Main line
The chapter's main line, with the comments from the course.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6
Black's signature move, preparing to fianchetto the bishop along the crucial a1-h8 diagonal where it'll become a monster.
3. Nc3
White's most common setup, but now we get to choose our path.
3... Bg7
Black commits to the King's Indian setup.
4. e4
The big central push. White grabs the full pawn center and we set up to hit it with d6 and e5.
4... d6
The King's Indian lets us build our fortress on the kingside and then launch a crushing attack while White fumbles around on the queenside.
5. Be2
Watch out, White can follow up with either quiet Nf3 or aggressive h4-h5 attack.
5... O-O
Still fine for us, we meet h4 with h5.
6. Bg5
The Averbakh, White's plan involves castling queenside then launching a pawn storm against our king.
6... Nbd7
Our knight controls e5 and stays ready to replace the f6 knight later.
7. Qd2
White reveals the plan, opposite-side castling and a kingside attack.
7... c6
We adopt the same setup from the Sämisch chapter, should be familiar territory.
Key lines
The free lines of this chapter, each one trainable move by move.
- Main Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c6
- 3. Bg5
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Qa5 7. Qd2 d6 8. e4 Nbd7
- 4. Nf3
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. e3 cxd4 8. exd4 g5 9. Bg3 g4 10. Ne5 d6 11. Nd3 Qa5
- 4. Bg5
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. exd4 g5 9. Bg3 g4 10. Ne5 d6 11. Nd3 Qa5
- 4. Bg5
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Qa5 7. Qd2 d6 8. e4 Nbd7
- 5. Bg5
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Nxg3
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