WEBVTT 00:01.200 --> 00:01.890 Hi there. 00:01.920 --> 00:07.320 In this lecture, we see Garry Kasparov against Anatoly Karpov in 1990, their World Chess Championship 00:07.320 --> 00:09.120 match round 20. 00:09.150 --> 00:11.250 This is an absolutely amazing game. 00:11.490 --> 00:13.580 Let's see E4 from Kasparov. 00:13.590 --> 00:16.500 We have E5 from Karpov 9396. 00:16.560 --> 00:22.230 Roy Lopez asks Bishop 84 nine to have six white castles. 00:23.400 --> 00:26.760 So Karpov plays Bishop E7, Kasparov plays Rookie one. 00:26.760 --> 00:28.830 We have B5, Bishop B3. 00:28.860 --> 00:31.440 This looks like fairly standard stuff so far. 00:32.160 --> 00:37.830 So in the world of penance H three Bishop B seven D4 Rookie eight Knight B d2. 00:37.830 --> 00:40.950 Bishop f8 a4 H six. 00:41.520 --> 00:44.720 Bishop c2e takes D4 now. 00:44.730 --> 00:48.600 So this in a theoretical sense has. 00:50.170 --> 00:53.110 The possibility of liberating the diagonal. 00:53.140 --> 00:59.230 So one question to ask here perhaps, is if what if the poem was left on E5, kind of locking in the 00:59.230 --> 01:06.700 role of Penn's bishop in this case, perhaps why it could play D5 and switch attention to the queenside 01:06.700 --> 01:10.210 where Bishop E5 White is getting an advantage here? 01:10.210 --> 01:19.000 Black could play like this, a kind of dynamic pawn sac temporary for the moment, and after Bishop 01:19.000 --> 01:23.620 takes B5 well more than temporarily, Black has to play a pawn down here. 01:23.620 --> 01:27.490 But it's interesting, there are pressure points for black. 01:27.490 --> 01:33.940 Black does have interesting counterplay perhaps on the queenside, but in the game we have this E takes 01:33.940 --> 01:36.490 d4, c takes D4. 01:36.490 --> 01:39.910 So potentially this bishop is quite dangerous on the diagonal. 01:40.480 --> 01:48.670 Now in certain scenarios we have Knight before the bishop is preserved c5 d5 so it looks as though we're 01:48.670 --> 01:51.280 going into a kind of Benoni structure with the Bishop. 01:51.280 --> 01:58.870 Okay, it's not thin cathode black hands potentially this queenside pawn majority semi-open file pressure 01:58.960 --> 02:07.450 we see 97 And now this next move promises to bring more resources to squares around the opponent's king 02:07.450 --> 02:10.600 from the queenside in an unexpected way. 02:10.600 --> 02:11.320 Unexpected? 02:11.320 --> 02:18.520 So Rook free has the potential to switch the rook just to be able to go onto the attack here. 02:18.520 --> 02:21.880 So this is a very attacking move rook free and now F5. 02:21.880 --> 02:27.430 This kind of weakens this borrows from Black's king to try and undermine White's center. 02:28.990 --> 02:33.340 So things are getting very interesting from an attacking perspective. 02:33.490 --> 02:36.400 It is technically a mistake to do this. 02:36.430 --> 02:38.740 It seems C4 might have been much safer. 02:39.160 --> 02:48.100 So for example, 8894 and say this rook gets taken off, that's one less aggressive rook which could 02:48.100 --> 02:50.620 switch to the kingside Knight D free. 02:50.620 --> 02:57.700 We can see this scenario, for example, where it should be about even since C4 doesn't seem an improvement 02:57.730 --> 03:05.380 here, this borrows I would say it borrows from kingside safety this F5 to try and achieve a strategic 03:05.380 --> 03:08.020 goal of undermining White's center. 03:08.080 --> 03:11.080 But now we have Rook a E3. 03:12.370 --> 03:18.280 The strength of the position is such that actually G4, which looks very surprising, does quite a bit. 03:18.280 --> 03:21.570 If G4 this shows the strength of White's position. 03:21.670 --> 03:29.470 This position G5 and White could actually afford to sacrifice D5 to open up the G4 here. 03:29.470 --> 03:30.310 So g tanks. 