WEBVTT 00:01.050 --> 00:01.740 Hi there. 00:01.980 --> 00:06.090 In this lecture, we see the so-called Chinese Immortal game. 00:06.090 --> 00:15.600 So this is Leo Wednesday against Jan Heinz Donna in 1978, the Olympiad, round eight. 00:15.600 --> 00:22.670 So E four from Wednesday we have the six D full of sex and night c3g sex. 00:22.670 --> 00:31.140 So the pits defense the thing Kenzo does in its own overheads the dance my weaknesses could become a 00:31.140 --> 00:32.880 liability if this is exchanged off. 00:32.880 --> 00:38.400 In general, we have an aggressive move G four blank plays. 00:38.400 --> 00:49.560 h6h3 we have c5d5 black consoles and now very, very direct play H for going for the checkmate. 00:49.560 --> 00:57.990 It seems in this game, not even castling queenside First, just without further ado, h four we have 00:57.990 --> 01:07.800 E6 and now g five black here helps y activate the rook on h one black played h thanks g five. 01:07.800 --> 01:15.150 This makes things slightly worse than perhaps they needed to be 9h7 offering a pawn here. 01:17.130 --> 01:18.810 If the poll isn't taken? 01:18.810 --> 01:19.130 No. 01:19.130 --> 01:24.600 Of H five there's no tax g five and actually black might actually be okay here with equality. 01:24.930 --> 01:32.370 So let's assume G takes h six Bishop st C free B tanks, Queen F six. 01:32.370 --> 01:37.350 This position is still in its favour, however. 01:37.740 --> 01:40.930 So in the game though, this does make things a lot worse. 01:40.950 --> 01:48.200 It creates the potential for very concrete mating threats and manoeuvres such as Queen D free to H free 01:48.210 --> 01:51.930 potentially, when the bishop isn't looking to just make on H seven. 01:52.230 --> 01:55.980 We have 98 Queen D free. 01:56.250 --> 02:00.120 So the clear and imminent danger of Queen h3e takes D five. 02:00.120 --> 02:05.580 So covering H three right now won't place her in 1965. 02:07.860 --> 02:10.440 An alternative which is aggressive is Queen G French. 02:10.440 --> 02:12.240 Then just making a pawn sac here. 02:13.620 --> 02:16.980 If f5g tanks, nine tanks, queen tanks. 02:16.990 --> 02:19.560 G thinks this is actually in its favour. 02:19.590 --> 02:29.730 Queen could park on G two her keeping that pin on the G7 Bishop and for example here every night takes 02:29.730 --> 02:35.530 E4 has a very promising position here with this G phone. 02:35.550 --> 02:37.410 So for example, point G five. 02:39.540 --> 02:40.920 It's just very scary stuff. 02:40.950 --> 02:43.080 Coast in Queensland is even possible. 02:43.110 --> 02:46.020 Bishop takes G7, takes away any threat there. 02:46.680 --> 02:52.380 Queen 65 The Queen 81 is homeless because of King Veto. 02:53.220 --> 02:56.160 So this position is just points to zero up. 02:56.820 --> 02:58.740 So that is a way of playing it. 03:00.090 --> 03:03.570 To play Queen for a major thing about 1965 is played. 03:03.840 --> 03:06.630 We have 96 and now Queen Jeffrey hair. 03:08.440 --> 03:14.510 Bishop e thinks if f6 in this position might have three five. 03:14.530 --> 03:18.880 There's no change for what is to care about the G6 pawn. 03:19.180 --> 03:21.160 This is very difficult to defend. 03:21.730 --> 03:30.670 If takes 19th G6 this position, Queen H four is quite vicious attack in its own right. 03:30.850 --> 03:34.960 For example, Bishop takes the five queen H seven shank. 03:36.220 --> 03:36.910 King of seven. 03:36.910 --> 03:40.060 Can you see how if we have this position, how we proceed? 03:42.000 --> 03:43.980 Get more team players into the attack. 03:44.010 --> 03:45.360 Not just Queen and knights. 03:45.540 --> 03:46.380 How can we do that? 03:46.410 --> 03:49.860 How can we introduce another team member? 03:50.160 --> 03:51.120 Teamwork. 03:52.920 --> 03:54.640 We're covering some escape squads. 03:55.170 --> 04:00.780 So we play rook for try and get a piece involves another piece involved. 04:01.200 --> 04:03.960 97, another piece involved. 04:03.960 --> 04:06.690 Look at this teamwork check. 04:06.690 --> 04:12.390 And all of a sudden black is going to be collapsing off to sea for if E-4 drops, that looks horrendous. 04:13.500 --> 04:18.990 If Bishop seven in fact, here there's another point here we don't have to even take on E5. 04:21.920 --> 04:24.260 That's a great tactical point we can make here. 04:25.800 --> 04:27.030 Which is 95. 04:27.060 --> 04:30.810 If Knight takes E5, Rook takes F7 and things are falling apart. 04:30.840 --> 04:38.010 Now Queen size, G8, shank, Queen size, G7, and we end up being material up. 04:38.610 --> 04:41.790 It's just a vicious continuation, just a fictional continuation. 