ein gutes Buch, welches (wieder) die Lust weckt Königsindisch zu spielen. Der Spagat zwischen theoretisch anspruchvollem Werk, das vielleicht auch noch unterhalten soll, und erfassbarem Material ist dem Autor gut gelungen. Auf die methodischen „Schwächen” wird wiederholt hingewiesen, d.h. dem Leser wird klar, dass er sich nicht nur auf die Empfehlungen des Autors verlassen kann und selbst Zeit investieren muss, um sein Repertoire auf- bzw. auszubauen. Meines Erachtens ist das Buch für eine breite Zielgruppe interessant. Auf der einen Seite für Spieler, die die Eröffnung erlernen und auf der anderen Seite für Spieler, die ihre Königsindischkenntnisse auffrischen bzw. erweitern wollen.
Georgios Souleidis, Fernschachpost 5/2006
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Mikhail Golubev ist ein Großmeisaus der Ukraine, genauer gesagt aus Odessa. Vor einiger Zeit spielte er für Stuttgart in der Bundesliga. Vielleicht kennen Sie von ihm bereits 'Easy Guide to the Dragon' und 'The Sicilian Sozin'. Für seine dritte Arbeit hat er Königsindisch als Thema gewählt.
In der Einführung erläutert der Audie Entstehungsgeschichte des BuDa er aus beruflichen Gründen seine Laufbahn als Schachprofi als beendet ansieht, hält er den Zeitpunkt für gekommen, sowohl seine langjährigen praktischen Erfahrungen als auch seine häuslichen Analysen weiter zu geben.
Wie er selbst schreibt, handelt es sich also hier um einen sehr persönlichen Weg in die Welt der Königsindischen Verteidigung.
Der Titel 'Understanding the King's Indian' könnte vielleicht zu der Vermutung führen, dass es sich um ein Buch für Einsteiger handelt, in dem anhand weniger Varianten lediglich die beiderseitigen Pläne erläutert werden. Dies ist nicht der Fall.
Zwar hat Golubev keine enzyklopädische Vollständigkeit anaber das Buch bietet eine Fülle an theoretischem Material. Verauf zwölf Kapitel wird der heutiStand der Theorie dargestellt. Nach einer kurzen Einleitung erklärt Golubev den Stoff anhand eigener Partien, insgesamt 56.
Aufgrund seiner eigenen Vorliebe für Königsindisch ist dabei ein Reper- Buch für Schwarz entstanden, das natürlich auch aus der Sicht von Weiß sehr interessant ist.
Insgesamt handelt es sich um ein sehr empfehlenswertes Buch für fortSchachfreunde mit engliSprachkenntnissen.
Schach Markt 3/2006
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Den Autor des vorliegenden Buches kennen Sie vermutlich: Es handelt sich um den in Odessa wohnhaften ukrainischen Großmeister Mikhail Golubev, bundesligaerfahren und im Übrigen auch auf dem Gebiet der Eröffnungsliteratur beileibe kein Unbekannter: Sein letztes Werk, The Sicilian Sozin, hat aufgrund seiner objektiven und gründlichen Bearbeibei Kritik und Leserschaft ein höchst wohlwollendes Echo gefun
Laut Buch-Untertitel gilt der Autor als „life-long King's Indian speciawas in unserem Falle konkret bedeutet, dass Golubev ausschließmit den schwarzen Steinen agiert. Ausgehend von insgesamt 56 Partien aus dem Zeitraum 1983-2004 beleuchtet der Verfasser folAbspiele:
1 .Klassisches Königsindisch mit 9.Se1
2. Klassisches Königsindisch mit 9.Sd2/9.b4
3.Klassisches Königsindisch mit 7.0-0/7.Le3
4. Klassisches Königsindisch mit 7.d5
5. Klassisches Königsindisch (Abtausch-Variante)
6. Varianten mit h3
7. Awerbach-Variante und Verwandtes
8. Vier-Bauern-Angriff
9. Seltenes mit Sge2
10. Sämisch-Variante
11. Fianchetto-Variante
12.Frühes Lf4 oder Lg5
Dass die vorliegende Partiensammmit Monographiecharakter nicht der Selbstbeweihräucherung, sondern in der Tat der Unterweisung des Lesers dient, mag man u.a. schon daran ersehen, dass die 56 Partien keineswegs ausschließlich mit 0-1 enden, vielmehr sind durchSpielproben darunter, die remis ausgingen bzw. in denen Golubev sogar das Nachsehen hatte. Wenn Sie mit dem Buch arbeiten, so seien Sie versichert, dass der Autor mit Ihnen ins kleinste Detail geht, gründlich, selbstkritisch und umfasanalysierend. Man bekommt eine Menge erläuternden Text und auch zahlreiche z.T. längere Variangeboten, die in einem Eröffdas höheren Ansprüchen genügen will, einfach unabdingbar sind. Daraus ergibt sich zwingend, dass sich der Verfasser an eine Lewendet, die zumindest geVereinsniveau aufweisen sollte (ab etwa 2000 DWZ aufärts).
