AThe Guardian London, Greater London, England Friday, March 05, 1971 - Page 7
Chess - The King's Indian Attack by Leonard Barden
The “Guardian” Chess Book's Method Chess section recommends readers who open with 1. P-K4 to counter the French and Sicilian Defenses by the King's Indian Attack. This is reached against the French by 1. P-K4 P-K3; 2. P-Q3, and against the Sicilian by 1. P-K4 P-QB4; 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 (or P-Q3 or P-K3) 3. P-Q3.
The King's Indian Attack is a popular opening, but less fashionable than would be expected from the number of players who copy Bobby Fischer's other choices such as the Najdorf Sicilian and the Ruy Lopez. Fischer almost always wins when he plays the K.I. Attack, a recent example being the brilliancy against Panno at Buenos Aires published in this column on September 25 last year.
SO why, in this country at least, are there not more K.I. Attacks? One reason may be a system for Black which Ray Keene practices and has by implication, recommended in his useful book Flank Openings (which has recently appeared in a new and updated edition). The plan is to place the black pawns at QB4, Q3, and K4 and have the knights ready on QB3 and K2 for black square manoeuvres. Results with this idea are good for Black, but I am far from convinced that a defensive set-up which ignores the white squares is really the best. This week's game and analysis show how White should handle the variation and also makes the general point that even in closed openings the precise order of moves for both sides is important.
Istvan Bilek — Laszlo Liptay
Debreczen (Hungary) tournament, 1970.
1. P-K4 P-QB4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. P-Q3 P-KN3
4. P-KN3 B-N2
5. B-N2 P-K4
Black is aiming for the ideal set-up, but this move is too committal (as would be QN-Q2 at an earlier stage by White). Curiously, Black has to advance his KP in two stages. If 5. … P-Q3; 6. O-O P-K3 (6. … P-K4 ? 7. N-B3) 7. R-K1 KN-K2; 8. P-B3 P-K4 (8. … O-O? 9. P-Q4 PxP; 10. PxP P-Q4; 11. P-K5 concedes White the center of the board, which Fischer brilliantly used against Panno to build a winning king's side attack) 9. N-R3 O-O 10. N-B2 followed by P-Q4 and White will have either a space advantage or a sick QP to attack. Black can stop this central advance by 10. … Q-N3, but then 11. P-QN4! is strong (11. … PxP; 12. PxP NxP? 13. R-N1 P-QR4; 14. P-QR3 wins the knight).
The second possibility at move 5 is 5. … P-K3; 6. O-O KN-K2; 7. R-K1 O-O, an idea of Keene's whereby Black aims for greater flexibility. If now 8. QN-Q2? P-K4! and Black has his ideal blockade formation on the black squares, while Fischer's 8. P-B3 is countered by 8. … P-Q4.
Lee-Keene, British championship 1968, continued after 7. … O-O by 8. P-K5 P-N3; 9. N-B3 P-Q3; 10. PxP QxP; 11. B-B4 Q-Q1 and here White chose the faulty plan of swapping bishops by 12. Q-Q2? B-N2; 13. B-R6 N-B4, when Black's grip on the Q5 square gave Keene the better game. Instead White should logically exploit the long white diagonal by 12. N-K5! B-N2; 13. N-B4 N-B4; 14. P-KR4 P-KR4 15. N-K4 P-K4; (otherwise White can establish a knight at Q6) 16. B-N5 P-B3; 17. B-Q2, when Black's game is riddled with weaknesses.
6. O-O KN-K2
7. N-B3! O-O
8. N-Q2! White switches his strategy from an orthodox K.I. Attack to control of the Q5 outpost. His knight acts as a general from this square, directing probes against the black position on both flanks.
8. … P-Q3
9. N-B4 B-K3
10. N-Q5 P-QN4
11. N(4)-K3 R-B1
12. P-QR4 P-QR3
13. P-QB3 P-B4
14. RPxP RPxP
15. Pxp PxP
16. P-KB4 K-R1. A tougher defense is 16. … NxN; 17. NxN N-K2; although Black's over-extended centre remains a chronic problem.
17. Q-R5 N-KN1
18. R-R6 B-B2
19. Q-N5! The simplest plan. In an ending, Black will soon lose one or more of his weak pawns.
19. … N(3)K2
20. NxN NxN
21. R-R7 R-B2
22. NxP! Resigns White wins easily after 22. … NxN; 23. QxQ RxQ; 24. RxR
As of 5/2/2020 game does not appear listed among the games of Istvan Bilek and Laszlo Liptay
The Guardian London, Greater London, England Friday, March 05, 1971 No. 1130. White mates in three moves at the latest,...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, May 2, 2020
No. 1130. White mates in three moves at the latest, against any defence (by R. Krull. Schach-Echo 1970). A problem with an amusing solution, easy once you see it.
FEN 4B3/2K5/3PkB2/2p2bP1/R7/1PP2p1P/5P2/3R4 w - - 0 1
