WEBVTT 00:00.830 --> 00:01.650 Hi there. 00:01.670 --> 00:05.390 In this lecture, we see Alexander Alekhine against Salman floor. 00:05.780 --> 00:08.330 So will there be a floor influence play? 00:08.910 --> 00:10.700 Get the jokes in for free on this course. 00:10.850 --> 00:12.650 So this is in 1931. 00:12.650 --> 00:16.940 The Bled Tournament, round eight d4 Alekhine. 00:16.940 --> 00:21.170 We have D5 from floor, we have C4 D take C4. 00:21.180 --> 00:23.510 So Queen's Gambit accepted. 00:23.510 --> 00:32.900 93 Knight of six e3 e6 Bishop takes C4 c5 won't consoles Knight C6 Queen e2. 00:32.930 --> 00:39.470 This looks fairly standard stuff A6 Rook d1 b5 and now D takes C5. 00:39.470 --> 00:40.880 So this hence the Queen. 00:42.020 --> 00:45.950 We have Queen C seven, Bishop D3 Bishop takes C5. 00:45.950 --> 00:50.270 So it's a symmetrical pawn structure here in this position. 00:50.750 --> 00:54.620 If you look at the pawn structure, symmetrical A4 and now B4. 00:54.650 --> 00:58.010 This is actually an inaccuracy it turns out. 00:58.430 --> 01:05.180 And actually there are some really incredible resources which I'd like to show actually based on this 01:05.180 --> 01:06.080 B4. 01:07.040 --> 01:13.730 Instead, if B takes A4, this actually is it looks like it's dicey, it's dicing up the structure, 01:13.730 --> 01:20.540 but actually it seems as though this might be the best way to play the position where y only gets a 01:20.540 --> 01:22.220 small edge here. 01:22.250 --> 01:24.470 It's only a small inch, it's limited. 01:24.770 --> 01:33.760 But with this move b4 you can see that the C4 square is a bit cozier for white and we see Knight BD 01:33.770 --> 01:36.800 two which seems absolutely logical. 01:37.040 --> 01:39.140 The right, you know, human move. 01:39.140 --> 01:40.610 It seems absolutely logical. 01:40.640 --> 01:43.070 There is another intriguing move though. 01:43.970 --> 01:45.230 B free. 01:47.500 --> 01:48.910 And it's intriguing. 01:48.910 --> 01:52.360 If 1985, 1982, you might think, well, 95, right. 01:52.370 --> 01:53.770 Going in to see three. 01:53.860 --> 01:55.780 There is a 94 here. 01:57.280 --> 02:02.560 And this is very, very interesting, this position where. 02:04.250 --> 02:06.050 It's extremely. 02:08.150 --> 02:08.750 Dynamic. 02:08.750 --> 02:19.040 Basically, if F five there's actually a Bishop B2, which is the point of B3, these little moves like 02:19.040 --> 02:22.220 B3, sometimes they have big impacts on the whole situation. 02:23.300 --> 02:26.540 If F takes here, Bishop takes E4 blacks in big trouble. 02:26.540 --> 02:30.650 Actually the knight abandon its usual post on the kingside. 02:30.710 --> 02:38.330 And if Black Castle's Knight G5 is actually really strong as an example, you know there's threats of 02:38.330 --> 02:41.720 Bishop takes H7 and Queen h5 but there's also of G6. 02:41.720 --> 02:43.550 There's also Rook takes the E5. 02:43.850 --> 02:52.190 So this situation is diabolical for Black Queen F3 looking at F seven and eight, Queen F6 using the 02:52.190 --> 02:52.430 thing. 02:52.440 --> 02:55.550 Catto It's absolutely a devastating position. 02:55.760 --> 03:02.420 So B3 does have a lot of exciting elements, believe it or not, for this bishop to actually be an attacking 03:02.420 --> 03:02.750 piece. 03:02.750 --> 03:08.570 It is like improving one of the lesser pieces to make sure the whole team is involved. 03:08.840 --> 03:10.670 So that is absolutely fascinating. 03:10.670 --> 03:18.290 It seems you might think instead of F5, what about Knight C three here Knight, take C three this position 03:18.290 --> 03:23.660 with Queen C to Bishop A3 It ends up being very nice for Y actually. 03:23.810 --> 03:31.650 So this situation Knight 60 for Rook takes D4, rook rook C4 and here Bishop takes b4 eight. 03:31.910 --> 03:32.920 What is white achieved? 03:32.930 --> 03:36.980 Well there's an outside pass pawn here and that bishop's on the right square. 03:36.980 --> 03:41.840 So that's a big positional advantage here to play with. 03:41.870 --> 03:43.040 It's a nice position. 