Hi there.
In this lecture, Alexander Alekhine is playing against Milan Vidmar in 1911, caused by too much round
one we see E4 from Alekhine e59239669339 ten six.
So the full Knights now here Bishop b five is played.
I quite like G three which is the system.
Grandmaster Gleich later had some really good games with G4 and I've recommended this in my Kings engine
attack course and if we check most databases like Li Chess, they have 35% win rate for white with JI
free and that's over quite a number of games, actually over 1700 games compared to Bishop B5, which
is more trendy.
Sure, over 5500 games.
But the win rate goes down.
I mean, this is just statistical information though, so the win rate goes down to 29%.
So the system, I believe, is a lot of fun, actually.
So, for example, Bishop C5, you might think, well, blacks classically placed, we can play h free
head, stop the pen and play it like a king's engine attack.
So there's a kind of ready made plan of laser perhaps advancing on the kingside.
But anyway, in the game Bishop B5 is played.
We have Bishop before both sides.
Castle Now Bishop takes C six is head B tanks.
So Knight takes E5 black sacks that pawn but is hoping to get it back.
Queenie eight We have knight G4 here Knight D free isn't entirely dull because there's opposite kind
of bishops, which becomes a feature of the game anyway, and black gets the pawn back here.
But this position is actually slightly better for White's overall, but in the game Knight G4 is another
interesting move.
We have Knight takes E4, so there's a very interesting point made by Alekhine in this position.
Can you see what it is for 100 points?
Okay.
Very interesting point made.
Check will check is 1986.
Check.
Now King H.A. is played.
If G takes there is Queen G for check and then Queen takes E for this position.
Let's imagine this position.
It is actually a small edge for wings, but maybe that's the safe route for blank's play.
But Black played King H and we have a very interesting situation.
Rookie 1d5, the three and now Queen E5.
This is a creative move, but maybe not so good as what could have been played.
It's still in a pin that night Night.
Take C free hits.
The queen hair.
And.
The thing is, the bishop's on before, right?
So this is made possible.
So Rook takes it.
Let's say there's 1961 because the bishops won't be for holding a fight.
And if Knight takes seven checking G8, this position just ends up winning for black.
If we go back here and say B B tank, C three Bishop e seven is possible.
Queen A3, Bishop E six point only has a small edge.
So that basically is an option for Black Knight.
Take C three, which wasn't used.
And there's another possibility I just want to mention here.
So here of the 12 B tank C frame, Bishop E seven, Queen F3.
So I mentioned Bishop E six.
If G tanks H six hand, you might wonder what why isn't Black doing this?
The thing is, there's Queen E three in this position, which is really cute.
So the bishop can't move without giving the pace back.
Bishop e Sex doesn't quite work because Queenie five shank.
Now, if King G is played, there's Bishop takes H six.
Even though Wayne's the bishop down, the bishop has got back because black has to play f6, giving
the Bishop back with the advantage for white.
So yes, on Queen E five check f6 if it was played that f6 instead.
This is still going to be okay for white.
It's going to be pleasant for white.
So yeah, funny stuff.
But Knight thank scifri.
Yeah, it does seem like the whites go.
But Queenie five his play.
We get a very interesting position now.
Detox e for default.
If G takes then E tanks D5 hitting the Queen.
And this position is actually a very good tactical move here.
Can you see what that is for?
Five points?
Yeah.
There's bishop saying each sex looking at the rook.
If queen sex there's Queen Dee for Jack and I'm taking out this B4 with advantage for wine.
So anyway D4 was played and we have a very cute move which.
Does create an advantage for white.
Can you see what that is?
Is quite subtle stuff.
Okay.
The cute move is actually a free.
It's trying to unpin.
Here we have details.
See free.
If g takes then eighteenths D tanks.
There's actually in this position we have opposite kind of bishops, which can be really painful for
both sides, but especially for black, because it's more opened up on those dark squares.
There's more access routes to the king.
Guess what White has as a resource here?
