WEBVTT 00:00.880 --> 00:01.780 Hi there. 00:01.960 --> 00:08.050 One of the more inspirational Garry Kasparov games, which actually got me hooked on Kasparov games 00:08.050 --> 00:08.430 in general. 00:08.440 --> 00:14.470 A lot of my YouTube videos early on on the Kings watching YouTube channel are because Garry Kasparov 00:14.470 --> 00:22.690 games and this course is actually insightful for me because, you know, Alexander Alekhine is a big 00:22.690 --> 00:28.390 focus in this course on Alekhine, which Kasparov, you know, studied greatly, it seems, and inspired 00:28.390 --> 00:29.440 Kasparov greatly. 00:29.800 --> 00:34.470 So we get to see what caused the Garry Kasparov style. 00:34.480 --> 00:36.580 But there's one particular gambit game. 00:36.580 --> 00:44.200 So this is in 1995, Karpov versus Kasparov World Championship match, round 16, which was on the kind 00:44.200 --> 00:46.810 of introduction of battles for chess openings. 00:46.900 --> 00:48.190 It's a fascinating game. 00:48.190 --> 00:58.150 Karpov playing E4, a Sicilian defense from Kasparov 93 e6 d4 C takes D4 nine takes three for 96. 00:58.510 --> 01:08.800 We have Knight b5 d6 and this does allow a kind of rock c bines which is karpov's cup of tea to try 01:08.800 --> 01:12.650 and control the position, make sure the opponent hasn't got too much counterplay. 01:12.670 --> 01:22.150 We see f6 C4 in a six by eight free and now Kasparov repeats what grandmasters thought was an unsound 01:22.150 --> 01:22.650 gambit. 01:22.660 --> 01:29.800 You know, from an earlier round D5 he repeats this D5 so normal move like Bishop e seven more normal 01:29.800 --> 01:32.800 looking move gives Karpov what he wants out of the opening. 01:32.810 --> 01:36.880 I kind of control over the position and counterplay. 01:36.880 --> 01:41.890 So this position, for example, is going to be a small edge for white. 01:43.510 --> 01:48.460 So the proxy point is when you have a pawn on E4 and C4 like this, trying to stop the strategic pawn 01:48.460 --> 01:49.510 breaks from black. 01:49.780 --> 01:53.950 So anyway, but Kasparov played the Kasparov gambit. 01:53.950 --> 01:56.920 D5 This is not entirely sounds. 01:57.190 --> 02:01.240 It's like more of a surprise weapon, especially if people don't know what they're doing against it. 02:01.240 --> 02:03.310 It's a very interesting gambit idea. 02:03.310 --> 02:06.160 Here we have C takes the E5. 02:08.380 --> 02:08.890 8/10. 02:08.890 --> 02:09.430 The five. 02:09.460 --> 02:09.910 8/10. 02:09.910 --> 02:10.270 The five. 02:10.300 --> 02:15.070 And the point is night before we have now Bishop e to. 02:16.650 --> 02:20.190 If bishops see for was played Bishop G4 might be annoying. 02:20.190 --> 02:24.480 So you know the bishop is actually stopping at least Bishop G for this position. 02:24.480 --> 02:32.640 If the bishop is going back and this situation is going to be an interesting variation and that actually 02:32.640 --> 02:39.090 occurred in another game of theirs and it ended up in a draw eventually. 02:39.700 --> 02:42.120 Okay, So anyway. 02:42.900 --> 02:45.240 We have Bishop E in this particular game. 02:45.270 --> 02:46.560 Bishop de Six. 02:49.650 --> 02:50.220 Probably not. 02:50.220 --> 02:52.170 Bishop D6, Bishop C5. 02:52.380 --> 02:56.400 And the thing is, with Bishop C-5, it is a bit of a target. 02:57.890 --> 03:02.380 In itself, White routinely kind of just consulted. 03:02.390 --> 03:07.250 There is actually a move which is looking at the downside of this move. 03:07.280 --> 03:08.450 It is a bit of a target. 