WEBVTT 00:01.020 --> 00:01.830 Hi there. 00:01.950 --> 00:07.320 In this lecture, I would love to show you one of my favorite Tigran Petrosian games. 00:07.320 --> 00:08.070 So taken. 00:08.100 --> 00:15.420 Petrosian is a player, which is great at tactics and combinations but is known more as a positional 00:15.420 --> 00:22.140 defensive style player with a capital D instead of an attacking player. 00:22.140 --> 00:26.820 And even when he was world chess champion, Boris Spassky was winning most of the tournaments, not 00:26.820 --> 00:27.630 Petrosian. 00:27.630 --> 00:29.310 So he was great in matches. 00:29.310 --> 00:35.250 But when he did win, he sometimes could play magnificent combinations and it's interesting to see the 00:35.250 --> 00:43.500 attacking lead up so all the world chess champions could play attacking and dynamic chess on occasion. 00:43.500 --> 00:51.090 Of course, it's so then it's like, how beautiful should it be for it to be permitted entry into this 00:51.090 --> 00:51.420 course? 00:51.420 --> 00:55.920 But there's also these classic attacking players, which we want to study. 00:55.920 --> 01:02.790 But this is one of the beauties from Petrosian, in my view, against Ludwik PASHMAN, who I knew about. 01:02.790 --> 01:07.890 I'm actually, you know, I had a book for the middle game from PASHMAN So he's a great player in his 01:07.890 --> 01:09.180 own right and great writer. 01:09.180 --> 01:11.310 So we have a free from Tigran Petrosian. 01:11.310 --> 01:15.090 This is 1961, the Bled Tournament round six. 01:15.090 --> 01:18.000 So it starts off with the king's engine attack. 01:18.000 --> 01:24.180 So, yes, this is this has attack in its name and sometimes it can lead to attacking positions. 01:24.270 --> 01:28.830 And you might think, well, this is slow brewing, isn't it? 01:28.830 --> 01:29.700 It's kind of quiet. 01:29.730 --> 01:31.260 No clash between the pieces. 01:31.260 --> 01:38.970 It's a build up isn't that this formation is building up and you can see, know, strong central influence, 01:38.970 --> 01:41.490 central control, solid pawn structure. 01:41.880 --> 01:50.670 And this kind of E5 over protection wants to have E5 grip and it's kind of released here it seems with 01:50.670 --> 01:51.450 D6. 01:53.190 --> 01:59.340 But remember, we don't literally have to occupy the center with pawns the modern school taught us, 01:59.340 --> 02:03.780 you know, we could replace our lecture occupation with control and influence. 02:03.930 --> 02:07.440 So it doesn't matter that much that the pawn is taken away. 02:08.190 --> 02:16.050 We have Knight B2 so once Knight controls E5, this knight's ready to control E5 via C4 if needed. 02:16.050 --> 02:25.320 So Queen C7 but actually here with the pawn neglected might be free is played so tickling black by attacking 02:25.320 --> 02:26.310 that pawn. 02:26.310 --> 02:27.060 94. 02:27.060 --> 02:39.600 Here is a bit of a mistake it seems already if b6 Bishop f4 eight here is tenable, it seems C free 02:39.810 --> 02:40.920 Black's position is tenable. 02:41.040 --> 02:44.130 It hasn't done that much wrong here. 02:44.130 --> 02:47.220 So this position should be about equal. 02:48.840 --> 02:59.100 If instead of c free we try d4 c takes this position is also it should be tenable if knight takes D 02:59.100 --> 03:05.370 four that would be a mistake is then unleashes the king's engine attack bishop and yeah, y could win 03:05.370 --> 03:05.820 the exchange. 03:05.820 --> 03:08.610 But there are ways to play this with B6 which don't lose. 03:08.610 --> 03:12.330 It looks maybe a little bit counter-intuitive, a little bit risky. 03:12.480 --> 03:16.830 Maybe that was why it wasn't used, but it does seem tenable for black. 03:17.940 --> 03:26.550 So yeah, just to recap this position where once if one tries to open up the G2 Bishop of D4, it seems 03:26.550 --> 03:29.630 yeah, Black has resource just in time with Bishop b7. 