WEBVTT 00:01.160 --> 00:01.850 Hi there. 00:01.880 --> 00:07.100 And this actually, we're going to see an amazing game of Emmanuel Laska against William Ewart Napier 00:07.400 --> 00:09.140 in 1904. 00:09.260 --> 00:11.710 So this is the Cambridge Springs two, round three. 00:11.720 --> 00:15.470 So E-4 from Alaska, a Sicilian defense night. 00:15.470 --> 00:25.190 Seafaring closes in 96 nights every G six, and now it's transposing back into a dragon variation Sicilian 00:25.190 --> 00:31.670 Dragon Bishop G7 Bishop Efraim d6h48, nine six and now G four. 00:31.700 --> 00:33.440 So this is an interesting approach. 00:33.590 --> 00:34.910 Black Castles. 00:34.910 --> 00:38.930 And now here, actually let's get committed. 00:38.990 --> 00:40.790 Perhaps an inaccuracy. 00:40.790 --> 00:47.060 So G five even great NASCAR can sometimes make an inaccuracy, but Black didn't react well to G five. 00:47.060 --> 00:48.740 Black played 98. 00:48.740 --> 00:53.870 There is an opportunity here for black to play 95, which is kind of annoying. 00:53.870 --> 00:55.330 So I'll show you why. 00:55.340 --> 01:01.580 If Queen D two Black could take on D for Bishop tanks and actually exchange off the bishops just to 01:01.580 --> 01:09.170 amplify White's don't square weaknesses and hit e5 Queen E Free Knight and four. 01:09.170 --> 01:14.570 You can see that Black might actually be grabbing a pawn and getting an advantage here. 01:14.570 --> 01:19.910 So it was a bit risky what Lasker played in this particular game, this immediate G5. 01:19.910 --> 01:22.610 It does weaken dart squares. 01:23.390 --> 01:27.200 So yes, there is a very interesting plan with my take five just bear that in mind. 01:27.200 --> 01:29.720 So 98 though we get now H four. 01:29.720 --> 01:37.430 So this is an interesting way of playing Laskas in a real attacking mood perhaps this round and is going 01:37.430 --> 01:47.210 for it going for the King 97 we have a4e5 92 and now very energetic D five countering in the center 01:47.210 --> 01:51.290 whilst the white king is not, it's still not castle, it's still in the center. 01:51.620 --> 01:59.480 Also of interest is f five hair and five does set some problems. 01:59.480 --> 02:09.290 If F takes 9/10 E 594 to cover the f three square f tanks e for Bishop e to black could play energetically 02:09.290 --> 02:14.720 again with a free check and try and expose the white king in the center. 02:14.720 --> 02:21.230 If White Castle's here now, Bishop D seven Black is looking forward to good play on the line square. 02:21.230 --> 02:23.720 So this would also be an interesting approach. 02:23.870 --> 02:33.890 So the opening hasn't been totally convincing by NASCAR, but nevertheless we have d5 e to 6594 Now 02:33.890 --> 02:35.840 this is a bit of a mistake. 02:35.870 --> 02:39.290 It seems as though E takes F4 is better. 02:39.530 --> 02:48.710 This situation with Knight before Bishop G2, Bishop G4 Black has a lot of pressure and here we get 02:48.710 --> 02:52.790 interesting scenarios with the king still in the center. 02:52.790 --> 02:57.530 It's kind of very dangerous, very tactical if one consoles. 02:57.530 --> 03:02.630 Well, first of all, if Knight takes B5, the white king stranded in the center end is punished. 03:03.260 --> 03:05.870 So this position is punishing the White King Center. 03:05.870 --> 03:06.530 Ouch. 03:06.860 --> 03:14.870 So given that's the case, if White Castle was here, Knight, take C, Frank B tanks, Queen B six, 03:14.870 --> 03:20.360 check King H to rook fe8 Black ends up with at least equality. 03:20.360 --> 03:24.890 This is at the very least, it's an equal position that that transpires. 03:25.280 --> 03:26.560 So okay. 03:27.560 --> 03:34.310 But anyway, 94 was played and we have Knight 64 and now a very interesting piece Sacrifice. 