World-class grandmaster Victor Bologan (Elo 2690) offers a complete Black repertoire based on "probably the most romantic response to 1 d4" (Bologan) - the King's Indian Defence.
He explains the concept of the book as follows: "I have tried to reveal to you the true spirit of the King's Indian Defence – to uncover for you its secrets and to show you its typical resources. The Yugoslavian "Chess Encyclopedia" devotes almost a half of Volume 5 to the K.I.D., with indexes from E60 up to E99. However, I did not feel bound by these frames, despite their size, and I have tried to explain to you when Black should direct the fight in the spirit of the Benko Gambit or the Modern Benoni... The book is written for chess players of all levels, since the principles of the King’s Indian Defence are equally applicable to the amateurs as well as to the super-grandmasters."
Review On May 19, 2011by slavisa pantelic of belgrade, NY
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Winning with black
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The book is indeed written with love , and is IMO excellent tool for anyone willing to work bit harder on his black repertoire , sharpening it and therefore making more effective. I am 2200ish player, making (hopefully) my way to FM title , and since I am playing more and more often with much stronger and better prepared opponents, i needed alternative black repertoire desperately , this book seems to be the answer , completely to my taste . Time to play and check :)
Review On Apr 18, 2011by Aurel of Nancy / France
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Nothing but a repertoire
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Hansen's review of The King's Indian: A Complete Black Repertoire by Bologan caused me to buy the book, but I am dissapointed.
Hansen said: "Bologan writes that this book is written for amateurs as well as grandmasters, and the writing certainly supports that." However, I didn't find a great interest in this book and it did not take my understanding of the KID to new levels and even less my understanding of chess as Hansen wrote too.
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Puzzle Answer
1.Rd7! Bxd7 2.Qxd7 Qb6+ 3.Kh1 Re8 4.Rxe7! Rxe7 5.Bd6 Qxd6 6.Qxd6+- Gelfand-Salov, Madrid 1996 (Source: Anthology of Chess Combinations)
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