WEBVTT 00:00.960 --> 00:01.920 Hi there. 00:01.950 --> 00:08.760 In this lecture, we see an amazing game of Mikhail tell against Mikhail Botvinnik very high stakes 00:08.760 --> 00:11.790 game, World Championship Match 1960. 00:12.240 --> 00:15.990 So this is the Botvinnik tal World Championship match in round one. 00:15.990 --> 00:18.660 We see Tal kicking off with E4. 00:18.750 --> 00:25.560 We have a French defense from Mikhail Botvinnik d4 d5 93 Bishop be forewarned, this is entering into 00:25.560 --> 00:26.670 the winner variation. 00:26.670 --> 00:35.700 The advanced variation of e5 c5 a3 Bishop takes C3 Jack B takes So White has the Dart square bishop 00:35.700 --> 00:43.020 here without a counterpart, and this can quite often be an attacking ingredients in this variation. 00:44.490 --> 00:49.800 Bobby Fischer was a fan of this variation and often was making use of this dark squared bishop. 00:52.660 --> 00:57.430 Plans such as A4 and Bishop A3 later, for example, in Summer Fishers Games. 00:58.450 --> 01:02.530 So we have Queen C7, Queen G4. 01:02.560 --> 01:04.060 So looking at G seven. 01:04.900 --> 01:05.980 So how does Black defend? 01:05.980 --> 01:07.480 Will Black chose F five? 01:07.480 --> 01:14.410 Here there is a gambit variation which is very sharp 97, and it leads to very sharp positions. 01:14.410 --> 01:17.380 And if you don't know what you're doing here, you could be in trouble. 01:17.380 --> 01:23.830 The key move is 92, it seems, and this position is thought to be, in theory, slightly better for 01:23.830 --> 01:24.310 white. 01:24.490 --> 01:31.720 I've played this variation on occasion in the past, and White has also this asset, this past h pawn 01:31.720 --> 01:39.550 asset, which could be handy, but black has perks as well and can try and generate counterplay sometimes 01:39.550 --> 01:42.700 through the center for a D4 push later. 01:43.150 --> 01:45.490 So it's a complex, rich position. 01:45.850 --> 01:48.610 But anyway, F5 on this occasion is played. 01:49.210 --> 01:50.560 We have Queen G3. 01:50.590 --> 01:58.270 It's no good to take on F6 that would get rid of our pawn wedge and Bishop B5 check again, they're 01:58.270 --> 02:07.300 not going to play Bishop D7 and nine Queen E6 so this would be silly for black but black just has knight 02:07.300 --> 02:14.470 C six her and also keeping hold of G seven and black ends up being better with Queen 85. 02:15.250 --> 02:16.090 So this is no good. 02:16.090 --> 02:21.190 This is a territory you shouldn't go anywhere near Black's call that semi-open F4 and all the prospects 02:21.190 --> 02:21.640 here. 02:23.590 --> 02:27.130 So Queen Geoffrey keeps the wedge of the pawn chain. 02:27.130 --> 02:29.200 Now on E5, we have 97. 02:31.000 --> 02:33.160 You might ask, what about the greedy variation? 02:33.190 --> 02:36.550 C takes d4 C tech D for Queen C two? 02:36.760 --> 02:42.400 Well, you know, Black hasn't really developed any pieces here. 02:42.550 --> 02:49.900 White can just play simple moves like Bishop D to her Bishop B5 check, and there's a lot of pressure 02:49.900 --> 02:56.560 building up the King's inconvenienced once can have great attacking prospects from here so for example 02:56.560 --> 03:04.960 the bishop E to G6 more weaknesses and yeah White's just got a huge attacking potential here from this 03:04.960 --> 03:05.920 kind of scenario. 03:07.540 --> 03:14.680 So here with Bishop C frame, it's going to be difficult for black to get too much counterplay here. 03:16.270 --> 03:24.460 Okay, so 97 was played offering G seven so Rook Giant Queen St H7 C 64. 03:24.460 --> 03:29.020 Now this does look like a rather sharp and dangerous position for sure. 03:29.260 --> 03:35.590 Now tells me if is intriguing King D one So addressing this queen site C free check in style leaving 03:35.590 --> 03:37.240 the king in the center. 