03:08.480 --> 03:13.220 The thing is, the point is protected by the bishop. 03:14.960 --> 03:15.920 Let's put those in green. 03:16.160 --> 03:17.890 So the bishop protects the knight. 03:17.900 --> 03:23.840 There's a move for white which actually gives a small edge against this guy. 03:23.990 --> 03:25.250 Can you see what that is? 03:25.340 --> 03:26.240 Ten points. 03:27.740 --> 03:29.750 So I've given a bit of a clue there. 03:30.890 --> 03:31.190 Yeah. 03:31.190 --> 03:35.720 The move is actually not routinely castling, but Bishop is free to lure the bishop away from the Knights. 03:35.990 --> 03:38.480 It's not to have that pawn on a free. 03:38.480 --> 03:40.220 That would be a bad looking pawn. 03:40.250 --> 03:43.200 Now, the point is, Queen, a four track with the king still in the center. 03:43.250 --> 03:47.690 This check taking out before is kind of annoying for black. 03:48.680 --> 03:53.510 If, for example, Queen Bee six, you know, White could get the queen's off and the knight could centralise. 03:53.750 --> 03:54.140 And why? 03:54.170 --> 04:03.920 It's going to be absolutely fine if Bishop A7 here 94 there is a five this position and Queen takes 04:03.920 --> 04:04.300 A5. 04:04.310 --> 04:07.520 But these tactics don't really do black too many favors. 04:09.870 --> 04:18.780 You know, one's got an edge here as well in this position, pulled up, so there's not too many favors 04:18.780 --> 04:19.590 given that. 04:19.590 --> 04:19.950 Yeah. 04:19.950 --> 04:23.190 So this whole thing, it looks as though Bishop E-4 is the antidote. 04:23.670 --> 04:27.900 So anyway, at the time, computer preparation wasn't that significant as today. 04:27.900 --> 04:33.390 So cup after castled we have one of castling, Bishop Geoffrey. 04:33.420 --> 04:39.030 Now this does weaken that de freeze and helps justify the knight actually potentially coming in to be 04:39.030 --> 04:41.760 a kind of octopus knight on day three potentially. 04:41.770 --> 04:43.050 So we're about to see that. 04:44.220 --> 04:45.510 I'll explain what I mean by Oxford. 04:46.740 --> 04:55.650 If rookie one leaving the Bishop on e to bishop at five this position we can see 93 being quite interesting 04:55.980 --> 04:57.780 and having the advantage here. 04:58.080 --> 05:02.250 If Bishop G5 Black could consider taking on D5. 05:02.250 --> 05:06.330 But actually this simplifies we've only kind of an equal position. 05:06.960 --> 05:13.740 So anyway, Bishop F3 so perhaps if White wanted to draw Bishop G5 but he's trying to hold on to the 05:13.740 --> 05:16.680 pawns, try and disprove this game in another way. 05:16.800 --> 05:20.940 There's a positional angle though, to this whole thing, this whole concept. 05:21.000 --> 05:30.210 Bishop F5 is played if b5 instead Knight C to this position. 05:30.210 --> 05:32.520 Knight takes P4, Bishop takes P4. 05:32.550 --> 05:38.220 You can see that why it hasn't gotten so many bad pieces as we're about to witness in the main line 05:38.220 --> 05:38.940 of the game. 05:38.940 --> 05:42.600 So Bishop F5 watch out for these knights then. 05:42.600 --> 05:44.520 They're a bit awkward, basically. 05:45.060 --> 05:46.260 Bishop G5. 05:48.220 --> 05:49.180 We have. 05:50.360 --> 05:52.090 Rookie eight and now Queen D two. 05:52.100 --> 05:53.030 This is actually a mistake. 05:53.040 --> 05:57.470 One should have played 94 one knights got a chance to centralise. 05:57.620 --> 05:59.240 This would have been a good time. 05:59.240 --> 06:03.470 And for example this position Bishop takes 93. 