03:43.040 --> 03:49.880 So B3 is, is really interesting actually as a way of solving this bishop and creating a lot of dynamic 03:51.260 --> 03:53.620 play possibilities, I might ask. 03:53.630 --> 03:54.620 Hold on, hold on. 03:54.620 --> 03:54.830 Set. 03:54.830 --> 04:01.700 King's question the way when you say this, there is one more thing instead of Knight BD two. 04:06.020 --> 04:07.280 So we're looking at beef free. 04:07.280 --> 04:07.850 95. 04:07.850 --> 04:13.130 Wasn't black actually kind of having any feelings? 04:13.490 --> 04:18.560 Yeah, well, it's too dangerous to take on. 04:18.560 --> 04:23.180 Be free here if we just look at this for one moment as well. 04:24.890 --> 04:27.920 This position would be one. 04:27.920 --> 04:34.370 And with the bishop and queen like this, we get a lot of the same dangers if ever night takes. 04:34.370 --> 04:35.720 This is just diabolical. 04:35.750 --> 04:37.610 On the C5 pin. 04:37.610 --> 04:38.990 So it's just too slow. 04:38.990 --> 04:43.600 If the Knights came back, we still get a phenomenal position with Bishop B2. 04:43.610 --> 04:46.520 So yes, the whole B free thing does seem really interesting. 04:46.520 --> 04:54.650 But anyway, swiftly moving along now might be two black castles might be free again. 04:54.650 --> 04:57.770 Now be free hair is also it's a problem solver. 04:57.770 --> 04:58.520 It solves this. 04:58.520 --> 05:01.160 Bishop 9594. 05:01.190 --> 05:09.050 This position with Bishop B2 is very dangerous of black if five just rook AC one is possible here anytime 05:09.050 --> 05:09.470 at five. 05:09.470 --> 05:15.920 This whole diagonal and liabilities turn up here in this position and when the bishop is both glaring 05:15.920 --> 05:16.850 at the king. 05:17.120 --> 05:25.640 So this position we're going to amplify things like Rook times D seven amplifying the pressure on C 05:25.640 --> 05:27.470 six with advantage. 05:27.470 --> 05:35.270 Yeah, it does seem as though B4 is a cute move even hair but night frees plate Bishop e seven If Bishop 05:35.270 --> 05:43.790 Be6 Bishop veto this position Knight g5a5y should have a small edge here. 05:44.480 --> 05:45.060 So okay. 05:45.110 --> 05:55.130 Bishop E seven and we have e for 97 bishop every night de5 So why is flexible here trying to get an 05:55.130 --> 05:59.570 advantage on this side of the board, perhaps before attacking on, on the kingside? 05:59.570 --> 06:04.430 Alekhine has expressed in his own quotations he likes to play on both sides of the board. 06:04.430 --> 06:07.430 So I thought this is an interesting example of playing on both sides of the board. 06:07.430 --> 06:12.680 Nine times E5 is played nine times. 06:14.580 --> 06:17.670 We have now AC one queen and now. 06:17.670 --> 06:18.480 Very interesting, Bishop. 06:18.540 --> 06:24.900 See, I'm trying to get rid of blacks better Bishop leaving black with the more problematic bishop. 06:25.170 --> 06:27.480 So this bishop has served a nice role now. 06:27.480 --> 06:29.610 Bishop Thank C five, 1985. 06:30.030 --> 06:34.250 So this is a nice positional advantage on this side of the board and you might have. 06:34.920 --> 06:40.670 Well, I have a certain skepticism, a certain cynical ness, but if you generally play on both sides 06:40.680 --> 06:42.840 board, it's like stretching your resources out. 06:43.320 --> 06:49.680 But if you can establish a firm advantage on one side of the board before looking at the other side's 06:49.680 --> 06:51.720 board, maybe that's that's the way to do it. 06:51.720 --> 06:55.800 In general, as a general rule, you don't want to overstretch your resources for sure. 06:55.980 --> 06:59.490 But now, yes, attacking on the King side with Queen age five. 06:59.490 --> 07:05.700 So it's kind of a win over here with this knight is kind of secure and here now attacking on this side 07:05.700 --> 07:06.060 of the board. 07:06.060 --> 07:07.140 So Queen H five. 07:10.320 --> 07:10.920 So. 07:11.050 --> 07:11.310 Okay. 07:11.720 --> 07:16.740 So I guess there's there's military metaphors in history for being overstretched. 07:17.190 --> 07:18.300 And but here. 07:18.300 --> 07:23.730 Yeah, because one has established a clear, concrete advantage on the side with the bishop being bad. 07:24.120 --> 07:28.170 This looks like putting even more pressure on Black's position with Queen H five. 07:28.320 --> 07:35.190 Now 97 is played, if not G6, Bishop F1. 