Thx for this video About 40 years ago I chose the Saemaich as my main weapon against the KID and killed everyone I met and then I gave up chess until about 4 years ago. On my return, I found players combatting my Saemisch with c5 and I lost a couple games before realizing its value and that gambiting the pawn is hard to refute. I'm not sure why I don't see any really good instructionals how to play against the KID as White but good theoretical articles like this video from the Black side are probably goid enough to dive a bit deeper into theory at least for myself, updating my prep. Thanks for filling my gaps specifically with your choice of notable games played in the 1990's.
It would be a transposition into the line that starts with e5 but with c5 thrown in. It is played quite a bit but from the e5 move order. From a positional and strategic perspective I don't like it. White just slowly builds up and plays both f4 and b4 at some point and black doesn't really have a great reply. Black doesn't have clear strategic dominance on the Kingside or Queen side so blacks strategy gets reduced into waiting for white to do something.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.f3 c5!? is a very interesting variation, and the engine agrees on its correctness. However, it doesn't avoid the 5.f3 d6 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 variation as white can play 5.Be3, after which black doesn't have anything better than 5...d6, when white will play 6.f3 transposing back to the aforementioned variation.
@@robertplunkettschesslab After 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.Be3 Black can't play 5...cxd4 as he hasn't moved his pawn to c5 yet. In this position I reckon 5...d6 is the most advisable move after which White can play 6.f3 and transpose back to the mainline Saemisch position.
@@zirconpetrichor5519 Yes. I misunderstood your original move order. I was thinking about the f3 move order. I'll delete my above comment as the moves are incorrect. On Be3 d6 is probably best. It is not totally obligatory but other moves don't seem satisfactory so I'd have to agree with your overall assessment. I personally think the idea of b6 followed by c5 is worth further exploration. It scores horribly but it seems black should at least in principle have some compensation.
Excellent & interesting ideas & analysis. Thx you & happy holidays to all.
It's a Christmas miracle that we can survive the samisch now
Thx for this video
About 40 years ago I chose the Saemaich as my main weapon against the KID and killed everyone I met and then I gave up chess until about 4 years ago. On my return, I found players combatting my Saemisch with c5 and I lost a couple games before realizing its value and that gambiting the pawn is hard to refute.
I'm not sure why I don't see any really good instructionals how to play against the KID as White but good theoretical articles like this video from the Black side are probably goid enough to dive a bit deeper into theory at least for myself, updating my prep.
Thanks for filling my gaps specifically with your choice of notable games played in the 1990's.
Many players will first play nbd2, bishop e3, and push d5 only when black plays nc6. Thanks
Excellent video!!!
Could you perhaps make a viseo on carro kann defence?
At time stamp 13:50. Will you ever see black close the position with e5? Or is that a dangerous idea from your perspective
It would be a transposition into the line that starts with e5 but with c5 thrown in. It is played quite a bit but from the e5 move order. From a positional and strategic perspective I don't like it. White just slowly builds up and plays both f4 and b4 at some point and black doesn't really have a great reply. Black doesn't have clear strategic dominance on the Kingside or Queen side so blacks strategy gets reduced into waiting for white to do something.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.f3 c5!? is a very interesting variation, and the engine agrees on its correctness. However, it doesn't avoid the 5.f3 d6 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 variation as white can play 5.Be3, after which black doesn't have anything better than 5...d6, when white will play 6.f3 transposing back to the aforementioned variation.
@@robertplunkettschesslab After 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.Be3 Black can't play 5...cxd4 as he hasn't moved his pawn to c5 yet. In this position I reckon 5...d6 is the most advisable move after which White can play 6.f3 and transpose back to the mainline Saemisch position.
@@zirconpetrichor5519 Yes. I misunderstood your original move order. I was thinking about the f3 move order. I'll delete my above comment as the moves are incorrect. On Be3 d6 is probably best. It is not totally obligatory but other moves don't seem satisfactory so I'd have to agree with your overall assessment. I personally think the idea of b6 followed by c5 is worth further exploration. It scores horribly but it seems black should at least in principle have some compensation.