WEBVTT 00:00.830 --> 00:01.760 Hi there. 00:01.790 --> 00:05.300 In this lecture, we see Jerome pick against Garry Kasparov. 00:05.330 --> 00:06.980 This is in 1989. 00:06.980 --> 00:10.400 Interpol, Stillman's 13, physician around eight. 00:10.760 --> 00:15.620 We see de fall from Jerome Pike because of plays a Kings engine offense. 00:15.620 --> 00:17.960 So 9 to 3, g6c4. 00:17.960 --> 00:22.610 Bishop G seven night C free black castles e4. 00:22.610 --> 00:24.350 So the Kings engine defense. 00:24.350 --> 00:31.400 It isn't so popular nowadays that the grandmaster or super grandmaster level, it's more like Grunfeld 00:31.400 --> 00:32.570 and Slavs nowadays. 00:32.570 --> 00:39.050 So fashions change and engines don't particularly like the Kings engine offense in general. 00:39.170 --> 00:46.340 I think one of the reasons Kasparov gave the Kings engine the up was Vladimir Kramnik beats him a few 00:46.340 --> 00:54.710 times and that kind of dissuaded Kasparov using it so much and the popularity started to decline. 00:54.770 --> 00:58.430 But from an attacking perspective, the Kings injured the fans. 00:58.430 --> 01:04.940 For most mere mortals, especially in, say, casual online chess, it's a really aggressive opening, 01:04.940 --> 01:09.590 creating the potential for certain attacking ingredients like pawn storms. 01:09.590 --> 01:12.170 Later, because the center gets closed. 01:12.170 --> 01:18.200 In the main variation here Bishop e e5 White usually castles here. 01:18.200 --> 01:26.360 If White's tries to win a pawn, this position is not going to be that clever. 01:26.360 --> 01:27.230 Say Queen. 01:27.230 --> 01:35.060 Thanks Rook takes Knight takes E5 because there's Knight takes E4 and Black's absolutely fine here in 01:35.060 --> 01:35.930 this position. 01:37.820 --> 01:41.160 And you might wonder, Well, hold on, what about here? 01:41.200 --> 01:45.470 Knight takes f7 Can you see what black place here which actually wins material? 01:46.720 --> 01:48.660 So this looks like a desperado. 01:48.670 --> 01:52.550 But we have Bishop takes si free check and King takes. 01:52.570 --> 01:57.610 So essentially, this is an important thing to know about the king's end of the fence, because the 01:57.610 --> 02:04.090 center is about to be closed, which facilitates a kingside pawn storm later. 02:04.090 --> 02:13.120 So D5 is usually played here 9791 and now Knight D7 and Black's plan is often just to get a kingside 02:13.120 --> 02:14.290 pawn storm now. 02:14.410 --> 02:18.700 So Bishop F3, F5 and White tries to usually play on the queenside. 02:18.700 --> 02:22.090 So we have a four Bishop f2 G5. 02:22.090 --> 02:25.120 So you can see this is pretty crude looking stuff. 02:26.140 --> 02:32.560 There's a lot of fun to be had in King's Indian Defense B for Knight of six, C5 Knight, G6 C Tanks, 02:32.560 --> 02:36.190 C tanks, Rook C one we have now Rook f7. 02:36.190 --> 02:37.570 This is a dual purpose move. 02:37.570 --> 02:41.860 It's an iconic style move, both attacking and defending duties. 02:41.860 --> 02:46.390 So that entry point C seven is guarded a little bit more in advance. 02:46.480 --> 02:51.400 A four bishop can fight a five, Bishop D7 might be five. 02:51.400 --> 02:55.390 And now it looks as though, well, there's a problem with A7. 02:55.390 --> 03:01.720 What you shouldn't do here is weaken the position by playing a move like A6 as this just welcomes a 03:01.720 --> 03:03.070 big tempo gainer. 03:03.070 --> 03:05.710 Bishop B6 and then horrible things happen. 03:05.710 --> 03:12.820 And one of the key plans of why is, you know, 97, 96 to get rid of this attacking bishop, even if 03:12.820 --> 03:14.800 it comes to pawn sometimes that's great. 03:14.800 --> 03:17.110 White's attack will be very strong after. 03:17.470 --> 03:21.850 So that pawn here is actually just left to be taken. 03:21.850 --> 03:25.360 G4 We have 97 being played. 03:25.960 --> 03:29.440 If F takes G4 then we can take on E4. 03:29.470 --> 03:37.180 That's nice to take a center pawn this position we can take on C1 hitting the opponent's queen and here 03:37.210 --> 03:38.320 Bishop takes E6. 03:38.320 --> 03:45.580 This should be to Black's advantage on this occasion, this variation if Knight takes a seven. 03:48.000 --> 03:53.070 Then Jeffrey this position with Bishop BE Thanks, Queenie. 03:53.490 --> 03:57.390 It's slightly different than it's not well placed to get into Essex later. 03:57.600 --> 04:03.630 And actually, if we look at these scenarios here, they're very dangerous for one's king, even though 04:04.140 --> 04:05.200 one is winning material. 