07:35.190 --> 07:38.730 And you can see this is just a wonderful position for why it's absolutely wonderful. 07:38.940 --> 07:40.320 What is blacks doing here? 07:40.320 --> 07:42.240 Whites rooks are absolutely beautiful. 07:42.240 --> 07:49.470 If a5 Queen E two we could just pounce on the B5 five square on A5 that's trying to get some activity 07:49.470 --> 07:50.580 but at a cost. 07:50.790 --> 07:57.240 And 97 where we're extending our advantage here with two rooks on the seventh big advantage so a move 07:57.240 --> 08:04.170 you know like if you can see how quickly the queen can come back to the queen side if they did. 08:04.590 --> 08:11.370 So anyway, 97 was played though, and we have Bishop E two and now G6. 08:11.370 --> 08:16.290 So there is some damage done to dark squares here for black with G6. 08:16.320 --> 08:23.160 If Knight takes C5, Queen takes this position is a nice big advantage for White. 08:23.490 --> 08:29.790 So anyway, G6, we have Queen G five, so holding on to see five here, but also now there's Queen 08:29.790 --> 08:30.690 E four as well. 08:30.690 --> 08:33.660 If the Queen loves it again, there's Queen E, Frank Knight takes the plate. 08:33.660 --> 08:34.980 Rook st c5 08:37.080 --> 08:40.680 e5 if a move like h6. 08:40.680 --> 08:42.990 Yeah, we're just going back to E3 to hold the rook. 08:43.650 --> 08:49.350 So A5 we have H four and it looks as though well, H4 gives answer the King, but also may be a form 08:49.350 --> 08:50.190 pawn as well. 08:50.580 --> 08:53.010 We have Bishop A6 and now Bishop F3. 08:53.520 --> 08:56.910 We can't do the form pawn strategy here if H five. 08:56.940 --> 08:57.180 Yeah. 08:57.180 --> 09:01.110 They're just taking on E2 and then playing F6, There's no Queen F6 coming. 09:01.410 --> 09:04.230 There's lots of other defenses there as well. 09:04.230 --> 09:09.240 So Bishop F3 and now the Queen is large with F6. 09:09.240 --> 09:13.560 So this has weakened the kingside, a bet job done. 09:13.560 --> 09:15.960 So the Queen comes back essentially more flexibly. 09:16.470 --> 09:19.560 Rook 88 And here we have Rook. 09:19.560 --> 09:19.860 Thanks. 09:19.860 --> 09:21.240 The rook takes the eight. 09:21.240 --> 09:26.640 And there's something very precarious about this position for black, which is revealed here. 09:28.480 --> 09:35.880 E five is played, setting a huge problem for black, a very, very bad problem. 09:35.890 --> 09:40.120 The thing is blacks on the edge, actually of a precipice here. 09:41.380 --> 09:50.560 This week in kingside, there is actually technically a way to go here because Ruka is almost working. 09:51.070 --> 09:54.790 The Queen is protected by the pawn here. 09:56.140 --> 09:58.870 And so. 09:58.870 --> 10:03.240 So basically, if Queen takes free, those rook takes the check and then take on E3. 10:03.310 --> 10:12.400 Black has Queen D6 in this position and if e5 if takes this is still very dangerous for black. 10:12.400 --> 10:15.880 It's really dangerous already this position. 10:16.510 --> 10:23.160 So yeah, that is actually a very interesting move already Rooks ain't because there's, you know, 10:23.170 --> 10:24.880 there are loose pieces around here. 10:25.720 --> 10:26.710 What does Black do here? 10:26.740 --> 10:27.970 Rook takes for taking the queen. 10:27.970 --> 10:29.040 There's no check. 10:29.050 --> 10:34.210 So this is actually, you know, E5 here is very, very strong opening up the C6 square. 10:35.290 --> 10:41.000 But, you know, Alekhine plays even even more dramatically. 10:41.020 --> 10:43.270 So the question here, what does Black actually do here? 10:43.270 --> 10:50.590 After E5 Alekhine's made Queen D6 impossible as a resource, so the threat is actually rooks the eight. 10:51.210 --> 10:52.420 What was Black do? 10:54.970 --> 10:56.810 It's just very, very dangerous. 10:56.830 --> 10:57.790 We have. 10:59.410 --> 11:03.340 F five being played if F takes E5. 11:04.030 --> 11:08.550 This looks very dicey like dice that pawns rooks, the Queen dissects. 11:08.560 --> 11:12.310 There's still rook C6 as a resource queen. 