WEBVTT 00:01.220 --> 00:02.000 Hi there. 00:02.030 --> 00:09.020 In this lecture, we see Richard Petty against Alexander Alekhine played in 1925, the bottom bond horns 00:09.020 --> 00:10.030 around eight. 00:10.040 --> 00:13.310 So G fray, we get a lesson in how to attack. 00:13.550 --> 00:15.280 I think that's our position. 00:15.290 --> 00:18.050 We have E5 here from Alekhine. 00:19.040 --> 00:27.110 F3 being provocative so e4 Alekhine pushes forward, occupies the center knowing it can be undermined. 00:27.110 --> 00:27.890 So D five. 00:27.890 --> 00:28.730 D three. 00:29.180 --> 00:36.110 So Richard Ratti, one of the leading hyper modernists attacking Alekhine Center E takes D3 Queen, 00:36.110 --> 00:38.000 takes D3 myself six. 00:38.810 --> 00:41.240 Bishop G2 and now Bishop b4 check. 00:41.270 --> 00:47.420 This is a very interesting move, trying to weaken subtly dart squares in once camp. 00:47.540 --> 00:49.580 So Bishop RD2 is played. 00:50.780 --> 00:54.980 If seafaring jumped on, that's kind of interfering with the sea free square. 00:54.980 --> 00:58.850 The bishop could drop back and it should only be a small edge if sea. 00:58.850 --> 01:02.450 For for example, this position is only a small edge for weight. 01:02.810 --> 01:09.050 If night sea free sea five is is dangerous for whites, for example, this position with the full coming 01:09.050 --> 01:10.040 will see for coming. 01:10.040 --> 01:11.930 It's very, very precarious for whites. 01:12.350 --> 01:18.620 So here, for example, Bishop takes sea free. 01:19.640 --> 01:22.580 If B takes 96 is just very pleasant. 01:23.690 --> 01:26.570 So yes, these these are these are very dangerous scenarios. 01:28.280 --> 01:33.200 If C4 there is actually a square queen every so. 01:33.800 --> 01:38.650 But yeah, the best way to play it would be just taking an N 96. 01:38.660 --> 01:41.420 So yeah, there's all sorts of problems here. 01:42.920 --> 01:44.650 If Bishop D2 isn't played. 01:44.660 --> 01:47.650 So that does seem to be the safest move we have. 01:47.660 --> 01:49.760 Bishop takes D2 962. 01:49.790 --> 01:51.260 So something to note here. 01:51.680 --> 01:55.010 Don't squares have been subtly weakened? 01:56.860 --> 02:00.010 And this structure is gripping that square. 02:00.050 --> 02:02.070 So we want to attack a thing. 02:02.080 --> 02:06.130 Cato So one aspect of the strength of that is its dark square grip. 02:06.640 --> 02:17.290 Bear in mind, black holes will see 4.86 C tanks d five Knight b4 Queen C four nights, B tanks D five. 02:17.320 --> 02:23.320 Now White does have this semi-open file and in theoretical sense is doing very well here. 02:23.350 --> 02:27.040 This is a structure which can be potentially attacked now. 02:27.640 --> 02:37.960 So one consoles rookie eight Rook F.D. one Bishop G four Rook d2 Queen C eight are now 95. 02:37.960 --> 02:43.390 It looks actually rather unpleasant for black this position the pressure that white is mounting. 02:43.570 --> 02:44.470 Bishop H3. 02:44.470 --> 02:50.760 Bishop F3 if White's took that would weaken the King considerably. 02:50.770 --> 02:58.480 And black shouldn't be any worse here after rookie seven and just building on that semi-open e4 so Ock 02:58.630 --> 03:04.510 Bishop f4 Bishop G4 and now will withdraw drawings shoot ensue? 03:04.540 --> 03:12.160 Not really because now Bishop H one is played and here a very attacking plan. 03:12.160 --> 03:18.190 Well, a necessary plan because one is sitting on Black's position over here with the semi-open C4 pressure. 03:18.190 --> 03:22.180 You could imagine things being holed at this structure at some point. 03:23.440 --> 03:25.840 So Black really has to attack here. 03:26.020 --> 03:31.810 So what would be the key attacking move to start off operations, you think for 100 points? 03:31.810 --> 03:32.980 What would you play here? 03:36.080 --> 03:36.860 Okay. 03:36.890 --> 03:37.780 It's h five. 03:37.790 --> 03:43.400 It's actually one of the ideas is to weaken dark squares again. 