03:30.300 --> 03:30.510 Okay. 03:30.660 --> 03:35.610 So anyway, 94 is a mistake and we have Bishop F4. 03:35.610 --> 03:45.090 So White's grip is tangible here in terms of control and influence, authority versus material or occupation 03:45.100 --> 03:50.520 authority over key squares as a prelude to attacking chess. 03:50.520 --> 03:56.850 If you have authority within the position like control of a foe, control of key squares, that really 03:56.850 --> 03:58.020 is important. 03:58.200 --> 04:04.410 So Queen B six, if Queen D eight, we're just going to take on C5, there's no real backfire. 04:04.740 --> 04:06.870 Well, you might think, well, this is a backfire. 04:07.320 --> 04:11.070 But the thing is, after rook B1 is a backfire of the backfire. 04:11.190 --> 04:14.430 And we're going to win b seven with tempo against the queen. 04:14.670 --> 04:20.610 So even in this situation, we're going to eventually be material up. 04:20.610 --> 04:21.630 Thanks very much. 04:22.140 --> 04:25.980 We're a pawn up and the bishop's kind of better than Knight B files. 04:25.980 --> 04:26.670 Nice. 04:26.940 --> 04:30.660 So if Knight takes a free check, Queen takes her free. 04:30.690 --> 04:35.190 This position is kind of nice of the bishop E5. 04:35.220 --> 04:42.150 Bishop Siegfried White has a very pleasant position indeed as a basis for doing various things like 04:42.150 --> 04:43.080 winning material. 04:43.560 --> 04:49.980 So, for example, this situation, winning material is going to be nice for once, even if the free 04:49.980 --> 04:55.140 drops, once bishop power and potential for a passport on the queenside is nice. 04:55.410 --> 04:58.710 So okay, we have Queen B six now. 04:58.710 --> 04:59.700 Knight E five. 05:01.160 --> 05:02.380 Night takes be free. 05:02.390 --> 05:07.100 So very interesting move now, which makes a lot of difference. 05:07.130 --> 05:12.500 That's why it's important, in my view, to be super nerdy in chess, especially this lure of going 05:12.500 --> 05:16.130 on autopilot to win an automatic recapture. 05:17.030 --> 05:21.870 If Knight takes me through wasn't played, let's just for a moment examine this knight. 05:21.890 --> 05:27.920 See for queen this position dropping the pawn is good for one f6 94. 05:27.920 --> 05:29.870 And then we're winning the pawn again. 05:29.900 --> 05:31.340 It's big problems with C5. 05:31.340 --> 05:33.210 So Knight takes B3. 05:33.290 --> 05:35.060 Okay, so you're playing white Hare. 05:35.060 --> 05:37.430 What would you play in this position? 05:43.190 --> 05:48.350 If you have two moves in a row or a few moves in a row, let's imagine Black didn't do that. 05:48.560 --> 05:54.930 Maybe there'll be an idea of getting onto this sensitive diagonal for that pin and also hanging C5. 05:54.950 --> 05:56.330 So that would be an idea. 05:56.450 --> 06:00.890 So that's facilitated with Tempo 94 instead of the auto recapture. 06:01.010 --> 06:03.680 Very nice, nuanced move. 06:04.230 --> 06:08.180 It takes be free Black could consider. 06:09.230 --> 06:10.210 Bishop takes E5. 06:10.220 --> 06:13.310 That's pretty radical to give up the square Bishop. 06:13.580 --> 06:16.970 But with F6, it's actually. 06:17.900 --> 06:19.550 Yeah, it does have a small edge. 06:19.550 --> 06:22.220 It is unpleasant, but it's not completely losing just yet. 06:22.640 --> 06:26.330 If Queen D 894. 06:27.170 --> 06:34.670 The thing is this position Bishop D6 It's kind of pleasant for whites, for example, here. 06:35.940 --> 06:37.570 You know what the thing is? 06:37.580 --> 06:40.140 C5 is going to be hanging if the bishop goes back. 06:40.160 --> 06:45.800 So this is just a position which ends up being a clear advantage to white. 06:45.920 --> 06:49.670 C5 is a recurring issue in these variations. 06:50.600 --> 06:56.600 So, okay, nine C4 though, we have Queen B five and now eight XP three. 06:56.870 --> 07:02.330 Now the Queen is subject to tempo gaining with things like Rook five and 96. 