GM Eric's 1..d6 Speedrun | 1600-1800 

What time in the video?

@@brianho3312 at 47:15 Eric doesn’t like the fact his opponent won’t let him make the moves he wants, so Eric improvises another brutal attack.

@@reubencoto8693 oh thanks🤩

It is indeed a joke lol - the dark squared bishop is essential for attacking, and well as defending the dark squares around your king (which are usually weak if it gets traded)

It’s not a joke, In many lines (Mara del plata, for example) of the Kings Indian the DSB is your worst piece. It often stares into the ass of your own pawn in a locked center position. Most KID pawn structures have pawn chains on dark squares, so your LSB is indeed better despite not moving from its starting square for sometimes 20 moves only to be sacrificed on h3 the first time it is moved. That’s why the KID is considered kind of a whack opening for beginners, it violates every principle in the book. You give up the center, spend two moves developing what is ostensibly your worst piece, many middle game plans involve pushing pawns in front of your own king, and you completely neglect to develop some pieces. But it is messy and fun and leads to some brilliant tactical games

If the center is closed in the kings indian then 90% of the time the dark square bishop sucks. The only purpose it really ever serves is as a defender, which it does well, but you're hardly getting attacked on the kingside in the kings indian. If your dark square bishop is an attacker then either your opponent played pretty suboptimally or you are playing the benoni instead

I like it tho

no u