WEBVTT 00:00.870 --> 00:01.560 Hi there. 00:01.590 --> 00:05.740 In this section, we see an amazing game of Y against Lazaro Batista. 00:05.760 --> 00:09.300 This was played in 2015, the Hainan Dan Xu GM tournament. 00:09.480 --> 00:13.420 So Wei Yi was only 16 years old at the time in this game. 00:13.440 --> 00:15.570 At 15, he was Chinese champion. 00:15.750 --> 00:16.830 Let's have a look at this game. 00:16.830 --> 00:18.520 So E4 from y ye. 00:18.540 --> 00:30.450 We have a Sicilian defense 910 three e6 9c3 a6 bishop e2 9c6 and now d4 to this transposes into a normal 00:30.450 --> 00:32.220 kind of open Sicilian. 00:33.060 --> 00:37.590 So why castling hand of six Bishop e three Bishop e7 full. 00:37.980 --> 00:44.640 This looks like standard stuff d six King H one Black Castles, and now Queen E one. 00:45.690 --> 00:50.580 So the Queen has aggressive points here to think about. 00:51.090 --> 00:56.460 We have Knight Taste E4, Bishop takes E4, B5 and now Queen G3. 00:56.460 --> 01:02.120 So the bishop on E two is also usually sometimes guarding H five. 01:02.130 --> 01:06.840 This knight is pinned to G seven now for the moment. 01:06.840 --> 01:10.860 So Bishop B seven, a free rook, 88. 01:11.130 --> 01:14.550 So just to be clear, if Knight takes E4, we're playing Queen St's G7. 01:14.580 --> 01:15.240 Checkmate. 01:16.350 --> 01:18.780 So, Bishop Chase, we're just taking the Bishop. 01:18.780 --> 01:18.990 So. 01:18.990 --> 01:20.160 Rook 88. 01:20.220 --> 01:28.380 Rook 81, Rook D seven And now Bishop D3 So you can see that both bishops seem to be menacingly pointing 01:28.380 --> 01:29.580 in the King's direction. 01:29.820 --> 01:31.890 Queen D eight and now Queen H three. 01:31.920 --> 01:36.810 So this shift to the free square looks like E5 is a real danger. 01:36.840 --> 01:43.920 Now to coordinate on H seven we see g six and now F five. 01:43.950 --> 01:45.510 So aggressive stuff. 01:45.540 --> 01:53.310 E5 If it takes a five, that doesn't look good in principle for the weakened pawn. 01:53.310 --> 01:56.250 But also the attack here is quite good. 01:56.250 --> 01:57.840 If you have this position, guess what? 01:57.840 --> 02:01.740 White can play in this position, which is really quite strong. 02:05.540 --> 02:10.700 The rook doesn't look entirely, you know, typically placed on D7. 02:10.700 --> 02:17.440 And in fact, so I'm about to show you you can actually play F6 here in this position. 02:17.450 --> 02:24.950 If Bishop takes then Rook takes nine, takes Bishop takes Queen, takes f6, and the Queen is actually 02:25.190 --> 02:26.990 usually pointing at D7. 02:27.170 --> 02:28.460 So we win material. 02:28.730 --> 02:39.650 So OQ E5 is played, Bishop drops back, Rookie ain't F Thanks G6 H Thanks G6. 02:40.040 --> 02:44.300 Black doesn't want to relinquish the E6 square in a hurry. 02:44.300 --> 02:45.770 That looks kind of dangerous. 02:46.520 --> 02:47.810 So h thanks G6. 02:47.810 --> 02:51.230 And this also it looks the most sensible way. 02:51.230 --> 02:58.370 Position eight to capture towards the center we see 95 another move here for white to try for. 02:58.370 --> 03:02.960 The advantage is try and get this bishop on this diagonal. 03:02.960 --> 03:10.550 So a move like A4 here and just as a temporary pawn sac even is kind of dangerous for black. 03:10.550 --> 03:15.020 Even if black plays A4 it looks like, well, what's black doing with these pawns? 03:15.020 --> 03:20.450 But hold on sake, this position is going to be really quite dangerous. 03:20.480 --> 03:21.530 Black hair. 03:21.800 --> 03:23.570 There will be a of queen. 03:23.570 --> 03:24.740 Thanks G6. 03:25.310 --> 03:31.580 So if black has to sack the exchange because if King H seven as bishop takes F seven dismantling. 