Nigel davies kings indian attack

This month I couldn't find any new games of great theoretical importance but I was impressed by a nice win with the King's Indian Attack by former Chesspublishing.com author Andrew Martin, and decided to base my update around it.

GM Nigel Davies on King's Indian Attack: Black takes on e4 ...

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Réti King's Indian Attack v Capablanca System [A07]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.0-0 Bg4:

Martin - Weller was a classic example of using flank openings to tap into superior positional understanding and I recommend a careful study of this game.

White does seem to have a slight advantage in this line if Black captures on e4, more critical questions arise if Black maintains the tension.

In Kamsky - Robson White essentially avoided the issue by just trundling out his pieces. Robson's 16...Ncxe4! looks new and good:

but he lost his way shortly thereafter.

Minasian - Tomashevsky tested the critical line with 9.exd5 followed by 10.c4:

with Black appearing to be we Nikolaos Ntirlis against the King's Indian - GM Nigel Davies ZEJ