My mini brilliancy - Chess Forums

scandinaviandefense

Dec 11, 2007

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#1

Hi Everyone,

I'm no master (my rating is about 1400), but I thought I might post one of my better games!

This game was played just yesterday, and I started with the KIA (A rarity for me!), and my opponent kept making kind of stupid moves (I shouldn't say that because I make my fair share!), and I finally got sick of it, sacraficed a piece and checkmated in 20 moves. Here it is: Any comments or questions are welcome:

Charlie91

Dec 11, 2007

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#2

d3 is the usual move to prepare for an e4 move. The King's Indian Attack involves a fianchetto at the King side--so I guess it's not KIA (correct me if I'm wrong)... Maybe your opponent is a child.

bendcat

Dec 12, 2007

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#3

I'll just correct the opening of your game, your opening is considered to be Queen's Pawn Game (ECO: D02) not the ussual KIA opening. King's Indian Attack (KIA) is 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3. In your game you only start with Nf3 but not end-up with varation for KIA. The position for KIA should be like this in the diagram.

scandinaviandefense

Dec 12, 2007

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#4

Ok thanks.

Was my knight sacrafice necessary??

Charlie91

Dec 12, 2007

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#5

16. Nb5 (knight sacrifice) was necessary in my opinion because it exposes the king in no time... Benedic's comment is informative. For a KIA example (Fischer's pet opening in years past), see blog.chess.com/Charlie91/kia-pride.