03:30.310 --> 03:32.900 Thanks Jesus and just move the king for G4 use. 03:32.900 --> 03:38.770 So this is an interesting option and you can see a lot of resources, a bit of pouring into the opponent's 03:38.770 --> 03:39.940 king position here. 03:40.120 --> 03:46.720 So Rook Geoffrey, it's very, very dangerous scenarios where White could build up and it doesn't matter 03:46.720 --> 03:48.040 about the loss of the bishop there. 03:48.040 --> 03:51.970 White's got a very strong attack here now after F4. 03:52.810 --> 03:54.130 So for example here. 03:54.850 --> 03:57.400 Bishop Jennings Yeah, it's, it's. 03:59.750 --> 04:00.730 It's a crushing position. 04:00.740 --> 04:07.130 You can see a lot of attacking force here on G4 and f f tanks night h two. 04:07.820 --> 04:12.740 Even though Black's got the E5 square here, there are a lot of attacking pieces coming in. 04:12.920 --> 04:20.940 So G takes Brooks G free and we can see here, for example, be Free, which promises to involve this 04:20.960 --> 04:26.390 bishop potentially on this diagonal is quiet but dangerous. 04:26.390 --> 04:34.460 So this position Bishop B2 and G4, you can see it's a very strong attacking position again, which 04:34.460 --> 04:41.930 is two points advantage and there's potential for putting more pressure on the G4 here, moving the 04:41.930 --> 04:45.170 king in some lines and then doubling the rooks. 04:45.380 --> 04:55.430 So anyway rook a free was played myself thinks so this seems logical to undermine the center for had 04:55.430 --> 05:03.620 been played the rook could go back to a free and the F4 point is a bit of a liability if one say C for 05:03.620 --> 05:04.370 Queen D two. 05:04.370 --> 05:12.290 So looking at F4 and the thing is let's say this position where black players might be free to take 05:12.290 --> 05:20.870 out an attacking piece, what ends up being better because actually be free is again cool for Bishop 05:20.870 --> 05:28.670 B2 here and might could take that pawn if Black tries to protect the pawn here under these circumstances. 05:28.670 --> 05:34.250 Bishop B2 is is more dangerous than usual on that diagonal, so this will be comfortable for it. 05:34.250 --> 05:40.880 So anyway, nine f6 seems logical with karpov's plans undermine the center we have nice H two king H 05:40.880 --> 05:50.390 ain't if F takes e4 here 9/10 e4 and that d5 pawn goes okay, it's not the end of the world by any stretch. 05:50.390 --> 05:56.300 White's got a ferocious attack with Rook G3 so this position nudge the Queen away. 05:56.390 --> 05:57.680 Bishop takes h6. 05:57.680 --> 05:59.000 It's a very dangerous attack. 05:59.000 --> 06:02.330 So King H eight was played be free. 06:02.360 --> 06:04.340 Still promising this bishop in this line. 06:04.340 --> 06:11.630 Now this diagonal B takes A4 B takes a4 C for Bishop B2 A4 takes E4. 06:11.630 --> 06:13.670 So the undermining is in progress. 06:13.820 --> 06:19.820 Trying to wipe out white center and succeeding Knight takes E4, Knight F takes D five. 06:19.820 --> 06:26.510 So Black has succeeded in being a pawn up taking out white center. 06:26.510 --> 06:27.650 But at what cost? 06:27.680 --> 06:31.190 If Knight takes E4 have been played this position? 06:31.520 --> 06:39.590 For example, White still has a promising attack potential here with Queen B one threatening Bishop 06:39.590 --> 06:47.210 G G6 as example, so white can dominate those light squares and White is preparing Knight H for here. 06:47.240 --> 06:48.470 That's very strong. 06:49.610 --> 06:56.780 So here same Bishop Shanks because they're all ideas of winning the queen on Knight G6 King Jack Bishop 06:56.780 --> 07:01.940 e6 so say Bishop C Bishop e4 this is going to be winning material. 07:03.020 --> 07:07.070 Yeah White's going to be better in this very involved variation. 07:07.070 --> 07:08.510 One it's going to be much better. 07:09.260 --> 07:10.940 Black hasn't got perpetual check. 