WEBVTT 00:00.690 --> 00:01.500 Hi there. 00:01.530 --> 00:06.410 In this next show, we visit the Uruguayan Immortal, as it's named. 00:06.420 --> 00:15.300 So this is an absolute masterpiece of a game Molinari against Cabral in 1943 Uruguay. 00:15.330 --> 00:22.500 So we have nice half six here from Cabral Molinari playing a free D5 C4 C6. 00:22.500 --> 00:24.870 So a very respectable opening sequence here. 00:25.140 --> 00:28.800 The semi Slav very solid bishop D3. 00:28.800 --> 00:36.090 We have D Tank C4 Bishop takes C4 b5 Bishop D3 A6 Black's plan is very logical. 00:36.660 --> 00:38.270 White Castles C5. 00:38.280 --> 00:40.740 So trying to do something about this problem. 00:40.740 --> 00:43.320 Bishop Potentially it could be a problem. 00:43.350 --> 00:43.880 Be free. 00:43.890 --> 00:55.080 Bishop B seven We have Queenie to Queen b6 Rook d one Bishop e7 a4 b4 might be one rook c ain't Knight 00:55.080 --> 01:08.430 Bd2 c takes d4 nine C for Queen a7 seven takes for Black Castles Bishop D2 and now this is. 01:09.240 --> 01:10.530 Very very interesting. 01:10.530 --> 01:12.720 So b4 under a bit of pressure. 01:13.980 --> 01:22.470 Black plays are provocative move a five it seems to permit a tempo gainer which could be useful to get 01:22.470 --> 01:26.820 into d six with one of the nights when it accepts that invitation. 01:26.820 --> 01:31.140 And the point is Queen eight and now we're pointing at G. 01:32.880 --> 01:36.080 But what about 1986? 01:36.090 --> 01:37.860 Doesn't this hit the rook and bishop? 01:38.700 --> 01:42.160 So what would you play here with black and white? 01:42.750 --> 01:44.790 If I give you 5 seconds to pause Video. 01:48.820 --> 01:50.980 There's a bit of a leap of faith here. 01:51.190 --> 01:52.450 You can play. 01:54.760 --> 01:57.340 Roxy seven, but you just be disadvantaged. 01:57.430 --> 01:59.800 Your vulnerable bishop would be taken. 01:59.800 --> 02:05.530 And after E4, once King is super safe and with the Bishop power. 02:05.830 --> 02:07.270 And with friends like Ephraim. 02:07.270 --> 02:08.050 Potentially. 02:08.260 --> 02:09.690 So that's not the way to do it. 02:09.700 --> 02:16.300 Here we sacrifice the exchange, knowing that a weakened King's position here will increase the value 02:16.300 --> 02:17.620 of our pieces a little bit. 02:18.760 --> 02:23.980 So slicing through their weakening key squares, F3 and H3. 02:24.580 --> 02:28.460 So offering the exchange so it takes on C ain't rook Kate. 02:28.570 --> 02:34.660 So although we're the exchange down because of the weakened King position, it's like we've given our 02:34.660 --> 02:36.460 pieces a bit of a promotion. 02:36.460 --> 02:39.130 They've got stuff to do around these weaknesses. 02:39.490 --> 02:40.020 We see. 02:40.030 --> 02:47.830 Rookie one If E4 Black can play Knight takes E4, that's fine here. 02:47.890 --> 02:49.600 Knight takes DD to check. 02:49.930 --> 02:56.200 And the resulting position here, we've collected quite a few pawns and say why it plays this tactic. 02:56.200 --> 03:02.740 We get a resulting position, although we're the exchange down here are two pawns. 03:02.740 --> 03:03.670 Make it worth it. 03:03.670 --> 03:08.080 So that protects the knight and as example, rook c5. 03:08.920 --> 03:13.840 And here, rook, take C1 even and we can afford this simplification. 03:14.350 --> 03:20.560 This position is very good for black and there are still possibilities of potentially attacking soon 03:20.770 --> 03:24.550 because of the weakened King position, even in this simplified position. 03:24.550 --> 03:26.500 So Black don't stand better here. 03:27.430 --> 03:28.510 So interesting stuff. 03:28.510 --> 03:33.790 So actually yeah, this is a tricky position of the rook. 03:33.970 --> 03:34.510 Okay. 03:34.660 --> 03:40.030 If E4 we can just skewer the queen and rook, just take the rook and that would be fine. 03:40.030 --> 03:41.260 That would be great for black. 03:41.530 --> 03:47.050 So OC Rook one was played and this allows what seems to be very dangerous. 03:47.050 --> 03:52.900 Bishop Geoffrey Because actually it is very dangerous after Queen D five Black is threatening to mate 03:52.900 --> 03:54.550 soon with Queen G5. 