Pavlovic: The modernized King's Indian Defense - Mar del Plata SN_required false Ding Liren not only became

Ding Liren not only became the 17th World Chess Champion

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Pavlovic: The modernized King's Indian Defense - Mar del Plata SN_required false Ding Liren not only becameThe King's Indian Defense, and the Mar del Plata variation in particular, has played a huge role throughout my entire chess career. I started doing extensive analysis of the ensuing rich positions from a very young age. I believe what lured me to it was that it is an outlier among well established openings in the sense that it gives Black a chance to attack right from an early stage of the game. This rather romantic approach to chess made a deep