06:03.470 --> 06:05.300 The Knights are not so bad here. 06:05.330 --> 06:07.640 The White Knights as what we're about to see. 06:07.640 --> 06:09.680 And it should be a small edge for white. 06:10.250 --> 06:16.490 So okay, we have Queen D two and this allows this be five stopping point C four. 06:16.520 --> 06:18.350 Yeah, that should have been made use of. 06:18.380 --> 06:26.450 There's some little slip ups from Karpov off so far and in fact now 93. 06:26.900 --> 06:31.580 So that noit is not is cool to not to knight in bats for chess openings. 06:34.020 --> 06:41.160 And I believe by Raymond Keane described it as an octopus tonight because it's got those tentacles in 06:41.160 --> 06:42.150 all directions. 06:42.480 --> 06:45.370 Now, ABC1 makes things worse for whites. 06:45.390 --> 06:54.530 It seems there is an option of before, which maybe it doesn't help too much, but because still blacks 06:54.540 --> 06:55.480 better here. 06:55.500 --> 06:58.350 For example, here blacks are going to be better. 06:59.940 --> 07:06.780 If see to 9/10 be to yeah this is all fun stuff this this is just it's going to be better for black 07:07.740 --> 07:16.170 these six queen 66 this position there's no G for hitting age to. 07:18.340 --> 07:20.890 So black is threatening Queen St's age, too. 07:22.210 --> 07:27.460 And here, Queen D ain't funny enough. 07:28.990 --> 07:32.440 And the thing is, this is crazy. 07:32.440 --> 07:39.190 If before Bishop takes F2 check taking out F2, it leaves a very interesting situation where blacks 07:39.190 --> 07:40.000 are actually better. 07:40.330 --> 07:41.650 It's funny stuff. 07:41.650 --> 07:42.740 It's funny stuff. 07:42.760 --> 07:43.870 So anyway. 07:45.010 --> 07:47.080 Also, we can examine Bishop F3 here. 07:47.380 --> 07:48.370 G takes F2. 07:48.400 --> 07:55.630 This is just funny stuff going on here with Knight takes D1 check and Rook takes the eight. 07:55.630 --> 08:01.450 So that's some amazing variations here instead of AB one with D6. 08:01.450 --> 08:06.550 Amazing stuff with D6 because it looks to be, you know, kind of looking at the rook. 08:06.550 --> 08:11.220 But to get this kind of swing against soft spots is incredible. 08:11.230 --> 08:18.310 So just to recap here, this nine G4 not just looking at H two but also this F2 soft spot and the great 08:18.310 --> 08:20.770 scrutiny here and be able to play like this. 08:20.770 --> 08:25.930 Okay, it's super human stuff, but this position is very dangerous for way it seems. 08:29.140 --> 08:33.220 So anyway, in the game though, the knights are stumbling over each other. 08:33.220 --> 08:42.670 Knight AB one we have H6 Bishop h4 b4 A4 You can see these knights stock their best performance. 08:42.760 --> 08:47.650 Bishop D6 and actually Swafford apparently reached this position in home preparation. 08:48.040 --> 08:50.320 So maybe that's another secret of the attacking player. 08:50.320 --> 08:57.070 You've actually got your attacking position set up from preparation, but we can't all prepare as well 08:57.070 --> 08:58.390 as Garry Kasparov. 08:58.630 --> 09:00.940 But that's amazing that he had this position. 09:00.940 --> 09:03.130 If he had this position, that's absolutely amazing. 09:03.280 --> 09:04.510 We have Bishop Geoffrey. 09:04.540 --> 09:08.320 There's definite compensation here that has huge compensation. 09:08.320 --> 09:20.320 So B3 g5a Now bishop takes these six Queen takes these 6g3 97 Bishop G2 Queen f6 a free A5. 09:20.320 --> 09:22.630 It's the Knights haven't got too many squares. 09:24.310 --> 09:28.570 It's been run out of moves here after 1888 points running out of moves. 