WEBVTT 00:01.020 --> 00:01.770 Hi there. 00:01.800 --> 00:06.960 In this lecture, we see an example of gambit in perks from both sides, actually. 00:06.960 --> 00:14.100 So John William Shilton was playing against Paul Morphy in 1857 New York tournament We see E4 from Shorten. 00:14.100 --> 00:18.180 Paul Morphy replies E5 We have The King's Gambit now. 00:18.180 --> 00:22.020 Paul Morphy actually just counters with D5. 00:22.020 --> 00:23.280 He wants to be the game of chess. 00:23.280 --> 00:38.100 Here we have he takes the E5 e4 C3 if D3 this is interesting, f6 D takes e4, Knight takes e4 have 00:38.550 --> 00:46.830 Black could play C6 and for example this position after C takes the E5 knight bd to a5 there should 00:46.830 --> 00:50.820 be about even this position. 00:51.660 --> 00:57.360 So we see knight c fray though. 00:57.360 --> 00:59.490 Let's have six d free now. 00:59.490 --> 01:01.380 Bishop b4 This is very interesting. 01:01.380 --> 01:05.790 Now the pressure on C3 we have Bishop d2. 01:06.270 --> 01:15.030 If D takes E4, Knight takes e4, Queen D four Black could play bishop take C free check damage, white 01:15.030 --> 01:21.510 structure and just castle here so Queen takes this rookie eight and if Bishop de Freed is actually Queen 01:21.510 --> 01:29.460 H four shank so here if G freed as knight takes G free so let's say king of fun but knight G4 anyway 01:29.460 --> 01:36.210 picking up the rook so there's advantages for black in some variations here Bishop d2 but this leads 01:36.210 --> 01:38.880 to a very interesting move now for ten points. 01:38.880 --> 01:39.900 What would you play 01:43.350 --> 01:51.270 another like pawn sacrifice E3 So this means big trouble for white, basically. 01:51.270 --> 01:56.040 In general, Bishop takes E3 black castles with some very interesting France. 01:56.040 --> 02:03.690 We have Bishop D2 If Queen eats her rookie eights for example this position Bishop takes C three, B 02:03.690 --> 02:05.070 takes Knight takes D5 five. 02:05.070 --> 02:05.820 What about the pen? 02:05.820 --> 02:13.260 Bishop This is just horrible to lose that piece if knights have free rookie eights and let's say 95 02:13.260 --> 02:22.500 9.65 Bishop D to black has Bishop take C free here and now f6 whereas that knight going as pens so that's 02:22.500 --> 02:30.840 just very nice for black so Bishop two was tried and we have rookie eight Schenk Bishop E2 and now Bishop 02:30.840 --> 02:32.220 takes C free. 02:33.600 --> 02:35.280 There might have been other ways to play this. 02:35.280 --> 02:36.330 This is quite committal. 02:36.330 --> 02:42.360 Bishop Take C free C six for you know trying to get more lead environments. 02:42.360 --> 02:46.320 This position, for example, is very pleasant for black. 02:46.320 --> 02:52.170 This would stop white castling and knight g for this position. 02:52.170 --> 02:54.870 Black's going to get an edge after knight e free check. 02:55.770 --> 03:00.510 There's more than enough for the invested pawns here for black to play with. 03:02.070 --> 03:02.460 So. 03:02.460 --> 03:03.090 Bishop, thanks. 03:03.090 --> 03:04.050 C Free. 03:04.080 --> 03:11.280 B Thanks, Bishop G4 And now C for this is actually an inaccuracy. 03:11.320 --> 03:14.040 Knight F3 would have been at Sims Banner. 03:14.910 --> 03:16.770 No, no, not a freeze, actually. 03:16.980 --> 03:17.670 Even as bad. 03:17.670 --> 03:18.330 Pardon me. 03:18.330 --> 03:21.060 What is actually an accurate move here? 03:21.180 --> 03:26.190 Well what would you play with An interesting defensive idea is actually King F2. 03:26.280 --> 03:33.120 Well none of you found this so this kind of underpins friends Bishop thanks G4 and say Bishop takes 03:33.120 --> 03:35.460 E to nine Saints E two Queen Saints 35. 03:35.460 --> 03:44.430 This situation the white king can find safety, it seems, and white can navigate carefully to an advantage, 03:45.210 --> 03:48.060 a small advantage, at least a small advantage. 03:48.480 --> 03:51.540 But so that would be the way to play King after Knight. 03:51.540 --> 03:52.740 Every is not so hot. 03:52.740 --> 03:56.370 Bishop takes her free Gitex Knight takes D5. 03:56.370 --> 04:00.990 This shattering of the pawn structure is is horrible. 04:01.260 --> 04:10.350 White Castles had Queen f6 C4 Knight takes that for Black's doing very well here so okay but C4 doesn't 04:10.350 --> 04:11.040 really help. 04:11.040 --> 04:15.240 We have now c6 d takes massive mistake. 04:15.270 --> 04:21.060 This is a massive turning point of this game, giving black a kind of numerical superiority of attacking 04:21.060 --> 04:21.960 forces. 04:22.470 --> 04:25.770 These rooks are still in bed that, you know, they're asleep. 