Talk:King's Indian Defence, Sämisch Variation

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"when white maintains the tension"

Yes..? And what move is this?

Someone really screwed up writing this part of the article. I feel like a large chunk, possibly several paragraphs and lines was accidentally deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.69.243.27 (talk) 19:53, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Question

The article says:

After 5.f3, the main continuation is 5...0-0 6.Be3, although the popularity of the Sämisch Gambit (6...c5) has led many White players to explore 6.Nge2 and 6.Bg5 instead.[6] After 6.Be3, Black has a wide choice of lines.

Later, in a subsection, it says:

White's prospects of gaining an initiative on the kingside mean that Black often delays castling so as not to come under attack there.

How can Black delay castling if he already castled on his fifth move? The article should make it clear that this is not a variation per se. Or am I just missing something? Toccata quarta (talk) 22:51, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Forcing a draw

The article claims:

A possible practical drawback to the gambit is that White is more or less able to force a draw against Black's best lines, e.g. after 9.Bxc5 Nc6 10.Nd5 Nd7 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.Nxe7+ Kf8 13.Nd5 Bxb2 14.Rb1 Bg7 15.Nh3 Nc5 16.Ng5, when Black should allow the repetition of position by 16...Kg8 17.Ne7+ Kf8 18.Nd5 Kg8.

However, a (slightly less popular) alternative is 15..b6 so that 16.Ng5? can be met with 16..h6, chasing away the knight.

Mateen Ulhaq (talk) 09:39, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

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