03:43.400 --> 03:50.150 You know, the earlier dance membership exchange we can e free if we can take out for example if you 03:50.150 --> 03:53.870 imagine if takes that would be a gaping hole, if you'll be a gaping hole. 03:53.870 --> 03:59.870 So it is a kind of not just trying to remove the shelter of the king, it is actually potentially undermining 03:59.870 --> 04:02.150 dot square grip of white. 04:02.750 --> 04:10.790 So we see before if H for Queen C seven, this is already one of the dangers pointing at this structure. 04:11.090 --> 04:18.110 And for example, here might be thinks this should be only a small edge for why that is plausible. 04:18.120 --> 04:25.220 A phrase also plausible may be one of the better moves just to play like this where maybe h four isn't 04:25.640 --> 04:27.230 too much to worry about here. 04:28.190 --> 04:29.990 Okay, so that would be better for White. 04:29.990 --> 04:38.390 So F3 or H for plausible, you know, good good ideas before they was played A6 Rook C one and now h 04:38.390 --> 04:38.660 four. 04:38.660 --> 04:44.570 So Black is getting on with undermining a structure A4 and White is getting on with the minority attack. 04:44.660 --> 04:50.690 So this is when a minority of pawns attacks the majority of pawns with the idea of inflicting structural 04:50.690 --> 04:51.320 damage. 04:51.320 --> 04:57.470 For example, if B5 beats, if B takes, we have an isolated pawn here and a backward pawn there. 04:57.470 --> 05:01.040 So these pawns could be falling off later more easily. 05:01.250 --> 05:02.360 So anyway. 05:02.510 --> 05:03.770 H Thanks, Geoffrey. 05:03.800 --> 05:04.760 H Thanks, Geoffrey. 05:04.760 --> 05:05.600 We need the hero. 05:05.600 --> 05:09.650 The hero is the attack here against this minority attack plan. 05:09.650 --> 05:13.430 We have Queen C seven, and there's some subtle threats brewing up here. 05:14.000 --> 05:16.280 B five, eight, eight, eight, eight. 05:16.280 --> 05:22.640 And now, yes, Black makes use of a very interesting looking move here. 05:22.640 --> 05:25.610 So for 200 points, what would you play in this position? 05:26.560 --> 05:28.270 From the fire from minority attack. 05:28.270 --> 05:35.740 It looks very positional, very logical, but there aren't that many defensive pieces around the king. 05:35.770 --> 05:37.170 Sure, the bishop's there. 05:37.210 --> 05:39.940 Is it in that safe so black to play. 05:39.970 --> 05:41.740 There's a brilliant move played here. 05:42.860 --> 05:43.010 Okay. 05:43.160 --> 05:44.750 An iconic move, in fact. 05:45.110 --> 05:46.610 So what would you play here? 05:47.480 --> 05:49.130 Let's make it 500 points. 05:50.150 --> 05:53.810 Think about the dot square grip that we're trying to evaporate. 05:53.840 --> 05:58.610 How can we do that for these two points left gripping these darn squares? 06:01.560 --> 06:02.220 Okay. 06:03.000 --> 06:05.280 I'm about to reveal this iconic move. 06:05.310 --> 06:06.480 Rookie free. 06:07.560 --> 06:08.340 Yeah. 06:08.370 --> 06:11.160 It's looking at destroying the structure. 06:11.740 --> 06:12.990 Rotates Geoffrey. 06:13.140 --> 06:16.350 And it's very difficult for white knight after his play. 06:16.380 --> 06:20.750 The thing is, if af tanks e free, the queen comes in for dinner. 06:22.200 --> 06:23.880 Queen takes a free check. 06:24.180 --> 06:28.050 And if king, if one knight takes a free is checkmate. 06:28.770 --> 06:33.900 So if Bishop G2, Knight takes E4 is nearly checkmate because Queen takes G2 has found the knight is 06:33.900 --> 06:34.780 hating the queen. 06:34.800 --> 06:35.940 What is white going to do? 06:35.970 --> 06:37.010 Just delay things. 06:37.020 --> 06:38.010 It's going to be checkmate. 06:38.490 --> 06:42.540 If King G2 here, can you see what black plays for? 06:42.540 --> 06:43.350 Ten points. 06:46.930 --> 06:47.530 Yep. 06:47.560 --> 06:48.740 Rook Thanks, Geoffrey. 06:48.760 --> 06:51.160 Check this position with 93. 06:51.190 --> 06:55.330 Chunk 964 is crushing winning that queen. 06:55.480 --> 07:01.200 Bishop Geoffrey would be is actually the only move to stay in here. 07:01.210 --> 07:02.900 You know, in a theoretical sense. 07:02.920 --> 07:04.720 If Bishop takes her free. 07:04.840 --> 07:05.770 Any tanks? 07:07.120 --> 07:08.950 C tanks, B five, for example. 