03:55.600 --> 03:58.120 So that's has to be addressed. 03:58.120 --> 04:04.480 So E4 and now funny stuff happens in this position. 04:05.020 --> 04:09.640 White would like perhaps to play 93 to G2. 04:10.210 --> 04:23.740 So maybe you know this this Queen H five hair isn't entirely ideal with a queen G g4 so 93 as example, 04:23.740 --> 04:26.920 it isn't totally ideal because then Knight G2. 04:28.360 --> 04:37.750 So actually though Black plays a stunner here, trying to cut down potential defensive resources. 04:37.780 --> 04:39.940 Can you see what that is for 100 points? 04:43.760 --> 04:45.350 Okay, Another exchange sacrifice. 04:45.350 --> 04:48.170 Route 64 is played. 04:49.210 --> 04:51.790 If it takes the five rook g4 Shaq. 04:52.270 --> 04:54.280 This position with Rook takes G2. 04:54.280 --> 05:01.780 Shaq is actually mating after Rook takes H to hounds won't stop rook h1y can only delay here with Bishop 05:01.780 --> 05:05.020 takes H7 and then it's going to once going to be mated. 05:06.400 --> 05:06.730 Yeah. 05:06.760 --> 05:07.660 Funny stuff. 05:09.750 --> 05:10.650 And if. 05:12.420 --> 05:14.160 Bishop take C for her. 05:14.490 --> 05:15.870 Just Queen 62. 05:15.870 --> 05:16.410 Funny enough. 05:16.410 --> 05:16.710 Yeah. 05:16.710 --> 05:18.630 And then we've still got a Queen G five. 05:18.960 --> 05:20.010 It's horrible for wine. 05:20.610 --> 05:24.000 So the second exchange sacrifice is accepted. 05:24.390 --> 05:29.220 We have Queen H five, and now this is a bigger France without being able to come to G2. 05:29.250 --> 05:30.600 This is still amazing. 05:30.600 --> 05:31.230 France. 05:31.440 --> 05:35.580 So, Bishop for trying to shield the king is at the end of it. 05:38.220 --> 05:39.600 What you want to play here? 05:44.840 --> 05:45.010 Okay. 05:45.170 --> 05:46.160 Night, G4. 05:48.490 --> 05:50.230 And there is actually. 05:52.540 --> 05:53.860 A big threat here. 05:55.640 --> 06:01.910 Won't play Bishop e to let me test you with a token move just to show the threat more vividly. 06:02.390 --> 06:05.300 If Rook only be one, what would you play and why? 06:12.430 --> 06:15.940 It's actually rather subtle stuff, to be honest. 06:17.890 --> 06:22.420 So for 200 points, this looks as though it's What are we doing? 06:22.420 --> 06:23.730 Just forcing a draw. 06:23.870 --> 06:25.300 Why would this be mating? 06:25.330 --> 06:28.480 The thing is, we we weaken the king even further. 06:32.440 --> 06:35.890 But we we need more teamwork involved here. 06:35.890 --> 06:40.630 Because if if we go with Queen Forge, there's Bishop Geoffrey. 06:40.630 --> 06:42.670 And this is just going to be a repetition, right? 06:43.900 --> 06:50.230 So forget that the Kings weaken even further, which means there is a relationship. 06:50.230 --> 06:55.360 We should assume our other pieces might actually be supercharged more than usual. 06:55.360 --> 06:58.900 They have even more stuff to do to exploit the weaknesses here. 07:00.340 --> 07:02.320 There's only one pawn around the king. 07:02.320 --> 07:03.430 And in fact. 07:04.410 --> 07:08.280 So I show you the killer move here for 200 points. 07:10.730 --> 07:14.480 You had 95 once totally pinned down here. 07:15.320 --> 07:18.500 So clearly, if Bishop takes, we just make on each one. 07:19.190 --> 07:28.400 What is Mike doing about this slow motion frat now of 19 G4 If Bishop E two we get nine G4 in time, 07:29.690 --> 07:30.800 so we're faster than Queen. 07:30.800 --> 07:36.530 Thanks h to if Queen G2 were taking that queen with interest, you know we're winning here. 07:37.100 --> 07:38.330 Funny stuff. 07:38.330 --> 07:48.110 So Bishop e two was tried, but now 95 Anyway, we have h free. 07:48.110 --> 07:52.310 So this is getting to be a complex looking position. 07:52.610 --> 07:57.950 If Bishop takes F3 9/10 F3 check. 07:59.550 --> 07:59.880 Now. 07:59.880 --> 08:07.020 KING G-2 would be forced virtually because it looks very unpleasant to put the king on the file. 08:07.140 --> 08:11.130 But and here there's only one move which gives black a massive advantage. 