WEBVTT 00:01.270 --> 00:01.930 Hi there. 00:01.960 --> 00:07.000 In this lecture, we see Alex on the client playing against William Windsor in the 1952 London tournament. 00:07.000 --> 00:15.550 Round three we see E4 from Alekhine, the broken C6 from winter d4 D5 and now the exchange variation. 00:15.850 --> 00:18.820 So it takes d5 C2 65. 00:19.570 --> 00:26.260 This does have a non symmetrical pawn structure, so it is kind of interesting and this is a very aggressive 00:26.260 --> 00:36.820 line actually C4 nine six and nine C3 96 Knight's F3, Bishop g4 C Tanks, D5 Knight takes C5 and now 00:36.820 --> 00:37.840 Bishop B5. 00:38.470 --> 00:42.830 So very, very sharp stuff from the opening. 00:42.850 --> 00:52.090 We have Queen A5 Queen B3 Not Minding Black, doubling the pawns here Windsor takes up that option, 00:52.390 --> 00:55.330 doubles the pawns and plays Now Knight take C C3. 00:55.330 --> 01:00.810 It seems here A6 might actually be more solid from an engine perspective. 01:00.820 --> 01:03.910 This looks as though it should be equal of the Bishop tank. 01:03.940 --> 01:06.970 C6 B tanks Queen B seven. 01:06.970 --> 01:14.230 You might think it is scary, but black has rugby eight and let's say queenside c6 check rook d seven. 01:14.230 --> 01:18.940 Black has enough compensation here for being a pawn down. 01:20.380 --> 01:26.860 And that's why once perpetual check let's say White doesn't play Queen's Janacek and Castles Knight 01:26.860 --> 01:31.270 b4 Queen e4 Bishop e seven, Bishop F4 and Black cancelling. 01:31.270 --> 01:34.960 This is about even actually there's enough compensation for black. 01:35.050 --> 01:35.890 It's fine. 01:36.310 --> 01:45.070 So anyway Knight takes C3 was played though not E6 so 19 C3 and this is actually a little bit more dynamic 01:45.070 --> 01:52.210 now for white so B takes this force clearly because if queen takes then queen takes B5 so B tanks is 01:52.210 --> 02:01.820 forced E6 and now here very interesting move Alekhine while the king is in the center plays very energetically. 02:01.840 --> 02:04.330 Guess what he plays as he castle something else. 02:06.320 --> 02:09.520 Hence the place D5 opening up the EFL. 02:09.560 --> 02:11.810 He tanks ready for exploit. 02:11.810 --> 02:12.890 But not yet. 02:12.890 --> 02:14.030 Not here. 02:15.520 --> 02:21.370 There was another option for black athletes play assets, which is interesting after Bishop takes C6. 02:21.820 --> 02:25.180 B takes C6, D takes E6 looks terrible. 02:25.180 --> 02:27.940 But with the king in the center there's Queen E5 Jack. 02:28.660 --> 02:32.200 So this possession should actually be only a small edge for white. 02:33.980 --> 02:40.600 Interesting stuff, but it was played and we have now counseling. 02:40.610 --> 02:42.860 We can't use this opportunity immediately. 02:42.860 --> 02:46.820 Queen 65 because of Queen Sexy Free check. 02:47.570 --> 02:48.650 That's pretty nasty. 02:49.340 --> 02:58.160 So we have actually counseling ready to use the E file now and black cancels queenside if he plays Bishop 02:58.160 --> 03:07.350 E7 white first weakens E seven with Bishop Saint C6, then Queen B seven and if Rook eight. 03:07.430 --> 03:09.470 Now the King's trapped rookie one. 03:09.500 --> 03:16.460 The king is trapped in the center Queen c5 this A4 for Bishop A3 this is really just winning for white. 03:17.360 --> 03:21.270 If Black also had queen size A7 not you know, there's no fence here. 03:21.270 --> 03:25.250 It's just taking this Queen sexy free Bishop A3 as an example. 03:25.250 --> 03:28.970 If Queen G4 needs to be extinguished, it can be with Rookie free. 03:29.000 --> 03:31.580 This position was just a piece up winning. 03:31.850 --> 03:34.910 So anyway, so Black is kind of compelled it seems. 03:34.910 --> 03:38.750 The castle queenside so an interesting situation now. 03:39.920 --> 03:49.970 Bishop c6b takes Rook B one, Queen C seven and now Queen A4 And this does support things like Queen 03:49.970 --> 03:58.970 A6 It also supports Bishop A4 So Queen A4 very powerful move Rook D7 is played If Bishop d6 looking 03:58.970 --> 04:08.540 at h two White would welcome this queen a6 Jack and b seven so Rook d seven is played Bishop d2 and 04:08.540 --> 04:14.240 this gives ideas of C4 and Bishop A5 sometimes maybe with Queen A6 first. 04:14.540 --> 04:19.010 So it's pretty dangerous for black if Rook one instead. 