07:04.790 --> 07:10.040 And Bishop Desexed is also a major threat in conjunction with Rocky five to win C five. 07:10.730 --> 07:16.160 So it looks kind of nasty, this whole configuration for black whites opening a hair. 07:16.460 --> 07:20.560 You can see that the hyper modern school is at work here. 07:20.570 --> 07:28.280 We've got authority, influence, authority and influence in the possession over the central squares. 07:28.280 --> 07:31.220 We don't naturally literally need to occupy them. 07:31.610 --> 07:36.860 We haven't got a pawn in those central squares, but we've got a huge pressure command to black's pressure 07:36.860 --> 07:38.840 in the sense of authority. 07:38.960 --> 07:41.690 So we have a five which we can squares now. 07:43.100 --> 07:46.010 Even more trying to shut down a five. 07:46.370 --> 07:47.630 If H six. 07:47.630 --> 07:48.590 Bishop six. 07:48.590 --> 07:51.530 This position Rook five winning material. 07:51.560 --> 07:53.360 There's no be sex here. 07:53.840 --> 08:00.170 Bishop takes B6 rotates eight if Bishop D7 Rook five c free. 08:01.160 --> 08:02.450 When's the queen going? 08:02.450 --> 08:03.140 It's tramps. 08:03.140 --> 08:03.940 So 85. 08:03.950 --> 08:04.460 Try it. 08:04.460 --> 08:05.450 But now Bishop D sex. 08:05.450 --> 08:09.320 And now this is a very dangerous state of affairs for black. 08:09.320 --> 08:11.060 Indeed, Bishop f6 is played. 08:11.060 --> 08:11.930 So why? 08:12.410 --> 08:15.710 Because that's another loose piece potentially, which could be hit. 08:15.710 --> 08:24.530 So why if rookie eight Queen D two is nice hand looking at a five if five hitting the bishop Bishop 08:24.560 --> 08:31.100 e5 So we're still looking at A5 hare this situation we can still look at A5 and there's a lot of scrutiny 08:31.100 --> 08:39.860 one, two, three, four against A5 and we can win A5 with advantage if A4 we can play Bishop thanks 08:39.860 --> 08:50.030 to you seven 1967 and here Queen A4 And actually we've got France here like 96 with tempo to look at 08:50.050 --> 08:50.780 F7. 08:50.780 --> 08:56.120 We've got a number of interesting things going on here. 08:56.480 --> 08:58.660 If Knight Queen if right. 08:58.670 --> 09:05.690 This is just a very pleasant position where tactics takes balance crop up with advantage to white like 09:05.690 --> 09:06.260 this. 09:06.410 --> 09:13.850 So okay Bishop f6 it's an unprotected piece liability a natural downside being presented and it's just 09:13.850 --> 09:18.190 hit naturally with queen and three so Knight nicely protects B2. 09:18.200 --> 09:24.170 What is done with Bishop The king is a bad protector in general of things, so King G7 The thing is, 09:24.170 --> 09:24.710 what does black do? 09:24.710 --> 09:27.530 Bishop G7 would just win E7 rookie. 09:27.530 --> 09:28.940 Ain't we just we've got to take it on. 09:28.940 --> 09:30.200 F6 So yeah. 09:30.230 --> 09:32.120 King G7 is kind of necessary. 09:32.120 --> 09:37.040 And now Rookie four there was something else, but I'm not going to ruin the game combination for you 09:37.160 --> 09:39.890 by showing you that there was something nifty there. 09:40.490 --> 09:43.970 Rook D8 is played now here. 09:43.970 --> 09:47.570 If 95, then we're just winning the exchange. 09:47.690 --> 09:50.810 That's good enough to win the exchange with big advantage. 09:50.810 --> 10:01.580 So rook the eight and here for 1000 tactical points, I've gone at length to explain some of the nuances 10:01.580 --> 10:02.210 here. 10:02.810 --> 10:04.220 Well, to some, some level. 10:04.220 --> 10:07.220 Anyway, what would you play here? 10:07.220 --> 10:13.070 There's actually a beautiful win available now by force. 10:13.070 --> 10:14.540 We can force matters. 10:14.540 --> 10:16.040 We're in the commentary phase. 10:16.040 --> 10:23.630 There has been an attacking build up and you might think was that there was only exchanging a glitch 10:23.750 --> 10:26.990 occupation and sense with with authority you know with central influence. 