03:32.240 --> 03:37.520 So if Black has to give up the exchange, this is actually going to be technically very nice for white. 03:37.550 --> 03:43.670 So that's something to consider a four but in the game 95 was played and here. 03:44.840 --> 03:49.550 That kind of makes things a lot worse with Night 65 than they needed to be. 03:49.760 --> 03:52.610 Bishop 65 had to be plain, it seems. 03:52.910 --> 03:54.350 So this position. 03:55.100 --> 04:00.650 Let's say this position opens up the Bishop Black didn't want to want to do this. 04:02.740 --> 04:07.180 But let's say Rook b7 Queen F3, King G7. 04:07.990 --> 04:09.520 Can we get an attack? 04:09.640 --> 04:14.620 It's a bit tricky because Planck is threatening to use the H file with best playing. 04:14.620 --> 04:15.820 Let's say G for Rook. 04:15.820 --> 04:16.540 F eight. 04:17.440 --> 04:18.970 H for Queen C ain't. 04:20.990 --> 04:25.010 One does have tactical resources, but it's a different game. 04:25.190 --> 04:30.050 It has Bishop H six, Jack G five, Shaq G, tanks have six. 04:30.320 --> 04:33.380 And here we've got to be careful. 04:33.380 --> 04:36.500 If Queen takes, then there's Queen H three chat with Perpetual Shaq. 04:37.250 --> 04:45.110 So in this position H five to make use of that open bishop and white should get an advantage. 04:45.110 --> 04:52.190 So this is in a theoretical sense, Bishop takes G six, one is getting an attack. 04:52.220 --> 04:54.500 This is just a fictional attack variation. 04:54.500 --> 04:57.080 And what ends up only was a small edge. 04:57.080 --> 04:59.990 So if Y is playing like this, then that's absolutely brilliant. 04:59.990 --> 05:05.540 If Y isn't, then basically Bishop takes the E5 should be fairly safe. 05:06.560 --> 05:07.910 What was played? 05:07.910 --> 05:11.570 Knight takes The E5 has a major downside to it in fact. 05:12.110 --> 05:13.490 So what would you play here for? 05:13.490 --> 05:14.660 200 points? 05:17.750 --> 05:20.390 So there's a major downside of this 1965. 05:20.390 --> 05:21.530 So what is that? 05:24.620 --> 05:24.920 Yeah. 05:24.920 --> 05:26.300 We get a good king hunter. 05:26.300 --> 05:27.800 We brought tanks at seven. 05:27.980 --> 05:31.580 So if rattling Queen H seven might hear. 05:34.990 --> 05:37.750 And it's pretty tricky. 05:37.780 --> 05:41.170 Here we have King takes F seven. 05:41.170 --> 05:43.080 So you might ask, well, what about 96? 05:43.090 --> 05:45.280 Doesn't that secure 87? 05:45.370 --> 05:50.590 Yeah, but then Queen 86 and then that is a huge problem, actually. 05:52.610 --> 05:53.300 A black. 05:55.190 --> 05:57.350 A huge, huge problem. 05:58.490 --> 05:59.240 So. 06:01.730 --> 06:04.040 If Bishop. 06:05.320 --> 06:06.070 Eight. 06:06.520 --> 06:11.770 We do have good resources like Rook e seven check right in the heart of Black's position. 06:12.430 --> 06:14.800 And what is black down here with this check? 06:14.980 --> 06:15.890 King H eight. 06:15.910 --> 06:16.750 Then there's queen size. 06:16.780 --> 06:17.770 Have six check. 06:17.980 --> 06:19.780 And we've got the king to ourselves. 06:20.620 --> 06:23.920 So Bishop F eight is is not too funny for black. 06:26.610 --> 06:34.950 And if Bishop, if I isn't played, if rook feint, then rook takes f6 shank Queen H free Czech Bishop 06:34.950 --> 06:39.750 H six Czech rook have one shank and mate. 06:40.380 --> 06:48.780 And here if the king had gone to G then Rook takes G6 Czech Rogue seven, Czech Queen H five And then 06:48.930 --> 06:49.900 this is Mate. 06:49.920 --> 06:53.490 So in other words, Knight F6 doesn't seem to be working too well for black. 06:53.820 --> 06:58.890 So we have King takes f7 and now King hunts. 06:58.890 --> 07:00.450 The king's been brought down the board. 07:00.450 --> 07:01.740 The king has to go forward. 