07:11.120 --> 07:21.290 So anyway F tanks d5 we have Rook G3 rookie thinks Knight G4 Queen eight so you can still see this attacking 07:21.290 --> 07:26.600 build up a lot of attacking pieces and now a fantastic move was played. 07:26.990 --> 07:31.580 I wonder if you can guess it if I give you 5 seconds pawns video for 200 points. 07:34.000 --> 07:36.280 It's an incredible move, attacking move. 07:39.660 --> 07:41.160 Okay, it's nine, six, eight, six. 07:41.160 --> 07:45.330 So offering a piece sacrifice and it's actually rejected with C free. 07:46.200 --> 07:49.560 C four is like throwing a spanner in the works, trying to throw a spanner in the works. 07:49.560 --> 07:55.380 The thing is, if Rook takes $0.08, the point here is 9/10 these things. 07:55.380 --> 07:57.660 So double attacking Black's queen. 07:58.320 --> 08:01.830 And yeah, this is a really fascinating position. 08:02.250 --> 08:06.270 If Queen D seven, Queen G four, believe it or not. 08:06.270 --> 08:10.080 So normally you wouldn't want an exchange of queens, but it's about the weakness of the last move. 08:10.080 --> 08:13.050 It's about getting black to weaken f7 here. 08:13.170 --> 08:19.080 So Queen takes G4, there's Knight F seven check, Knight takes h, six check. 08:19.650 --> 08:30.120 And this is working brilliantly this 986 if G takes Rook takes G4 check Bishop G6 check, Bishop F5 08:30.120 --> 08:30.660 check. 08:30.660 --> 08:38.070 And the king now has to go on to the E4 and losing two pieces in succession to Bishop takes D5 check 08:38.730 --> 08:40.020 and Bishop thanks B seven. 08:40.020 --> 08:41.370 What a brilliant variation. 08:41.370 --> 08:42.900 Absolutely brilliant variation. 08:44.940 --> 08:46.890 So, yes, this this would be a crushing move. 08:46.890 --> 08:48.120 Queen for her. 08:48.150 --> 08:54.450 If Queen takes D6 six, Bishop takes G7 change here, Bishop takes H six Jack Queen G h, Black. 08:54.510 --> 08:56.370 It's just going to be a huge trouble here. 08:56.400 --> 09:01.980 Getting mated if Rook takes D six Queen H five shank. 09:01.980 --> 09:03.110 Bishop H seven shank. 09:03.120 --> 09:04.890 Bishop G six shank Queen H seven. 09:04.890 --> 09:05.550 It's checkmate. 09:05.550 --> 09:09.750 So you can see the rough of the resources around the opponents King here. 09:10.020 --> 09:16.530 So let's go back to this line where black taste and light tasty sex if queen C6 there's an absolute 09:16.530 --> 09:20.250 stunner of a move in this in this position, believe it or not. 09:20.910 --> 09:23.220 Can you see what it is for 300 points? 09:23.220 --> 09:24.420 Absolute stunner. 09:24.930 --> 09:28.380 So that pawn on G seven is pinned. 09:30.600 --> 09:35.820 And we can actually play this crazy mo rookie sex in this position. 09:35.820 --> 09:38.770 So we're actually freshening routines. 09:38.790 --> 09:41.850 H Sex chat, mating or near chat mating. 09:41.850 --> 09:43.260 The king has got to square. 09:43.410 --> 09:48.030 Now, if rook takes E6, the queen comes in using best resources around the opponent's king. 09:48.210 --> 09:49.920 Queen takes h six check. 09:50.880 --> 09:52.180 Queen H seven is checkmate. 09:52.200 --> 09:53.670 What a what a variation. 09:54.550 --> 09:54.800 Yeah. 09:54.810 --> 09:55.570 What does black do here? 09:55.590 --> 09:56.330 King G ain't. 09:56.340 --> 09:57.810 We're just taking on H sex. 09:58.170 --> 09:58.980 So, yes. 09:59.370 --> 10:02.220 Queen C Sex is not helping Queen H five. 10:02.820 --> 10:05.490 There's a wonderful concept here. 10:05.490 --> 10:06.660 And this position. 10:06.690 --> 10:08.670 Can you see what it is for 200 points? 10:12.640 --> 10:20.520 Okay, It's Rook G five again, not minding the exchange of coins of Queen 61 Knight f7 Czech Knight's 10:20.530 --> 10:21.010 Age six. 10:21.010 --> 10:25.600 Check Rook 21 and say C3. 