Nicht nur der Inhalt, auch die Gestaltung des Buches ist untadelig: Der Leser kann sich am Ende aneines Spieler- sowie eines Varibequem über Detailinformieren, die sich aus dem Inhaltsverzeichnis nicht ohne weiteergeben. Und auch einen weiteService bietet unser Buch: Über die Webseite des Autors www.geoci-ties.com/mikhailgolubev kann der Leser sich mit dem Verfasser über Anregungen, Verbesserungen und sonstigen Diskussionsstoff hinsichtder Königsindischen Verteidiaustauschen.
Ein Werk, das nicht zu den ganz bilgehört, aber seinen Preis sicher wert ist.
E. Carl, Rochade Europa 5/2006
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The author has been a lifelong devotee of the KID, so there are few players better qualified to unravel the mysteries of this ever-popular defensive system. In fact he has been so successful with it that he has been able to concentrate exclusively on his own games to illustrate Black's best play.
Just under half of the book is devoted to lines arising from the Classical System, with five chapters examining White's various approaches. The rest of the book comprises a further seven chapters covering all the other systems that can be adopted by White. I was surprised that the Sämisch Variation only merited 25 pages as in my long experience of playing the KID this is one of White's most popular and most effective methods of putting Black under pressure. I suppose that this reflects the difference between the frequency of the Sämisch at GM level and club level. But it is reassuring to note that Golubev offers a good repertoire against those annoying sidelines such as h3 and Bg5 systems.
The author has chosen 56 of his games as Black in the KID, annotating them quite deeply at times, with an abundance of references to games played by other players too. Even for players as experienced as Golubev, things do not always go as one would like them to, a point well made by the inclusion of some losses among the wins and draws. The KID is a double-edged system where planless play will quickly be punished, and all the way through the emphasis is on the best plan, rather than individual moves. I gave up playing the KID a few years ago after realising that I was losing more and more games. This book is just what is needed to rekindle my interest in it.
Alan Sutton, "En Passant"
____________________
The King’s Indian was developed during the ‘hypermodern’ era in the early 1920s and reached it’s peak in the 1970s when Fischer, the greatest exponent of the King’s Indian, became world champion.
Who does not remember Fischer’s win on Korchnoi of the World Blitz Championship that was held in Yugoslavia a small 36 years ago?
If not here is the great game: Kortschnoj,Viktor - Fischer,Robert James [E97] Herceg Novi blitz 1970
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 c5 10.a3 Ne8 11.b4 b6 12.Rb1 f5 13.f3 f4 14.a4 g5 15.a5 Rf6 16.bxc5 bxc5 17.Nb3 Rg6 18.Bd2 Nf6 19.Kh1 g4 20.fxg4 Nxg4 21.Rf3 Rh6 22.h3 Ng6 23.Kg1 Nf6 24.Be1 Nh8 25.Rd3 Nf7 26.Bf3 Ng5 27.Qe2 Rg6 28.Kf1 Nxh3 29.gxh3 Bxh3+ 30.Kf2 Ng4+ 31.Bxg4 Bxg4 0-1 (Please see also page 32 of this book after 10.Rb1 black has quite some problems to solve).
