I've been playing a game on
ChessTweets that I thought I would share. I'm black and it's started out as a standard King's Indian defence with white fianchettoing their white squared bishop. Having closed the centre (8. d5) white then advanced on the queenside with a3 and b4 which the Batsford book I have on the King's Indian doesn't think is the best idea for white as it messes up their queenside pawns. Naturally I didn't capture the b4 pawn but played ...Nb7 to support the pawn and withdraw the attacked knight. I'm happy with the arrangement of my queenside pieces: the knight is supporting d6 and c5 and the bishop is happy on the h3/c8 diagonal supporting ...f5 which is planned. The fact that the bishop is blocking the rook on the a file doesn't matter as the position is fairly closed and the rooks don't have much scope at the moment. My plan is based on ...f5 and following white's exf and my ...gxf pushing the e pawn to e4 bringing my black squared bishop on the long diagonal to life.
Conclusion: at the moment I'm happy with my position and the arrangement of my pieces. White has more space but the closed centre minimises any advantage and my pieces are well placed for a kingside advance, especially as white's bishop is misplaced on f3. Of course, I may have misjudged this all terribly.
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