08:11.160 --> 08:12.570 Do you know what that is for? 08:12.570 --> 08:13.470 200 points? 08:18.040 --> 08:18.970 It will be G five. 08:18.970 --> 08:21.310 It's the only move for a huge advantage, it seems. 08:21.640 --> 08:28.900 So if Bishop Geoffrey because if King takes F3, we play knights x h to double check and then queen 08:28.900 --> 08:29.850 a free check. 08:29.920 --> 08:32.560 Take the queen, take the knight that's winning there. 08:34.210 --> 08:39.940 So let's say Bishop Geoffrey, my G takes H two. 08:40.630 --> 08:45.220 And the funny thing here, we're weakening King a bit more. 08:45.220 --> 08:50.470 And G4 is a nasty threat now with the queen being assisted by this pawn. 08:51.100 --> 08:51.430 So. 08:51.430 --> 08:53.230 Queen g1, Queen H free check. 08:53.860 --> 08:56.410 We can take the queen off and we're winning there. 08:57.970 --> 08:59.080 Wonderful stuff. 08:59.080 --> 09:00.790 Really inspirational stuff. 09:00.790 --> 09:06.940 So h three is played and now the pawns don't really fret saying anything. 09:06.940 --> 09:10.050 So Black just gets this piece in for the time. 09:10.060 --> 09:13.330 This is absolute teamwork piling these pieces in. 09:16.540 --> 09:18.470 So they have stuff to do. 09:18.490 --> 09:24.640 They can be assigned roles because the weakened king, you know, they're all pretty vulnerable here. 09:25.420 --> 09:26.320 And. 09:27.600 --> 09:28.110 Yeah. 09:28.410 --> 09:29.400 The frets is nine. 09:29.410 --> 09:29.730 Thanks. 09:29.940 --> 09:30.420 Two. 09:30.450 --> 09:30.750 You know. 09:30.750 --> 09:39.450 Well, we're looking at F2 here, so, Bishop Jeffrey, if Rook b one knight takes F2. 09:39.660 --> 09:40.740 And what happens here? 09:40.740 --> 09:42.780 Well, you know, it's a dismantling. 09:42.780 --> 09:45.560 Knight takes a free check, and we're going to take the queen. 09:45.570 --> 09:46.860 Yeah, that's pretty, pretty bad stuff. 09:46.860 --> 09:49.440 It's from Czech, so it doesn't matter about Queen. 09:50.100 --> 09:51.690 Black has to respond to the check. 09:51.870 --> 09:52.650 So. 09:53.040 --> 09:55.620 Okay, so Bishop Geoffrey is played. 09:59.360 --> 10:04.400 But now really dismantling the King Knight takes F2. 10:05.090 --> 10:06.100 Bishop takes F2. 10:06.110 --> 10:10.970 So again, we have to see how our pieces have increased in value and why. 10:11.450 --> 10:15.140 And we have Queen G five, King H to Queen for check. 10:15.950 --> 10:22.190 So we reached this position where the king cannot step to g one here. 10:22.280 --> 10:27.350 It's not a good idea because the power of the pin peaceful pawn is illusionary. 10:27.350 --> 10:27.920 Right? 10:28.400 --> 10:30.470 So what would we play in this position for? 10:30.470 --> 10:31.250 Ten points. 10:33.630 --> 10:38.280 You know, we just have Queen Jeffrey back here and we'd be meeting. 10:38.520 --> 10:46.500 So basically, Bishop Jeffrey is forced and might think, well, how was Black actually win here? 10:46.530 --> 10:51.090 White still has some defensive resources to factor in. 10:52.260 --> 10:56.090 So in a real game, you might calculate and think, what have I done? 10:56.100 --> 11:03.990 I haven't got a force mate here because you might visualize Knight G, force, shank H tanks, but then 11:03.990 --> 11:09.930 realise after Queen H six Shank White has the resource Queen H three We need to understand blacks, 11:09.930 --> 11:17.880 defensive resource, Queen H three and Troy and literally taken out of the equation, so to speak. 11:17.880 --> 11:20.850 We need to take out Queen H three from the equation here. 11:21.420 --> 11:25.080 So bear that in mind and we can do that in two ways. 11:25.080 --> 11:30.840 There's two kind of force mate sequences here in the game. 11:30.840 --> 11:33.720 We have this crushing motion I showed. 11:33.720 --> 11:36.960 Well, if you can get one of the two for 200 points, that'd be great. 11:37.500 --> 11:38.370 Or both. 11:40.530 --> 11:41.850 Bishop G one check. 11:41.880 --> 11:46.950 It takes the Queen away from H free and the Queen is taken away from H free. 11:46.950 --> 11:51.360 Because if King takes we're playing queen, takes G3, you know, mating. 