04:41.790 --> 04:48.930 Just to show you some of the resources, how we can pull the team into the attack in these situations, 04:48.960 --> 04:50.640 especially if G6 goes. 04:50.760 --> 04:59.670 But anyway, Bishop E6 was played and we have now Queen H four with the direct threats of Checkmate 05:01.430 --> 05:04.530 F five to give the King a seven. 05:05.940 --> 05:12.240 But now yeah, Y actually welcomes that Queen H seven King f7. 05:14.260 --> 05:15.910 So what is the point? 05:15.940 --> 05:21.220 Hey, you think there's actually a beautiful combination here that exists? 05:22.110 --> 05:24.960 Which makes this an immortal game. 05:24.960 --> 05:27.540 So a chuckle tracks even the most outrageous ones. 05:28.350 --> 05:36.510 So, okay, the the attacking build up, you could say, well, hold on, these guys were even news. 05:36.510 --> 05:37.500 This one's even blocked. 05:37.500 --> 05:39.390 So this isn't a full team effort. 05:39.550 --> 05:45.750 Sometimes you get attacking games where there's a full team effort, but these guys are asleep, yet 05:45.750 --> 05:47.700 one has enough hair. 05:47.910 --> 05:52.320 There are pieces which can influence the opponent's king safety. 05:52.740 --> 05:55.350 So what is the most outrageous track you can think of? 05:55.350 --> 05:57.090 And it's probably the solution here. 05:57.270 --> 05:59.700 So I'm about to show for 200 points. 06:03.540 --> 06:05.490 Queen size G6 check. 06:07.180 --> 06:07.840 Vicious. 06:07.840 --> 06:10.030 So King thinks otherwise. 06:10.150 --> 06:11.130 Essex will drop it. 06:11.230 --> 06:13.030 King goes back, for example. 06:13.330 --> 06:17.500 So King cites Bishop H5 five, Jack King, 87. 06:18.250 --> 06:22.390 And now we want to take away escaped squares like gates. 06:22.390 --> 06:22.670 So. 06:22.690 --> 06:26.580 Bishop A7 check Bishop sex. 06:26.590 --> 06:30.060 And now the clever point Black's given G seven is at the end of the story. 06:30.070 --> 06:30.250 Then. 06:30.250 --> 06:33.700 Hang on, have we fluffed our attack If we play Rook takes H6? 06:33.700 --> 06:37.660 Isn't the King G7 and isn't the opponent laughing? 06:37.990 --> 06:38.930 Not for too long. 06:38.950 --> 06:40.160 So we've got another choice here. 06:40.160 --> 06:41.350 A choice of checks. 06:41.680 --> 06:44.470 Sometimes we've got to get the right checks. 06:44.470 --> 06:46.690 Absolutely Got to get the right checks. 06:47.710 --> 06:49.720 There's a clear blue sky check. 06:49.780 --> 06:50.980 Clear winner. 06:51.220 --> 06:54.610 What check is that check? 06:54.610 --> 06:55.600 All the checks. 06:56.140 --> 06:57.970 Be discerning about the checks. 06:59.350 --> 06:59.980 Okay. 06:59.980 --> 07:02.290 Bout to reveal G6 check. 07:02.290 --> 07:05.920 And actually, this member of the team is being employed now. 07:06.340 --> 07:11.260 It's only this guy that has been asleep all throughout this King G7. 07:11.770 --> 07:16.000 But on the other hand, you could say, well, the opponent's rook, the counterpart Queen's rook, 07:16.000 --> 07:17.080 is also asleep. 07:17.740 --> 07:21.250 Anyway, Bishop takes age six, check ends the game. 07:21.670 --> 07:26.470 If the king goes to H eight, Bishop takes F ain't check. 07:26.920 --> 07:31.660 Queen H four is the only legal move rotates h4 is checkmate. 07:33.470 --> 07:33.820 Yeah. 07:33.830 --> 07:34.040 Okay. 07:34.070 --> 07:36.170 You could also say this guy wasn't involved. 07:37.460 --> 07:38.510 But anyway. 07:38.990 --> 07:39.560 Yeah. 07:39.560 --> 07:41.020 So end of game off to Bishop. 07:41.030 --> 07:43.280 Thanks h sex. 07:43.280 --> 07:46.520 So a very direct attacking game. 07:46.520 --> 07:50.480 It shows you can have a lot of fun winning on the chessboard. 07:52.230 --> 07:59.070 If you're going to spend a whole day playing chess, isn't it nice not just to get a point on the scoreboard, 07:59.070 --> 08:05.640 but also create a beautiful game that you can show friends and relatives share on social media nowadays. 08:05.850 --> 08:10.770 So maybe that makes, you know, the the one day chess format. 08:11.100 --> 08:19.010 It gives you maximum chance to see if you can get away with sacrificing a few pieces spectacularly. 08:19.270 --> 08:24.600 The time investments to create beautiful games to share is. 08:24.930 --> 08:29.280 My enjoyment of chess is largely linked to attacking chess. 08:29.970 --> 08:30.780 What a game. 08:30.810 --> 08:32.460 I hope you enjoyed this as much as me. 08:33.330 --> 08:34.110 That's very much.