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Chess Openings: Learn to Play the King's Indian Defense
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(51 ratings)
1,281 students
Created byGreg Vanderford
Last updated 11/2021
English

What you'll learn

  • Play the King's Indian Defense Opening Successfully
  • Good a good position in every game after the opening
  • Analyze opening positions effectively

Course content

1 section • 16 lectures • 3h 1m total length

  • Introduction13:43
  • How to Play When the Center is Closed11:48
  • Early Central Pawn Trades9:48
  • Tactics for Black15:15
  • Playing with a Piece Imbalance7:29
  • The Principle of Two Weaknesses10:19
  • Attacking the King5:57
  • Creating Multiple Ways to Win9:39
  • The Four Pawns Attack11:45
  • Key Moves in the King's Indian13:00
  • How to Play the c5 Variation11:27
  • How to Play the c5 Variation with a Closed Center15:04

    The c5 variation with a closed center leads to a slow strategic battle where players restrain immediate tactics, expand space on the queenside, and defend against e5 while developing pieces.

  • Finishing Off Your Opponent13:51
  • When Your Opponent Does Strange Things8:44
  • King's Indian Defense Conclusion6:18
  • Bonus Material!17:04

    Boost blitz openings by applying fundamental principles, maximizing center control, and mastering piece trades to exploit bishop–knight imbalances while preserving your strongest bishop.

Requirements

  • A basic understanding of chess

Description

THE KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE has long been one of the most popular chess openings played at all levels. And for good reason, it's a very fun opening to play while also being extremely effective.

In this course, you will learn how to play the KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE with both the black and white pieces, including:

1. Must know tactics

2. Must know positions

3. Key defensive moves to avoid checkmate

4. Key attacking patterns to crush your opponent's king

5. Important piece maneuvers

6. Critical middle game positions

7. How to fight for key squares

8. How to best use the bishops 

9. How to take control of the center

10. How to get a strong position out of every opening

11. Much more

Understanding the opening phase of the game of chess is fundamental to becoming a strong player and will help you tremendously in blitz chess as the first several moves of the game can gain you a huge advantage and need to be made quickly in order to save time on the clock.

Once you finish this course and apply what you learn, you will be a relative expert at the KING'S INDIAN Defense and easily defeat most chess players that will not be as familiar with its many variations and intricacies of this very effective opening.

LEARN TO PLAY THE KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE, and drastically improve your overall chess performance!

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who wants to improve their chess skills

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