04:05.220 --> 04:12.780 Bishop B5 here looks at B7 and for example, Knight takes P5, Rook takes P7. 04:13.080 --> 04:18.360 It ends up being a strange position, but it should be funny enough. 04:20.100 --> 04:20.880 About equal. 04:20.880 --> 04:22.590 Yeah, it's about equal. 04:24.180 --> 04:32.460 If Bishop takes B5, rook, takes B7, Bishop takes Ian Knight takes F1 check. 04:32.490 --> 04:35.370 This is just crazy stuff and Black ends up being better. 04:35.400 --> 04:38.280 So yes, interesting variations. 04:38.280 --> 04:40.830 So we have Knight see seven though. 04:40.980 --> 04:45.360 And now with the rook attacks, guess what Kasparov plays? 04:45.510 --> 04:51.540 And there is another secret or two I could mention about the King's end of the fence, which I picked 04:51.540 --> 04:52.850 up from friends like pool juju. 04:52.860 --> 04:54.420 So here is one secret. 04:54.450 --> 04:57.660 You want to open up these dark squares, you want to have a knight on there for. 04:57.660 --> 05:01.290 So if you have to do a pawn set to get on F4, it's well worth it. 05:01.290 --> 05:03.720 So free though is played here. 05:04.020 --> 05:08.520 If black can play rugby ain't bishop takes eight seven is big advantage for whites. 05:08.940 --> 05:14.100 If rook C eight then the knight can go to E6 and this position is rather painful. 05:14.520 --> 05:18.660 It has Queen B free hair with the frets of E seven shank. 05:18.660 --> 05:24.360 So if we take on C one we end up losing our queen hair, which isn't clever. 05:24.780 --> 05:30.930 If king H a again y is actually in a better off, this is better for white. 05:30.930 --> 05:33.480 So Geoffrey is important. 05:33.990 --> 05:35.760 Knight takes eight. 05:37.140 --> 05:38.760 This may be a slight inaccuracy. 05:38.760 --> 05:40.560 H6 G3 might be the best. 05:40.560 --> 05:41.790 Try this position. 05:41.790 --> 05:42.090 Bishop. 05:42.090 --> 05:42.630 Thanks, Jeffrey. 05:42.630 --> 05:46.320 Nice H 596 is possible. 05:47.580 --> 05:52.530 And here for example, it should be about even as complicated stuff. 05:52.530 --> 06:02.550 It really is complicated variations if bishop f2 instead black could get potentially a dangerous attack. 06:03.660 --> 06:07.560 So that can be said in many variations, but that can potentially starts use potentially. 06:07.560 --> 06:12.690 The G4 knight takes G2 with a strong attack potential. 06:13.110 --> 06:17.540 Yeah, it's dangerous if you get Knight to fall like this in this G5 with this mountain phone. 06:17.640 --> 06:19.110 It's dangerous for white. 06:19.110 --> 06:25.170 But yeah, there were ways to play it, which seems to seem to imply, you know, one isn't completely 06:25.170 --> 06:36.090 busted or anything but white plays Knight takes 8/8 and here Knight h5 Yeah nice h5 keeping a lot of 06:36.090 --> 06:41.520 tension going if G takes F2 check rotates F2 here. 06:41.820 --> 06:45.030 Bishop F1 this is actually interesting. 06:45.030 --> 06:50.720 Black has a small edge, but not five in many respects is even better. 06:50.730 --> 06:54.690 We have King H one if H takes g freer. 06:54.980 --> 06:55.440 Thanks. 06:55.440 --> 06:57.150 We're opening up the dark squares. 06:57.150 --> 07:00.840 So a night on F4 in conjunction with the semi-open file. 07:00.870 --> 07:03.000 A great attacking ingredients. 07:03.000 --> 07:10.560 So Queen H four here also that form pawn great attack ingredients form pawn so rook have to Queen H 07:10.560 --> 07:19.560 to check as example Queen H one is checkmate If Bishop takes a seven, Queen h4h Ray Bishop takes h3g 07:19.560 --> 07:24.750 takes H three Queenslands H three Rook f to black. 07:24.750 --> 07:29.340 He's doing well here, taking on f two Queen G Free Shaq 9h4. 07:29.370 --> 07:30.810 It's kind of menacing. 07:31.440 --> 07:39.930 This position is huge for Black, so King H one was tried and then we have G tanks f2 Rook takes f2 07:40.140 --> 07:41.340 knight g free check. 07:41.340 --> 07:49.050 Wanted to try and get a form pawn on G3 so king G one if h takes F takes this form pawn is far too dangerous. 07:49.050 --> 07:56.580 King g1 Queen H for Bishop D3 as example, Knight A4 covers the escape set of the King. 07:56.580 --> 08:00.930 That's why that's a really powerful mechanism to try and, you know, checkmate here. 08:00.930 --> 08:02.130 Queen H two check. 08:02.220 --> 08:04.140 Queen H one Checkmate. 08:04.140 --> 08:10.110 So King G one was tried, Queen takes eight and now Bishop C4. 