The Russian Grandmaster Mikhail Golubev from the Ukraine describes in this latest Gambit book the latest developments of the King’s Indian with an impressive collection of 56 model games all played by Golubev himself, and that is truly super instructive because there is no better way to explain chess than from your own King's Indian experiences!
Golubev has not only a very refreshing view on the Kings Indian but offers the reader a unique insight of the hidden subtleties of this defence.
All major lines plus alternatives are getting an intensive turn and the author from Odessa has managed to create in this book a fine balance between explanations and latest chess theory. And this I cannot say for example from Andrew Martin’s latest over loaded book on the King’s Indian! (King’s Indian Battle Plans from Thinkers Press 2004)
Some older books on the King’s Indian as the famous one from Barden, Hartston and Keene with their King’s Indian defence are really dead meat when we compare it with all the latest lines of this book.
Golubev has quite some interesting suggestions in this book as for example against the Sämisch he suggests for black the interesting move order: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.Nge2 Re8, a relatively seldom used alternative but he honestly admits he hardly ever played seriously 6…e5 after his crushing defeat against Oll in the 1985 USSR qualification tournament for the World Junior Championship.
I have one book in my book shelf that comes close to the work from Golubev and that is the one from Joe Gallagher, Play the King’s Indian, Everyman Chess 2004, but dear reader, this is only a repertoire book and not all the repertoire lines from Gallagher are fun to play with black!
Conclusion: A very important reference book on the King’s Indian defence!
With kind permission of the author John Elburg (www.chessbooks.nl)
Ein anderer Ansatz ist, die Ideen einer Eröffnung anhand von repräsentativem Partiematerial zu vermitteln. Aktuelle Auswüchse dieser Herangehensweise sind z.B. die Starting Out Reihe aus dem Haus Everyman Chess oder die Chess Explained Reihe aus dem Haus Gambit Publications. Der „Nachteil” dieses Ansatzes ist, dass er im Grunde genommen nur für Anfänger bis Fortgeschrittene konzipiert ist. Im vorliegenden Buch wurden anscheinend beide Ansätze kombiniert. Das Partiematerial stammt ausschließlich vom Autor und da der Autor nur bestimmte Varianten der königsindischen Eröffnung angewandt hat, ist das Ergebnis das autobiographische Repertoirebuch.
Großmeister Mikhail Golubev ist 36 Jahre alt, lebt in Odessa (Ukraine) und hat sich durch diverse Veröffentlichungen und Arbeiten einen guten Ruf als Schachjournalist und Autor erworben. Insbesondere seine Arbeiten zur Drachen-Variante der Sizilianischen Verteidigung sind herausragend. Die Wahl auf ihn als Autor ist nachvollziehbar. In seiner gesamten Schachkarriere wählte er gegen 1.d4 fast ausschließlich die königsindische Verteidigung. Somit kann sich Golubev mit Fug und Recht als Experte dieser Eröffnung bezeichnen.
Der Autor hat 56 Partien für sein Buch ausgewählt - leicht sinnentleert ist auch eine Quotenweißpartie mit eingeflossen - und das Material ist auf 208 Seiten und in 12 Kapiteln übersichtlich und lesefreundlich geordnet. Jedes System der königsindischen Verteidigung wird gebührend gewürdigt, wobei das klassische System mit fünf Kapiteln und fast der Hälfte des Buches den größten Teil ausmacht. Sehr gut gefallen mir Golubev‘s Einleitungen zu den jeweiligen Kapiteln. Sie sind informativ, erklärend und nicht zu lang.
