WEBVTT 00:01.130 --> 00:02.000 Hi there. 00:02.180 --> 00:05.030 In this lecture, we see Alexander Alekhine playing against Reuben. 00:05.030 --> 00:05.630 Fine. 00:05.780 --> 00:08.960 In 1957, Hastings lunch around eight. 00:10.130 --> 00:23.390 So we c e for alkaline e five from fine nights f 896 Arroyo Lopez, 8684 96 White Castles, Bishop E 00:23.390 --> 00:26.090 seven Rookie 1b5 Bishop B Frank. 00:26.100 --> 00:29.640 This is all looking fairly standard stuff. 00:29.660 --> 00:31.190 C Frame 95. 00:31.190 --> 00:39.440 Bishop C two C5 the full Queen C seven Knight BD to Black Castles Knights F1 And now we see Bishop G4. 00:41.360 --> 00:48.830 So in this position we can see that Black is potentially volunteering this light squared Bishop And 00:48.830 --> 00:52.850 an underlying theme is this Bishop in Royal appears. 00:52.850 --> 01:00.170 Sometimes it's dangerous on this diagonal against this soft spots in Black's position, but sometimes 01:00.170 --> 01:02.660 it can be dangerous against F7. 01:03.110 --> 01:05.180 So these are the two relevant soft spots. 01:05.180 --> 01:12.140 If White has a bishop without a counterpart, just bear that in mind and the coin encourages bishop 01:12.140 --> 01:12.950 takes are free. 01:12.950 --> 01:25.130 With 93 we have Bishop takes F3, Queen takes F3, and now C takes the fall and here Knights have five 01:25.160 --> 01:25.640 is played. 01:25.640 --> 01:27.140 This is a very interesting move. 01:27.710 --> 01:34.430 If C tanks d fall you might think hold on, isn't Black winning a piece? 01:34.490 --> 01:36.680 Isn't this just a bad accident? 01:38.750 --> 01:39.400 Not really. 01:39.890 --> 01:40.850 Five. 01:41.730 --> 01:42.590 And we're looking at E! 01:42.600 --> 01:43.320 Seven. 01:43.620 --> 01:47.430 But even worse here, forget E surfing for a moment. 01:47.850 --> 01:53.340 There's actually a super clinical move here in this position. 01:53.340 --> 01:54.180 Funny enough. 01:56.090 --> 01:57.950 Can you see what that is for? 01:57.950 --> 01:58.910 100 points. 02:00.900 --> 02:03.660 So the obvious is it takes 87 to get our piece back. 02:03.660 --> 02:05.340 But there's actually bishop age sex. 02:07.170 --> 02:11.790 I mean, with Knight 67, this is more straightforward from a human point of view. 02:12.160 --> 02:14.610 You know, it is an advantage here actually for white. 02:15.720 --> 02:18.690 The structures ranked we have a lot of pressure still. 02:18.690 --> 02:24.090 But funnily enough Bishop H sex if rook he ain't for a moment. 02:24.360 --> 02:32.760 Bishop takes G7 and this position we're now threatening 1986 mates. 02:32.910 --> 02:35.790 If Knights age five 1986, is mate. 02:35.910 --> 02:37.080 What does black do? 02:37.110 --> 02:37.950 H five. 02:37.950 --> 02:42.450 Then Bishop takes f6 J And Black's going to be mated soon. 02:42.840 --> 02:44.620 So you might think, Wow. 02:44.760 --> 02:46.010 Bishop 86. 02:46.020 --> 02:47.460 Bishop 86. 02:48.450 --> 02:49.440 Okay, forget. 02:50.430 --> 02:51.040 This one. 02:51.040 --> 02:53.940 Then if G takes the fingers, Knight takes E seven. 02:53.940 --> 02:55.740 Shaq might have five. 02:55.740 --> 02:56.400 Shaq. 02:58.100 --> 02:59.970 And let's say the king wants to be taxed back. 03:00.000 --> 03:04.850 1964 actually hits the queen and off six. 03:04.880 --> 03:07.730 So this is just absolutely winning this position. 03:08.300 --> 03:09.860 And we're going to be meeting soon. 03:10.670 --> 03:16.640 So it's funny, but yeah, Bishop, aged six, seems to be absolutely winning. 03:16.820 --> 03:23.210 Basically, it's a really terminal move here. 03:26.110 --> 03:26.590 So. 03:26.590 --> 03:27.280 Gee, thanks. 03:27.310 --> 03:28.420 Just to recap. 