Kings Indian Defense
Chess, like all pursuits, continues to evolve and change over time. Apparently a lot of the chess kids these days are learning new Hypermodernism chess techniques. A school of chess that emerged after World War I. It featured challenges to the chess ideas of central European masters, including Wilhelm Steinitz‘s approach to the centre and the rules established by Siegbert Tarrasch.
The Kings Indian Defense is one of these new openings. Popular in the early 2000’s, it’s popularity has recently been reigned back in by the likes of Vladimir Kramnik who scored excellent results against it, so much so that even Kasparov gave up the opening.
Anyway, if you want to play against modern chess kids, it’s good to know what they’re using these days.