Die Ziele des Autors sind klar und einfach: Die selten gespielte königsindische Verteidigung zu erklären und nebenbei ein State of the Art Theoriebuch abzuliefern. Methodisch neue Wege gehend ist ihm dies, sogar teilweise unterhaltsam, auch gut gelungen. „Nur” gut, weil er mit dem autobiographischen Ansatz den Hauptnachteil der oben erwähnten Methoden nicht umgehen konnte: Das vorgestellte Repertoire umfasst, im Detailmaßstab betrachtet, nur einen Bruchteil der Möglichkeiten, die man gegen die verschiedenen Systeme des Weißen anwenden kann. Der Autor geht allerdings methodisch korrekt vor, indem er immer wieder auf diesen „Nachteil” und auf die Alternativen hinweist. Z.B. weist er auf S. 163 innerhalb der Partie Rogozenko - Golubev darauf hin, dass er in der Hauptvariante des Sämisch-Aufbaus so gut wie nie einen der Hauptzüge, nämlich 6…e5, angewandt hat. Somit wird die Theorie dieses Zuges komplett ausgeklammert.
Manchmal verzichtet Golubev sogar ganz auf Hinweise. In der gleichen Partie fehlt ein kurzer Vermerk, dass 8.e5 bzw. 8.Lxc5 beachtenswert sind.
Das Fehlen dieses Vermerks ist natürlich ein Produkt der Selektion und methodisch nicht wirklich ein Fehler. Trotz der angewandten Methodik sind m. E. einige Kommentare unpräzise bzw. etwas zu lapidar ausgefallen. In der Partie Kasimdzhanov - Golubev wird die Variante 7...Sa6 aus dem klassischen Königsinder behandelt, die sich in den letzten Jahren hoher Beliebtheit erfreut. Auf S. 69 erwähnt Golubev, dass 13.c5 die Hauptalternative zu dem in der Partie gespielten Zug 13.Le3 sei. Tatsächlich verhält es sich genau andersherum. 13.c5 ist der Hauptzug an dieser Stelle und 13.Le3 ist die Hauptalternative. 13.c5 untersucht er weiter und schreibt unter der Note b), dass Schwarz nach 16.Sxc7 Sxc7 etc. akzeptables Spiel habe.
Er mag damit Recht haben, doch macht es wenig Sinn stattdessen den Zug 16.Lb4!? ausführlich zu untersuchen, da er weitaus seltener vorkam und das theoretische Urteil ziemlich klar feststeht. Schwarz besitzt hier ausreichende Kompensation und das wird von keiner Quelle angezweifelt. Was die lapidaren Kommentare betrifft, ist eine Kundenrezension interessant, die auf der Homepage von Amazon(!) nachgelesen werden kann. Der Rezensent weist darauf hin, dass Golubev das Kapitel „Lines with h3” etwas stiefmütterlich behandle und die kritischen Abspiele nicht genug würdige. Da ich mit diesen Abspielen nicht genug vertraut bin, verweise ich auf die Rezension.
Kommen wir zu den Stärken des Buches und die wiegen meines Erachtens weitaus schwerer als die methodischen Schwächen. Königsindisch ist spielbar!!! Golubev‘s Partien und Analysen machen dies wirklich deutlich. Ein Grund warum man diese
Eröffnung, trotz der abschreckenden Theoriefülle, wählen sollte, ist, dass Schwarz immer gute Chancen auf Initiative hat. Ein anderer Grund ist, dass die Stellungsbewertungen zwischen Mensch (Golubev) und Computersoftware teilweise extrem voneinander abweichen. D. h., der menschlichen Intuition und Phantasie sind in dieser Eröffnung keine Grenzen gesetzt. Diese werden beim Studium der Partien und durch Golubev‘s Kommentare sehr gut geschult.
