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blake78613 10-Sep-10, 07:29	Boleslavsky Wall I am interested in the KID pawn structure known as the Boleslavsky Wall. I would like to know the ideals and plans for both White and Black. Is the Boleslavsky Wall still considered viable for Black and simply gone out of fashion?
chess4him 10-Sep-10, 18:31	Great question... You have probably seen this Blake, Thanks to Wikipedia @ en.wikipedia.org Boleslavsky, together with fellow Ukrainians Bronstein, Efim Geller, and Alexander Konstantinopolsky, beginning in the late 1930s, turned the King's Indian Defence from a suspect variation into one of the most popular defences today. Hans Kmoch in his book Pawn Power in Chess calls the King's Indian configuration of black pawns on c6 and d6 (especially if the d-pawn is on a semi-open file) "the Boleslavsky Wall." The fen diagram for the pawn structure looks like: Interesting is the possible move orders here. Looks like a Marocxy Bind?
caknight 10-Sep-10, 22:15	The King's Indian - Boleslavsky Wall Character: Semi-open game, slow buildup. Themes for White: d6 weakness, e4-e5 and c4-c5 breaks, minority attack with b2-b4-b5. Themes for Black: attacking the e4 and c4 pawns, d6-d5 and f7-f5 breaks, Queenside play with a7-a5-a4. The wall is yet another structure that leaves Black with a d-pawn weakness, but prevents White from taking control of the center and gives Black active piece play and an opportunity to play on either side of the board. White's King bishop is less active than Black's King bishop.
blake78613 11-Sep-10, 19:38	I guess the g pawn would be on g6 rather than g7. It does resemble a Maroczy bind just trade the c6-pawn for an e-pawn. I think the ideas might be very similar for both sides. I downloaded some of Boleslasvsky's game. You can go into it immediately, or wait and do it later if White doesn't play d5. I would probably wait since d5 is a concession by White in the KID and if you can get White to play it without of having to play ...Nc6 you are way ahead of the game.

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