Key resource.
If you were white.
So both sides have got extreme imbalances against each other, but we are facilitated with this structural
damage here.
We can play Bishop free with the bishop before if C takes Bishop D form.
Yeah, we're going to be just winning here.
The Queen if.
Bishop a5 is played b4 Bishop B6.
We can grab that bishop with 94 and again blacks humming their own dot squares.
We can play this position and we're looking forward to a nice edge.
So for example here we're looking forward to taking out B6.
And then I move like to see Fred's actually good against the pin and yeah, this is just going to be
favorable for Waynes.
So OC D takes his plate here.
It hangs.
There was an alternative based on tactics.
In this position.
Which is actually nine takes of seven rogue tanks and not queen.
Because there's eight but eight hikes here.
So this pool is immune that this move order could have been used if Queen f6 just rook have one.
As possible protecting F two.
This is a funny situation.
So Queen X was looking at F two about C texts.
We can just take here immunity because of Queen.
There's a penalty, Queenie.
Seven Rook five is better for white, but also even better if black tanks.
Then there's a weakness of the last move.
We could play queen with the classic back row, mate.
So.
Okay, so anyway, eight takes was played this move order C text and we get nine text F seven here.
So in this position, Rook B one was also alternate B types.
97 check can be played in this particular move order with Queen J mating so blank would have to be careful
in this situation.
So anyway, so in this situation with Rook takes up seven.
That's impossible.
Okay, let's go back to the game.
So in the game C takes B to nine times F seven check, King G eight is played and now Rook B one.
So we reach a situation here where there's going to be opposite kind of bishops.
And, you know, usually those are drawn on the King's Cross.
Yes, In the middle game, though, there are extreme imbalances.
If there's a king safety issue that comes out, it's like really good attacking weapon quite often to
have obviously killed the bishops.
And there has been some damage to the king here for black's king.
Well, it could have also by the way, played neat takes E5.
If B takes A1, this position is better for one of the Queen D five.
This is an advantage for White as well.
It's a bit tricky maybe, but overall it's better for one, but b one.
We have rook tanks F seven.
If B tanks C one.
Here Cleaning knight takes E5 Queen tanks one.
This position is better for white as well.
These end game transitions because of chipping out that pawn structural damage over here.
They're likely usually to be better for one.
This is better for white.
This position.
This component is significantly better for wine.
So anyway, Rook takes f7 was blind and now.
Yeah, the bank, you know, bank a bit vulnerable.
Bishop takes B2.
We have Queen G five.
We have Queen Bee free now.
So this gold's actually any Bishop H free stuff as well.
So Queen D, Frank, Bishop E, Bishop Defoe.
Now, this is a fantastic position actually, for the Bishop looking in both directions.
Fantastic position, Rook the Queen e free on pinning and offering the exchange of Queen's blank refuses
Queen B five.
If Queen takes e free, Bishop takes E free.
This scenario in the endgame is actually quite nice for whites, for example, here.
So this is quite nice for one hand.
So Bishop takes a seven, was played on Queen B5.
So Queen B five, Bishop takes 87.
Queen A4 C three.
That's good enough.
Bishop C for Bishop D for white is significantly better here.
The structural damage over here, the fine bishop looking at G seven, we have Rook eight, Queen D
two.
And this is a very good move.
I mean, it's a central move.
It has some flexibility as we're about to see.
h6h3, Queen B five and now tries to get this A4 rook one rook free was also plausible if Queen G five.
Queen C one Queen A4 Rook G frame is going to be good pointing at G seven.
That would be the point of that looking at G seven.
This position is nice for once, but okay.
Rook a1 We have rook for Queen C two rotates A1.
Bishop So Rook takes A1 and now Bishop D3.
This has a weakness of the last move.
It's weakened A2 And in fact, first there's Rook eight check now King H seven.
If Rook have eight, Queen A2, check Quincy for rook tanks F eight.
This position with King tanks f8 Queen eight.
