WEBVTT 00:00.810 --> 00:01.560 Hi there. 00:01.590 --> 00:07.830 In this lecture, we see Alexander Alekhine playing against Hans Farney in 1914, Mannheim Truman's 00:07.830 --> 00:09.030 Round 11. 00:09.420 --> 00:13.590 We see E4 from Alekhine, a French defense from Farney. 00:13.620 --> 00:17.580 We have d4 d5 ninths C3. 00:19.020 --> 00:20.520 We have going to have six. 00:21.680 --> 00:22.610 Bishop ji fame. 00:22.610 --> 00:27.500 This is a very interesting move considering the potential of a beautiful gambit, in my view. 00:27.740 --> 00:35.360 After Bishop seven Alekhine in this game plays e5, I much prefer E5 to Bishop takes F6, which Alekhine 00:35.390 --> 00:36.860 has used in other games. 00:37.040 --> 00:46.460 So E5 57 Alekhine on court uncorks basically the Alekhine Shattered Gambit age four For this is an engine 00:46.460 --> 00:47.330 approved gambit. 00:47.330 --> 00:53.810 There is significant compensation for white hair which actually outweighs the cost of a pawn we have 00:53.810 --> 00:55.460 Bishop takes G5. 00:56.600 --> 01:00.040 Each takes Queen takes G5 and now each three. 01:00.560 --> 01:04.430 So this way of playing things is the most effective. 01:05.420 --> 01:07.800 Queen ee seven is played. 01:07.820 --> 01:09.920 If Queen aged six, you might ask. 01:11.270 --> 01:13.690 Well, the Queen has abandoned C seven. 01:13.730 --> 01:18.320 We can go for C seven with 95 after 96, G three. 01:19.040 --> 01:21.390 And you might ask what's going on here? 01:21.410 --> 01:22.300 Is it Bishop G2? 01:22.340 --> 01:27.710 Well, there's an alternate idea of F4 and F2 protecting the rook, hitting the queen. 01:27.830 --> 01:36.440 So here is an example where F4 F6 might have two and we've got a great position here with F two. 01:36.470 --> 01:37.310 We've got great position. 01:37.310 --> 01:42.260 Bishop D3, We can give up the other pawn and get a very strong attacking position, connect the Rooks 01:42.260 --> 01:45.260 up and this is just really nice. 01:45.260 --> 01:48.740 This position is an attacking players dream in my view. 01:48.770 --> 01:53.030 Knight G4, Queen 6h6 Yeah, we're crashing through it. 01:53.060 --> 01:57.050 This is just a fictional example where we've crashed through on G6. 01:57.800 --> 02:01.580 Knight thinks we're going to take on G6 and take on F6 with Advantage. 02:01.970 --> 02:04.460 And you might wonder, Hold on, why isn't the rook hanging? 02:04.460 --> 02:08.540 Hanging rook One check and rook h seven is mate. 02:09.590 --> 02:11.930 So that's a fictional example. 02:12.620 --> 02:19.580 And even if we don't use the Knight F two plan, we can actually maybe even slightly better Bishop D3 02:19.580 --> 02:24.640 first, then Queen D2, and then this position is a fine attacking position to play from. 02:24.650 --> 02:30.140 So you can see that Queen H6 is not so great that the Queen is a potential tactical target. 02:30.140 --> 02:38.960 Later, you might ask what about Queen H4 then might be 596 We can play Bishop D free hair, nice F 02:38.960 --> 02:43.900 eight and we don't have to be in a rush to play G3. 02:43.910 --> 02:50.570 So A4 this position now G4 eight Queen A7 and we can play C three. 02:50.600 --> 02:52.640 This is a fine position as well. 02:53.510 --> 03:02.930 If the Black Queen went back and Queen G4 is strong like G5 if H6 we have a very strong rip ripping 03:02.930 --> 03:06.480 combination, what would you play here if you had this position? 03:06.500 --> 03:07.980 So you've got both rooks on the fifth. 03:07.990 --> 03:12.410 Frank King still stuck in the sense that there's a very strong idea here. 03:12.770 --> 03:17.210 Let me just show you just in case Knight takes E6. 03:17.210 --> 03:24.770 So the point is Black can cling onto the rock with King F eight, but now we just play Queen takes D5 03:25.370 --> 03:28.190 and we've got a huge of Bishop C4 here. 03:28.850 --> 03:30.830 So say C6 Queen F3 check. 