11:51.690 --> 11:55.110 So the queen is taken away from the H free square. 11:57.570 --> 12:02.730 And now my focus is even more effective without that free resource. 12:03.060 --> 12:04.980 So Black is winning here. 12:05.010 --> 12:06.180 White had to resign. 12:06.510 --> 12:08.220 If H tanks G. 12:08.460 --> 12:11.460 Queen H six check. 12:11.460 --> 12:14.820 Bishop H for queen size H for is checkmate. 12:15.300 --> 12:22.920 Now, the other way of doing it was actually g for first and here making it clearer that there's a defensive 12:22.920 --> 12:26.180 resource, but you can get rid of it at this point. 12:26.190 --> 12:28.950 You can get rid of that defensive resource from the equation where Bishop G. 12:28.980 --> 12:29.790 Won here. 12:30.980 --> 12:31.150 Yeah. 12:31.230 --> 12:32.580 If you play Queen H sex. 12:32.580 --> 12:32.760 Yeah. 12:32.790 --> 12:34.510 Y is winning here with Quidditch. 12:34.510 --> 12:34.680 Great. 12:34.710 --> 12:38.220 So we take it out of the equation here as an option. 12:39.510 --> 12:41.580 So king sites were mating their. 12:46.570 --> 12:49.870 And if queen takes Queen H six. 12:50.950 --> 12:51.310 Yeah. 12:51.310 --> 12:54.970 And even though I mean, look at the material situation here. 12:57.500 --> 13:03.200 So one is getting mated and two rooks down. 13:03.290 --> 13:05.270 But, you know, checkmate ends the game. 13:05.270 --> 13:08.270 And that's the whole power of this course. 13:08.270 --> 13:11.720 We're not talking about ordinary downsides in this course. 13:11.720 --> 13:20.030 We're talking about game ending downsides and how a weakened King position in this game we see a kind 13:20.030 --> 13:26.180 of promotes to another level our pieces, because they have a lot of things to potentially contribute 13:26.210 --> 13:27.680 quite easily to each other. 13:27.680 --> 13:31.400 It's like the sum of the parts is more than. 13:32.170 --> 13:37.030 What you think because of all these weaknesses that have been created around the king. 13:37.030 --> 13:41.830 So this whole game is kind of it's got a magic to it and it's has got a magic to it. 13:41.860 --> 13:51.190 How that first slicing through the King shield kind of makes the other pieces, you know, kind of promote 13:51.190 --> 13:52.210 in value. 13:52.330 --> 13:58.690 So this battery, it's well worth considering such dynamic play if you can in your own game. 13:58.690 --> 14:05.260 So slicing the king we've definitely we've supercharged our pieces and in the variations we see you 14:05.260 --> 14:10.180 know this one is beautiful for getting rid of you know so another thing about this game, getting rid 14:10.180 --> 14:15.760 of potentially defensive resources, which could be useful in a spectacular manner. 14:16.030 --> 14:22.450 So, yes, two exchanges down, but the pieces have a lot to do so they can work together as a team, 14:22.450 --> 14:26.200 just piling on the pressure, piling on, piling on. 14:26.200 --> 14:34.180 There's not one piece without an attacking role now and there's a big of saying have is absolutely an 14:34.180 --> 14:38.860 exquisite, attacking, instructive masterpiece in my view. 14:38.860 --> 14:45.580 I hope you've enjoyed this game as much as me and take some lessons there that yeah, we've really got 14:45.580 --> 14:53.860 to train our evaluation function to balance out King's safety. 14:54.370 --> 14:56.800 This has been surreal, especially a week in King. 14:56.800 --> 15:01.240 It's like it's promoting all material all the time and it's letting us pile on the pressure. 15:01.240 --> 15:03.340 The teamwork can potentially increase as well. 15:03.640 --> 15:10.090 We've got to factor out the opponent's defensive resources sometimes, as that could be the difference 15:10.090 --> 15:14.380 between success and failure if we can't get rid of the defensive resources. 15:14.380 --> 15:21.760 But that was shown great in two cases in this game with the rub to see for getting rid of a defensive 15:21.760 --> 15:23.080 resource and the bishop drew one. 15:23.080 --> 15:25.180 So absolutely beautiful stuff. 15:25.480 --> 15:28.780 I hope you enjoy this as much as me and so much.