04:19.040 --> 04:24.920 Bishop d6 this situation playing it here slightly different if black ever does take on H two there's 04:24.920 --> 04:32.180 no real time for this pawn grab after C4 you can see what black is under her is under huge pressure. 04:32.390 --> 04:40.880 Queen A6 Jack and Bishop A5 comes in handy to pin the Queen and here if King D7 Rook Saints e seven 04:40.880 --> 04:46.250 check first before rook b seven is just crushing. 04:46.250 --> 04:48.560 So Bishop D2 though was played in this move. 04:48.860 --> 04:58.970 Bishop c5 so this might this is why Rook E1 might have been a tad a slightly more accurate move to encourage 04:58.970 --> 05:05.960 Bishop D six but in this line, yeah, Bishop C5 means that as Bishop B six as a resource. 05:05.960 --> 05:12.770 So Black is not indulging trying to nh2 if Bishop d6 were back to C4 being really strong. 05:12.770 --> 05:18.710 So anyway, Bishop C5 C4, King D and now Bishop a5 Black has the Bishop B sex resource. 05:18.710 --> 05:20.930 So is this still any good for White's? 05:21.680 --> 05:22.730 Well, yes. 05:23.030 --> 05:30.860 Bishop takes B6 eight six is very dangerous for black eight Shank C6 was also interesting. 05:30.860 --> 05:33.260 If rook takes rook f1 this is just very strong. 05:33.260 --> 05:35.810 There's too many frets lurking around. 05:35.840 --> 05:37.040 It's uncomfortable. 05:37.040 --> 05:38.550 So check though. 05:38.570 --> 05:43.730 Queen's the Queen A3 Quimby eight C tanks d5c 65. 05:44.690 --> 05:50.450 So even though black's a pawn out, the King safety balances that on rook B for King safety issues. 05:50.450 --> 05:59.270 Queen D six If rook is seven here, Rook four is strong just creating that battery for rook eight to 05:59.270 --> 06:00.200 pin the queen. 06:01.130 --> 06:04.070 Well, you know it's going to be on the and it's just hopeless for black. 06:04.070 --> 06:13.010 So Queen D six is played We have rookie one cutting the king some escape squares rook C seven and now 06:13.010 --> 06:19.700 Queen B freeing rook E ain't rook D one focusing on D five now Rook five Now this makes things worse, 06:19.700 --> 06:31.550 slightly better with King E seven just letting D5 go and this position rotates B six Queen C free one 06:31.550 --> 06:35.030 is a pawn up here and this position was rook b7. 06:35.030 --> 06:38.900 There should be a small edge for white, but this is definitely the way black should have played it. 06:39.410 --> 06:45.050 It seems so essentially King E seven was the way to play it, not rookie five. 06:45.050 --> 06:49.820 This actually makes things worse, even though it might promise some attacking potential, but it's 06:49.820 --> 06:51.380 not really of significance. 06:51.620 --> 06:57.530 We have Rook takes b6 Rook C6 so why isn't rook G five of significance? 06:57.530 --> 07:06.350 Well rook g5 King H one If Queen f4 one can actually take time to kick the Queen away first with Rook 07:06.350 --> 07:14.360 before and then play rook B eight shank and here rook B six and if Queen F4 again slightly different. 07:14.360 --> 07:18.350 Queen bb5 shank rookie one shank. 07:19.640 --> 07:22.250 Queen B foreshock is picking up a whole rook. 07:23.410 --> 07:31.600 Yeah, because what is black dog hair King F8 is basically mating on eight would be the queen on Rook. 07:31.840 --> 07:38.170 But this would just be losing a whole rook in broad daylight queen before shank because white can insert 07:38.170 --> 07:44.020 rook takes e5 the rooks cutting the king from attacking anything and then taking on b4. 07:44.020 --> 07:46.150 And because of our double pawns, we've got King G2. 07:46.180 --> 07:47.380 There's no back row, mate. 07:48.010 --> 07:49.090 So that's interesting. 07:49.090 --> 07:50.550 Rook If I was not working very well. 07:50.560 --> 07:52.690 Queen D seven there's Queen A3. 07:52.690 --> 07:53.860 This is a killer move. 07:54.940 --> 07:58.450 It's actually much stronger than the check. 07:59.410 --> 07:59.770 Yeah. 07:59.800 --> 08:01.540 Queen I just can't escape squares. 08:01.540 --> 08:05.410 That's a classic where consequence escape squares can be much more important than the check. 08:06.370 --> 08:07.780 Just just to show rook. 08:07.800 --> 08:10.060 But it's a bit messy, this position. 08:10.060 --> 08:11.020 The king could come out. 08:11.020 --> 08:12.160 That could be F5. 08:12.190 --> 08:13.240 It's a bit messy. 08:13.390 --> 08:14.650 Why does that matter? 08:14.650 --> 08:16.000 But it's a bit of a mess. 08:17.680 --> 08:21.790 I, for one, does stand back, but this is just crushing Queen A3 instead. 