07:01.770 --> 07:04.260 If King if Bishop h6 is checkmate. 07:04.260 --> 07:05.730 So the king has to go forward. 07:06.150 --> 07:08.730 He takes the E5, Czech king takes the E5. 07:09.600 --> 07:15.570 If Bishop takes the E5, then actually Bishop takes G6 with the Queen of seven. 07:15.570 --> 07:18.180 Mate is annoying this counter sack. 07:18.180 --> 07:22.800 We can take that Queen F seven, Czech Queen takes eight. 07:22.800 --> 07:24.360 We're just waiting on material there. 07:25.590 --> 07:34.050 And instead of the count if Rook have eight Queen H three Czech rook have one, Czech Queen H six is 07:34.050 --> 07:34.800 checkmate. 07:34.800 --> 07:37.470 So the king is brought to the center of the board. 07:37.590 --> 07:43.590 But now there's a potential escape mechanism which we need to factor in. 07:43.620 --> 07:46.200 Is the King going to just go backwards on that side of the board? 07:46.200 --> 07:48.090 So there's a brilliant move at this point. 07:48.180 --> 07:49.410 Move 25. 07:54.350 --> 08:03.380 So the absolutely brilliant point here, if that's the threat, is escaping back into territory, We've 08:03.380 --> 08:05.180 got to stop that kind of France. 08:05.180 --> 08:06.650 And it stopped with Bishop E! 08:08.630 --> 08:09.970 This is a brilliant way of stopping it. 08:09.980 --> 08:12.380 If see Falkirk, that could be ignored. 08:12.890 --> 08:13.700 And this position? 08:13.700 --> 08:15.050 Black's escaping back. 08:15.140 --> 08:20.430 So Bishop E4 brings the King further down with King takes E4. 08:20.450 --> 08:27.050 If King's C4 Queen F seven take this position and says Bishop, the free checkmate, you can see that 08:27.050 --> 08:31.580 the king's been brought our resources which are helping control King's game squares. 08:32.210 --> 08:41.990 If King e6 Queen tanks G6 check queen have five check and actually we can play bishop at five Check 08:41.990 --> 08:44.660 here and win the rook. 08:46.260 --> 08:49.910 And there's also a frat hair of queen bee free. 08:50.430 --> 08:53.970 So you know this position well, it's hopeless. 08:53.970 --> 08:55.620 This queen, the free frat. 08:57.410 --> 08:58.540 Among other things. 08:58.550 --> 09:00.440 So, yes, there's evidence that. 09:01.660 --> 09:05.700 It's not too hot to play anything other than King takes E4. 09:05.710 --> 09:07.540 So King takes E4 was played. 09:08.860 --> 09:14.980 And now, yeah, there's like the France of King de facto escape backwards that stopped. 09:15.610 --> 09:17.500 With Queen F seven, this quiet move. 09:18.940 --> 09:24.640 There was actually computer suggest there was actually a forced by an eight here with C4 that stops 09:24.640 --> 09:35.470 also kingly five and if King D free this position rook d one check queen sex e4 check is going to lead 09:35.470 --> 09:41.050 to the black king funnily enough, getting mated in a fun way. 09:41.410 --> 09:44.200 So yes, C4 does seem to do the job. 09:44.200 --> 09:48.010 If B takes C4, queen takes g six and this position. 09:48.280 --> 09:53.230 It looks as though well the king's escape into C sex but actually Queen F seven check and it doesn't 09:53.230 --> 10:00.730 matter Queen takes C4 is checkmate there so the king escaped back to C6 just to get mated there So it's 10:00.730 --> 10:06.040 funny C4 is a very very strong force by in eight but yeah, Queen F seven was played here. 10:06.490 --> 10:13.630 Bishop IV thinks if rook fight, the queen is taken out escape squares, which means certain checks 10:13.630 --> 10:14.320 are more dangerous. 10:14.320 --> 10:16.030 Now Bishop g1 would be checkmate. 10:16.030 --> 10:21.610 It's also the Queen's taken out for her and five as well as D5. 10:21.610 --> 10:23.530 So this isn't actually a checkmate funny enough. 