chess opening - king's indian defense 7... Nc6

This is the King's Indian Defense, where Black allows White to control the center with his pawns, with the view to challenge it later with ...e5. This video focuses on Black's 7th move ..Nc6. I will deal with 7... Nbd7 and 7... Na6 on my succeeding post. Watch the video below!

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6


8. d5 Ne7 9. b4

(9. Nd2 a5 (9... Ne8? 10. b4 f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. Nc4 g5 14. a4) (9... Nd7? 10. b4 f5 11. Ba3 Nf6 12. f3 Bh6 13. c5 Be3+ 14. Kh1) 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. Qc2 Ng8 14. f3)

9... Nh5

(9... a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 Nd7 12. a4 Bh6 13. a5)

10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6

(11... Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 fxe4 17. Bf1 e3 18. fxe3 fxe3 19. Rcxe3 c6 20. Kh1 d5 21. Rf3 Rxf3 22. Qxf3)

12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 *



Sample games played using the King's Indian Defense 7... Nc6

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.02"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 e5 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Re1 Nh5 10. b4 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bc5 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Bc5 Rxe6 23. Rxe4 Rd8 24. h4 Rd5 25. Be3 Rc6 26. a4 a6 27. Kf1 Rcd6 28. Rb1 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Ke2 Rd7 31. Rc4 Kf7 32. Kf3 Ke6 33. Ke4 Bf6 34. Rc5 Bxh4 35. Rxe5+ Kf7 36. Rd5 Re7+ 37. Kd4 Rc7 38. Rc5 Rd7+ 39. Kc4 Be7 40. Rc8 b5+ 41. axb5 axb5+ 42. Kc3 h5 43. Bc5 Bf6+ 44. Kc2 h4 45. Rb8 Rd5 46. Rb7+ Ke6 47. Rb6+ Kf7 48. Rb7+ Ke6 49. Rb6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grundfos Young Masters"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Bogner, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Nh5 13. c5 Nf4 14. Bc4 Kh8 15. g3 h6 16. gxf4 exf4 17. e5 hxg5 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Bb2 Bd7 20. Qd2 Ng8 21. b5 dxc5 22. d6 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Nf6 24. Re7 Qa5 25. Rae1 a6 26. Qg2 g4 27. Qd2 g5 28. h4 gxf3 29. hxg5 f2 30. Kg2 fxe1=N+ 31. Qxe1 f3+ 32. Kxf3 Nh5 33. Qh4 Be8 34. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Pardubice op-A"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2005.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Szymanski, Marcin"]
[Black "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2005.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bc2 b6 20. Qg4 e4 21. Rad1 Qc7 22. Bb3 Rf5 23. Re2 Qc3 24. b5 Raf8 25. h4 Kh7 26. Red2 Rd8 27. Qg3 Be5 28. Qh3 Qb4 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Qxb5 31. Rxe4 Rdf8 32. Ree1 Rxf2 33. Qd3 Qc5 34. Qd4 R2f5 35. Qxc5 bxc5 36. g4 Rf4 37. Bxd5 Rxg4+ 38. Bg2 Kg7 39. Rd7 Kf6 40. Rxa7 Rb8 41. Re2 h5 42. a4 Rb6 43. a5 Rb1+ 44. Kf2 Rf4+ 45. Kg3 Rbb4 46. Bh3 Rxh4 47. Rf2+ Kg5 48. Rxe7 Rb3+ 49. Kg2 Rbxh3 50. Rc7 Rh2+ 51. Kf1 Rh1+ 52. Kg2 Re1 53. e7 Rg4+ 54. Kh2 Rge4 55. Rxc5+ Kh6 56. Rc7 Ra1 57. Ra7 h4 58. Rg2 g5 59. Ra8 Ree1 60. Rg1 Re2+ 61. Rg2 Ree1 62. Rg1 Ra2+ 63. Rg2 Rxg2+ 64. Kxg2 Rxe7 65. Rh8+ Kg6 66. Rb8 Re3 67. Rb6+ Kh5 68. Rb5 Ra3 69. Rc5 h3+ 70. Kh2 Kh4 0-1