03:40.060 --> 03:41.710 So you might think, well, the king's in the center. 03:41.710 --> 03:43.430 Isn't that an attacking ingredient for black? 03:43.450 --> 03:44.590 Yeah, potentially. 03:45.550 --> 03:47.380 We have to look at the concrete positions now. 03:47.380 --> 03:48.070 This is a battle. 03:48.100 --> 03:49.450 Both kings are in the center. 03:50.140 --> 03:53.950 If 92, this was an option here. 03:55.210 --> 04:00.430 So 96, push the pawn, that 85 drop. 04:01.210 --> 04:08.710 We get fascinating scenarios here, rich in complexity where the rook left rook free could be very relevant. 04:09.160 --> 04:13.240 So this situation, it's strange. 04:13.240 --> 04:14.410 Rook moves, sure. 04:14.860 --> 04:19.720 But white overall does have that bishop pair and the past pawn on H five. 04:19.900 --> 04:22.660 Overall white should be better. 04:22.870 --> 04:25.060 And it's rich territory for sure. 04:25.510 --> 04:26.800 We've done it to. 04:29.370 --> 04:39.570 And if he takes H for Bishop five, this position, this kind of scenario is also it's rich territory. 04:39.570 --> 04:41.400 Again, we've got a past h pawn. 04:41.400 --> 04:48.630 We've got the bishop had those assets that we could make use of, so it should be better there. 04:48.630 --> 04:54.180 So anyway we have King Day one curious move, we have Bishop D7. 04:55.860 --> 04:59.490 And this does have some dangerous attacking ideas with it like de Frit. 04:59.490 --> 05:03.630 At some point when the bishop's not looking to try and open up this diagonal. 05:03.660 --> 05:07.530 So diagonals of death factor them in to both kings. 05:08.130 --> 05:11.190 So there's two diagonals of death for White's King. 05:12.090 --> 05:15.900 And at the moment, you know, that could work like that for Black's king. 05:17.010 --> 05:17.890 I factor them in. 05:17.910 --> 05:29.550 If Queen takes E5 might have three this position, Queen H five check and let's say Knight g6y overall 05:29.820 --> 05:31.800 is doing quite nicely here. 05:33.570 --> 05:42.630 If it takes D4 Bishop B2 as possible and this position black structure isn't great whites rook is awake 05:42.630 --> 05:44.690 whilst black works is kind of stuck. 05:44.700 --> 05:47.340 So this overall was better for. 05:49.570 --> 05:58.080 Once this this tactic is possible because a bishop b5 track losing the rook and over was better here. 05:59.230 --> 06:00.280 It's complex stuff. 06:00.280 --> 06:07.180 So anyway, Bishop D7 Queen 95, Shank nine, G6 92. 06:10.370 --> 06:14.840 Yeah this this is an important move likely to if for. 06:17.250 --> 06:19.200 Then the taxi fray. 06:19.230 --> 06:24.000 This position with 95 black holes was queenside. 06:24.270 --> 06:28.080 And you can see that this doesn't entirely appetising. 06:28.650 --> 06:31.950 This position black does have the edge here. 06:33.030 --> 06:39.270 Okay, so E2 is more dynamic keeping this diagonal clear. 06:39.300 --> 06:44.070 Rather than try and hold E5 because that's important for stopping black. 06:45.180 --> 06:47.460 Having the luxury of castling queenside. 06:47.460 --> 06:48.210 It's an important move. 06:48.210 --> 06:50.520 92 to try and prevent black castling. 06:51.000 --> 06:51.360 Yeah. 06:51.390 --> 06:53.430 Just to recap that this is a key point. 06:53.430 --> 06:57.960 I move 13 f4, we lose that option of Bishop G5 later. 06:58.380 --> 07:01.020 So sometimes it is better to give up material. 07:03.500 --> 07:13.130 So here Black pushes deep free, trying to wrench open this diagonal a41 with this pawn sack. 07:13.310 --> 07:20.210 If Queen takes E5, C takes the full force possible here. 07:21.680 --> 07:25.100 And what does Black do in this position? 