10:26.990 --> 10:30.860 But yeah that was the attacking ingredient you know, hyper modern school. 10:31.370 --> 10:35.150 You know, good central control here means that you're really stable. 10:35.150 --> 10:37.490 You're really in balance for any attack. 10:37.520 --> 10:40.850 You've got a good lock on the situation on the board. 10:40.910 --> 10:42.890 There's not much counterplay here for black. 10:42.890 --> 10:46.880 It's kind of a stable situation to naturally base an attack. 10:47.240 --> 10:49.100 And we have this absolute stunner. 10:49.100 --> 10:52.580 Queen size f6 check bringing the king out. 10:53.360 --> 10:55.190 So King takes f6 and points. 10:55.190 --> 10:56.660 Bishop E5 check. 10:56.930 --> 11:00.380 And the King's brought down the board and a technique of bringing the King down board. 11:00.380 --> 11:07.100 You stop the reverse gears, cutting out the reverse squares of the King f6 and H6 bringing the King 11:07.130 --> 11:08.660 to our resources to be mated. 11:08.660 --> 11:11.180 Black actually resigns here at Move 21. 11:11.870 --> 11:12.680 What a classic. 11:12.680 --> 11:19.820 So if the game had continued say f6 h4 check Bishop F3 is checkmate. 11:20.510 --> 11:21.260 Yep. 11:21.980 --> 11:24.320 At five h for check. 11:24.320 --> 11:27.740 And then bishop and friends champ Mate Rook takes D3. 11:27.740 --> 11:32.930 We can play C tanks same night at five H for Shaq and then Bishop and friends. 11:32.930 --> 11:39.020 Champ makes NOI f5 H for Jack, nine H for G takes H for Shaq. 11:39.020 --> 11:41.090 And now here King F5, this Bishop H free. 11:41.090 --> 11:41.810 Checkmate. 11:44.460 --> 11:45.050 Yeah. 11:45.060 --> 11:47.110 It's all pretty, pretty hopeless. 11:47.130 --> 11:48.510 You know, King, King H5. 11:48.510 --> 11:49.380 We've got Bishop Alfred. 11:49.380 --> 11:50.100 Checkmate. 11:54.010 --> 11:57.850 Wonderful staff as well as Bishop and the other one. 11:57.850 --> 12:00.280 We also had 93 as a choice for checkmate. 12:00.280 --> 12:08.290 By the way, if King Inch five here, Bishop African King G5, age four check and here G4 is Champ Main. 12:09.100 --> 12:10.990 Yeah it's it's pretty vicious. 12:10.990 --> 12:13.020 The king has been brought to our resources. 12:13.060 --> 12:17.920 The king has brought out and about not all the way down the board, but here it's convincing enough 12:17.920 --> 12:19.480 just for Black to resign here. 12:19.510 --> 12:23.530 We've already got resources in near contact with the king that the king doesn't have to be literally 12:23.530 --> 12:24.700 brought down the pawn here. 12:24.850 --> 12:30.730 So we've exchanged the opponents thing cats out, Bishop with our own here taking out the reverse gears. 12:32.770 --> 12:37.960 Yeah Petrosian because he's such a master of tactics and combination is he does have these beautiful 12:38.440 --> 12:43.510 games which we could consider attacking games and quite often he's provoking the opponent's great weaknesses 12:43.900 --> 12:46.390 and then pouncing on those weaknesses later. 12:46.390 --> 12:48.850 This is one of the more beautiful Petrosian games. 12:48.940 --> 12:53.680 So yes, am I naughty, including Petrosian? 12:54.430 --> 12:56.500 Shouldn't I just be focusing on the attacking players? 12:56.500 --> 13:00.280 Well, yeah, but it's a beautiful game. 13:00.610 --> 13:02.170 Bobby Fischer admired it. 13:02.170 --> 13:04.210 If it was like a nice problem, like finish. 13:04.210 --> 13:08.480 It's one of my favorite Tigran Petrosian games and you check out my take where I'm chosen. 13:08.510 --> 13:10.120 Course, I just focused on his wins. 13:10.120 --> 13:11.680 I just the beauty. 13:11.680 --> 13:17.950 Now we can just skip all his draws, skip all his longer grinding games and look at his tactical wins. 13:17.950 --> 13:19.960 And this is one of the more beautiful ones. 13:19.960 --> 13:20.670 Okay. 13:21.070 --> 13:21.730 And so much.