03:28.450 --> 03:32.830 1987 is the strongest Queen Jeffrey, you might think is amazing. 03:32.840 --> 03:40.030 But Black has the resource like for that doesn't want to allow Queen you seven might write about 94 03:40.030 --> 03:42.940 but even this position of the age for. 03:44.950 --> 03:49.990 EFF thinks even this position is also very strong for white. 03:50.680 --> 03:55.610 White gets even if it goes to this position with more simplification, white still better. 03:55.630 --> 03:58.290 So it's fascinating stuff. 03:58.300 --> 03:59.500 And I actually. 04:01.600 --> 04:04.630 The C64 stuff is absolutely fascinating. 04:04.630 --> 04:08.440 So yeah, leaving the bishop hanging for Bishop H sinks. 04:09.340 --> 04:18.580 So anyway, nice F five that was played immediately and we have d c frame and here queen thanks friends 04:18.580 --> 04:20.290 played if B takes then sure. 04:20.290 --> 04:27.490 Actually black has rook FCA and this looks like a very pleasant black has a small edge here so Queen 04:27.490 --> 04:34.530 thanks See free though it seems sets more problems hitting the Queen Rook FCA If Queen takes scifri, 04:34.540 --> 04:39.610 we're going to insert nine, takes E seven jack and be a piece up. 04:40.060 --> 04:48.460 So Rook FC eight and now Queen G three looking at Queen 67 mate, we have Bishop F8 if Knights age five, 04:48.460 --> 04:50.200 our Queen Afri. 04:52.410 --> 04:57.060 And this seems to be quite nice for whites, to say the least. 04:59.870 --> 05:09.590 So, for example, if Bishop eight were taking on H five and in this position Queen G four and if King 05:09.590 --> 05:10.700 H eight. 05:11.810 --> 05:13.280 Because if. 05:13.280 --> 05:14.210 Rook eight. 05:14.420 --> 05:16.190 Can you see what y plays here? 05:18.280 --> 05:18.460 Yeah. 05:18.610 --> 05:22.000 This night, 67 for Rage six. 05:22.510 --> 05:22.800 Yeah. 05:22.900 --> 05:25.030 There's all sorts of perils for blacks possession. 05:25.030 --> 05:27.670 This is a way of getting in big trouble. 05:28.390 --> 05:38.200 So if King H eight, Bishop G five, and one does have a big advantage here as example. 05:41.020 --> 05:42.490 If 96. 05:44.470 --> 05:48.400 Let's just say be free. 05:48.500 --> 05:51.520 Creamy to what is my actually French thing here? 05:51.550 --> 05:53.470 Well, one has 96. 05:57.110 --> 06:02.090 Yeah, there's all sorts of things if G takes this is mating and if it's ignored. 06:02.570 --> 06:04.430 Rook C one now threatens. 06:06.570 --> 06:07.950 Mostly things. 06:09.850 --> 06:14.210 And yeah, when I say nasty things, there are lots of key friends. 06:14.230 --> 06:18.640 If the rook supports the other one, one can actually double on C6. 06:18.640 --> 06:21.910 And the point would be Knight takes F7 crashing through on the C file. 06:22.300 --> 06:25.960 This position is very strong for wines. 06:26.050 --> 06:32.860 As an example, this is just fictional, but the play could switch to the queenside with advice for 06:32.860 --> 06:33.070 white. 06:33.100 --> 06:35.380 It's kind of a flexible position for white hair. 06:35.560 --> 06:43.120 So anyway Bishop and was played and this bishop is moved Knight C6 Bishop G5. 06:43.120 --> 06:49.090 So why has this bishop which is quite dangerous but the key thing is this Bishop, this ruler has bishop 06:49.120 --> 06:55.630 is hunting all the time looking for any opportunities generally against F7 or H7. 06:56.260 --> 06:58.000 So just bear that in mind. 06:58.030 --> 07:03.060 This diagonal, the diagonal of def, just bear this in mind, this diagonal, and especially without 07:03.070 --> 07:03.910 the counterpart. 07:05.960 --> 07:07.550 Amplifying this bishop without a counterpart. 07:07.580 --> 07:11.090 We really need a soft spot on online square generally. 