WEBVTT 00:00.930 --> 00:01.660 Hi there. 00:01.890 --> 00:04.650 In this lecture, we see an absolutely iconic game. 00:04.650 --> 00:06.450 Mikhail Botvinnik against Jose. 00:06.450 --> 00:07.830 Raul Capablanca. 00:08.340 --> 00:10.590 So two world champions meet. 00:11.340 --> 00:16.740 So Mikhail Botvinnik, representing the younger generation to the likes of Capablanca and Alekhine in 00:16.740 --> 00:17.440 this tournament. 00:17.460 --> 00:28.470 So 1938 Avro Tournament round 11 d4 from Botvinnik Capablanca plays nine six c4 e6 nine C4 allowing 00:28.470 --> 00:30.090 the Nimzowitsch Indian defense. 00:30.570 --> 00:41.460 We have the Rubinstein duration e3 d5 and now botvinnik place a frame not minding the double pawns. 00:41.460 --> 00:47.400 Botvinnik has been experimenting around this time with double pawns in openings and seeing the dynamic 00:47.400 --> 00:48.960 compensation aspects. 00:49.170 --> 00:55.830 Here we do have a bishop, which could be a very dangerous weapon later and without a counterpart. 00:56.220 --> 01:02.340 This is certainly, in my view, an attacking ingredient which the attacking player should cherish and 01:02.340 --> 01:04.560 try and celebrate later in their games. 01:04.650 --> 01:10.190 If this extreme imbalance, as I like to call it, emerges from the opening. 01:10.200 --> 01:15.020 So the extreme imbalance, the extreme difference in your favor, they should be examined. 01:15.030 --> 01:17.880 It might be a bishop like this or it might be something else. 01:18.300 --> 01:24.720 So those extremes are great ingredients for attacking potential to be translated potentially into a 01:24.720 --> 01:27.180 strong attack against the king we have. 01:27.210 --> 01:28.140 C five. 01:29.790 --> 01:30.450 C thanks. 01:30.450 --> 01:31.290 D five. 01:31.290 --> 01:36.540 E, 65 Bishop D three black consoles and now 92. 01:37.540 --> 01:44.740 We see big sinks, which tries to exchange off what seems to be the better bishop of whites to try and 01:44.740 --> 01:47.050 reduce attacking potential, perhaps. 01:47.920 --> 01:50.170 We see whites constantly not minding bishop. 01:50.170 --> 01:58.150 A6 bishop takes 869986 and now a kind of strange looking move. 01:58.360 --> 02:03.210 In some respects Bishop B2, it does add solidity to the centre. 02:03.220 --> 02:07.510 It seems to be voluntarily looking in imprisoning the bishop. 02:08.590 --> 02:18.970 If Queen de France had this position, one could consider D.S. C5 with the idea of C4 and maybe later 02:18.970 --> 02:21.430 the bishop gets to use the diagonal. 02:21.520 --> 02:24.520 That was an alternative, but Bishop beats her. 02:24.550 --> 02:25.930 We have Queen D7. 02:26.320 --> 02:31.150 Perhaps Black can actually play C4 here. 02:31.240 --> 02:37.120 Generally, it's a bad idea to release the tension in the centre, but here if we look at this where 02:37.120 --> 02:45.520 rookie eight black could actually lock down the E4 square to a large extent to make sure F3 is not possible 02:45.820 --> 02:54.970 and say Bishop c C1 rookie thinks A3 here, even if F3 occurs because of Bishop C1 retreat supporting 02:54.970 --> 02:55.390 E3. 02:55.420 --> 03:00.460 This position is actually just equal to follow this a bit more. 03:00.490 --> 03:09.040 Say G6 Black could reduce the tension with A5 and get a blockade position where it should be about even. 03:11.680 --> 03:14.200 So that's an interesting way of playing it. 03:14.200 --> 03:22.630 C4 immediately we have Queen D7 though here A4 Rook have eight queen D3 prompting C4 with tempo. 03:22.900 --> 03:27.400 Capablanca obliges her queen C two but now might be eight. 03:27.400 --> 03:29.830 Perhaps a little bit more accurate. 