10:26.410 --> 10:30.670 It looks as though well this bishop's blunted on pinning and once had it here right. 10:31.030 --> 10:40.660 That's not the case one can we have a meeting that hare with Knight f7 shank and believe it or not Bishop 10:40.660 --> 10:45.940 G6 just letting B to go for Rook h5 and it's an unstoppable rook. 10:46.330 --> 10:47.200 Checkmate. 10:47.200 --> 10:48.970 So B1 quitting rook change. 10:48.970 --> 10:49.570 Checkmate. 10:49.870 --> 10:51.760 Absolutely amazing stuff. 10:51.760 --> 10:53.530 Totally amazing experiment. 10:53.530 --> 10:57.970 Demonstrated some of these variations actually on YouTube, like mind boggling variations. 10:58.450 --> 11:03.880 So yes, you might want to check out this particular YouTube video where Kasparov is talking about this, 11:04.570 --> 11:05.650 this Knight sacrifice. 11:05.650 --> 11:07.330 Absolutely stunning Knight sacrifice. 11:07.330 --> 11:10.180 So in the game, back to the game, C3 is played. 11:11.410 --> 11:12.550 Okay. 11:13.420 --> 11:16.690 So we have now just sacrificing the B2. 11:16.690 --> 11:17.230 Bishop Knight. 11:17.230 --> 11:23.140 I find there's still enough attacking force around the King so C takes B2 good bye to the Bishop, but 11:23.680 --> 11:28.150 at least this bishop is still alive and there's a very dangerous position of the Queen. 11:28.150 --> 11:34.330 G4 So we have here Bishop C Queen H for shank rook change. 11:34.330 --> 11:34.960 Thanks. 11:35.740 --> 11:44.920 So one rook h6 if King G Ain't White actually has the magnificent king H two to prepare Knight G5 without 11:44.920 --> 11:56.710 any check so here 95 and so rook takes is not shank and black's just crumbling him Knight takes e6 Bishop 11:56.710 --> 12:03.130 takes e6 9.86 Jack Bishop takes h6, Queen takes h6 Rugeley seven Bishop takes G6. 12:03.130 --> 12:09.490 The attack is too strong here and there's things like Rook takes e6 Queen thanks e6 Bishop H seven, 12:09.490 --> 12:12.430 Jack King of seven and Black's falling to pieces. 12:12.670 --> 12:14.980 So for example like this, it's quietly checkmate. 12:14.980 --> 12:15.850 It's possible. 12:16.540 --> 12:25.780 Okay, so we have Rook H six Knight, STS 86 G tanks and now here a great, great move. 12:25.780 --> 12:32.320 We really want to play a move like Knight G5 sometimes, but there's Queen takes E1. 12:32.320 --> 12:34.240 So what you think is played here? 12:34.270 --> 12:42.550 So this is a really fantastic attack move in a fact, I'll have to say, in effect, yeah, it's King 12:42.550 --> 12:42.880 H two. 12:42.880 --> 12:44.980 It prepares 95 without this being check. 12:44.980 --> 12:47.110 If we went like G5 immediately. 12:47.440 --> 12:51.010 Queen 61 Shank Queen A7 And what was White Gods? 12:51.040 --> 12:58.090 Queen h5 with this bishop e6 Black has the advantage, but with King H two huge threats now abound. 12:58.810 --> 13:06.520 So one idea on Knight G5 would be Knight f7 champ mating because the bishops controlling the H7 escaped 13:06.520 --> 13:07.090 square. 13:07.780 --> 13:12.520 So we have queen e5 so just to show demonstrate that if a5 Knight G5. 13:12.520 --> 13:15.280 So let's look at the power of this here. 13:15.280 --> 13:16.720 Where is the Queen going? 13:18.670 --> 13:21.560 It's just a very, very strong attacking position. 13:21.580 --> 13:24.010 If Queen takes it 1/17 seven, mate. 13:24.280 --> 13:26.620 So anyway, Queen E5 was tried. 13:28.900 --> 13:30.490 We have no G-5 here. 13:32.660 --> 13:33.740 Queen F thinks. 13:35.120 --> 13:38.030 And here it's it is actually a forced chap mate in eight. 13:38.060 --> 13:41.480 Technically, if Queen takes E one there's seven there Jemaine. 13:41.660 --> 13:43.850 So Queen F six. 13:43.880 --> 13:45.470 Technically a fourth mate. 13:45.500 --> 13:48.560 So it starts with this absolute pin move, Rookie eight. 13:48.560 --> 13:51.320 And the France is actually. 13:51.320 --> 13:53.690 Well, let me test you on the France. 