[Event "ðŸ‘‘ King's Indian: Fantastic Opening: Santagati - Williams (Classical)"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/9XAhbaE7/QNzIUNRW"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/FunnyAnimatorJimTV"]
[ECO "E98"]
[Opening "King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System"]
[UTCDate "2017.12.23"]
[UTCTime "07:03:37"]
[Variant "Standard"]

{ This is a great example game of how black should play the Classical King's Indian Defense.

I also recommend you watch GM Simon Williams' (the player who was black pieces in this game) video of himself annotating this game and what he was thinking and explaining the key ideas in the King's Indian Classical. The video can be found here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BeMNHbMjntg The real game explanation starts 8 minutes into the video. } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 { Black tries this interesting move Ne8 instead of Nd7, the more popular move. [%csl Ge8][%cal Gf6e8] } 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. c5 { [%csl Rc5][%cal Rc4c5] } 13... Ng6 { Logically, black wants to rearrange the position of the pieces towards the kingside. [%csl Gg6][%cal Ge7g6] } 14. Rc1 Rf7 { Very important move which I'm recommending you play every time in King's Indian!! This move combines offense AND defense.
The rook will have an easier time moving to either the h or g files, and this move defends white's main entry point on black's queenside, the c7 point. This move also frees the f8 square for the bishop so it can defend black's d6 pawn. [%csl Bf7,Gc7,Yf8][%cal Rf7g7,Rf7h7,Gf7c7,Gf8d6,Yg7f8] } 15. a4 h5 { Preparing for black's next pawn break, g5-g4. [%csl Bg4][%cal Bg5g4,Be8f6] } 16. a5 { White is threatening a bunch of stuff on the queenside. Most of the time, black's kingside attack will outpace white's queenside attack, but still black takes the time to block the punch. Very good chess; continuing with your own plans, and stopping your opponent's along the way! [%csl Gb5][%cal Gc5d6,Gc3b5] } 16... Bf8 17. Nd3 Nf6 { [%csl Rg4][%cal Rg5g4] } 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. b4 Bd7 { Stopping more of white's potential play. [%csl Gb5][%cal Gc3b5,Rd7b5] } 20. h3 { Now black can finally afford to go g4! [%csl Rg4][%cal Rg5g4] } 20... g4 21. fxg4 hxg4 22. hxg4 Nh7 { Another important maneuver; the knight will be very well placed on f5. [%csl Gg5][%cal Gf6h7,Gh7g5,Rg5f3,Rg5e4] } 23. Be1 { [%csl Gf2][%cal Gd3f2] } 23... Ng5 24. Nf2 Rh7 { [%csl Bg1][%cal Bh8h1] } 25. Qd3 f3 { Black has to flood white's position with his pieces. So black needs to give up another pawn. Don't be afraid to do this when you're going to checkmate the enemy king! [%csl Rf3][%cal Rf4f3] } 26. Bxf3 Nf4 27. Qd1 Qf6 { [%csl Gh6][%cal Gd8f6,Gf6h6,Bh8h1] } 28. Bd2 { Can black break through just yet? No. So we BRING IN THE INACTIVE PIECES. } 28... Be7 { [%csl Be7][%cal Bf8e7,Ga8f8] } 29. Nd3 { White is offering the trade of two piece pairs. This will be good for black, so we keep it simple. } 29... Nxd3 30. Bxg5 Qxg5 31. Qxd3 Qh4 { The point of this move is not to threaten check, but to keep the white king trapped. [%csl Rg1][%cal Bh4h2,Bh4f2] } 32. Nd1 Bg5 { Bring in the inactive pieces! [%csl Gg5][%cal Ge7g5] } 33. Rc2 Bf4 { The dark squares are very weak. [%csl Rg3,Rh2,Re3][%cal Rf4h2,Rf4e3] } 34. g3 Qxg3+ 35. Rg2 Qh4 36. Rc2 Ba4 37. Re2 Bh2+ 38. Kh1 Rf8 { Can black break through? No. So we bring in the inactive pieces! [%csl Gf8][%cal Ga8f8] } 39. Nc3 Bd7 40. Rff2 Bg3+ 41. Kg1 Bxg4 { White resigns. That was an excellent game that showed us the key ideas in the Classical King's Indian, and how to } *