07:11.270 --> 07:13.640 So Rook C one, Queen B seven. 07:13.850 --> 07:22.190 And A3 notes that this not only dissuades before it vacates a two, so this could play a part in this 07:22.190 --> 07:23.320 diagonal of death. 07:24.110 --> 07:31.310 G six We have night H six and Black is fully giving up both bishops but gets what seems to be a very 07:31.310 --> 07:40.370 comfortable position at the moment with that knight on D for Rook cd1b for OC. 07:40.370 --> 07:49.550 So Y wants to try and amplify soft spots generally and guess what is played here, which is a good build 07:49.550 --> 07:50.780 up for an attack. 07:52.970 --> 07:59.650 So the Queen passed on Geoffrey F for trying to open up this file and file could be dangerous. 07:59.660 --> 08:00.950 E takes his plate. 08:01.520 --> 08:08.510 If B takes B takes this situation, F takes Queen B free is best. 08:11.180 --> 08:13.790 If D takes here, Queen takes. 08:13.790 --> 08:20.930 And this is dangerous for black, this situation is actually rather precarious for black. 08:22.310 --> 08:24.830 If we look at this, there's things like e five hand. 08:24.860 --> 08:26.450 This is very interesting. 08:26.540 --> 08:33.740 Y could end up with this Bishop power and Black has some difficulties in these scenarios. 08:33.740 --> 08:36.830 These are quite complicated in their own right, these scenarios. 08:36.830 --> 08:41.720 This is just, just showing that one could get an advantage in certain endgames. 08:41.870 --> 08:47.270 If rook to her, Bishop Geoffrey and White could get an advantage here like this, for example, when 08:47.270 --> 08:52.160 you can see that Black's trying to be resourceful on the back row. 08:52.160 --> 08:54.410 But White does have pressure points. 08:54.410 --> 08:58.280 And overall, in fact, there's big trouble with things loose. 08:58.280 --> 09:00.100 If plans to give up, the exchange won't matter. 09:00.110 --> 09:01.850 So anyway, that's going a bit far. 09:02.270 --> 09:11.060 So anyway he takes her for is played so white gets this foul so F seven is under a little bit of scrutiny 09:11.060 --> 09:19.580 here by this bishop seems just housebound it's a health care at the moment talking of cats and the coins 09:19.580 --> 09:24.290 favorite creatures taking his cats the tournament anyway this is a housebound cat at the moment. 09:24.710 --> 09:25.490 B tanks. 09:25.490 --> 09:26.390 B tanks. 09:26.390 --> 09:35.150 We have rook C free queen f2 knight e6 and now A4 rook aca. 09:35.180 --> 09:41.840 This is actually a slight inaccuracy, it seems Queen A7 might be more to the point and just hold the 09:41.840 --> 09:42.710 full here. 09:43.670 --> 09:44.630 This should be equal. 09:44.630 --> 09:46.310 But Rook asked. 09:47.060 --> 09:48.800 Rook have one and now the wrong rook. 09:48.830 --> 09:50.360 The case of the wrong rook. 09:50.390 --> 09:52.700 If the other rook had been used here. 09:53.480 --> 09:59.090 It seems black's keeping some pressure in White's camp, which keeps white at bay. 09:59.090 --> 10:05.120 For example, Rook be one queen C ain't Queen D two. 10:05.150 --> 10:11.450 This position is going to be difficult to get an advantage. 10:11.450 --> 10:18.350 This position check Rook takes a fall and you know what is the problem with Black's position? 10:18.350 --> 10:22.370 White does have the bishop hair, but black has an extra pawn. 10:22.370 --> 10:26.420 It's kind of solid fortress style position. 10:28.010 --> 10:29.720 It is solid enough anyway. 10:29.930 --> 10:37.850 If we look at this again, if Bishop B one is tried to get onto this diagonal with Bishop A2, then 10:37.850 --> 10:40.730 Queen C six as an example, there's always Roxie two. 10:40.760 --> 10:43.010 It's not that dangerous, it seems. 