13:54.970 --> 13:57.470 So Black had played a five here. 13:57.490 --> 13:58.330 What would you play with? 13:58.330 --> 13:59.830 White Jack or sharks? 13:59.830 --> 14:02.200 Even the outrageous, seemingly outrageous ones. 14:03.250 --> 14:07.600 Yeah, we actually have queen size, age six Jack here, and nine of seven is checkmate. 14:08.380 --> 14:16.760 So in this position, Bishop and five was tried, but there's quite a cute short mate in 6x1. 14:16.760 --> 14:21.370 I've chose a winning move, but there's actually a forced mate in sex, funnily enough. 14:21.910 --> 14:24.190 So what do you think the fourth mate in sex is? 14:28.960 --> 14:30.070 For 200 points. 14:33.190 --> 14:38.710 Exports moves as Queen cites age sex, which is winning but life seven check is absolutely a force by 14:38.710 --> 14:39.430 insects. 14:39.850 --> 14:44.230 Queen thanks witness of the last move so we can take on age six. 14:45.130 --> 14:46.390 Bishop age seven. 14:47.980 --> 14:52.390 And just rotates eight hair and blacks getting mated in three. 14:52.390 --> 14:56.130 Basically 97 rotates and fact check. 14:56.140 --> 14:59.470 It's all crumbling and this is going to be amazing. 15:00.280 --> 15:00.820 Yeah. 15:03.340 --> 15:07.900 Instead of 97 if f six rotates F eight check. 15:07.900 --> 15:09.850 Yeah it's crushing. 15:11.290 --> 15:15.400 So yes but Queen sites H6 as played is absolutely winning as well. 15:15.400 --> 15:21.310 Queen sites age six of seven checks to the point here is to pick up this bishop so the queen has to 15:21.310 --> 15:22.330 go in front now. 15:23.020 --> 15:30.340 So what is material art Bishop Thanks G6 check King G seven Rook Thanks. 15:30.370 --> 15:31.270 I ain't. 15:33.550 --> 15:37.360 Bishop E seven Rugby ain't. 15:38.780 --> 15:39.650 A five. 15:41.180 --> 15:43.280 We have Bishop E4 check here. 15:43.580 --> 15:49.010 King of seven takes up seven, Bishop takes five and Black resigned here. 15:49.010 --> 15:50.110 This is the end of the game. 15:50.120 --> 15:54.410 If 965 were just taking on B2. 15:56.060 --> 16:00.950 If King six we can actually afford Bishop a two to stop this pawn queen. 16:01.820 --> 16:07.040 Yeah, that's that's one way of stopping things there. 16:07.040 --> 16:12.890 So no takes just this is two exchanges up and it's also two pawns up so easily winning. 16:12.890 --> 16:20.300 So yes, after Bishop takes the five, that sent an amazing game from an attacking perspective, there 16:20.300 --> 16:28.730 are several attacking ingredients to comment on looking at the king from the queen side, where resources 16:28.730 --> 16:33.770 like the king Cato Bishop switching resources from the queen science of kingside where broke free the 16:33.770 --> 16:39.110 concentration of forces trying to make sure numerically the attacking forces outweigh the defensive 16:39.110 --> 16:45.020 forces in terms of just sheer numbers and increases the probability of an overwhelming attack which 16:45.020 --> 16:46.160 can't be defended. 16:46.160 --> 16:50.120 So there are definite advantages in that region of the board. 16:50.390 --> 16:53.690 If you've got more attacking pieces than the opponent has the offending pieces. 16:53.690 --> 17:00.530 So a truly magnificent game with precise calculation backing things up as well. 17:00.650 --> 17:05.210 So yes, if you want to be a master of attack, you have to be very good calculator as well. 17:05.210 --> 17:10.460 But the intuition there for the build up, the switching of resources, the overwhelming resources there 17:10.460 --> 17:17.030 are attacking lessons in general here to learn from, as well as the specific beautiful compensatory 17:17.030 --> 17:19.190 play demonstrated by Garry Kasparov. 17:19.190 --> 17:20.690 So yes, absolutely amazing. 17:20.690 --> 17:25.100 I hope you enjoyed this game and got some instructive points and so much.