03:34.310 --> 03:44.830 Black actually plays Knight 65, but it's looking at e freight so it looks as though well, isn't black 03:44.840 --> 03:48.500 going to get the piece back because D falls on the fire as well. 03:48.770 --> 03:50.300 So D four and E free. 03:50.300 --> 03:56.030 But there's a clever move here that's played in this position by Alaska. 03:56.030 --> 03:57.320 Can you see what that is? 03:59.370 --> 04:00.270 At some points. 04:02.130 --> 04:02.420 Okay. 04:02.430 --> 04:06.420 The clever move is actually 95, so Alaska is currently a pace up. 04:06.690 --> 04:12.150 He's hitting D five, he's protecting E three with this move. 04:13.320 --> 04:16.230 If he had played night 65. 04:18.120 --> 04:29.730 He takes the fall and Queen Jeffrey would probably be the best move here, because if Bishop after the 04:29.880 --> 04:31.170 Queen 65. 04:31.180 --> 04:35.040 So Black's got the peace back and it's doing very well here. 04:35.910 --> 04:40.070 So, yes, it's important to consider. 04:40.100 --> 04:40.250 Yeah. 04:40.260 --> 04:41.670 In 1965. 04:43.920 --> 04:45.690 Is is quite interesting. 04:46.350 --> 04:49.380 But yeah, black has a good continuation. 04:50.340 --> 04:55.620 And also, yeah, we've E2 64 if Queen 65 here though. 04:57.180 --> 04:58.530 Queensferry is possible. 04:58.530 --> 05:00.690 So that hits the queen and save the rock. 05:01.050 --> 05:03.350 And this would be better for wine. 05:03.360 --> 05:09.600 But yeah, no black plays E tasty for that would be the point where E3 is hit and D5 is here. 05:09.630 --> 05:20.310 So anyway, if I was a cool move, we have 19 C C3 if don't takes Efrain 1964 Yeah, it takes if the 05:20.310 --> 05:27.060 queens come off, it doesn't really matter about the king in the center anymore white material up here 05:27.060 --> 05:36.780 with advantage so takes C frame we have the queen's coming off here rock tanks and now 97 check King 05:36.780 --> 05:43.770 H eight is played If King F eight that runs into Bishop C five moves back. 05:44.280 --> 05:48.840 Bishop Geoffrey Bishop G4, Rogue one. 05:48.840 --> 05:50.550 Bishop H five, as example. 05:50.550 --> 05:55.080 And here it's a strong position for White with F5. 05:55.080 --> 06:03.420 This this is very dangerous trying to go for F6 and other stuff if f6 and Black Knight C six Jack nine 06:03.420 --> 06:11.970 takes the eight white ends up being significantly better hair of the F tanks and tanks so forth. 06:11.970 --> 06:12.810 The bishops. 06:13.380 --> 06:15.210 This is a nice advantage for white. 06:15.270 --> 06:18.390 So King H eight was played so back on the H file. 06:18.960 --> 06:24.000 So yeah, that's nice to have that x ray in theory and now h five just pushing on. 06:24.750 --> 06:34.140 So not wanting to take on C three because it takes a four hit which hits the bishop, which hits C three, 06:34.170 --> 06:39.090 just going for an attack here as priority. 06:40.320 --> 06:49.340 Five was also, it seems plausible if Bishop f eight f6 f 94 this position. 06:50.700 --> 06:59.800 It's advantageous to for example here Bishop D5 and five Bishop takes E4 after E4, Bishop C5. 06:59.820 --> 07:05.540 Even though it's obviously a couple of bishops that pawn the right pain on E7, so that's good for one. 07:05.550 --> 07:07.260 So anyway, age five was played. 07:07.260 --> 07:08.520 We have rookie ain't. 07:11.560 --> 07:13.840 So an interesting situation emerging here. 07:15.600 --> 07:17.460 If 95 instead. 07:18.320 --> 07:20.490 I'm sorry if 95 instead. 07:21.360 --> 07:25.770 965 Route 6586. 07:25.770 --> 07:29.220 This situation is nice for one. 07:29.250 --> 07:35.460 That kind of form pawn around the king and white getting an advantage here that fall could be useful 07:35.460 --> 07:35.820 as well. 07:35.820 --> 07:36.810 F seven target. 07:38.070 --> 07:40.740 So yes, that's interesting. 07:41.520 --> 07:42.630 So that would be the wise player. 07:43.200 --> 07:48.900 Now, you might wonder here, actually, instead of rookie eight, what about 94? 