07:27.290 --> 07:30.050 This is a little bit tricky, that pin. 07:33.410 --> 07:36.320 And presumably Queen Siegfried. 07:36.320 --> 07:37.940 This position with Queen 64. 07:37.940 --> 07:38.540 Check. 07:40.450 --> 07:42.670 Anyone's going to take on gay sex. 07:43.900 --> 07:45.920 But what is going on here? 07:45.940 --> 07:48.280 It's just it's actually too dangerous. 07:48.550 --> 07:55.000 This position for blank with things like rotates B seven and Bishop B to if the queen were. 07:55.690 --> 07:57.550 It's complex stuff. 07:57.550 --> 08:03.180 Very complex, but basically, yeah. 08:03.230 --> 08:09.460 C 64 does seem one of the more incisive moves here. 08:09.850 --> 08:18.910 So anyway, D3 is played C tanks, D3 bishop, a four check king E one queen takes E five. 08:19.540 --> 08:24.390 So both kings are in the center, especially with this next move. 08:24.400 --> 08:36.220 The king is cut off from castle in side and we have c6d for Queen C seven and now H four, which frees 08:36.220 --> 08:37.570 up the Queen by protecting the bishop. 08:37.570 --> 08:39.790 The bishop is less of a tactical liability. 08:40.930 --> 08:42.280 E five is tried. 08:44.410 --> 08:53.080 Now, if Queen Bee thinks Roxy want Queen Bee to this excursion, one can develop with Rook H free and 08:53.080 --> 08:57.550 C4 is actually an interesting move here. 08:58.410 --> 08:59.820 So, for example. 09:02.290 --> 09:05.020 It's trying to dismantle the pawn chain to weaken our fight. 09:05.050 --> 09:07.690 So sometimes see takes in just moving the bishop back. 09:07.930 --> 09:12.190 Queens looking for it looks like a move to play structurally. 09:12.190 --> 09:22.480 And here, Rook H.S. Free knights have for what It's going to be better here dismantling basically the 09:22.480 --> 09:23.650 position of black. 09:23.650 --> 09:26.560 So this will be quite horrible for black this position. 09:27.340 --> 09:33.580 So anyway now safety points template rook cage free hair. 09:33.790 --> 09:38.500 If he plays details, he's actually in big trouble of the 1965. 09:38.560 --> 09:40.960 Can you see what black would be frat thing here? 09:40.990 --> 09:43.840 Knight takes E5 frees up the rook. 09:45.970 --> 09:46.900 Fraction. 09:48.410 --> 09:52.040 And this looks extremely weird, this position, to be fair. 09:53.190 --> 09:56.760 Okay, Why has the bishop around the ball, the king of the center like this? 09:56.780 --> 09:58.860 Black's actually threatening here. 09:58.880 --> 10:00.350 Rook h eight. 10:02.040 --> 10:09.070 So as example F for actually not G for first, but that's got a huge advantage for. 10:09.090 --> 10:10.110 That's a big concession. 10:10.110 --> 10:18.720 But otherwise, you know say a free rook h A and queen B six, this is just nasty ones, just all over 10:18.720 --> 10:19.500 the place. 10:19.920 --> 10:22.560 So it's important to play rook free. 10:23.070 --> 10:24.150 Very important. 10:25.260 --> 10:36.900 We have Queen f7 if E tanks D for C tanks D for this position there is no 60 for the rook looks after 10:36.900 --> 10:37.350 C free. 10:37.350 --> 10:38.400 There's no problem there. 10:39.120 --> 10:41.760 So yeah. 10:41.760 --> 10:42.960 What is black doing here? 10:42.990 --> 10:48.660 Blacks just made it possible to for wanting to get a strong attack with rookie free. 10:48.930 --> 10:56.070 So Queen f7 was played but now D takes E5 and this is very different. 10:56.070 --> 11:03.660 Now this takes on E5 because Knight takes E5 rookie free just in time. 11:04.740 --> 11:06.000 There's no Rook h eight. 11:06.000 --> 11:10.440 Here we have King D7 if Rook H ain't. 11:12.130 --> 11:13.950 So we're right here. 11:14.130 --> 11:14.940 Big difference. 