WEBVTT 00:01.500 --> 00:02.150 Hi there. 00:02.160 --> 00:06.390 In this lecture, we see an amazing game, one of the best of 2022. 00:06.510 --> 00:07.320 It's Wesley. 00:07.320 --> 00:10.260 So against Malcolm Krantz. 00:10.440 --> 00:12.120 So this is in the Olympiads. 00:12.120 --> 00:17.550 Wesley So playing E4, we have Ron's playing the con night. 00:17.550 --> 00:17.790 See? 00:17.790 --> 00:18.410 Freddy Fine. 00:18.480 --> 00:23.220 This was a favorite of Bobby Fischer, this variation, the 2/9 variation, and the reason why Wesley 00:23.220 --> 00:30.180 SA is playing this inspiration is to get the Bishop pair from the opening and he said as much in postgame 00:30.180 --> 00:30.540 interview. 00:30.540 --> 00:35.700 So it is actually from an engine point of view, also a nice little advantage from the opening. 00:35.970 --> 00:38.010 So this is a pleasant enough position we see. 00:38.040 --> 00:38.910 E6 Thanks Bishop. 00:38.920 --> 00:48.090 E2 So this Bishop pair is a great example of a classic advantage instances accumulation of advantages 00:48.090 --> 00:49.850 model accumulating the Bishop. 00:49.980 --> 00:51.210 It's an absolute classic. 00:51.240 --> 00:53.610 They look after each other, they're like a team. 00:53.970 --> 00:55.800 They're an example of complementary. 00:55.800 --> 01:00.660 If you have complementary in chess, like your pieces complement, your pawns are in harmony things 01:00.660 --> 01:05.310 In chess generally, you won't come from entries because you shows that your your pieces are working 01:05.310 --> 01:06.210 as a team. 01:06.210 --> 01:12.690 They have particular roles and responsibilities which are not duplicating other pieces or pawns role. 01:12.690 --> 01:15.240 So complementary is great sometimes. 01:15.480 --> 01:24.150 So we have Bishop C5, Wesley So Castles, we have 97 E tanks, D five, C takes five and now Rook D 01:24.150 --> 01:24.570 one. 01:24.570 --> 01:32.400 So once trying to grab more central control here we have Knight G.F. six four So Bishop e seven, Bishop 01:32.400 --> 01:37.020 de Fray, you can see the Bishop here now taking central control. 01:37.020 --> 01:39.810 Central authority might be 892. 01:39.810 --> 01:47.250 One is reinforcing D now of a pawn and this knight is also a potentially naughty attacking piece rookie 01:47.460 --> 01:54.090 rookie one Why is now focusing on this semi-open file, which is a classic plan in this structure, 01:54.090 --> 01:58.590 this Carlsbad structure as it's known, sometimes it's prone to minority attack. 01:58.590 --> 02:06.990 For example, if you imagine black playing a6b5 later and trying to play like this, this would isolate 02:07.170 --> 02:10.050 the a pawn and give a backwards C pawn. 02:10.200 --> 02:13.140 So that kind of plan, though, in this particular possession, we're white. 02:13.140 --> 02:16.890 Having the bishop here is not something to worry about too much. 02:16.980 --> 02:20.370 We have G6 and now this naughty knight coming to Geoffrey. 02:20.370 --> 02:22.140 So a great attacking maneuver. 02:22.260 --> 02:26.820 A previous defensive piece is potentially attacking piece on G3. 02:26.940 --> 02:32.490 So, yes, we're looking at this game from an attacking perspective and perhaps not so many technical 02:32.490 --> 02:35.820 variations which don't like amplify that perspective. 02:35.820 --> 02:38.730 We want to take an attacking perspective on this game. 02:38.910 --> 02:45.060 We see 97 and our rookie Free White wants to kind of put more and more pressure on this file. 02:45.090 --> 02:48.750 The amount file Black tries to liberate with E5. 02:49.940 --> 02:54.390 And then we have Bishop H six, which does actually take escape squares away from the king. 02:55.170 --> 02:59.880 So this one could actually be doing naughty business on the Knight Squares later. 