07:49.080 --> 07:55.770 Then we do get the wrath of the H part of the H tanks where France then rotates H seven mating, the 07:55.770 --> 07:57.570 knights taken out the escape square. 07:57.750 --> 08:01.100 And the thing is here, after F tanks, Knight tanks. 08:01.170 --> 08:02.220 G six check. 08:02.220 --> 08:05.070 King G ain't Bishop C for shank. 08:05.100 --> 08:06.960 Black is getting mated here. 08:07.620 --> 08:09.340 Black can only delay the champ, mate. 08:09.360 --> 08:11.400 This is a champ mate in the Knights covering F eight. 08:11.640 --> 08:16.180 So yes, it seems as though that is extremely a bad idea. 08:16.210 --> 08:25.110 94 here if that was played and also if g tanks, then F five is very strong. 08:25.710 --> 08:27.600 So 94, F six. 08:27.840 --> 08:35.610 And this position with Bishop de Fray, again, we're looking at very strong attack possibilities like 08:35.610 --> 08:37.290 G Free Rook Cage two. 08:37.290 --> 08:42.450 It's only delaying about White's attack after E4 Bishop c4. 08:43.110 --> 08:50.100 This position when again is getting a strong attack of the bishop takes of seven and okay, it's equal 08:50.100 --> 08:50.610 material. 08:50.610 --> 08:55.610 But yeah, this is just a very very strong attack on the h file with these very dangerous pawns. 08:55.620 --> 08:58.770 So let's go back to the analysis. 09:01.230 --> 09:04.890 So anyway, Rookie eight and we have Bishop C-5. 09:04.900 --> 09:07.560 This is actually an inaccuracy here. 09:07.590 --> 09:15.280 Bishop C-5, it seems as though and five might be more to the point in here, if rook takes E seven, 09:15.540 --> 09:16.500 F six. 09:17.510 --> 09:21.740 F 95 F times e 7 million takes E seven. 09:22.100 --> 09:27.080 Why is the exchange up so two rooks and two bishops? 09:27.080 --> 09:28.670 One is the exchange up here. 09:29.720 --> 09:31.310 And this is this is great. 09:31.310 --> 09:33.860 So if I would have been very, very interesting. 09:33.890 --> 09:44.450 If Bishop takes F five 9/10 G tanks, eight six and now here one is just a piece up for not much. 09:45.080 --> 09:49.970 So Bishop C five though was plate and we have G tanks H five better. 09:49.970 --> 09:52.490 This was blanks chance for equality here. 09:53.330 --> 10:01.850 Blank could have played e takes F for after H tanks f tanks if Bishop de Frey 95. 10:03.330 --> 10:06.810 And then one can play violin, but it doesn't help too much. 10:06.840 --> 10:15.990 Rook takes H7, check, King takes H7, Bishop takes G6, Czech King H.S. Bishop takes Ian's. 10:17.840 --> 10:23.630 Bishop G4 and I know it's chaotic, but actually. 10:26.530 --> 10:27.730 It's technically equal. 10:27.730 --> 10:27.930 Yeah. 10:28.180 --> 10:32.890 There's a lot going on, but it's technically equal, this position. 10:35.530 --> 10:41.450 Okay, So anyway, yeah, that was the way to play things. 10:41.470 --> 10:43.610 A lot of these positions are very complex. 10:43.630 --> 10:45.250 Let's just carry on here. 10:45.460 --> 10:46.480 Takes five. 10:46.870 --> 10:48.340 We have Bishop for. 10:51.150 --> 10:55.080 Beating sea free was interesting for Bishop F eight. 10:55.770 --> 10:57.090 Bishop B five. 10:57.570 --> 10:59.970 Bishop G for just taking out that exchange. 11:00.960 --> 11:02.560 And it should be good for one. 11:02.580 --> 11:05.970 Bishop takes seven, Bishop takes E5 shank and this is good for once. 11:07.140 --> 11:09.720 Bishop takes G5 tactically against the bishop. 11:10.500 --> 11:19.260 This position F five rookie one as example is good for one, but Bishop C for was was played he takes 11:19.260 --> 11:19.980 a full. 11:23.660 --> 11:31.370 Now the king in the sense of yes, who's attacking, who is money for was was an interesting opportunity 11:31.400 --> 11:31.910 here. 11:32.900 --> 11:37.550 So if Bishop takes seven, Bishop G4. 11:39.810 --> 11:47.940 That's really interesting to hold up h five as a priority because if blacks. 11:48.780 --> 11:49.710 Greeting. 