10:43.310 --> 10:46.830 And then, for example, here Bishop takes queen takes. 10:47.360 --> 10:47.670 Yeah. 10:47.690 --> 10:49.850 The dangers of mostly gone. 10:50.000 --> 10:56.900 It is scary with Rook takes E8 as a threat for Queen G seven, but F6 and White has enough dynamic play 10:56.900 --> 10:57.080 here. 10:57.080 --> 11:00.980 Funny enough to be even two pawns down. 11:00.980 --> 11:04.550 It's crazy possession, but there's a dynamic quality here. 11:04.580 --> 11:09.080 One can get a pull back is definitely equal now but this wrong rook. 11:09.080 --> 11:14.330 So why is this a wrong Rook is a bit of a free hand for y can do rook b one. 11:16.290 --> 11:17.310 Is played. 11:18.360 --> 11:20.390 If Bishop be one trying to get on to this thing. 11:20.610 --> 11:30.150 Yeah, this isn't great because Queen A7 and here if Bishop A2 this rook c to Bishop d5 rook takes after 11:30.150 --> 11:31.650 this is only going to be equal. 11:32.760 --> 11:44.340 So anyway, rook B one we have Queen c6 a5 so that does safeguard that pawn and also marks out B6 and 11:44.340 --> 11:46.710 we see a huge mistake. 11:47.430 --> 11:51.450 All of a sudden the house cat is not a house cat anymore. 11:51.690 --> 11:56.430 After 95, this interferes with the C4 square. 12:00.260 --> 12:08.570 If Black had played rookie seven keeping control of C4, let's say rugby six, this can lead to an advantage 12:08.570 --> 12:09.380 for whites. 12:10.670 --> 12:16.220 Whites hitting the rook there, blacks countering JI to this position. 12:16.220 --> 12:17.870 White's better here. 12:18.050 --> 12:18.890 White is better. 12:18.890 --> 12:21.320 Anyway, there's play on both sides of the board. 12:21.680 --> 12:24.260 Interesting stuff, but it is better for white. 12:25.580 --> 12:26.450 So. 12:27.660 --> 12:30.180 If we look if we look at that again instead of. 12:32.200 --> 12:33.580 95 there. 12:39.780 --> 12:42.150 So yeah, these stories are interesting. 12:44.290 --> 12:46.270 So I pull to make rookie seven. 12:46.270 --> 12:50.320 We said Rook be six using that hook, Bishop takes a six. 12:50.410 --> 13:01.960 Now if we go back here, if also instead of Be6 if King H won, this is also a situation where it's 13:01.960 --> 13:05.290 kind of interesting to consider with the bishop pair. 13:05.350 --> 13:07.000 So fascinating stuff. 13:07.000 --> 13:08.860 What ends up with advantage here? 13:09.130 --> 13:09.520 Yeah. 13:09.550 --> 13:11.380 Play on both sides of the ball this past pawn. 13:11.380 --> 13:12.620 It can be significant. 13:12.640 --> 13:20.080 So anyway in the game though with 95, why now is on this diagonal of death. 13:20.080 --> 13:24.820 This F7 issue emerges with great clarity. 13:24.820 --> 13:32.710 All of a sudden Bishop C four blacks had it all of a sudden move fairly free. 13:35.520 --> 13:37.050 Queen D seven destroyed. 13:37.290 --> 13:46.950 If Knight takes E for Bishop, takes F seven shank King, and there's Queen D for care and then Rook 13:46.950 --> 13:48.930 takes F six is devastating. 13:50.220 --> 13:54.030 If Queen takes E4, there's Bishop takes F seven shank. 13:54.600 --> 13:56.460 And here, what would you play? 13:57.120 --> 13:58.470 There's a crusher here. 13:59.640 --> 14:00.930 A clearance crusher. 14:01.650 --> 14:08.640 Bishop e sinks bolt Only if you found this ten points with tempo Link takes those Queen F eight mating. 14:09.690 --> 14:10.530 Ouch. 14:12.690 --> 14:13.800 And if Ruthie. 14:13.990 --> 14:15.330 Yeah, we just might. 14:15.450 --> 14:21.990 So if 96 Bishop takes e six and then Queen F eight, mate. 14:22.860 --> 14:24.330 So this is very painful stuff. 