Die Partie Bogdanovski - Golubev aus dem Kapitel „Classical: 9.Sd2 and 9.b4” ist ein gutes Beispiel hierfür. Auf S. 35 zeigen die gängigen Computerprogramme nach 18…h5 mehr oder weniger klaren Vorteil für Weiß an. Dass diese Einschätzung, zumindest
unter praktischen Gesichtspunkten, fraglich ist, beweist Golubev durch die Partie, die er in tollem Angriffstil gewinnt und durch seine Anmerkungen. Nach tiefergehender Analyse passiert häufig das Gleiche: die Programme variieren wie wild in ihren Bewertungen und wissen nichts mit der Stellung anzufangen. Hier findet sich ein Refugium, wo der Mensch dem Computer noch überlegen ist. Man betrachte hier die Variante: 19.Tab1 g4 20.Sxb6 Dg5!? 21.Sxa8?! (21.Kh1 ist Bogdanovski -
Golubev, Skopje 1991) 21...g3! 22.h3 Dh4 23.Tb2 Lxh3 24.gxh3 Dxh3 25.Lb5 Sh4! mit schwarzem Angriff. Als weiteres Beispiel sei die Stellung unter b2) auf S. 98 genannt. Golubev schließt mit „chances for both sides” ab.
Die Programme sind natürlich völlig anderer Meinung und ohne tiefer ins Detail einzudringen, halte ich seine Einschätzung für gewagt, aber das ist Golubev. Immer auf der Suche nach Spiel und niemals vor Opfer scheuend.
Ein besonderes Vergnügen bereiten Golubev‘s Anmerkungen und Geschichten rund um die Partien, womit man das Studium des Buches als nicht zu trocken empfindet. Es ist erstaunlich, woran er sich noch erinnern kann. 1991 erhielt er beim Open in Skopje für seine Partie gegen Bogdanovski einen Schönheitspreis von 200 DM. Erstaunlich daran finde ich nur, dass im damaligen Jugoslawien - oder war es schon Mazedonien? - Preise in DM ausgezahlt wurden.
Sehr gefällig sind auch das großzügige Verteilen von Komplimenten und die teilweise ironischen Bemerkungen:
„An excellent performance by Bareev, who after the game complained that his opponent was unrated and therefore it would make little sense to send the game to Informator, etc. Now I am rated and am glad to help Evgeny to publish the game after all.“ (S. 112)
Alles in Allem ein gutes Buch, welches (wieder) die Lust weckt Königsindisch zu spielen. Der Spagat zwischen theoretisch anspruchvollem Werk, das vielleicht auch noch unterhalten soll, und erfassbarem Material ist dem Autor gut gelungen. Auf die methodischen „Schwächen” wird wiederholt hingewiesen, d.h. dem Leser wird klar, dass er sich nicht nur auf die Empfehlungen des Autors verlassen kann und selbst Zeit investieren muss, um sein Repertoire auf- bzw. auszubauen. Meines Erachtens ist das Buch für eine breite Zielgruppe interessant. Auf der einen Seite für Spieler, die die Eröffnung erlernen und auf der anderen Seite für Spieler, die ihre Königsindischkenntnisse auffrischen bzw. erweitern wollen.
Georgios Souleidis, Fernschachpost 5/2006
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Mikhail Golubev ist ein Großmeisaus der Ukraine, genauer gesagt aus Odessa. Vor einiger Zeit spielte er für Stuttgart in der Bundesliga. Vielleicht kennen Sie von ihm bereits 'Easy Guide to the Dragon' und 'The Sicilian Sozin'. Für seine dritte Arbeit hat er Königsindisch als Thema gewählt.
In der Einführung erläutert der Audie Entstehungsgeschichte des BuDa er aus beruflichen Gründen seine Laufbahn als Schachprofi als beendet ansieht, hält er den Zeitpunkt für gekommen, sowohl seine langjährigen praktischen Erfahrungen als auch seine häuslichen Analysen weiter zu geben.
Wie er selbst schreibt, handelt es sich also hier um einen sehr persönlichen Weg in die Welt der Königsindischen Verteidigung.