11:52.120 --> 11:58.510 There are interesting options where after bishop tanks and rockets h5 but Bishop G4 let's go with this 11:58.530 --> 12:06.220 A5 1965 F6 Bishop f8 G6 there's 96 here. 12:06.950 --> 12:08.860 G seven check nine Thanks. 12:09.550 --> 12:10.480 F Thanks, Bishop. 12:10.480 --> 12:10.720 Thanks. 12:10.720 --> 12:14.470 G seven This ends up being better for black. 12:14.470 --> 12:17.410 So yes, this was an opportunity for 94. 12:17.440 --> 12:21.730 It looks as though 94 is a very interesting move. 12:22.360 --> 12:25.630 And if Bishop Efraim Bishop G. 12:25.630 --> 12:27.280 For this situation. 12:28.840 --> 12:29.740 G frame. 12:30.880 --> 12:31.240 Okay. 12:31.250 --> 12:38.740 So he takes her for even if he is lost, the white king in the center means that actually blacks got 12:39.100 --> 12:40.000 quite good counterplay. 12:40.000 --> 12:41.620 Blair ends up being slightly better. 12:41.650 --> 12:44.050 That threatens Rook D1 Checkmate. 12:44.380 --> 12:46.300 So why is the Perry that African. 12:46.300 --> 12:47.740 This passport is dangerous. 12:48.250 --> 12:48.850 So you can see. 12:48.850 --> 12:56.560 Actually, yeah, there's a great richness to this game in many variations, but it takes four is not 12:56.560 --> 12:57.130 as hot. 12:57.160 --> 13:01.540 It's not as great as 94 it seems we have Bishop takes seven. 13:03.490 --> 13:08.800 Beatings could have been played here, it seems, with Bishop saying see freaking After this position 13:10.150 --> 13:13.840 Bishop takes seven one should be okay overall with the advantage. 13:13.840 --> 13:15.270 But Bishop thanks. 13:15.280 --> 13:18.280 Have 794 here. 13:22.840 --> 13:24.430 Yeah, it's tricky. 13:24.550 --> 13:36.520 So 94, if Bishop G for B takes Bishop S.C. free, checking up to hear points able to get the advantage. 13:36.670 --> 13:43.480 It looks quite scary with Rook on the seventh, but actually Bishop takes H5 when it actually can hold 13:43.480 --> 13:47.350 this position with advantage so he has an advantage. 13:47.350 --> 13:51.790 Or even if we try to check Bishop F2, this is the vantage point. 13:51.790 --> 13:56.980 Overall, once it is like G6 one is a piece up there. 13:57.010 --> 14:05.770 So E4 though was played when Bishop takes it, Bishop takes P2, Rook B1, Bishop C Free King F1. 14:06.640 --> 14:07.870 Bishop G4. 14:09.350 --> 14:13.970 So now that rook is hitting that bishop on Bishop, take Sage five. 14:14.510 --> 14:17.030 Bishop takes h5, Rook takes h5. 14:18.410 --> 14:24.860 So this is really interesting, giving up a rook like this, just restoring a quality fundamentally 14:24.860 --> 14:25.920 of material. 14:25.940 --> 14:32.390 But now in this endgame scenario, NASCAR still is is with the advantage of the rock types. 14:32.390 --> 14:35.160 B7 white is still advantageous. 14:35.180 --> 14:39.350 It's just just frightening somebody to take this pawn, this end game, taking that pawn for an outside 14:39.350 --> 14:40.250 pass pawn. 14:40.490 --> 14:43.160 So A5 is played if Knight G seven. 14:43.490 --> 14:43.850 Yeah. 14:43.850 --> 14:45.170 We're just going to take on a seven. 14:45.170 --> 14:46.730 This is just a good endgame. 14:46.730 --> 14:52.490 So A5 Rook B3 is a key move now to switch back to this h file. 14:53.540 --> 14:54.980 Yeah, this is really dangerous. 14:55.160 --> 14:57.320 Bishop G seven roll cage free again. 14:57.320 --> 14:59.660 Black's on the back foot in a simplified position. 14:59.960 --> 15:01.070 King F3. 15:01.850 --> 15:08.030 So looking at taking a for any rook, I think there's Knight G six, for example. 15:08.030 --> 15:09.950 So Rook, a six is tried. 15:10.430 --> 15:11.780 King takes a fall. 15:13.220 --> 15:17.800 So white is just a pawn up, but the quality of pieces is good. 15:17.810 --> 15:19.300 92 King F5. 15:19.310 --> 15:20.780 The king is very aggressive. 