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Nakamura's King's Indian Defense

Nakamura's King's Indian Defense

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GM Simon Williams
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Learn how to play the King's Indian from the games of the best King's Indian player in the World!

Learn how to play the King’s Indian Defense, one of the most exciting options against 1.d4. Simon Williams, the Ginger GM, will walk you through the most brilliant and instructive of Super GM, Hikarua Nakamura’s games. Each game will demonstrate a key idea so that you’re ready to win your own brilliancies in the KID! Attack right from the opening, with the Black pieces!

  • Learn the key attacking ideas in the King’s Indian Defense.
  • Learn a complete defense to White’s 1.d4, 2.c4 setups.

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Nakamura's King's Indian Defense

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5 Lessons
77 Minutes
25 Challenges
Released 3/24/2019

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