09:28.840 --> 09:31.540 So Queen A2 this is a ridiculous move. 09:31.540 --> 09:38.590 But just to show, just to amplify why White's running at move Samuel like F4, we just play Queen D 09:38.590 --> 09:41.020 for and now just shut down everything with G4. 09:41.050 --> 09:44.590 What exactly can we move here? 09:46.540 --> 09:52.030 This is this is getting like, you know, ridiculous. 09:52.420 --> 09:55.780 Basically, White is having difficulty. 09:56.840 --> 09:58.340 Moving things here. 09:59.270 --> 10:00.890 And bear in mind, this might have to check. 10:00.890 --> 10:03.530 Could be useful in many variations. 10:03.560 --> 10:10.040 If, say, D six, then this other night can come to E four potentially might be two is desperate. 10:10.040 --> 10:16.940 But that's a desperate loss of a terrible one is actually you know won't do if Queen eight to the point 10:16.940 --> 10:26.450 is 94 and looking at after this is really vicious what does might do this this would severely weaken 10:27.320 --> 10:33.200 this diagonal and in fact black could play queen D for big fat bishop e4. 10:33.710 --> 10:36.170 So D seven is only a delay. 10:36.170 --> 10:38.360 And now Bishop C six would be a big front. 10:38.360 --> 10:41.630 So I'm just giving you an example where it's diabolical. 10:41.630 --> 10:45.770 Isn't that really for you can see once going into a zugzwang here. 10:46.780 --> 10:50.620 Quite incredibly, but it's similar to the game Queen A2. 10:50.650 --> 10:54.550 We have Bishop Jesus de six G for clamping down. 10:54.550 --> 10:57.060 Now it's running out of moves again. 10:57.070 --> 11:00.680 King G7 just protecting H and free. 11:01.540 --> 11:07.270 If King H won here, we can see why it's lacking in in candidate moves. 11:07.510 --> 11:08.950 These knights do not help. 11:08.950 --> 11:12.100 And there's big threats here now coming up. 11:12.100 --> 11:16.030 So like Knight are free knights fe1. 11:16.030 --> 11:16.920 This is crazy stuff. 11:16.930 --> 11:22.510 You know, if that Bishop's taken out, then that weakens white considering, you know, White's just 11:22.510 --> 11:23.890 getting absolutely slaughtered. 11:25.030 --> 11:27.400 You know, this is a slaughter position, basically. 11:28.030 --> 11:28.540 So. 11:28.540 --> 11:31.660 Okay, so F3 is tried. 11:32.290 --> 11:38.260 We have Queen takes these six F takes G4 and now very similar to what we've seen in a way White's running 11:38.260 --> 11:44.380 out moves off this Knight f6 to F4 business because that means like knight F2 is on the cards. 11:44.920 --> 11:50.170 We have Rook here for 94 and now Queen takes three. 11:51.040 --> 11:55.450 So giving up the queen because of F2 check. 11:58.270 --> 11:59.050 And. 12:00.950 --> 12:01.460 Yeah. 12:01.760 --> 12:03.950 This is very very tricky. 12:03.950 --> 12:08.090 We have now rotates f to. 12:09.580 --> 12:15.450 Bishop 6352 and now Queen Ephraim Rook, 64. 12:15.460 --> 12:17.050 Now stunning move in this position. 12:17.050 --> 12:23.140 White's back row is a bit weak, so none of the downside top ten tapped into of White's position here. 12:23.140 --> 12:27.190 So how how would you exploit the back row here? 12:27.850 --> 12:29.230 There is a move for 20 points. 12:29.230 --> 12:30.550 What would you play in this position? 12:33.420 --> 12:34.860 Yeah, An absolutely amazing move. 12:34.880 --> 12:35.850 Roxy one. 12:37.510 --> 12:37.800 Maybe. 12:37.800 --> 12:38.440 Isn't that amazing? 12:38.440 --> 12:40.300 It's two books for Queen of Queens. 