Der Titel 'Understanding the King's Indian' könnte vielleicht zu der Vermutung führen, dass es sich um ein Buch für Einsteiger handelt, in dem anhand weniger Varianten lediglich die beiderseitigen Pläne erläutert werden. Dies ist nicht der Fall.
Zwar hat Golubev keine enzyklopädische Vollständigkeit anaber das Buch bietet eine Fülle an theoretischem Material. Verauf zwölf Kapitel wird der heutiStand der Theorie dargestellt. Nach einer kurzen Einleitung erklärt Golubev den Stoff anhand eigener Partien, insgesamt 56.
Aufgrund seiner eigenen Vorliebe für Königsindisch ist dabei ein Reper- Buch für Schwarz entstanden, das natürlich auch aus der Sicht von Weiß sehr interessant ist.
Insgesamt handelt es sich um ein sehr empfehlenswertes Buch für fortSchachfreunde mit engliSprachkenntnissen.
Schach Markt 3/2006
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Den Autor des vorliegenden Buches kennen Sie vermutlich: Es handelt sich um den in Odessa wohnhaften ukrainischen Großmeister Mikhail Golubev, bundesligaerfahren und im Übrigen auch auf dem Gebiet der Eröffnungsliteratur beileibe kein Unbekannter: Sein letztes Werk, The Sicilian Sozin, hat aufgrund seiner objektiven und gründlichen Bearbeibei Kritik und Leserschaft ein höchst wohlwollendes Echo gefun
Laut Buch-Untertitel gilt der Autor als „life-long King's Indian speciawas in unserem Falle konkret bedeutet, dass Golubev ausschließmit den schwarzen Steinen agiert. Ausgehend von insgesamt 56 Partien aus dem Zeitraum 1983-2004 beleuchtet der Verfasser folAbspiele:
1 .Klassisches Königsindisch mit 9.Se1
2. Klassisches Königsindisch mit 9.Sd2/9.b4
3.Klassisches Königsindisch mit 7.0-0/7.Le3
4. Klassisches Königsindisch mit 7.d5
5. Klassisches Königsindisch (Abtausch-Variante)
6. Varianten mit h3
7. Awerbach-Variante und Verwandtes
8. Vier-Bauern-Angriff
9. Seltenes mit Sge2
10. Sämisch-Variante
11. Fianchetto-Variante
12.Frühes Lf4 oder Lg5
Dass die vorliegende Partiensammmit Monographiecharakter nicht der Selbstbeweihräucherung, sondern in der Tat der Unterweisung des Lesers dient, mag man u.a. schon daran ersehen, dass die 56 Partien keineswegs ausschließlich mit 0-1 enden, vielmehr sind durchSpielproben darunter, die remis ausgingen bzw. in denen Golubev sogar das Nachsehen hatte. Wenn Sie mit dem Buch arbeiten, so seien Sie versichert, dass der Autor mit Ihnen ins kleinste Detail geht, gründlich, selbstkritisch und umfasanalysierend. Man bekommt eine Menge erläuternden Text und auch zahlreiche z.T. längere Variangeboten, die in einem Eröffdas höheren Ansprüchen genügen will, einfach unabdingbar sind. Daraus ergibt sich zwingend, dass sich der Verfasser an eine Lewendet, die zumindest geVereinsniveau aufweisen sollte (ab etwa 2000 DWZ aufärts).
Nicht nur der Inhalt, auch die Gestaltung des Buches ist untadelig: Der Leser kann sich am Ende aneines Spieler- sowie eines Varibequem über Detailinformieren, die sich aus dem Inhaltsverzeichnis nicht ohne weiteergeben. Und auch einen weiteService bietet unser Buch: Über die Webseite des Autors www.geoci-ties.com/mikhailgolubev kann der Leser sich mit dem Verfasser über Anregungen, Verbesserungen und sonstigen Diskussionsstoff hinsichtder Königsindischen Verteidiaustauschen.
Ein Werk, das nicht zu den ganz bilgehört, aber seinen Preis sicher wert ist.