14:24.330 --> 14:28.590 Queen D seven trying to defend the life of the F seven pawn. 14:28.860 --> 14:32.610 But now to amplify the bishop, what do we need? 14:32.640 --> 14:33.690 We need the battery. 14:33.690 --> 14:34.230 Right. 14:34.260 --> 14:35.730 How do we get the battery? 14:38.150 --> 14:38.880 Queen a two. 14:38.930 --> 14:44.030 Thanks to that square vacation from earlier, Queen two crushing. 14:46.010 --> 14:48.160 Blank tries nine times e four. 14:48.230 --> 14:51.740 If 96 we just take 26. 14:51.740 --> 14:54.200 And here we've got classic make pattern again. 14:55.520 --> 15:01.850 So nine takes EA four and now ALEKHINE. 15:01.880 --> 15:04.400 How does he take on F seven you think. 15:09.680 --> 15:11.690 Yeah, he plays actually, Rook takes F seven. 15:11.690 --> 15:15.050 So this carries the France of Rook fight, mate. 15:15.320 --> 15:16.490 Double check, mate. 15:17.060 --> 15:17.930 So, Queen. 15:17.930 --> 15:19.050 Thanks, Bishop. 15:19.070 --> 15:20.780 Thanks, Rook. 15:20.780 --> 15:21.230 Thanks. 15:21.230 --> 15:25.920 But now there's a weakness of the last move, and the car has been neglected. 15:25.940 --> 15:29.510 That's an unprotected piece from here. 15:30.470 --> 15:31.190 So guess what? 15:31.220 --> 15:32.010 White Plains. 15:32.030 --> 15:32.630 Yeah. 15:33.410 --> 15:35.960 Queenie, Sphinx and the game. 15:36.890 --> 15:41.240 If Knights fall to f6 Queen St, she ain't. 15:41.990 --> 15:47.660 If rugby ain't even stronger than Queen takes E4, we can actually play rugby seven. 15:48.290 --> 15:51.860 What does Black do here to defend that? 15:52.250 --> 15:53.050 It's hopeless. 15:53.060 --> 15:55.360 This is just lost shedding material. 15:55.370 --> 15:56.000 It's just. 15:56.000 --> 15:58.670 It's hopeless that's going to be made it. 15:58.670 --> 16:01.010 So a funny game. 16:01.040 --> 16:07.070 Very interesting dynamic possibilities in all the pairs and. 16:08.190 --> 16:14.760 It does seem, you know, the royal has bishop basically if it can be liberated and become an attacking 16:14.760 --> 16:20.550 weapon, if seven and eight seven plans, I've seen a lot of royal palace games with basically the royal 16:20.610 --> 16:23.050 palace bishop being the hero by here. 16:23.050 --> 16:23.280 Yeah. 16:23.310 --> 16:28.710 Early from the opening if you notice that from the opening stage why did get the light squared bishop 16:28.710 --> 16:30.330 in effect without a counterpart. 16:30.540 --> 16:35.460 So we're just saying that's basically another killer application, this diagonal of death, the default 16:35.610 --> 16:37.860 diagonal death here. 16:38.160 --> 16:41.340 It just seems like this cat was house. 16:43.080 --> 16:49.070 Okay, I hope you're a fan of cats, but it was a housebound cat and there was just one, you know, 16:49.170 --> 16:54.660 one or two slip ups from black, the wrong rook going backwards. 16:55.170 --> 16:58.890 I mean, at this moment in time, who would have dreamt the diagonal? 16:58.890 --> 17:00.180 Is that dangerous? 17:01.140 --> 17:04.120 But yes, Bang! 17:04.140 --> 17:05.490 Bishop C4. 17:07.170 --> 17:13.680 And it works very well with the plan of efforts and takes scrutiny on F seven and also even this plan 17:13.680 --> 17:14.550 of A4 A5. 17:14.550 --> 17:21.340 It's all kind of necessary stuff to bring resources to bear on F seven later if A2 is vacated. 17:21.360 --> 17:26.280 So yes, there's a whole lot of connections around the position here. 17:27.510 --> 17:33.990 So to think about for our own royal of has games for this basic kind of default plan, the diagonal 17:33.990 --> 17:40.410 def plan if we're going to use F seven, this is a remarkable game example in my view. 17:40.560 --> 17:41.340 Fun stuff. 17:41.340 --> 17:45.180 I hope you enjoyed this and got some instructive points and so much.