Check King f7.
There's actually a fine resource here showing the power of this.
Bishop White's so dangerous.
The opposite of bishops, especially when there's a king safety issue, we can play for ten points.
What would you play?
Yeah.
Queen H eight.
Blank spaces would have difficulty defending here.
This is just a very big advantage for for white.
So anyway, King seven is played here.
And we have now Queen A2.
That's a nifty move.
Queen H five Protecting the rook like that.
Queen.
E-6 And this is so dangerous for blacks.
KING Now, we have.
ROOK Sorry, we have.
BISHOP Have fun.
This is a very cheeky move, trampy move.
It's bypassed.
I mean, it's just ignored with Rook.
A5 If King takes, then that would be a blunder.
Queen D one check blunder and half So Rook five is played.
Queen D one, King H two.
And this is just terrible for black.
The King.
The King has had it here.
Actually.
This is a desperate move.
Bishop Thanks, G2.
The thing is, if Rook have a how would you win this?
Can you see a way of winning this?
Yeah.
Queen E seven wrote in here.
What would you play?
I mean, we're basically playing with an extra piece here with that Bishop gunning G7.
But how do we actually make use of it?
There's a phenomenal move here.
Very instructive in my view.
Yeah, we can play Queen F seven, it looks like.
Well, what's the point of that?
The point is Queen F seven to nudge the king away from G six.
If we can get into G six, it's going to be game over.
Sorry.
Bishop B five, Queen F five, check.
And this is decisive.
If G six were mating of Queen of seven shank.
And the other point is, if instead King H eight.
Yes, we get into G six with a killer threat of queen thanks h six check and also because all rooks
on a five, you know, it's pretty hopeless, actually.
So Queen E two, queen size H six is main.
Queen C one we complain.
Bishop Thanks.
G seven Chang Rogue Rook eight.
And then that's going to be mating with Queen.
So you can see how dangerous it is.
And it's opposite of Bishop's Knights.
So this, this move is just a losing move, I mean, in a lost position.
King takes his blade, Queen F Jack and the Bishop because it's on D4.
It's.
Yeah, it's handling F two.
Rook F we have Rook Ain't black.
Could have just resigned.
Rook have seven Queen G for Queen D three.
And now Black resigns after Rook eight trying to drag the rook away from G seven.
If Rook D seven Queen f5g68 is checkmate.
So yes, I thought this was an interesting game example with the opposite kind of bishops out of the
opening and slight damage around Black's king, which amplifies even more that extreme imbalance that
White has that bishop without the counterpart in this part of the game.
So 9 seconds have seven cute stuff doing a bit of damage there and yeah, it's surprisingly tricky for
Black.
So White's plan of getting a central bishop and getting attacking opportunities later, it was just
absolutely quite convincing, especially because the Queen stayed on the board.
That favors the attacker quite often.
So yeah, it's a rich position, but quite tricky for black to actually hold this position.
So fascinating stuff.
And the queen started seizing control of things.
And once, you know, he had control of the A4, this position starts to get really, really tricky.
This is just, you know, Black's kind of in a paralyzed state here, actually.
And also, by the way, there are little tricks hand going on if Queen G6 because the Rooks on eight,
what would you play here?
His little trick ain't.
So it shows the difficulty of Black's position.
What does Black actually do here?
Yeah, it's it's just very, very tricky in this position.
So, yeah, if the rook moves off, there's.
There's a bigger type of queen she ain't check if the move somewhere.
Yeah.
So this is, you know Rook five.
Is bypassing blacks trap and just an absolutely winning position here off the cutting edge to.
As we say.
So yeah, it's so powerful.
The bishops basically both sides have bishops of our counterpart, which is representing an extreme
imbalance, representing a big advantage in that particular domain of the dark squares here, because
black has already suffered missing a key pawn around the king.
Black's king is weaker than usual.
And these tactics, these combinations are quite interesting.
What results?
OC Have you enjoyed that say much?