Since my work on the 'Understanding the King's Indian' book was completed I played approximately two dozen new King's Indian games. Mixed quality, mixed results. Once, playing against experienced IM Yuferov, I forgot the theoretical line, which is given in the book (!), and lost mainly because of this. In another game, versus IM M.Ionescu I managed to develop my pieces almost as ugly as possible: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 Na6 7.0-0 c6 8.Re1 Qb6?! (Black consistently avoided any lines with ...e5 where possible is dxe5, Qxd8 with the exchange of queens) 9.h3! and now 9...Rd8. Later I won, but such Black's setup does not deserve to be repeated for sure. In June, playing against IM Mankeyev, I managed to win the endgame after 6...e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Nxe5!? (unusual move) 9...Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Bxe5 11.Bg5, but it was not easy at all.

Another example of creativity is IM G.Ardelean - Golubev, Bucharest 2006: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d6 6.0-0 Nbd7 7.Qc2 e5 8.Rd1 Re8 9.dxe5!? dxe5 10.e4 c6 11.h3. This line sometimes occurs at GM level. 11...Qb6!?. A novelty! The move is risky, but, perhaps, playable? 12.Be3 Nc5 (Does not make sense for Black 12...Qb4?! 13.a3! Qe7 14.Nc3) 13.Nc3 Qb4 14.Bf1! (14.b3 Nfd7!?) 14...Bf8 15.Kh2!? (15.a3 Qb3 16.Qb1 Na4) and here I made a very bad move 15...Nfd7? (Correct was 15...a5!, planning 16.a3 Qb3 17.Qb1 a4!). After 16.a3 Qb3, White missed possibility to win a piece by force: 17.Qc1!, with a main line 17...a5 18.Nd2 Qb6 19.b4! axb4 20.axb4 Rxa1 21.Qxa1 Qxb4 22.Rb1!. Later I even won that game.

The opposite story was the game GM Beliavsky - Golubev, Geller Memorial rapid Odessa 2006. There, for some time I played quite well, but then spoiled a serious advantage in the time trouble (missed 33...Rc2!), and gradually lost. This game can be found at:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1424074

Still, there were some decent attempts. The game IM Tishin - Golubev, Alushta 2006 with notes by GM Jon Speelman can be found at:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20060619/ai_n16489842/print

Here is another game:

Aeroflot A2 Open 2006 (7), 14.02.2006
IM Baris Esen (2417) - GM Mikhail Golubev (2499)
King's Indian Saemisch E83

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Re8 9.g3!? Bd7 A committal move: the d7 square might have been useful for a knight in some lines. 10.Bg2 e5 10...Na5 11.b3 b5 fails to 12.e5!. 11.d5 Na5 12.Qd3! 12.b3 b5 13.c5 dxc5 14.Bxc5 c6 seems to be double-edged. 12...b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Nxb5 Qb8 Black has sacrificed a pawn to obtain some activity.15.a4!? c6 16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.Qxd6 After 17.0-0 Black plays 17...d5!. 17.Nec3!? deserved attention.17...Qxd6!? 18.Nxd6 Red8 19.Nb5 19.b4!? was probably more critical. 19...Nc4 20.Kf2 Nxe3 21.Kxe3 Bf8! 22.Nec3 Bh6+ 23.f4 exf4+ 24.gxf4 Ng4+ 25.Ke2 After 25.Kf3, 25...Rd3+! is very strong. 25...Bxf4 26.Kf3?! 26.Nd5! and the position is not so clear. 26...Be5! 27.Kxg4?! Rd3! 28.Raf1 f6! 29.Bf3 Bd7+ 30.Kh4 h5 31.Rhg1 g5+ 32.Rxg5+ Otherwise 32.Kxh5 Kf7 with the inevitable 33...Rh8 mate. 32...fxg5+ 33.Kxg5 A bit more stubborn was 33.Kxh5. 33...Kh7! 34.Nd5 Rg8+ 35.Kh4 Rxd5! 0-1 White resigned in view of 36.exd5 Bf6+ 37.Kxh5 Be8 mate.

(Notes by M.G. from the British Chess Magazine 4/2006.)