27 Sep 04
kapil,
A really broad question.
Best way is to read a book on KID. For online stuff there are many sites (exeter, chessville.com, ) explaining ideas and plan for KID. You can also view annotated games and play through them on an offline tool like chessbase available at chessbase.com.
Just to answer your question in a line. Black allows white to build a pawn center, closes it and then starts pawn offensive against the white king.
28 Sep 04
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Originally posted by Kapil GainTo crush your enemies. To see them driven before you. And to hear the lamentations of their women...
What are the plans and ideas for the Black player when he plays the King's Inidan Defense?
For a fuller explanation see "Bronstein on the King's Indian":
http://www.jeremysilman.com/book_reviews_rb/rb_bronstein_kid.html
28 Sep 04
Originally posted by AThousandYounga fun way to learn it might be looking at the Kasparov-Karpov championship (the one Kasparov won to become champ) as described by Seirawan in Five Crowns...it has lots of KID games (and Ruys if that interests you at all)
I play it, but I don't really understand it. I wish I did. I need to read a book on it some time.