03:30.830 --> 03:36.050 We've got a very strong attack position Queen, a free check C5 cast in queenside. 03:36.080 --> 03:40.400 There's more than enough compensation here for the material invested. 03:40.670 --> 03:44.540 The king is going to find very little peace if you play your cards right from here. 03:44.840 --> 03:49.010 So yeah, I just wanted to show you the power of this opening variation, just in case you want to use 03:49.010 --> 03:49.310 it. 03:50.120 --> 03:54.110 It's good to get some of the nitty gritty details out. 03:54.590 --> 03:55.490 Expose them. 03:55.580 --> 03:56.030 So. 03:56.030 --> 03:59.150 Okay, Queen E seven or explain them. 03:59.150 --> 03:59.990 Expose them. 04:00.200 --> 04:02.390 Yeah, but we need to internalize them. 04:02.540 --> 04:06.170 So Queen 794 and already a major inaccuracy. 04:06.180 --> 04:14.330 98 This actually weakens the bishop because it actually creates accessibility routes on this diagonal. 04:17.170 --> 04:17.890 I'll show you why. 04:18.040 --> 04:26.850 Well, the point is, we can play Queen G for now, threatening G seven and also any night taking the 04:26.860 --> 04:28.630 five because of that pen. 04:29.680 --> 04:33.090 So that is a significant slip up fight. 04:33.220 --> 04:37.120 And we're going to get a slaughter game after that before going into the slaughter. 04:37.120 --> 04:48.530 If asks the nuanced Queen D2 is better than Queen G4 here if Queen G4 this position Knight C6 Black 04:48.530 --> 04:50.590 can live to tell the tale. 04:50.740 --> 04:58.990 It seems you know this position has G5 just before E6 and C seven is devastating so it wants to play 04:59.020 --> 05:01.780 E6 here for 9.87. 05:01.780 --> 05:08.050 But Black does have a resource and should with very accurate play live to tell the tale. 05:08.440 --> 05:10.690 So once it's just just equal there. 05:10.690 --> 05:16.930 So it looks as though with A6 in this particular position with a bishop shielded queenly two is an accurate 05:16.930 --> 05:17.770 way of playing. 05:17.860 --> 05:24.540 And we can use a rook left hair and build up on the H4, which is our primary compensation for the gambit 05:24.730 --> 05:26.210 by building up on the pole. 05:26.290 --> 05:27.060 Knight 64. 05:27.070 --> 05:29.470 Don't worry about D4 build up on the H file. 05:31.150 --> 05:35.540 So we're fretting horrible things like, you know, on G6 head. 05:35.560 --> 05:42.400 If H5 Knight takes G6, we can expose the fact that black pieces here are kind of not developed. 05:42.580 --> 05:43.480 Forget the knight. 05:43.510 --> 05:50.470 We're threatening Rook H7 seven now, so this position we can play roll Cage for as an example and Knight 05:50.500 --> 05:54.340 e4 exploiting the king in the center and just go for the king. 05:54.340 --> 05:56.140 Now this is a king hunt. 05:56.410 --> 05:57.310 This is a fantasy. 05:57.310 --> 05:58.240 King Hunts variation. 05:58.240 --> 06:05.050 Bishop Check before taking out the C5 square from this equation of attack. 06:05.050 --> 06:07.840 Queen C free check Rook take C4. 06:07.840 --> 06:10.390 Black's going to be mated in spectacular style. 06:10.420 --> 06:11.440 Fictional stuff. 06:11.440 --> 06:17.200 I just wanted to make you aware that against E6 consider Queen D two basically. 06:17.200 --> 06:19.090 Anyway, back to the game. 06:19.090 --> 06:25.900 So this inaccuracy fully justifies her Queen G for looking at K and G seven basically through the x 06:25.900 --> 06:28.030 ray of the e6 pawn. 06:28.030 --> 06:35.590 We have f5 if Knight g6 Knight thanks f takes we have Knight takes D5 here note the knight supports 06:35.590 --> 06:36.340 the B4 square. 06:36.340 --> 06:39.430 There's no queen b4 Queen D7 we can just drop back. 06:39.430 --> 06:40.300 Thanks very much. 06:40.300 --> 06:42.070 We've just captured a center pawn. 06:42.430 --> 06:46.540 Big advantage if C6 here trying to bolt things down. 06:46.540 --> 06:52.480 Queen takes gg7 though, and a knight takes g six will win a rook, so that's not very useful. 