08:10.110 --> 08:17.010 You might wonder, isn't it safe to take now on G3 if H takes the thing is that form pawn is great with 08:17.010 --> 08:18.660 Knight therefore it's absolutely great. 08:18.660 --> 08:26.520 So this position is still great even if we we have maintain that form pawn and black has a strong attack 08:26.520 --> 08:27.270 here still. 08:27.270 --> 08:31.740 So this position that doesn't even have to take the rook and white it's going to be in big trouble. 08:31.740 --> 08:35.940 This variation taking now Bishop H free. 08:36.330 --> 08:44.310 This is brutal stuff and we can see the attack is crashing through and we're controlling c eight here 08:44.310 --> 08:45.030 as well. 08:45.030 --> 08:46.110 So that's great. 08:46.320 --> 08:53.970 So bishop c four was tried a six Queen different now Queen A7 a nice pin actually. 08:53.970 --> 09:01.680 It's funny, when I saw this game and I did a YouTube video years back, it just, it just really impresses 09:01.680 --> 09:04.980 me how this diagonal has been kind of hijacked. 09:05.610 --> 09:09.750 It was White's diagonal and because of the absence of the bishop, now it's like hijacked by black for 09:09.750 --> 09:11.010 this absolute pin. 09:11.010 --> 09:15.930 And the stunning point is made Now, after eight takes, Bishop takes B5. 09:16.170 --> 09:19.170 Guess what the starting point is here for 100 points. 09:20.840 --> 09:23.150 Which is a really funny way to end the game. 09:26.490 --> 09:26.900 Okay. 09:27.000 --> 09:28.980 Nine No one is played. 09:29.310 --> 09:29.910 The game ends. 09:29.910 --> 09:37.250 If King takes H, one queen takes half to this position is just well it's been zero up for black plat 09:37.270 --> 09:41.460 can even just play like this doesn't have to go for the king anymore and get a passport over here just 09:41.460 --> 09:42.900 win on the Queen's side later. 09:43.260 --> 09:46.050 So yes, the game ending with night h one. 09:48.860 --> 09:49.910 Fun stuff. 09:50.840 --> 09:51.440 Yeah. 09:54.100 --> 09:58.780 So these Kings Engine games, they align to certain attacking ingredients. 09:58.780 --> 10:05.770 For a while in my chess development, I actually had this concept of kind of a resource container kind 10:05.770 --> 10:07.330 of release effect. 10:07.360 --> 10:14.050 You build up your kind of resources behind the container, you know, storm container. 10:14.830 --> 10:17.560 So the balloons are the fundamental constraint of the pieces. 10:17.710 --> 10:22.090 And you build up and you build up and you release at the right most effective time. 10:22.210 --> 10:26.320 To to show, you know, the attacking forces behind the build up. 10:26.320 --> 10:31.000 So certain openings do align to certain attacking ingredients. 10:31.000 --> 10:36.610 And if you want to practice pawn storms, then playing the King's Indian fans can sometimes lead to 10:36.610 --> 10:37.720 these situations. 10:37.720 --> 10:38.720 But why? 10:38.770 --> 10:44.500 It has choices to play more positional choices and stop this kind of pawn storm strategy early on with 10:44.500 --> 10:47.500 more cool, obnoxious choices. 10:48.250 --> 10:54.010 But yeah, this is going into the like the classical, you know, variations where there is this fighting 10:54.010 --> 10:57.400 on both sides of the board and it's kind of a race queen side versus king side. 10:57.400 --> 11:01.900 But you've always got the bonus of trying to make the king when you're playing black. 11:01.900 --> 11:07.160 So John Nunn, one of my attacking heroes, he's played many brilliant games in the Kings End of the 11:07.180 --> 11:08.980 Fence and also the Benoni. 11:08.980 --> 11:15.370 But these openings and their associated attack ingredients, they're not showing up so, so much nowadays 11:15.370 --> 11:17.950 because openings change in like fashion. 11:18.160 --> 11:25.510 So anyway, this was a classic from Kasparov against Pike, and Peacock later went to work for Ostrom 11:25.980 --> 11:29.740 in correspondence Chess, helping Ostrom become correspondence world chess champion. 11:29.740 --> 11:35.410 He kind of disappeared in the nineties during Peak, became an employee, I believe, of Ostrom. 11:35.410 --> 11:38.080 But anyway, interesting game. 11:38.080 --> 11:40.150 I hope you got some points from it. 11:40.150 --> 11:46.090 Maybe some inspiration to try out the King's Engine defense. 11:46.090 --> 11:47.500 Even though it's called King's engine offense. 11:47.500 --> 11:51.910 It's really an attack opening with the black pieces quite often. 11:51.910 --> 11:53.880 Okay that's a much.