03:31.160 --> 03:33.680 Would have been age five. 03:34.460 --> 03:38.540 Which this way it's not g free because of the kicking of the knight. 03:39.710 --> 03:44.270 Because Knight Geoffrey could be useful for an F4 laser and say Knight F4. 03:44.330 --> 03:47.930 This position should be about equal. 03:48.770 --> 03:58.400 Even if we get this kind of position once building up, whereas the E4, it's still about even black 03:58.400 --> 04:00.440 has a decent enough position here. 04:00.680 --> 04:07.250 So anyway, might be eight and we have Rook A1, C six knight G phrase. 04:07.260 --> 04:10.610 So there's this build up for expansion in the sensor. 04:10.940 --> 04:19.490 With F4 in E4 we have Knight A5 F3 might be free, so black is going after this pawn. 04:19.490 --> 04:23.360 So it's kind of queen in Siberia attacking gradient actually. 04:23.630 --> 04:24.920 So watch out for this. 04:24.920 --> 04:31.100 If there's a pawn, you can use this kind of reduce the defensive potential of pieces around the king. 04:31.610 --> 04:37.760 This is very interesting, especially because this knight can be potentially kicks on f6 so the pawn 04:37.760 --> 04:44.120 is given up E5 D7 Now the endgames are far away. 04:44.120 --> 04:50.420 Sure, Black has a passport, but we have the middle game in between Queen F2 now. 04:52.000 --> 04:52.900 Is played. 04:53.530 --> 05:01.330 This safeguards actually the queen away from some tactics like night C-5, which would hit the queen 05:02.020 --> 05:02.980 and 93. 05:02.980 --> 05:06.940 So that's a safeguard move tactically as well as other things. 05:07.090 --> 05:10.150 It means also A4 A5 is looking dangerous. 05:10.660 --> 05:15.460 G6 A4 and now F. 05:16.930 --> 05:20.830 So this looks to be shutting down the attack or is it? 05:21.520 --> 05:22.750 We have eight tanks. 05:22.750 --> 05:26.350 F six night tanks, F six, F five. 05:26.350 --> 05:31.330 And Flanker is trying to simplify one of his favourite strategies when he feels he has an advantage 05:31.510 --> 05:32.800 to try and simplify. 05:33.010 --> 05:36.620 However, it's not that easy here. 05:36.770 --> 05:41.740 White puts a spanner in the simplification works here. 05:41.800 --> 05:42.940 To say the least. 05:45.110 --> 05:48.410 So what is that spanner in the works, you think? 05:52.120 --> 05:53.100 At some points. 05:53.490 --> 05:56.010 You know what puts a spanner in the works for rookie six. 05:56.010 --> 06:02.610 So this gives more pressure on F6 so that's actually taken leaving a dangerous pawn now. 06:03.840 --> 06:11.300 And also if we look at this, there's a kind of backward pawn on D5 and I know this pawn as well as 06:11.340 --> 06:14.940 is not protected by any other pawn, but this could be a liability as well. 06:14.940 --> 06:16.140 Bear that in mind. 06:17.100 --> 06:22.680 King G7, we have Queen F4 and actually this has a very concrete threat to it. 06:23.550 --> 06:24.790 Let me test you. 06:24.810 --> 06:27.870 If 85 this wasn't played, what would you play here for? 06:27.870 --> 06:28.770 Ten points. 06:31.010 --> 06:31.280 Yeah. 06:31.310 --> 06:33.170 9 to 5 check is dangerous. 06:34.830 --> 06:40.020 And then, for example, here G tanks, Queen G five, taking on F six. 06:41.500 --> 06:42.970 And how would we finish her? 06:43.150 --> 06:43.690 We could. 06:43.690 --> 06:46.140 We could finish this position with that pawn and the queen. 06:46.990 --> 06:49.210 But how the queen controls these seven. 06:50.420 --> 06:51.020 For ten points. 06:51.020 --> 06:52.220 What would you play here? 06:54.090 --> 06:54.320 Yeah. 06:54.330 --> 06:56.210 Bishop, are you free with the friends of Queen? 06:56.220 --> 07:01.080 If I chat mating and if taking that neglects 87. 