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GM Davorin Kuljasevic - The Importance of Modern Middlegame Tabiyas - Video 10
Opening:
King's Indian - Fianchetto: Classical Variation with 8.e4
Player(s):
Oleksienko, Harikrishna, Galliamova, Naiditsch, Salem, Ganguly, Rajdeep, Demchenko, Vachier-Lagrave, Topalov
Teacher's library
E68
Oleksienko
Harikrishna
Galliamova
Naiditsch
Salem
Ganguly
Rajdeep
Demchenko
Vachier-Lagrave
Topalov
midgame
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.c4 The fianchetto variation is one of the most solid positional systems against the King's Indian defense. One of its main benefits is that it takes out the sting from the Mar-del-Plata type of attack with 6...Nc6 and 7...e5. Black has a wide choice of plans and in this chapter, we will discuss the one that has become popular over the last decade, namely: 6...Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Re8 10.Re1 Nc5 11.h3 Bd7.