11:14.940 --> 11:15.840 What do we play with? 11:17.160 --> 11:18.060 At some points. 11:20.880 --> 11:21.180 Yeah. 11:21.210 --> 11:22.500 Route 65. 11:22.530 --> 11:23.250 Check. 11:24.880 --> 11:26.770 So the knight can't really take the queen. 11:28.900 --> 11:35.200 And then if that's the case, then if King of Faith is bishop, age six, Jack. 11:36.100 --> 11:37.600 And that's just winning for white. 11:41.800 --> 11:44.620 So, yes, that's out of the question right here. 11:44.980 --> 11:50.980 So King D7 is played, but now Rook, D1, Rook B1, you can't play rook. 11:51.010 --> 12:01.360 You know, the bishop's looking at D1, so b1 b6 for rook ain't rook b4 evicting the bishop. 12:04.120 --> 12:04.780 If. 12:05.930 --> 12:06.500 Be five. 12:06.500 --> 12:06.650 Yeah. 12:06.680 --> 12:09.790 We can actually play here. 12:09.840 --> 12:10.160 Night. 12:10.190 --> 12:10.930 Tasty five. 12:10.940 --> 12:12.710 This little trick with the king and center. 12:12.800 --> 12:15.530 So Queen takes rook D for pens to the queen. 12:15.620 --> 12:18.710 So Bishop C six holding the five. 12:19.220 --> 12:20.450 But now this is cute. 12:20.450 --> 12:25.400 Queen D one All of a sudden, it seems as though White's possession actually makes sense. 12:26.570 --> 12:28.850 Before it just seems absolute chaos. 12:28.850 --> 12:35.270 The variation is absolutely chaotic y actually, now it's known about the h pawn as such. 12:35.270 --> 12:39.650 The entry point is just a support role for that bishop not to be hanging in some rotations. 12:39.650 --> 12:39.980 Y. 12:39.980 --> 12:46.760 It's actually got a clear strategic break here with C4 amplifying the king and the center, just trying 12:46.760 --> 12:48.590 to open up the king of C4. 12:48.860 --> 12:51.590 So that is the clear and imminent threat now. 12:54.120 --> 12:57.450 And we have night takes F for. 12:59.720 --> 13:00.070 Rook. 13:00.110 --> 13:01.370 Thanks for. 13:03.100 --> 13:05.950 You might ask is Bishop takes her for possible just for the record. 13:05.980 --> 13:06.670 Actually, yeah. 13:06.670 --> 13:10.050 It seems as though this would be nice for one as well. 13:10.060 --> 13:16.660 But Rook thinks that for Knight G6 broke D4 and we're back to the simple threat of C4. 13:18.340 --> 13:25.000 We have Botvinnik playing rook tanks, E3, Czech F tanks, and now King C7 trying to get away from 13:25.000 --> 13:26.170 the C4. 13:27.190 --> 13:33.520 If 95 C4 happens this position, we just taking a pawn here. 13:34.750 --> 13:35.590 We're doing very well. 13:35.590 --> 13:38.800 We've vacated the here we've before. 13:39.370 --> 13:40.990 And this is very nice. 13:41.020 --> 13:43.780 This is a very nice attack position. 13:43.800 --> 13:44.950 Big advantage. 13:45.850 --> 13:55.030 So King C7, C4, detainee, C4, and this is just all of a sudden black's getting decimated from all 13:55.030 --> 13:55.720 the complexity. 13:55.720 --> 13:58.720 Black's just had it now with the C4. 13:59.900 --> 14:06.530 So if Bishop Be7 wants taking that centre pawn and it's kind of miserable for Black, so Queen B4 is 14:06.530 --> 14:12.020 looking at the rook Bishop B5, we've got that huge pass pawn to be pushed. 14:12.830 --> 14:21.740 And this scenario, for example Queen hack winning material crushing if King b7c thanks again that centre 14:21.740 --> 14:30.890 pawn we can yeah we're threatening head D six for rook C seven chang so 95 we're still threatening D6 14:31.520 --> 14:31.870 here. 14:31.880 --> 14:34.730 Bishop E2 is actually good though in this particular position. 14:35.030 --> 14:35.920 And you know what? 14:35.950 --> 14:37.100 It's much better there. 14:37.100 --> 14:40.400 But in the game, Black gets decimated by playing D.S. C4. 14:40.790 --> 14:41.620 Bishop takes C4. 