07:08.950 --> 07:10.960 Why it should be okay here. 07:11.260 --> 07:24.190 Queen F5 hits the D2, Rook and White does have resources here, but you has to be careful, not be 07:24.190 --> 07:24.430 free. 07:24.430 --> 07:25.830 For example, Rook takes B3. 07:25.840 --> 07:28.960 That rook could be handy for rook takes B3 and Queen takes d2. 07:28.960 --> 07:31.090 So but it does have resources there. 07:31.180 --> 07:36.610 But anyway, in the game Knight's F3 was played and this actually has a weakness of the last move. 07:37.150 --> 07:39.790 It weakens B five. 07:42.360 --> 07:49.170 And in fact, this kind of nuance of the weakness of the last wave has made use of to trigger. 07:50.570 --> 07:53.480 An amazing forcing sequence. 07:53.510 --> 07:58.040 Can you see what black plays now if I give you 5 seconds for the video? 08:02.470 --> 08:02.830 Yeah. 08:02.830 --> 08:07.330 This nuance sea tank's B five is played and all of a sudden. 08:08.570 --> 08:09.950 This is a bit tricky. 08:09.950 --> 08:13.430 We have Queen Tanks, B5 and now the rook. 08:13.430 --> 08:17.990 Only three has made use of it supports the forcing move of 93 hitting the queen. 08:18.380 --> 08:23.450 We have Queen Saxby seven so hitting the queen heads in the rock. 08:25.400 --> 08:26.000 Okay. 08:26.000 --> 08:30.830 But now, yeah, this is an amazing combination. 08:31.700 --> 08:33.950 And Queen is known for his amazing combinations. 08:33.950 --> 08:35.810 This is one of the deeper ones. 08:35.810 --> 08:43.460 So Queen takes be seven, nine, takes nine, takes E to check the root supports this King H two if 08:43.460 --> 08:44.990 rook takes e too. 08:46.250 --> 08:53.630 This is just banner for white the exchange up if King G2 we're taking on a free and that's crushing 08:55.310 --> 09:01.400 so king H two and now another forcing move E for. 09:02.170 --> 09:05.800 Yeah, this is really quite remarkable stuff. 09:06.100 --> 09:08.440 This is starting to look like a jumble of pieces here. 09:08.470 --> 09:09.420 What is going on? 09:09.430 --> 09:14.230 So why is it that rook able to be taken, for example? 09:14.530 --> 09:18.100 Well, rook C4 was played if f tanks e free. 09:20.380 --> 09:22.660 Can you see the key move for black hair? 09:25.050 --> 09:26.040 For ten points. 09:27.000 --> 09:30.450 The key move here is 1962. 09:31.110 --> 09:33.690 It's all about winning material and the exchange out there. 09:34.380 --> 09:36.210 So black would be the exchange up. 09:38.120 --> 09:38.930 A mistake. 09:38.930 --> 09:41.160 A terrible mistake would be Bishop takes her free. 09:41.180 --> 09:42.950 Can you see what it would play here? 09:43.280 --> 09:44.630 Which is just winning. 09:46.110 --> 09:54.330 Yeah one could just play here rotates E to extinguishing 98c1 of the France and Bishop takes it to bishop 09:54.330 --> 10:02.550 thanks e for thanks very much and once a night up there so it has its carefully played so rook C4 is 10:02.550 --> 10:09.180 played but now noit takes F to extinguishes the France of the rock. 10:09.960 --> 10:14.280 We have Bishop G2 now being played. 10:16.420 --> 10:16.930 And here. 10:16.930 --> 10:18.880 Yeah, it's exceptionally tricky. 10:19.990 --> 10:23.410 Eloquent actually plays another marvelous move. 10:24.250 --> 10:24.940 He plays Bishop. 10:24.940 --> 10:28.390 It takes the problem with an inferior move. 10:28.390 --> 10:29.170 Bishop takes afraid. 10:29.170 --> 10:29.350 Wait. 10:29.350 --> 10:32.730 Could just take her and then take on it. 10:32.740 --> 10:33.360 Two. 10:33.550 --> 10:34.210 Thanks very much. 10:34.210 --> 10:35.500 And that'll be fine for wait. 10:37.270 --> 10:47.980 So Bishop Essex, on the other hand, sets up a resource by vacating the G four square G for check is 10:47.980 --> 10:51.340 now facilitated as well as hitting the rook. 10:52.480 --> 10:56.770 So Rook two and now knight G for check King H free. 10:59.610 --> 11:00.090 Yeah. 11:00.090 --> 11:00.320 This. 11:00.360 --> 11:01.760 This is just getting very tricky. 11:01.770 --> 11:04.560 The king doesn't want to go back to H one. 11:04.560 --> 11:07.210 There are all sorts of novelties, including Rook one shank. 11:07.230 --> 11:10.260 So, yeah, this. 11:10.430 --> 11:13.980 This would be extremely painful looking. 