15:21.410 --> 15:31.850 Knight C three A3 protecting the A 2.984 and now after Bishop Ephraim Black actually resigned, So why 15:31.850 --> 15:33.140 did Black resign? 15:33.170 --> 15:37.970 Well, there's an incoming G6 here with the king supporting G6. 15:37.970 --> 15:40.550 So the king has become a very aggressive piece. 15:41.300 --> 15:52.760 If, for example, Bishop Be2 g6, if Rook have six King G5 and one is black, do here, white is threatening 15:52.760 --> 15:53.590 now checkmate. 15:53.600 --> 15:58.400 So for example, if Bishop e5 Rook takes H7, checkmate. 15:58.910 --> 16:02.540 So if Black has to play, Rook takes G6. 16:02.540 --> 16:03.830 Yeah, we're just taking that. 16:04.280 --> 16:05.120 Thanks very much. 16:06.170 --> 16:06.590 Yeah. 16:06.590 --> 16:10.490 An incredibly complex game and shows that actually. 16:11.810 --> 16:13.940 Well, it's so complex. 16:13.940 --> 16:18.530 There are inaccuracies from both sides and maybe the opening sequence is not ideal. 16:18.530 --> 16:25.460 Actually, this push could have been, you know, proven as perhaps bit weakening if lines were being 16:25.460 --> 16:25.640 played. 16:25.640 --> 16:26.810 That's the first point. 16:26.990 --> 16:29.830 So let's look just an overview. 16:29.840 --> 16:37.640 So blacks trying to counter the flank attack with an attack in the center and it's very nearly it seems 16:37.640 --> 16:38.660 successful. 16:40.160 --> 16:46.730 There were better moves here after this initial pawn sac e takes a fall seems quite promising for blank 16:46.790 --> 16:52.730 but so this this allows the resourceful knight F5, this piece from blank. 16:53.120 --> 17:02.690 And here things get super complex so the Queen's coming off and now 97 check an h5 So once really going 17:02.690 --> 17:12.350 for an attack here rather than you know taking on C3 which could allow significant counterplay against 17:12.350 --> 17:14.330 the king after taking on a fall. 17:16.270 --> 17:19.630 And it was also with the king in the center, for example. 17:20.740 --> 17:22.060 You know, rookie ain't coming. 17:22.060 --> 17:26.280 It's going to get back the material and it's going to be better. 17:26.290 --> 17:28.150 So it's a kind of precarious situation. 17:28.150 --> 17:37.120 So White carried on with the attack and yeah, it's just it's a very difficult game actually to comprehend, 17:37.120 --> 17:40.870 but it is a classic celebrated, classic game. 17:41.230 --> 17:45.730 The simplification later this move just giving a whole rook back. 17:45.730 --> 17:52.990 I mean, giving up a rook basically to a fork after Bishop takes five leads to a situation where White 17:52.990 --> 17:54.580 still got a nagging edge. 17:57.160 --> 17:57.430 Probably. 17:57.730 --> 18:00.070 So maybe that's one key lesson here. 18:01.570 --> 18:05.380 Be prepared to give back material just to get a slightly better end game. 18:05.380 --> 18:08.860 But also it's an aggressive end game because the king still on the H file. 18:09.160 --> 18:11.890 So that rook came back for the foul. 18:12.490 --> 18:18.820 And yeah, there are other attacking opportunities emerging now based on G six. 18:20.700 --> 18:24.420 Seeing a black compromising yet again, a very, very complex game. 18:24.420 --> 18:26.580 So end of game here after Bishop E3. 18:29.680 --> 18:39.490 Attacking chess can get very rich positions where your level of accuracy is might not be optimal at 18:39.490 --> 18:39.730 all. 18:39.760 --> 18:41.120 That's that's one of the trade offs. 18:41.140 --> 18:42.650 We're not playing simple chess here. 18:42.670 --> 18:44.560 Sometimes when we're attacking the king. 18:45.100 --> 18:47.200 Okay, just bear that in mind. 18:47.230 --> 18:49.570 Maybe that's one of the key lessons of this game. 18:49.600 --> 18:51.490 Opportunities for both sides. 18:51.730 --> 18:56.140 It did get a kind of brilliancy prize this game. 18:56.230 --> 19:02.650 So it's a very interesting game overall, though, to study oak and so much.