03:00.300 --> 03:05.190 We have E4 and it looks as though, well, hang on, isn't black winning material? 03:05.190 --> 03:06.600 What is Wesley so done? 03:06.600 --> 03:09.900 But actually there's a brilliant resource in this position. 03:09.900 --> 03:16.320 Can you see what it is for 200 points as you make that 500 points, it's one of the best moves of the 03:16.320 --> 03:16.500 year. 03:16.500 --> 03:18.120 Let's make it a thousand points. 03:18.390 --> 03:22.530 If you can see why this is a brilliant move, then congratulations to you. 03:22.530 --> 03:23.370 This next move. 03:23.370 --> 03:25.860 What do you think White plays here for 1000 points. 03:25.950 --> 03:28.620 It's one of the best moves of 2022, in my view. 03:29.460 --> 03:30.210 Okay. 03:35.740 --> 03:42.070 The bishops do very well together in this position in the different roles after Rook takes E4. 03:42.100 --> 03:43.150 What a stunner. 03:43.180 --> 03:50.110 We have nice f a if d thanks e for There's an absolutely beautiful mate in sex. 03:50.740 --> 03:52.300 Can you see how that plays out? 03:52.540 --> 03:53.410 Check all checks. 03:53.410 --> 03:55.090 Even the most outrageous ones. 03:56.590 --> 03:56.890 Yeah. 03:56.920 --> 03:58.180 Queen sites have seven check. 03:58.180 --> 03:59.900 We can actually bring the king down the board. 03:59.920 --> 04:02.020 That's a nice attacking pattern. 04:02.020 --> 04:03.310 We're bringing the king down the board. 04:03.310 --> 04:04.570 Beautiful tackling pattern. 04:04.810 --> 04:05.350 Guess what? 04:05.350 --> 04:07.600 We play here to bring the king on board even more. 04:10.350 --> 04:13.550 Beautiful time pattern for check king. 04:13.590 --> 04:18.360 Thanks rookie one checking every now rookie for a mate that would be an absolutely beautiful checkmate 04:18.420 --> 04:24.510 that's avoided black plays not a feint but he's lost the key pawn right And also the rooks now ready 04:24.510 --> 04:26.580 to double against F7. 04:26.580 --> 04:35.700 So we have this attacking move which provokes weaknesses capital weaknesses and now yeah so white has 04:35.700 --> 04:41.820 created weaknesses still has this lovely bishop pair black It's got no counterplay on the queenside 04:41.850 --> 04:48.240 Guess what Wesley so plays here to weaken the opponent's king even further and get all the pieces working 04:48.240 --> 04:49.530 as a team. 04:49.530 --> 04:50.880 So what do we do here? 04:50.910 --> 04:52.770 To weaken the King further, you think? 04:55.850 --> 04:59.830 Yeah, well, it's this like doing on G if it's not going to sacrifice to help the attack. 04:59.840 --> 05:00.470 Yes. 05:00.470 --> 05:02.170 It sacrifices itself. 05:02.180 --> 05:05.840 So free pawns now for the peace. 05:06.140 --> 05:07.220 Black has got four pawns. 05:07.220 --> 05:09.890 We've got seven free pawns for the piece. 05:09.890 --> 05:12.440 But look at the attacking team here. 05:12.440 --> 05:14.180 The teamwork is absolutely amazing. 05:14.180 --> 05:15.530 Not just the bishop power. 05:15.560 --> 05:19.790 The rook and queen are also in a battering, putting huge pressure on Black's position. 05:19.790 --> 05:25.820 We have Queen D six, Queen G for very limited options like G6. 05:27.140 --> 05:27.740 So yes. 05:27.740 --> 05:30.140 What is Black doing if King ain't Shank? 05:30.140 --> 05:31.430 We're just going to play Queen G7. 05:31.430 --> 05:32.060 Checkmate. 05:32.390 --> 05:36.890 So like G6 and if Queen G6, let's just have a look at this for a moment. 05:36.890 --> 05:38.210 What would you play here? 05:39.930 --> 05:43.800 So yeah, we just played real tanks and fake Jack and then snap off the Queen. 05:43.830 --> 05:44.700 Thanks very much. 05:45.090 --> 05:45.660 Bigger point. 05:45.660 --> 05:52.070 So 96 now, another absolutely beautiful move in this position. 05:52.080 --> 05:53.160 What would you play here for? 05:53.160 --> 05:53.970 Ten points. 