07:01.350 --> 07:03.600 So we tap into that neglect and chat, mate. 07:05.640 --> 07:11.340 So Queen A4 has that France so Queen Queen A4 has that France. 07:11.580 --> 07:13.590 So Queen E eight is played. 07:15.300 --> 07:17.010 This gives a defensive resource. 07:17.010 --> 07:21.900 Now this is not working now, not at five but Queen E5 is played. 07:23.040 --> 07:25.920 Yeah if have five check now. 07:26.940 --> 07:27.750 G Thanks. 07:27.750 --> 07:32.010 There's a big difference between G six winning from like so. 07:32.790 --> 07:33.690 Okay. 07:33.750 --> 07:35.640 But the point is pinned. 07:37.440 --> 07:40.530 There might even be a more accurate way of playing this. 07:40.620 --> 07:44.280 In fact, just for the record, Queen seven check. 07:47.020 --> 07:49.060 And this position. 07:52.920 --> 07:54.000 Is interesting. 07:54.000 --> 07:57.690 So if the if the queen goes here. 07:58.950 --> 08:01.380 Bishop 84, is strong with the idea of queen sex. 08:01.560 --> 08:06.750 Sex and that strong -- with the Queen is a great theme there. 08:07.440 --> 08:15.210 So this position is very dangerous because defined is loose and here. 08:17.000 --> 08:18.170 Once getting in. 08:20.410 --> 08:21.640 A very powerful. 08:24.030 --> 08:25.530 Position for the attack. 08:25.680 --> 08:32.190 So this position of a joint comes to D5 that's going to either lose the Queen or get mated soon. 08:32.580 --> 08:38.370 So yeah, there's fascinating variations here, but Queen E5 was played immediately, which is still 08:38.370 --> 08:39.300 very strong. 08:39.570 --> 08:40.800 Queenie seven. 08:43.240 --> 08:49.180 So what was like French thing if Queen and seven wasn't played, if only five in this position? 08:51.700 --> 08:55.720 95 check is not working because of that Queen G6 resource. 08:56.140 --> 09:02.380 So why has though a strong move in Bishop 83 restricting the Queen? 09:02.380 --> 09:08.590 Has that bishops really been useful in the middle game before this a pawn wins for black and say for 09:08.620 --> 09:09.700 this is just an example. 09:09.700 --> 09:16.720 Queen C seven check and Bishop E seven is very strong here I'll show you why in this position. 09:17.200 --> 09:19.180 Why is this good for whites? 09:19.390 --> 09:22.360 It's a bit of a tell of the unexpected in my view. 09:22.990 --> 09:24.670 This is a first thing variation. 09:24.670 --> 09:27.550 Bishop takes F six check, Queenie. 09:27.550 --> 09:28.540 Five check. 09:28.780 --> 09:33.340 And guess what the key move is here, which is absolutely crushing black. 09:34.930 --> 09:36.880 You might find this very surprising. 09:40.150 --> 09:41.020 Teamwork. 09:41.260 --> 09:43.390 We can't just work with the Queen. 09:45.090 --> 09:52.500 This noit seems useless to contribute anything on its current square, but if it moves to e to all of 09:52.500 --> 09:57.420 a sudden this big fat is better than any a -- advance. 09:58.620 --> 10:00.960 So say Queen f8 94. 10:00.990 --> 10:03.870 Yeah, we're going to hit D five and queen. 10:03.920 --> 10:05.370 Yeah, it's just too quick. 10:05.580 --> 10:07.590 This whole attack is just too quick. 10:08.190 --> 10:09.630 After 92. 10:11.470 --> 10:13.690 Yeah, this is this is an incredible variation. 10:13.690 --> 10:21.450 So I find Bishop is very strong with those ideas of taking out the knight, which weakens D5. 10:21.460 --> 10:29.320 If we look at this in slow motion again we can D5 and we come back to win D5 in style after and this 10:29.320 --> 10:31.960 annoyance kind of can't really parry this knight. 10:31.960 --> 10:33.250 It's an awkward spot. 10:33.250 --> 10:37.390 So yeah, this is just a very, very strong attacking idea that exists. 10:37.390 --> 10:43.390 But in the game Queen A7 was played, so that seems to prevent Bishop A3 Right? 