04:26.040 --> 04:33.480 So there is a superiority of forces building up around White's king if h friend instead Bishop takes 04:33.480 --> 04:45.810 8 to 9 tenths e to c 65 c 65 black can stop white thing here with this queen e7 move for a moment. 04:47.370 --> 04:54.150 There is d6 though and in this position with King F2 it seems White can live to tell the tale here. 04:54.870 --> 04:58.050 So yes, that would be an interesting move. 04:58.050 --> 04:59.400 D6 range. 04:59.400 --> 04:59.610 Interesting. 04:59.740 --> 05:01.360 Save the day if night. 05:03.610 --> 05:12.910 If here instead of Queen 87, though the thing is 1965 is a different story and say why is announced 05:12.940 --> 05:16.990 Castle this king actually one still okay here. 05:17.170 --> 05:29.470 So this this kind of shows actually that basically free was the way to go it seems as you know a very 05:29.470 --> 05:30.730 least, you know, one should be. 05:31.480 --> 05:34.450 Even have this this this D sex resource plays a role. 05:36.760 --> 05:37.380 Okay. 05:37.560 --> 05:39.610 OC But anyway D take C six. 05:39.610 --> 05:42.220 So this is now massively in Black's favor. 05:42.630 --> 05:47.290 Technically, King F one is played, if only to have three. 05:47.320 --> 05:50.530 Bishop takes her free, G takes 94. 05:50.830 --> 05:53.640 What does Y do about this E2 pressure weight? 05:53.650 --> 05:55.120 It's just losing material. 05:55.420 --> 05:58.120 So King F1 but now. 05:58.120 --> 06:04.810 Yeah typical morphing Morphy know the rooks are asleep so you know why it's got you know big problems 06:04.810 --> 06:06.250 with E2. 06:06.550 --> 06:12.790 This is a bit of an opera game sequence here where the rooks have celebrated. 06:13.120 --> 06:16.540 The acts of rooks are kind of awake and these guys were asleep. 06:16.810 --> 06:23.740 So Rook takes E to invest one of the rooks and build up huge pressure on E, So this is pretty clear 06:23.740 --> 06:24.340 cut. 06:24.610 --> 06:31.240 Queen B one bishop takes E to Shaq and now a bit of a king Chase Knight, G, Falkirk, King g1. 06:31.270 --> 06:36.760 A very nice move here to make sure the the checks, the flow of checks don't run out. 06:36.760 --> 06:38.830 So what would you play here for ten points. 06:39.850 --> 06:49.240 The king hunt sequence now results but yeah with the rooks asleep Knight's have free track vacates d4 06:50.110 --> 06:51.760 for Queen D for shank. 06:53.420 --> 06:55.710 And then this position Queen have to check. 06:55.730 --> 06:57.440 Queen takes a free check. 06:58.130 --> 07:01.890 9286, five, check. 07:01.910 --> 07:04.310 Queen H five is champ, mate. 07:06.560 --> 07:07.550 Yes. 07:09.260 --> 07:10.710 So The King's Gambit? 07:10.730 --> 07:11.210 Yeah. 07:11.360 --> 07:15.860 Paul Morphy counter-arguments against the King's Gambit Gambit perks. 07:16.820 --> 07:19.070 There's also a counter gambit, basically. 07:19.160 --> 07:20.840 So a kind of counter gambit. 07:21.490 --> 07:24.110 You know, it's actually called the fork counter gambit. 07:24.110 --> 07:24.860 Funny enough. 07:25.040 --> 07:29.720 So it's still Gambit Perks just, you know, counter gambit perks. 07:30.950 --> 07:38.570 So, yeah, we do get a lot of dangerous possibilities because there's a lead in development created. 07:38.570 --> 07:40.940 It's like the initiative is wrested from the opponent. 07:40.940 --> 07:47.150 So the opponents having to defend against our threats, we have a superiority of forces being demonstrated. 07:47.390 --> 07:52.700 We have beautiful forcing moves being demonstrated for that final king chase. 07:52.790 --> 08:00.890 So the ingredients of the gambit, though, are nicely demonstrated, in my view, in this game, and 08:00.890 --> 08:06.500 showing that even with the black pieces you can use counter governments and I use them a lot all the 08:06.500 --> 08:12.260 time, basically in online chess gambits and counter gambits for black to try and get those situations 08:12.260 --> 08:18.140 where I have that lead development, I have that superiority of pieces on certain squares, you know, 08:18.590 --> 08:24.770 superiority in numbers, and the possibility for beautiful forcing modes and variations to create beauty 08:24.770 --> 08:30.530 after were a beautiful king chase so important ingredients to bear in minds from this game. 08:30.710 --> 08:32.000 Multiple ingredients. 08:32.000 --> 08:37.880 But the counter gambit element is fascinating, perhaps as well to highlight as the central one of the 08:37.880 --> 08:39.410 central ingredients at least. 08:39.770 --> 08:40.610 Okay. 08:41.030 --> 08:43.400 Have you enjoyed that so much?