I play Kings Indian all of my life.
@FunnyAnimatorJimTV #1 #7 With white against Kings Indian I played Mainline Classical and Makogonov (5.h3). For some reasons i scored bad with Makogonov, so meanwhile i always play classical. I know this in and out with both colors, so i feel comfortable with it from both sides. Check out games by Korchnoi with white in this line.
@TatsumakiRonyk #2 nonsense. :-p
@achja #5 Bf4 and Bg5 setups yes, everybody plays it. On Lichess this seem to be the mainlines against everything.
I feel comfortable against it.
* Bf4 can lose a tempo against e7-e5 or it has no effect when black plays c5 and lets e7 and d6 where they are.
* Bg5 wants to provoke weaknesses, h6, g5 but if black plays it sensible it feels more like a waste of time to me. Also black often plays c5 and the bishop g5 never really fits well against c5 setups.
@ the dudes suggesting exchange variation. Every hardcore Kings Indian loves dxe5. An even endgame with some winning chances due to the weak square d4, cool, lets play this.
@ the dudes suggesting Sämisch, Black seems to equalize in the 6...e5 line. However he doesnt do so by attacking on the Kingside but by neutralizing white on the queenside. so this may be an option if you dont like Kingside attacks. You must also have something against 6...c5 - and probably there is nothing :)