Richard Cribb
He does monologues
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Good man indeed. I remember him playing in a tournament in Norway as far back as in 1981, where he among other things had a forced draw with Black against no less a player than Anthony Miles, but went astray in time trouble. That was a King's Indian too...Yes, I'm sure you are thinking of the same guy. He's still pretty good but more often coaching juniors then playing himself.
The systems with ...Nc6 are complicated ones and requires some study to master. While the most popular approach for White is castling long and attacking on the king side, there is also an interesting line with a3 and b4.I am an e4 player normally but I sometimes play the King's Indian as black against d4 and have had problems against this line with f3 so I figured I'd see what he plays against it. I had not seen 5...Nc6 before and didn't know what to do after that move.
You shouldn't have any hurry in getting that bishop out - there are more urgent business. Actually the bishop is just fine where it is. However, castling long, pushing your kingside pawns and exchanging the black squared bishops, that is a good way to go. Then it is not without importance in many lines that your knight on e2 protects d4. later, according to what Black does, you can play Ng3, Nf4 or even Nc1-b3.I came up with 8. Nd5 over the board. Funnily enough he asked me the same question after the game, "is that theory?". I have no clue, I don't know any theory in this line. I had no grander ideas than to open the c3 square for the other knight so I could develop the bishop. Since Nf4 and Ng3 didn't look that hot to me I could not come up with another way to get the bishop out.
Yes that would work splendid if Black were obliged to check on c2. it seems, however, to underestimate the dynamic potential Black has to his avail.How about just ignoring the fork on c2?
After (for example) 14. Qe7 Nc2+ 15. Kd2 Nxa1 16. Bd3 Bh6+ 17. Kc3 (or Ke2)
... the Knight is trapped and lost (which means that you've succeeded in sacrificing an exchange to get rid of it, without giving Black a passed Pawn on d4) and the Pawn on c7 is indefensible.
14.Qe7 f5 15.0-0-0 (15.Qxd6 fxe4 16.fxe4 Nc2+ 17.Kd1 Rf2 looks dangerous for White) fxe4 16.fxe4 (16.Qxc7 exf3) Bg4 looks good for Black. This is just a two minutes analyse, and there might be alternatives for both White and Black, but in general I consider this approach to be more risky for White and less in accordance to the demands of the position.
Therefore, I prefer 14.0-0-0 after which I can meet 14...f5 with 15.Rxd4 exd4 16.Bd3 keeping control and preparing to push the king side pawns. white should be better here.
At this point, with your king on the wrong side of the board, winning would be a real pull. After for instance 21.Re1 (directed against ...e4)Black can play 21...f4 and I fail to see how White should achieve a decisive breakthrough.That looks like a pretty good idea. If I had only known at the time how hard it would be for me to open lines for trades later on. Still, if any strong players have an idea if the actual position before the blunder is likely to win it would be interesting to know.