E. Carl, Rochade Europa 5/2006
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The author has been a lifelong devotee of the KID, so there are few players better qualified to unravel the mysteries of this ever-popular defensive system. In fact he has been so successful with it that he has been able to concentrate exclusively on his own games to illustrate Black's best play.
Just under half of the book is devoted to lines arising from the Classical System, with five chapters examining White's various approaches. The rest of the book comprises a further seven chapters covering all the other systems that can be adopted by White. I was surprised that the Sämisch Variation only merited 25 pages as in my long experience of playing the KID this is one of White's most popular and most effective methods of putting Black under pressure. I suppose that this reflects the difference between the frequency of the Sämisch at GM level and club level. But it is reassuring to note that Golubev offers a good repertoire against those annoying sidelines such as h3 and Bg5 systems.
The author has chosen 56 of his games as Black in the KID, annotating them quite deeply at times, with an abundance of references to games played by other players too. Even for players as experienced as Golubev, things do not always go as one would like them to, a point well made by the inclusion of some losses among the wins and draws. The KID is a double-edged system where planless play will quickly be punished, and all the way through the emphasis is on the best plan, rather than individual moves. I gave up playing the KID a few years ago after realising that I was losing more and more games. This book is just what is needed to rekindle my interest in it.
Alan Sutton, "En Passant"
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The King’s Indian was developed during the ‘hypermodern’ era in the early 1920s and reached it’s peak in the 1970s when Fischer, the greatest exponent of the King’s Indian, became world champion.
Who does not remember Fischer’s win on Korchnoi of the World Blitz Championship that was held in Yugoslavia a small 36 years ago?
If not here is the great game: Kortschnoj,Viktor - Fischer,Robert James [E97] Herceg Novi blitz 1970
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 c5 10.a3 Ne8 11.b4 b6 12.Rb1 f5 13.f3 f4 14.a4 g5 15.a5 Rf6 16.bxc5 bxc5 17.Nb3 Rg6 18.Bd2 Nf6 19.Kh1 g4 20.fxg4 Nxg4 21.Rf3 Rh6 22.h3 Ng6 23.Kg1 Nf6 24.Be1 Nh8 25.Rd3 Nf7 26.Bf3 Ng5 27.Qe2 Rg6 28.Kf1 Nxh3 29.gxh3 Bxh3+ 30.Kf2 Ng4+ 31.Bxg4 Bxg4 0-1 (Please see also page 32 of this book after 10.Rb1 black has quite some problems to solve).
The Russian Grandmaster Mikhail Golubev from the Ukraine describes in this latest Gambit book the latest developments of the King’s Indian with an impressive collection of 56 model games all played by Golubev himself, and that is truly super instructive because there is no better way to explain chess than from your own King's Indian experiences!
Golubev has not only a very refreshing view on the Kings Indian but offers the reader a unique insight of the hidden subtleties of this defence.
All major lines plus alternatives are getting an intensive turn and the author from Odessa has managed to create in this book a fine balance between explanations and latest chess theory. And this I cannot say for example from Andrew Martin’s latest over loaded book on the King’s Indian! (King’s Indian Battle Plans from Thinkers Press 2004)
Some older books on the King’s Indian as the famous one from Barden, Hartston and Keene with their King’s Indian defence are really dead meat when we compare it with all the latest lines of this book.
Golubev has quite some interesting suggestions in this book as for example against the Sämisch he suggests for black the interesting move order: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.Nge2 Re8, a relatively seldom used alternative but he honestly admits he hardly ever played seriously 6…e5 after his crushing defeat against Oll in the 1985 USSR qualification tournament for the World Junior Championship.
I have one book in my book shelf that comes close to the work from Golubev and that is the one from Joe Gallagher, Play the King’s Indian, Everyman Chess 2004, but dear reader, this is only a repertoire book and not all the repertoire lines from Gallagher are fun to play with black!
Conclusion: A very important reference book on the King’s Indian defence!
With kind permission of the author John Elburg (www.chessbooks.nl)
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