King’s Indian g3 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.0–0 Bf5 [E62]-TWIC 972

TWIC 972
The King's Indian is as popular as ever and white has a wide range of weapons the choose from. The g3 King's Indian is a solid choice but in the feature game, white got nothing special despite some ambitious play.

More About GM Sjugirov,S
"REGION" GROUP OF COMPANIES CUP - Blitz tournament
Hotel "COSMOS", Moscow, Russia 2012-02-16

Game Dreev,Aleksey(left) - Sjugirov,Sanan(right)

Here is the featured game.

Sjugirov,S (2647) - Nozdrachev,L (2389)

King’s Indian g3 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.0–0 Bf5 [E62]

66th ch-RUS HL
Yekaterinburg RUS (2.15), 21.06.2013

Position 1
What do you recommend for white?
(a) 20.Qxd4
(b)Something else

White to Play

19...Qxb8

Benoni g3 9…Re8 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.h3 [A64]-TWIC 962

The TCh-RUS 2013
Here's a closer look at the event where the feature game was played.




TWIC 962
GM Le Quang Liem offered a pawn with 16.a5 in the big line of the g3 Benoni but GM Sjugirov declined and showed the best defence.

Le Quang Liem (2717) - Sjugirov,S (2657) 
Benoni g3 9…Re8 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.h3 [A64]
20th TCh-RUS 2013 Loo RUS (3), 09.04.2013

Position 1
White has an extra pawn but black has compensation. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

21...Nf6

Queen’s Indian 7.Bd2 Bf6-TWIC 927 2012

TWIC 927
The Queen's Indian is a tough nut to crack. Here is a nice defensive effort from the 65th ch-RUS 2012 won by GM Alekseev.

GM Alekseev, Evgeny

More on Alekseev

Sjugirov,S (2635) - Alekseev,Evgeny (2673)

Queen’s Indian 7.Bd2 Bf6[E17]

65th ch-RUS Moscow RUS (5), 07.08.2012

Position 1
White is committed to attacking the kingside and will continue with Kf2 and double rooks on the h-file. However, black is not without resources. What do you recommend for black now?

Black to Play

28.hg