06:52.480 --> 06:56.890 So Queen G f5 is played E6 and now g tanks. 06:57.130 --> 07:04.780 If Queen takes F6, we can eliminate this to explain this because Knight F takes D5 and then yeah, 07:04.780 --> 07:11.710 I mean they don't really want to give up the bishop and knight B5 is strong this position Knight taxi 07:11.710 --> 07:19.150 seven nine takes C7 96 will win the Queen That's nice chipping out C seven to get access to D six winning 07:19.150 --> 07:19.780 the Queen. 07:19.780 --> 07:20.920 Wonderful stuff. 07:20.920 --> 07:27.550 So basically Queen takes F6 is dicey so G takes is played White Castle was queenside There's a huge 07:27.550 --> 07:30.100 compensation there in this gambit. 07:30.130 --> 07:31.570 This is why I love playing Gamma. 07:31.570 --> 07:32.500 It's generally online. 07:32.500 --> 07:33.880 You get these perks. 07:33.940 --> 07:35.290 It's with the perks. 07:35.290 --> 07:42.100 You can use the ingredients for attack, for mating attacks like active pieces is one of the primary 07:42.100 --> 07:46.240 things access routes to weak spots in the opponent's camp. 07:46.330 --> 07:49.330 KING In the center here, this is a gigantic park. 07:50.530 --> 07:52.480 So C6 trying to bolt things down. 07:52.480 --> 07:57.670 If night B these seven rookie one we're going to be playing 1965 soon. 07:58.330 --> 08:03.520 This is just horrible as well as Knight takes E6 being threatened this position Knight C tanks the E5 08:03.520 --> 08:11.830 crossing so C6 is tried here rookie one It is basically a crushing position and now rook H six. 08:13.930 --> 08:19.840 So this is interesting, looking at F6 and possibilities of like Queen H for Rook takes have sense. 08:20.320 --> 08:27.010 We have E5 Queen h4 might be D7 so Black seems to be allowed to move some pawns. 08:27.010 --> 08:29.200 But look at these guys, the rook and bishop. 08:29.200 --> 08:31.240 There we have e4. 08:31.270 --> 08:36.340 If rook g eight e4 looks very incremental if rook eights. 08:36.340 --> 08:37.210 You know what? 08:37.540 --> 08:42.640 We can play knight F takes d5 Black is totally underdeveloped here. 08:42.910 --> 08:46.270 If Queen G 70 takes E5, look at that nice pin. 08:46.900 --> 08:49.060 This is just crushing E6. 08:49.060 --> 08:51.220 We're going to get our material back with interest. 08:51.250 --> 08:52.840 Knight takes F6 here. 08:53.200 --> 08:57.430 Black could try this exchange queens, but ends up with a worse endgame. 08:58.390 --> 09:01.450 We're a pawn up there and we're going to win another pawn soon. 09:01.540 --> 09:03.550 So E4 is tried. 09:03.700 --> 09:11.560 Queen G3 though, looks around the place beautifully and creates access routes on dark squares. 09:11.860 --> 09:15.520 So the the king is on a dance square here. 09:15.550 --> 09:19.780 The queen is cleverly looking at all around the board here. 09:19.810 --> 09:25.660 Look at these routes in particular Queen f7, the Galax A3 Weakness of the last Move. 09:25.690 --> 09:34.120 If f5 nights F takes D5, C takes noit takes D5, we're making use of the Queen looking at C seven here. 09:34.360 --> 09:40.090 If F4 this is just desperate Queen successful 96 this is desperate. 09:40.090 --> 09:46.090 We're going to get into C seven here and then Bang Rook takes E4 winning the Queen. 09:46.180 --> 09:49.830 So Queen f7 but now really wonderful stuff. 09:49.840 --> 09:50.920 Bishop takes E4. 09:50.950 --> 09:51.790 This is well worth it. 09:51.820 --> 09:52.750 D Tanks. 09:53.350 --> 09:59.620 Knight takes E4 opening things up to get into the King Rook G eight And we have this beautiful queen 09:59.620 --> 10:02.590 A3 majestic movements here. 10:02.620 --> 10:10.030 Queen G seven If Queen E seven won't can afford to just take the Queen here and that rook assisting 10:10.030 --> 10:11.740 f6 Knight takes f6. 