11:12.310 --> 11:14.170 D3 though, is possible here. 11:16.320 --> 11:22.320 And Queen 65, is absolutely crushing for Black's king. 11:22.440 --> 11:23.780 Black's king is just far too weak. 11:23.790 --> 11:28.710 The earlier weakness provocations leave the black king in tatters here. 11:29.580 --> 11:31.770 If Bishop be seven, queen takes six. 11:31.770 --> 11:32.350 Check. 11:32.400 --> 11:34.500 And this position Queen f6 check. 11:34.920 --> 11:36.150 Rook C seven. 11:36.690 --> 11:37.260 How is black? 11:37.260 --> 11:39.870 Defend this position? 11:39.870 --> 11:44.850 What would you play as white hair to explain all the weaknesses around the king which were created earlier? 11:44.850 --> 11:46.380 So a key move here. 11:48.620 --> 11:49.600 410 points. 11:49.610 --> 11:50.330 Okay. 11:51.140 --> 11:53.150 Bishop G for Bishop G. 11:53.150 --> 11:54.800 For Bishop 86. 11:55.310 --> 11:56.570 And if H five. 11:56.960 --> 11:58.250 Bishop 67. 11:58.250 --> 12:06.470 But if Black takes on C seven, Bishop E six check and this is just mating, so it is pretty diabolical. 12:06.470 --> 12:10.820 This f tank's e5, if it's entertained in this operation. 12:10.820 --> 12:14.300 You know, just to recap here, this is just too shaky for black. 12:15.890 --> 12:19.760 This position, if Queen takes E5 is permitted for King you know. 12:19.760 --> 12:20.900 KING implications. 12:21.020 --> 12:28.130 Now, in the interesting case of King of seven this is a try but he takes F6 actually threatens things 12:28.130 --> 12:35.180 like Queen H six and Queen G seven just to show this let's say B free white can just pay Queen H six. 12:35.180 --> 12:38.360 Our queen takes C five, queen G seven check. 12:38.360 --> 12:41.990 And in this position, what be a knockout blow. 12:43.410 --> 12:44.790 Well, it's a very, very strong position. 12:44.790 --> 12:46.680 We can actually even play Bishop C6 Czech. 12:46.920 --> 12:49.290 There's other interesting possibilities as well. 12:49.290 --> 12:54.540 But Bishop C6 Czech and which is easily mating for example, like that. 12:54.780 --> 12:59.400 So let's imagine Rook D7 here, it's still absolutely overwhelming. 12:59.400 --> 13:10.650 Queen G5 has a big hair of rook C6 so this is devastating if H6 because if be free, let's look at B3 13:10.650 --> 13:17.130 first Rook C6 and then we're just going up on E6 because of that f6 pawn black really is in not in a 13:17.130 --> 13:24.270 great position to defend e6 if that falls off Bishop takes E6 Bishop takes D7 job done huge advantage. 13:24.270 --> 13:28.980 So let's imagine h6 Han Queen e free B3. 13:29.010 --> 13:33.870 We still got horrible attacking resources from Black's perspective. 13:34.020 --> 13:34.950 We can. 13:35.190 --> 13:39.690 I mean, I'm just giving this as an example, but this is still on this kind of tactic. 13:39.720 --> 13:47.700 Looking at the Queen, looking at D7 If Queen White's rook takes these seven Queen tanks, we can take 13:47.700 --> 13:54.060 on H six and this is Black's King is just kicked around here in this fictional variation. 13:54.510 --> 13:59.520 So here, for example, the king can be kicked around and white can end up winning the A6 bishop. 14:00.030 --> 14:03.600 So yes, in a nutshell, King of F7 show. 14:03.600 --> 14:10.590 It's interesting it it's it's one of the the legal moves but it's not really you know with great play 14:10.590 --> 14:17.820 from white it's still absolutely lost black so yes in the game though let's go back to the game now 14:17.820 --> 14:21.480 E5 was played which really doesn't help matters here. 14:21.840 --> 14:24.690 So white plays as you might suspect now. 14:25.600 --> 14:27.970 The key move mentioned earlier, just with benefits. 14:27.970 --> 14:30.330 Roxy without the Queen having D six. 14:30.370 --> 14:34.720 This is just winning material in broad daylight and black had to resign. 14:35.860 --> 14:41.470 So, yes, a very, very interesting game here, playing on both sides of the board, installing an 14:41.470 --> 14:45.040 advantage on one side, probing on the other for weaknesses around the king. 14:45.160 --> 14:51.160 And then all kind of melded together for a winning position tactically combination. 14:51.750 --> 14:57.430 OC So yes, Anakin's favorite strategy that he's mentioned have been quoted. 14:57.770 --> 14:59.650 He loves playing on both sides of the board. 15:00.550 --> 15:02.200 OC That's very much.