10:44.980 --> 10:52.570 So for 500 points, guess what Mikhail Botvinnik plays and why especially why so weakness of the last 10:52.570 --> 10:53.230 move. 10:53.260 --> 10:57.370 The Queen is not kind of looking at G6 anymore. 10:58.310 --> 10:59.590 That's a bit of a clue. 11:02.330 --> 11:03.050 Maybe. 11:04.430 --> 11:05.710 Or maybe it's a misleading clue. 11:05.720 --> 11:13.460 Anyway, so this totally iconic move, which has been celebrated hugely in this game and its amount 11:13.460 --> 11:20.240 to reveal its bishop, a free you can just say so experienced players bishop a free game of they'll 11:20.240 --> 11:22.460 know this game generally. 11:23.780 --> 11:26.780 So it's amazing Bishop a free hair is absolutely amazing. 11:27.710 --> 11:34.700 So at one point to point out if if the Bishop sack isn't accepted, this mechanism is really cool of 11:34.700 --> 11:35.800 weakening D5. 11:35.810 --> 11:38.990 We played Bishop E7 and it still holds. 11:38.990 --> 11:46.470 Here we play Queen E5 Check and we still get this other guy on Knight here in four. 11:47.520 --> 11:51.750 It's just very, very strong, this position for one. 11:51.770 --> 11:57.400 So anyway, the Bishop sacrifice though, is accepted after Bishop A3 So what is the point here? 11:57.410 --> 11:59.150 What is the point of giving up this Bishop? 11:59.180 --> 12:02.420 Not only that, it looks as though Black's looking forward to some checks. 12:02.690 --> 12:04.980 So is this poem really enough? 12:05.000 --> 12:06.440 What is going on here? 12:08.530 --> 12:09.820 Whites play for 100 points. 12:09.820 --> 12:10.750 What would you play here? 12:13.510 --> 12:15.370 Och, Lloyd's age. 12:15.370 --> 12:16.270 Five check. 12:19.150 --> 12:20.290 So G takes his plate. 12:20.290 --> 12:27.790 If the offer is refused nine times have sex and this is going to be good for white hair, even though 12:27.790 --> 12:29.740 it looks like a strange king walk. 12:30.430 --> 12:37.780 The thing is, the point here is if Queen takes the fortune, what would you play with White? 12:42.390 --> 12:43.290 Be careful. 12:45.810 --> 12:48.660 You have to play nine G for Shaq here for the win. 12:51.560 --> 12:53.450 And the queen will give herself up. 12:53.870 --> 12:54.990 And this is just winning. 12:55.010 --> 12:55.940 This is absolutely winning. 12:56.270 --> 12:56.740 Amazing. 12:56.750 --> 13:03.300 The thing is, if you play Queen takes D4 thinking that the pawns going to queen. 13:03.320 --> 13:08.770 Unfortunately, there's a cold shower here at five track and then 9/10 E seven. 13:08.780 --> 13:09.170 So. 13:09.170 --> 13:09.590 Yes. 13:09.590 --> 13:10.310 Okay. 13:10.340 --> 13:11.180 Anyway. 13:13.580 --> 13:20.960 That variation is fascinating is winning for one with careful play with King H sex. 13:21.230 --> 13:26.510 So g takes was played and we have Queen G five Czech Cafe queen. 13:26.510 --> 13:31.010 Thanks F thanks Czech King G and now E seven. 13:31.010 --> 13:37.370 If the king had gone to E eight, we just play Queen F seven, Queen D seven and checkmate. 13:37.400 --> 13:42.770 So King G eight and now E seven with the big frats of either cleaning. 13:44.730 --> 13:47.370 Or queen of fight, mate. 13:49.660 --> 13:55.020 Okay, so black tries Queen C one, king after Queen C two, check. 13:56.070 --> 13:57.000 Now, this is interesting. 13:57.000 --> 13:57.900 This is really interesting. 13:57.900 --> 14:06.360 These checks actually if Queen D to check instead, Queen site C for King H for Queen E, one king takes 14:06.390 --> 14:07.890 H five has to be played. 14:08.190 --> 14:12.540 Has to be played because if G three this is a draw. 14:12.570 --> 14:19.400 Black has these checks here which are difficult to escape because here I could just do that and win. 14:19.410 --> 14:21.330 So that's out of the question. 