12:40.390 --> 12:42.710 It's not that amazing, but might be to is play. 12:42.730 --> 12:43.310 Let's have a look. 12:43.330 --> 12:45.580 Rook takes every two rooks for a queen. 12:45.640 --> 12:46.630 Potentially. 12:47.350 --> 12:48.670 This position. 12:49.330 --> 12:52.560 White's pieces are not any match for the active rooks. 12:52.720 --> 12:54.280 One's going to be losing more material. 12:54.370 --> 12:59.470 So Knight B too, was tried, but now Queen F two. 12:59.470 --> 13:03.220 And this brings into focus Rook E one. 13:03.220 --> 13:08.920 So Knight D2, we have Rook 61 Check 1961 Rookie one check. 13:08.920 --> 13:10.150 End of game. 13:10.360 --> 13:11.480 Ouch. 13:12.730 --> 13:22.990 If if one wrote Thanks Bishop thanks Queen thanks is made as example so it's an inspirational gambit 13:22.990 --> 13:26.380 but there is there is an Achilles heel of this gambit. 13:26.380 --> 13:30.220 Some comments are much more respectable, like the Marshall Gambit. 13:30.220 --> 13:33.790 You know, Michael Adams plays the Marshall Gambit in many, many games. 13:33.790 --> 13:35.560 And it's almost like a drawing tool, actually. 13:35.560 --> 13:36.550 And he's like super. 13:36.910 --> 13:42.340 He has been a super grandmaster for many, many years, so some gambits are much more respectful. 13:42.340 --> 13:48.130 But as a surprise gambit, this did have a specialist perk, you know, especially advantage to it the 13:48.130 --> 13:51.370 Octopus Knight Construction, the way Karpov played it. 13:51.580 --> 13:55.120 So it's amazing protection of Karpov's moves. 13:55.120 --> 14:01.330 If if you know this deep, deep on this kind of position had been reached in preparation. 14:01.450 --> 14:02.470 So yes. 14:03.040 --> 14:07.990 So the thing is with Garry Kasparov as opposed to Alexander Alekhine, there's more alekhine games in 14:07.990 --> 14:08.770 this course. 14:10.090 --> 14:15.070 While I believe there's going to be as the course evolves because basically when we look at Kasparov 14:15.070 --> 14:21.310 games, there is an enormous amount of opening preparation to factor out With Alekhine it's more clear, 14:21.310 --> 14:24.160 crystal clear, and there was less opening theory. 14:24.160 --> 14:29.470 So you know that perhaps you don't need so much opening theory when you look at Alekhine games. 14:29.620 --> 14:34.060 But yeah, this gambit is absolutely amazing for the dynamic compensation. 14:34.510 --> 14:39.400 And if we get octopus knights like this, sure they help are attacking chess. 14:39.400 --> 14:44.440 You could consider that an ingredient, but it's a kind of perhaps one of the more rarer ingredients. 14:44.440 --> 14:45.370 Okay. 14:45.460 --> 14:46.690 The stumbling moments. 14:46.690 --> 14:46.990 Yeah. 14:46.990 --> 14:54.070 Just the night quality is amazing to contrast between the two sides in this game and the mass centralization 14:54.070 --> 14:57.160 aspect later is also something pretty stunning. 14:57.220 --> 15:03.250 The calm, you know, just improving, improving the pieces and, you know, weaknesses come arrive 15:03.250 --> 15:10.180 through desperation on Wayne's part, this mass centralization causing further concessions when the 15:10.180 --> 15:11.950 knight gets to E4. 15:12.100 --> 15:19.810 So, yeah, this sequence where the queen is kind of lost and Kasparov is offering his own queen and 15:19.810 --> 15:21.550 crashing from that background. 15:21.580 --> 15:25.240 So one of the more spectacular games, in my view, Inspirational game. 15:25.570 --> 15:29.170 You find it inspirational to OC how so much?