King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack, Sokolov's Line
In the King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack, Sokolov's Line, aim to understand the plans and pawn structures, not just memorize the first moves.
The King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack, Sokolov's Line is a chess opening classified under ECO code E97. It is reached after the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1: 19 moves in, with Black to play.
It belongs to the King's Indian Defense family — one of many ways the line can branch. Understanding the parent system’s plans is the fastest way to play this variation well.
Club players rarely lose the King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack, Sokolov's Line in the opening itself. They lose it a few moves later, when the plan behind the moves runs out: that is what reading your own games in this line shows you.