08:21.850 --> 08:28.990 Because if King E eight wrote the Hack Rook saying This is precarious, can you see what white plays 08:28.990 --> 08:29.500 here? 08:29.770 --> 08:33.670 Which is absolutely winning for ten points. 08:34.270 --> 08:34.810 Yeah. 08:37.980 --> 08:39.840 Just, you know, the battery here. 08:41.630 --> 08:49.250 Now, if takes then we're just going to pick up the the rook on E5. 08:50.240 --> 08:51.320 So let's put that on the board. 08:51.320 --> 08:53.240 We're just going to pick out the E5. 08:53.570 --> 08:58.310 But the thing is, if Rook the eight, we just guess what we play here. 08:58.730 --> 09:01.670 This is Q inspiration for Five Points. 09:01.670 --> 09:02.660 What would you play here? 09:04.160 --> 09:10.610 So once Play would just play Rook DB one with these making rook takes and rook be possible. 09:11.000 --> 09:12.590 F6 We're just going to win the Queen. 09:12.860 --> 09:14.000 So that's crushing. 09:14.000 --> 09:23.990 So anyway, so Rook C6 was tried and we have Rook Tank C6 and now Rook G5 check is important to get 09:23.990 --> 09:33.490 away from e5 if Queen takes C6 Quinn b8 Shaq Queen sex e5 winning so Rook g5 check King h1 Queen st 09:33.530 --> 09:35.180 C6 and now rookie one. 09:37.260 --> 09:38.250 Queen, methinks. 09:38.250 --> 09:41.010 But now the King's kicked around queen by ancient king. 09:41.010 --> 09:44.640 These seven every is an issue, but it's handled. 09:44.640 --> 09:47.100 Guess hell so Queen takes is frightened. 09:47.130 --> 09:47.730 Guess what? 09:47.730 --> 09:50.520 Won't place her for five points. 09:52.920 --> 09:53.280 Yeah. 09:53.290 --> 09:53.940 F4. 09:54.660 --> 09:56.370 Okay, so that covers that possibility. 09:56.370 --> 09:58.210 Rook G6 if rook. 09:58.470 --> 10:09.960 528 Checking Ne6 Rook c one is sealing a mating net around the king with a rook C6 mate. 10:10.290 --> 10:14.400 If black plates rotates h to here, what would you play for? 10:14.400 --> 10:15.330 Ten points. 10:19.050 --> 10:19.350 Yeah. 10:19.350 --> 10:20.620 You want to play King? 10:20.620 --> 10:21.310 Gee one here. 10:21.330 --> 10:25.950 If King takes, then queen takes a fortune, we're going to lose our rook on C one. 10:25.950 --> 10:29.760 Blacks actually give me slightly better, but King G one is just winning. 10:31.020 --> 10:35.610 If Rook to chase, sure we can take there and it's not much of a penalty. 10:35.640 --> 10:38.700 King comes the E one here and then we're going to mate. 10:38.880 --> 10:39.270 So. 10:39.270 --> 10:40.170 Okay, interesting stuff. 10:40.170 --> 10:46.260 So Rook G six was tried, but now check King C seven Rook C one check. 10:46.290 --> 10:51.030 King B six Rook be one, check King C5, Queen B five check. 10:51.030 --> 10:52.200 And this is the end of the game. 10:52.200 --> 10:56.370 Black Resign here if King D six, Queen eight, six. 10:56.370 --> 11:03.960 Check King You seven, rook B seven check King Queen A four is just meeting King F eight as Queen eight 11:03.960 --> 11:06.360 check and then just mating. 11:06.360 --> 11:10.350 So very interesting game in the car icon exchange variation. 11:10.380 --> 11:12.840 A very, very sharp line. 11:12.840 --> 11:15.690 Pretty critical line popular today. 11:15.690 --> 11:20.250 So yeah, if you want a super sharp line in your repertoire against the current line, the exchange 11:20.250 --> 11:24.450 variation, the C4 is is very interesting. 11:24.750 --> 11:31.050 So this situation has potential pressure early on for black. 11:31.050 --> 11:35.490 So very interesting way of playing it white accepting double pawns here. 11:35.490 --> 11:41.610 This just helps white get a very nice position so that really shouldn't play night taxi free objectively 11:41.610 --> 11:43.080 it seems so yeah. 11:43.080 --> 11:46.710 This is very strong after D five opening up the e-file. 11:48.760 --> 11:55.330 And yeah, there's problems here for black in this position if it has the of queenside which it seems 11:55.330 --> 11:56.160 to be the case. 11:56.170 --> 11:57.850 So very very interesting stuff. 11:59.350 --> 12:05.470 So it demonstrates opportunities to stop the king from castling where they want to you know, on the 12:05.710 --> 12:11.530 side and there's a greater responsibility you know surface area of course than queenside. 12:11.530 --> 12:16.480 So that's exploited by alekhine continually setting problems for the opponent. 12:16.510 --> 12:19.900 Okay, So I hope you enjoyed this one so much.