10:23.920 --> 10:29.200 So Bishop f6 Ali shielding the king on on F5. 10:29.500 --> 10:30.610 We have Bishop. 10:32.250 --> 10:33.660 The two check now. 10:33.690 --> 10:34.830 KING The four. 10:36.300 --> 10:40.080 If KING Have five hair, rock have one check. 10:40.920 --> 10:47.600 And blacks only got bishop afraid this position with King G four Queen Sanctuary six check. 10:47.610 --> 10:50.670 Queen F five check Rule catchphrase checkmate. 10:51.120 --> 10:55.470 So okay, so the king goes the D for Bishop E free king e4. 10:55.740 --> 10:57.300 And now another quiet move. 10:57.300 --> 10:58.740 Remarkable Queen B phrase. 10:58.740 --> 11:03.420 So the queen is getting some more options while still stopping the king from going backwards. 11:03.840 --> 11:08.460 And we do have a clear and imminent make of a make and one with Queen D free checkmate. 11:08.700 --> 11:13.190 So we have King at five Rook have one check, King G for another. 11:13.200 --> 11:15.270 There's an only move in this position. 11:15.270 --> 11:16.470 Can you guess what that is for? 11:16.470 --> 11:17.460 100 points. 11:17.460 --> 11:20.340 So it move 31 is the only move being played here. 11:21.000 --> 11:21.990 Funny enough. 11:24.650 --> 11:27.380 The only move is queen defray for bigger voltage. 11:27.530 --> 11:28.200 If H. 11:28.230 --> 11:30.520 Free check king H five or g pawns pen. 11:30.530 --> 11:31.940 We haven't got g for. 11:31.940 --> 11:34.310 So actually the king is kind of safe here. 11:34.520 --> 11:36.020 So queen defray. 11:37.520 --> 11:40.280 And now we have Bishop takes G2 check. 11:40.370 --> 11:42.950 So you might wonder why this count sank. 11:43.370 --> 11:51.650 Well, if we look at this, if rook h h Queen in to check for there's actually a key move here. 11:52.130 --> 11:53.060 Can you spot him? 11:54.860 --> 11:58.980 Even though we're really down on one zero, we have Rook afraid, which is actually kind of amazing. 11:59.000 --> 12:00.710 Bishop takes queen takes. 12:02.210 --> 12:07.100 And we've got Queen H free as a France. 12:07.400 --> 12:10.290 So a bishop E seven Queen mate. 12:10.640 --> 12:11.480 If Bishop H. 12:11.510 --> 12:15.390 Four Queen D one shank. 12:15.410 --> 12:17.620 This position is just mating. 12:17.630 --> 12:19.570 If Rook g seven just put this on board. 12:19.580 --> 12:20.660 H Free check. 12:20.960 --> 12:22.070 And here. 12:24.030 --> 12:25.200 Queen, too. 12:26.130 --> 12:28.920 So the friends of Queen G for Checkmate. 12:29.310 --> 12:30.810 So say Queen D seven. 12:31.020 --> 12:32.940 And here there's a cute move. 12:33.990 --> 12:35.400 What would you play in this position? 12:36.210 --> 12:37.020 Five points. 12:38.130 --> 12:38.670 Yeah. 12:38.670 --> 12:42.150 We can play the underpinning and fetch thing. 12:42.700 --> 12:43.620 G free. 12:43.650 --> 12:44.160 Checkmate. 12:44.190 --> 12:45.660 If Bishop takes G2 Queen. 12:45.660 --> 12:46.350 Thanks. 12:47.760 --> 12:50.130 And it's still hopeless right here. 12:52.760 --> 13:02.740 So you know this position, if queen, if this is just desperate rock times and queen, I have to check 13:02.750 --> 13:04.310 Queen takes her five check. 13:04.580 --> 13:06.590 We're going to be winning material or chat. 13:06.590 --> 13:07.040 Mating. 13:07.040 --> 13:08.180 So chat, mating here. 13:08.660 --> 13:10.010 But yeah, it's just too dangerous. 13:10.010 --> 13:11.030 So Bishop takes G2. 13:11.030 --> 13:12.170 Checkers tried. 13:12.320 --> 13:22.610 King takes you to Queen H at King G one, Bishop G5, Queen E to check King H for Bishop have to check 13:22.880 --> 13:29.960 King H free and now black funny amusingly is actually threatening me against whites. 13:29.960 --> 13:31.400 So safety points. 