05:57.130 --> 05:57.570 Was he? 05:57.580 --> 05:58.150 So wins. 05:58.300 --> 05:59.790 Another poll we've looked 65. 05:59.800 --> 06:00.940 We have queen of sex. 06:01.060 --> 06:05.530 If Queen 65 here, Bishop takes G6 and we're really getting to the opponents. 06:05.530 --> 06:08.350 KING If the king ignores this one. 06:09.130 --> 06:10.150 With King eight. 06:10.180 --> 06:12.400 We're going to just take on air and we're frightening. 06:12.400 --> 06:13.990 Queen A7 Champ, mate. 06:14.260 --> 06:17.770 So this is just absolutely annoyance, fever, crushing. 06:18.130 --> 06:19.090 So we have Queen F. 06:20.350 --> 06:23.170 So yeah, it's so many pawns for the piece now. 06:23.200 --> 06:26.710 It's a ridiculous number of pawns, five pawns for the piece. 06:27.040 --> 06:30.040 And now in the midst in this possession, it's just a quiet move. 06:30.040 --> 06:31.900 G3 is played. 06:32.440 --> 06:34.150 Yeah, absolutely amazing. 06:34.150 --> 06:35.200 This quiet move. 06:36.400 --> 06:40.090 And what is Black actually doing here? 06:41.080 --> 06:48.880 We have Bishop F eight rook out, five, Queen seven, and now Bishop C four. 06:48.880 --> 06:50.560 Check, K9, chase. 06:50.560 --> 06:52.030 And here, Bishop G five. 06:52.030 --> 06:53.080 And this ends the game. 06:53.080 --> 06:55.120 So move 28 Black resigns here. 06:55.240 --> 06:59.890 If Queen D sex rook have sex will be crushing. 07:02.940 --> 07:03.900 What would happen here? 07:03.930 --> 07:09.280 The thing is, Black's queen has got very limited squares. 07:09.300 --> 07:11.100 Queen C7 Rook have seven. 07:11.400 --> 07:12.870 So hitting the Queen. 07:13.080 --> 07:16.500 And here we have Bishop f6 check King J. 07:16.560 --> 07:19.260 And we can see the Bishop Power working to checkmate. 07:19.500 --> 07:25.610 Look at this check And mate, here. 07:25.620 --> 07:28.470 There's nothing that can even delay putting in between. 07:28.830 --> 07:31.830 So a beautiful attacking game, Wesley. 07:31.830 --> 07:36.180 So definitely, you know, categorically a super grandmaster saying, you know, he chose this whole 07:36.180 --> 07:40.470 opening variation to get the bishop pair and this was a favorite of Bobby Fischer. 07:40.470 --> 07:46.020 So the two lines of variation use attack because it's accumulating that attacking ingredients, which 07:46.020 --> 07:47.070 can be so great. 07:47.190 --> 07:54.450 The bishop here, so great moves to control the center as a preliminary and great use of the pawn structure 07:54.450 --> 07:58.470 and great use of a nice switching to the kingside to be an attacking piece. 07:58.470 --> 08:03.390 So this game has attacking chess written all over it, basically. 08:03.870 --> 08:07.560 And there are interesting variations behind the scenes. 08:07.770 --> 08:10.410 I don't want to draw you into too many technical details. 08:10.410 --> 08:13.170 I just wanted to show the power of the bishop here. 08:13.200 --> 08:15.120 It is a classic advantage. 08:15.420 --> 08:17.790 You know, Steinitz identified this advantage. 08:17.790 --> 08:23.310 I would say Laskar identified, you know, more and more like micro advantages, dynamic advantages, 08:23.310 --> 08:26.430 and saw the trade offs between them a bit more clearly than Steinitz. 08:26.430 --> 08:30.810 But Steinitz laid the foundation with the Bishop power as a classic advantage. 08:30.810 --> 08:33.330 It's a classic example of complementary. 08:33.750 --> 08:37.740 So there are other complementary in chess, like having complementary pawns and pieces. 08:37.860 --> 08:44.190 But you see how this complementary is so, you know, useful for attacking the opponent's king and creating 08:44.190 --> 08:45.890 beautiful checkmate possibilities. 08:45.900 --> 08:47.580 Okay, So I hope you enjoyed this game. 08:48.780 --> 08:49.530 That's very much.