17th Annual Chicago Open - Round 1 - Loss

Submitted by chessiq on Tue, 05/27/2008 at 10:11pm.

Here is my first game in the 17th Annual Chicago Open that I played in over the weekend. I was White, and I lost to a King's Indian Defense that I mishandled at various points. At first, I lost a bunch of tempos - (poor/inconsistent decisions). I must, however, commend Greg for exploiting my weakness very well. He was very patient, which sometimes, is all you need to convert a good position into a win.

After losing this game, I realized that the only way to win my section (U2100) or to end up near the top was to win all my remaining 6 games, or win 5 and draw 1. So, here is the annotated loss. The six wins will follow.

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by chessiq - 7 months ago
Malawi

Member Since: Jun 2007
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Hi Shadowc, KID is short for King's Indian Defense. Sorry!

Hi Gotgoose, you are right that "technically" the opening is Benoni Defense. Benoni Defense "Openings" and King's Indian Defense lines usually transpose into each other. But that does not excuse my calling them (all) K.I.D.s.

by GotGoose - 7 months ago
Indiana United States

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Hi, this is a Benoni defense, not a KID. A KID is defined by a pawn on d6 early, not c5.

by shadowc - 7 months ago
Buenos Aires Argentina

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Yeah, I meant that... What does KID mean?

by chessiq - 7 months ago
Malawi

Member Since: Jun 2007
Member Points: 613

I think that in KID, White's light-squared Bishop takes forever to get into the game because it is blockes by its own pawns. However, unlike having a pawn on d3, the Bishop is more "mobile".

May be I misunderstood your comment/question?

by shadowc - 7 months ago
Buenos Aires Argentina

Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 490

Hi friend! I'm by no means a chess pro.. but I see something after move 10...e5.. The position is a bit of unnatural for white... Do you agree?

Look, there is only "one" difference in the position. Black has a fianchettoed Bishop, which white had "misplaced" it in the place in which black mirrors with a pawn, having the same role.

I'm talking about squares d6, d3 and g7 g2 respectively.

Can this be meaninful?

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