10:11.860 --> 10:12.910 Check the cover. 10:12.910 --> 10:13.450 Check. 10:13.480 --> 10:14.920 Take out G eight. 10:15.190 --> 10:16.410 Rook on the seventh. 10:16.420 --> 10:19.070 There's enough here for White's to be getting on with. 10:19.090 --> 10:26.230 This is a big advantage for white because the white pieces converge to the king and say Check here and 10:26.230 --> 10:27.190 the rooks double. 10:27.910 --> 10:31.920 Yeah, Black's just basically in a lost position here in this endgame. 10:31.930 --> 10:36.400 So Queen G seven is tried, but now 96. 10:36.400 --> 10:38.260 This is really wonderful stuff. 10:38.410 --> 10:41.380 A lot of very interesting things are going on here now. 10:42.850 --> 10:45.550 So there's so many fronts. 10:45.550 --> 10:46.900 We have Knight six. 10:47.020 --> 10:50.410 If Queen takes H six, that's immune basically because of Knight of seven. 10:50.410 --> 10:51.700 Check winning the Queen. 10:52.420 --> 10:58.090 So Knight B six is tried and now the one the full 98. 10:59.350 --> 11:02.110 So yes, trying to drag the queen away. 11:02.140 --> 11:03.610 We have Queen f7. 11:03.760 --> 11:07.280 But even with the queen there, this is still a winning move now. 11:07.300 --> 11:09.430 Queen D six check, end of game. 11:09.820 --> 11:11.680 The king stuck in the centre here. 11:11.680 --> 11:13.530 If it's absolutely winning. 11:13.540 --> 11:20.110 If Queen D seven, we just play Queen six f6 check and note how the knight on the eight is stopping 11:20.110 --> 11:21.550 the escape of the king. 11:21.550 --> 11:26.230 So Queen seven, Queen 67 is made if might be the seven. 11:26.320 --> 11:31.000 Queen 87 is checkmate if Knight 57 Queen 87 is checkmate. 11:31.210 --> 11:34.540 So yes, this is a crusher Queen d6 Checkmate. 11:35.020 --> 11:41.500 It's a brutalisation of the French defence with one of my favourite all time gambits in fact, that 11:41.500 --> 11:48.100 I have used in Over-the-board chess myself with great success and in online chess with great success. 11:48.220 --> 11:51.760 It really is interesting to master some of the finesses here. 11:52.030 --> 11:57.000 So in this game this was a terrible inaccuracy, adding even more power to Queen G4. 11:57.010 --> 12:02.860 So sometimes as we've seen, if Black doesn't play Knight AFAIK, consider Queen D to castling queenside 12:02.860 --> 12:07.820 and just make use of the pressure points on the foul and the king in the center. 12:07.840 --> 12:16.060 So yeah, really interesting instructive stuff from this gambit which gives these huge exciting perks 12:16.060 --> 12:17.140 to play with. 12:17.140 --> 12:23.710 And this is another reason why I feel Alekhine is more my cup of tea rather than Capablanca who deals 12:23.710 --> 12:28.570 with small advantages and doesn't really like to play gambits because it's it seems like gambling. 12:28.570 --> 12:34.960 But sometimes, you know, the compensation of this gambit nowadays is fully engine approved. 12:34.960 --> 12:39.330 So Alekhine was really ahead of his time with this gambit named after him. 12:39.340 --> 12:43.060 It's a really wonderful opening variation to get to. 12:43.210 --> 12:48.040 So just bear this in mind if you if you encounter the French defense 90 C free. 12:48.040 --> 12:49.570 So this is the classical variation. 12:49.600 --> 12:54.490 Of course they can play bishop before, but then, you know, Alekhine's got another temporary, you 12:54.490 --> 12:56.500 know pawn sack idea Knight G2. 12:56.500 --> 13:00.700 Well, if black tries too hard, they're going to be in trouble with this variation. 13:00.700 --> 13:04.510 So he's got very exciting variations against the French defense. 13:04.510 --> 13:05.380 It really is. 13:06.580 --> 13:08.320 I love this gambit. 13:08.320 --> 13:09.730 I can't say that enough. 13:09.850 --> 13:10.510 Okay. 13:10.540 --> 13:11.500 Hope you enjoyed it. 13:12.010 --> 13:12.430 Thanks very much.