14:21.780 --> 14:24.480 And King h5 is this perpetual check time 14:27.360 --> 14:29.220 on even nine takes here. 14:29.970 --> 14:31.720 This is going to be a perpetual check one. 14:31.740 --> 14:33.330 It's going to force the perpetual check. 14:33.510 --> 14:37.680 So Geoffrey just draws in this line, but King takes H five. 14:37.710 --> 14:40.440 Check, check G three. 14:40.440 --> 14:42.960 Check G for H five. 14:42.960 --> 14:45.900 But now this is just winning off the King sites. 14:47.010 --> 14:47.940 H y Black is right. 14:48.060 --> 14:48.600 Queen. 14:49.350 --> 14:51.570 Thank you for writing. 14:51.690 --> 14:57.540 Potentially, but this position is absolutely winning off the Queen G6 check. 14:58.410 --> 15:01.980 Funnily enough, the pawn queen's now in this line safely. 15:03.170 --> 15:04.820 So fun stuff on. 15:05.980 --> 15:08.350 Queen D to kick butt in the game. 15:08.350 --> 15:10.300 Queen C to check was blind. 15:12.140 --> 15:16.010 King, Great queen de freaking King for queen for change. 15:17.030 --> 15:18.470 King takes h five. 15:19.790 --> 15:26.360 King injury would ruin everything because of Queen G for Checkmates King G5 would also ruin everything 15:26.360 --> 15:28.160 because of these checks. 15:28.160 --> 15:35.240 Again, being annoying, by the way, its plan is to take out the H five pawn check king H for Queen 15:35.240 --> 15:39.170 E for shank, G for Queen E one, check King H five. 15:39.170 --> 15:40.430 And the checks have run out. 15:40.880 --> 15:42.470 The game ended here. 15:43.970 --> 15:44.510 Yeah. 15:44.510 --> 15:47.300 The prince is actually immediately queen a think checkmate. 15:47.660 --> 15:53.240 So it's difficult to parry both of these is the queen stopping act. 15:53.240 --> 16:02.560 But queen of fight is the key thing so if h6 were the game we continue with H six Queen G six Jack E 16:02.930 --> 16:04.970 Queen and that's easily one. 16:05.420 --> 16:07.850 So yes, a very interesting game. 16:07.850 --> 16:13.190 We see the extreme imbalance of the dance square Bishop from the opening. 16:13.280 --> 16:14.900 Yeah, we have to pay attention. 16:14.900 --> 16:22.040 If we want to be solid attacking players, we need to have extreme imbalances which we might be able 16:22.040 --> 16:24.680 to make use of later bishop about counterpart. 16:24.680 --> 16:32.060 But there's also structurally a plan of expansion in the center which has interesting effects. 16:32.060 --> 16:38.270 The sacrifice of a pawn gave extra time for this whole attacking operation. 16:38.270 --> 16:44.720 Extra time was given granted and sidestepping things like 95 hair. 16:44.960 --> 16:48.520 So this looks like a very menacing attack potential. 16:48.530 --> 16:57.320 If G6 hadn't been played, it still looks absolutely dangerous of F4, F5, F6 or F5 in Queen G3. 16:57.320 --> 16:59.780 That looks to be a lot of dangers lurking. 16:59.960 --> 17:04.640 So Capablanca was trying to shut things down and simplify. 17:04.670 --> 17:12.500 But yes, this pawn was very, very dangerous on E6 and this potential for Bishop A3. 17:12.500 --> 17:20.360 So even if Queen E7 wasn't played, we see amazing ideas of Bishop A and checks to get rid of F6 and 17:20.360 --> 17:25.130 weaken D5 and get this knight back in to help the Queen. 17:25.160 --> 17:26.210 Amazing concepts. 17:26.210 --> 17:32.720 But we have this very beautiful combination here with Bishop A3 highly celebrated combination. 17:32.720 --> 17:37.640 I hope you enjoyed this game, this iconic game as much as me and what it teaches. 17:38.270 --> 17:38.690 Okay. 17:38.780 --> 17:40.730 And highlights so much.