11:14.760 --> 11:21.030 So we have King H 395 check. 11:21.630 --> 11:24.330 King H two and now. 11:26.820 --> 11:28.320 Brook takes every. 11:29.110 --> 11:29.440 Yeah. 11:29.440 --> 11:30.580 Wonderful stuff. 11:32.800 --> 11:39.850 Okay, so if Bishop tanks, knight tanks, Black is winning on material here. 11:40.750 --> 11:43.120 This position, black is a piece up. 11:43.660 --> 11:45.760 So rook tanks e to is played. 11:46.180 --> 11:54.430 But now knight G for shank, cage free knight E free check King H two if king H for there's rook for 11:54.430 --> 11:56.680 shank and then rook f5 is checkmate. 11:57.010 --> 12:06.650 So King H two But now Knight S.C. to Bishop tanks have frame and now Knight D4 and it turns out well 12:06.670 --> 12:08.920 White resigned White is losing material here. 12:09.100 --> 12:17.650 If rookie freight for example the cute finish would be Knight takes a free check Rook takes F3 Bishop 12:17.650 --> 12:24.700 d5 and how is white not losing material once losing material by scanning rook d Free Rook Bishop takes 12:24.700 --> 12:25.390 B seven. 12:26.740 --> 12:28.360 Remarkable stuff. 12:28.360 --> 12:36.370 There are many attacking ideas in this epic iconic game of Alexander Alekhine. 12:37.360 --> 12:42.790 So Alexander Alekhine was an inspiration for attacking players like Garry Kasparov. 12:43.720 --> 12:48.220 And you can see in this game we need to look at the nuances. 12:49.540 --> 12:52.270 Which underpin the attack. 12:52.570 --> 12:55.750 The nuances of weakening don't square subtly. 12:56.260 --> 13:05.050 And yeah, it's the price of this position is evident why it does have pressure on the queenside and 13:05.050 --> 13:06.010 a technical sense. 13:06.010 --> 13:06.250 Yeah. 13:06.250 --> 13:11.200 If Alekhine was playing against the computer more the computer while most people playing against black 13:11.280 --> 13:12.340 it be destroyed. 13:12.340 --> 13:14.430 This attack probably it wouldn't worked. 13:14.440 --> 13:21.010 It wouldn't have seen light of day but it did see light of day because of some inaccuracies from White's 13:21.010 --> 13:22.930 here in this position. 13:22.930 --> 13:26.800 Affray would have been good it seems. 13:28.150 --> 13:37.810 But this position of the H four and G three gives black some amplification of thoughts where weaknesses 13:37.810 --> 13:47.770 to work with, and this already is eyeing things like rookie free now by looking at g free so B5 Yeah, 13:47.800 --> 13:56.260 this situation might have free is a key mistake, a weakness of the last move which froze White's off 13:56.260 --> 13:56.680 balance. 13:56.680 --> 14:04.030 Losing E to undermining free is a key mechanism here of the 93 you can see that mechanism in place and 14:04.030 --> 14:08.170 things get absolutely crazy here after 94. 14:08.920 --> 14:14.680 So yeah, it is an absolutely fascinating position. 14:17.390 --> 14:20.840 So yes, attacking the rock and the other rock attacked. 14:20.840 --> 14:23.630 So both rocks basically attacked by both nights. 14:23.870 --> 14:25.880 It's a fascinating position here. 14:26.330 --> 14:34.160 And once in a kind of whirlwind of trouble here, especially after this move, vacating G for king, 14:34.160 --> 14:36.200 safety factors come into it. 14:36.830 --> 14:45.350 So now, once king shield of king, safety has been evaporated somewhat leading to this magnificent 14:45.350 --> 14:46.250 combination. 14:46.490 --> 14:54.380 So, yes, from one and the final aspects of winning material is kind of reaping the rewards of the 14:54.380 --> 14:55.070 attack. 14:56.630 --> 15:00.620 So it doesn't have to be checkmate can sometimes be just winning material. 15:00.620 --> 15:06.110 So the end of the game, possession 90 for a really elegant attacking game a lot of instructive themes 15:06.110 --> 15:12.530 like throwing the pawn weakening dot squares, exploiting a weakness of the last move, gaining a tempo 15:12.530 --> 15:15.850 and vacating a key square for new resources like Night G check. 15:15.980 --> 15:21.590 There are very interesting nuances here and fames to be understood and celebrated. 15:21.710 --> 15:23.270 Okay, I hope you enjoyed this one. 15:23.930 --> 15:24.740 Thanks very much.