14:41.630 --> 14:43.610 It's just it looks like a simple skewer. 14:44.870 --> 14:49.160 Yeah, an interesting, simple end to this game from hugely complex positions. 14:49.160 --> 14:59.240 So the past pawns pushed here with H5 and now Botvinnik resigns if 95 Bishop f4 is a nasty pen. 15:03.380 --> 15:03.650 You know. 15:03.650 --> 15:04.610 But what else? 15:04.610 --> 15:06.920 This this looks really kind of dangerous anyway. 15:06.920 --> 15:14.960 So an H six blanks overloaded, H seven and so nine G since this is just the position which is going 15:14.960 --> 15:24.020 to be winning either Queen H five or Queen H one is ramping up things and this is just an easily winning 15:24.020 --> 15:27.110 position as example. 15:27.980 --> 15:31.010 So yes, anyway, the game ended at h five. 15:33.920 --> 15:45.890 Now you might ask why on earth, why on earth did I pick this game to show you Well. 15:47.830 --> 15:49.720 It's an important world championship game. 15:49.750 --> 15:51.760 Mickelson eventually won the world championship. 15:51.790 --> 15:56.230 I know it's utterly confusing the opening with both both kings in the center. 15:57.190 --> 16:03.550 It's part of I Am important, the history and culture of the game to know these key games. 16:03.670 --> 16:08.800 And perhaps you can argue to keep revising these key games, to look at the nuances. 16:08.800 --> 16:15.940 For me, I did pick up some new nuances in certain variations, such as, you know, because I've previously 16:15.950 --> 16:17.710 analyzed this on multiple occasions. 16:17.710 --> 16:21.040 So I pick up new nuances of things. 16:21.730 --> 16:28.790 So the E5 from Botvinnik, for example, with the idea that D takes is so dangerous for education, 16:28.930 --> 16:33.010 these little nuances, you know, we get some new fresh insights. 16:33.010 --> 16:38.680 Engine technology is also increasing virtually every year, you know, still making inroads, especially 16:38.680 --> 16:40.190 with the neural network engines. 16:40.210 --> 16:47.770 So I feel it's worth revisiting these games with the best technology to get the best possible insights. 16:48.070 --> 16:51.940 And it's not one of the clearer Mikhail Games. 16:52.600 --> 16:56.980 But as I mentioned, as I mentioned elsewhere, I just want to make this clear. 16:57.970 --> 17:04.360 It's because of McNaughton's bias towards huge complexity that Alexander Alekhine makes the first layer 17:04.360 --> 17:05.150 of this course. 17:05.170 --> 17:18.670 This is one of the very high, complex games with so many intriguing variations which to explore indefinitely 17:18.970 --> 17:20.590 as a work in progress this game. 17:20.590 --> 17:25.840 But it's interesting to see it from time to time and to get some fresh insights. 17:26.770 --> 17:31.000 So you could argue, well, the winner is actually getting this ingredient. 17:31.000 --> 17:34.690 Quite often this don't square with our counterpart that did play a role. 17:34.870 --> 17:40.480 Also, the rook lifts were just expertly handling the possession, trying to exploit the opponent's 17:40.480 --> 17:41.080 king in the center. 17:41.080 --> 17:45.520 The bishop played a key role to try and stop the king going to the side in luxury. 17:45.520 --> 17:50.050 So an immensely complex fighting game and an iconic game. 17:50.050 --> 17:53.800 So I believe these are worth revisiting from time to time. 17:53.800 --> 17:55.240 I hope you got something out of it. 17:55.570 --> 17:56.460 Hence much. 17:56.470 --> 18:00.910 Don't worry if you don't remember all the variations or whatever, it's just to get the gist to build 18:00.910 --> 18:05.950 up our kind of evaluation function for attacking patterns and ingredients. 18:06.070 --> 18:06.730 Okay. 18:06.760 --> 18:07.370 That's a much.