13:31.400 --> 13:33.470 So this next move though, ends the game. 13:33.470 --> 13:38.050 So Black did actually have a threat here, but this next move actually ends the game. 13:38.060 --> 13:39.470 Why don't you think that is? 13:42.520 --> 13:42.980 Okay. 13:43.000 --> 13:50.170 It's Bishop E one, so ends the game blank resigned if Rook have eight. 13:51.190 --> 13:53.020 So let's say Rook. 13:53.020 --> 13:56.230 I think rook takes F eight, Queen takes her fight. 13:56.260 --> 13:57.790 Queen G2 is checkmate. 13:59.050 --> 14:01.000 But let's look at the options. 14:01.000 --> 14:06.100 If rook seven rook free check King G4 Rook have seven check. 14:06.100 --> 14:09.010 Kinch Free Rook takes h seven. 14:09.190 --> 14:09.910 Bishop H six. 14:09.910 --> 14:10.930 And this is mate. 14:11.290 --> 14:13.990 If Bishop F4, we've got to be careful. 14:14.350 --> 14:16.030 Yeah, we've got to be careful. 14:16.600 --> 14:17.980 What is the key move here? 14:21.460 --> 14:25.880 Because for shields the F five square so we can't actually play rock f reacher. 14:26.050 --> 14:27.400 This will blow everything. 14:27.760 --> 14:30.340 King g4g free Czech King F five. 14:30.370 --> 14:32.200 This position and what have we got? 14:32.440 --> 14:34.090 So we've got to be careful here. 14:34.090 --> 14:35.320 But there is a move. 14:35.680 --> 14:41.400 So this is the high risk about these bringing the King down the board sacrificially. 14:41.410 --> 14:47.110 If you don't have high accuracy follow ups, then you could just be down in material and we've lost 14:47.110 --> 14:47.560 possession. 14:47.560 --> 14:49.690 But Queen D free check is possible here. 14:51.940 --> 14:58.740 And the point is, can six the king is not going back because Queen takes G.S. Shank now. 14:58.750 --> 15:00.190 Bishop five. 15:00.700 --> 15:01.840 Funny enough. 15:02.080 --> 15:04.660 We have a fantastic resource here. 15:05.790 --> 15:06.880 You thing that is. 15:11.430 --> 15:12.530 Humble pawn. 15:12.540 --> 15:14.520 Each forecheck makes the difference. 15:14.550 --> 15:17.820 King takes H three queen, five champ, mate. 15:22.050 --> 15:23.100 So yes. 15:24.000 --> 15:26.020 So basically, Black resigned. 15:26.040 --> 15:29.160 Maybe he should have tested all of this or that variation at least. 15:29.490 --> 15:30.270 But no. 15:30.270 --> 15:31.380 Black resigned after Bishop. 15:31.410 --> 15:32.010 He won. 15:32.010 --> 15:33.750 So we have a glorious king hunt. 15:34.050 --> 15:36.060 So these are not for the faint hearted. 15:37.110 --> 15:38.160 These king hunts. 15:38.580 --> 15:39.960 Quite a lot of sacrifices. 15:39.960 --> 15:40.740 Could be involved. 15:40.740 --> 15:41.580 Quite high risk. 15:41.580 --> 15:44.040 But if you can pull it off, it's beautiful. 15:44.070 --> 15:46.590 This is going to boost your social media, this kind of game. 15:46.920 --> 15:48.420 Share it with your friends. 15:48.600 --> 15:52.260 It's going to be absolutely amazing if you can pull a game off like this. 15:53.730 --> 15:57.440 So, yes, a classic game of way. 15:57.450 --> 16:00.660 I consider it one of his classic Immortal games. 16:01.030 --> 16:01.350 Okay. 16:01.350 --> 16:02.250 I hope you enjoy that. 16:02.280 --> 16:08.100 Got some principles out of it for stopping the king going backwards at various points, making sure 16:08.100 --> 16:08.820 you know what you're doing. 16:08.820 --> 16:12.120 Basically, if you're playing all these sacrifices, you've got to know what you're doing. 16:12.120 --> 16:15.020 Otherwise you're not going to get the expected outcome. 16:15.030 --> 16:20.790 You've got to be very precise with this kind of king hunt because you've invested quite a lot of material 16:20.790 --> 16:21.380 into it. 16:21.390 --> 16:23.610 So, yes, it better be working. 16:23.910 --> 16:24.780 Okay. 16:25.580 --> 16:26.260 Had so much.