WEBVTT 00:00.930 --> 00:01.620 Hi there. 00:01.650 --> 00:06.490 In this lecture, we see a game of Harry Nelson Pillsbury against sabotage. 00:06.870 --> 00:11.010 This is in the 1895 Hastings tournament, Round two. 00:11.250 --> 00:17.850 So in this classic Truman's Harry Nelson, Pillsbury took the chess world by storm and actually won 00:17.850 --> 00:24.990 this ahead of the likes of Tyrus and Lasker and many other players, which, you know, the leading 00:24.990 --> 00:26.170 players at the time. 00:26.190 --> 00:33.960 So this is one of the very interesting games of Harry Nelson Pillsbury, where the concept of the Pillsbury 00:33.960 --> 00:35.770 Bones emerges. 00:35.790 --> 00:47.670 So we have Pillsbury playing D4 and Torrance playing D5 C4 from Pillsbury 69c96, Bishop G five. 00:48.240 --> 00:51.200 Bishop E 7.39 BD seven. 00:51.270 --> 00:52.980 So far it looks pretty standard. 00:52.980 --> 00:55.620 Queen's Gambit, The client territory. 00:55.770 --> 00:57.360 We have B six now. 00:57.600 --> 00:58.470 C tanks. 00:58.470 --> 00:59.010 D five. 00:59.010 --> 00:59.610 He tanks. 00:59.610 --> 01:02.220 Bishop D3, Bishop B seven. 01:02.220 --> 01:05.720 So Black is trying to get a lock and key over the E4 square. 01:07.050 --> 01:14.380 One consoles C five and now Rook E one and here Black releases the tension in the center. 01:14.400 --> 01:20.400 This is sometimes a bit risky thing to do, but sometimes black is justified. 01:21.270 --> 01:22.440 And in this case. 01:24.010 --> 01:26.470 Because of the lock and key over the E Foursquare. 01:26.500 --> 01:30.820 This is kind of justifiable to try and advance on the queenside like this. 01:31.360 --> 01:35.920 But it does mean now that the Pillsbury pawns can be set up. 01:35.920 --> 01:42.960 So knowing E5 is the first move, this installment, this Knight outpost, is very interesting. 01:42.970 --> 01:50.410 The idea is to follow up with F4 and you could say, Well, this is like a stone wall attack system, 01:50.410 --> 01:52.960 and the Achilles heel of the structure is E4. 01:52.960 --> 01:57.820 SHAW The bishops outside the pawn chain, though, it's not on C one. 01:59.980 --> 02:00.760 Okay. 02:01.300 --> 02:05.250 And the other question is, well, Black played B5, but what if Knight takes E5? 02:05.260 --> 02:06.220 What happens here? 02:07.180 --> 02:10.450 Well, we can play D tanks E5 94. 02:10.450 --> 02:12.910 We can take on E seven, take on D five. 02:12.940 --> 02:20.890 The resulting complications here are all in White's favor, actually, once hitting the Queen and the 02:20.890 --> 02:22.510 pawn if Queen takes E5. 02:22.540 --> 02:28.420 Yeah, we can nab this pawn materialistically knight takes after is trying to be super clever. 02:30.860 --> 02:36.230 Okay to have Queen have sex checked sometimes if all kings brought out. 02:36.530 --> 02:46.340 But Queen C two is super clever looking at seven and the knights like different light sexy for this 02:46.340 --> 02:49.940 position OC blacks toying down the Queen. 02:49.940 --> 02:54.140 But overall white is doing super well here after 96. 02:54.560 --> 02:56.660 This is just unsound by black. 02:56.660 --> 02:58.070 It's unsound play. 02:58.100 --> 03:00.380 It's leaving white with material advantage. 03:00.680 --> 03:05.450 So yeah, 1965 can be entertains, but it's not that great, it seems. 03:06.260 --> 03:07.670 If we look at this again. 03:10.490 --> 03:14.630 So 9/10 queen takes 9/10 v six. 03:14.660 --> 03:20.300 If something more plain like Rook 88, we can actually take time out to play. 03:20.300 --> 03:22.490 Nine Take see for hitting the Queen. 03:23.540 --> 03:24.260 Queen G five. 03:24.260 --> 03:30.410 Queen C two And we've got nothing to fear here, it seems, especially after a four shielding G2, even 03:30.410 --> 03:32.600 more whites got the advantage there. 03:32.690 --> 03:39.800 So in other words, okay, it seems as though 1965 doesn't have too much to it. 03:39.800 --> 03:46.400 So B5 is played at four, so it is like a stonewall attack, you could say the bishops outside the pawn 03:46.400 --> 03:47.870 chains, not on C one. 03:48.830 --> 03:51.110 And it does carry some perks to this. 03:51.620 --> 04:00.410 So I've seen a Grandmaster Stuart Conquest, I believe one of the London classics losing to apply less 04:00.410 --> 04:02.540 than 2100 were the Stonewall attack. 04:02.570 --> 04:04.330 He didn't actually get much counterplay. 04:04.340 --> 04:06.590 There is something going for it on a good day. 04:07.190 --> 04:09.250 I like to use the expression on the good I. 04:09.270 --> 04:10.550 That's from Spellman. 04:10.550 --> 04:15.260 I've heard him say that on a good day the Stonewall attacks are kind of dangerous, but the bishops 04:15.260 --> 04:23.000 outside the pawn chain we have rookie eight queen are free, no fights, and now 92 is played. 04:24.670 --> 04:26.980 Perhaps this is a slight inaccuracy. 04:26.980 --> 04:34.330 It does take away protection from the E four square rook F1 and let's say Black tries to disprove White's 04:34.330 --> 04:36.040 structure with nine E4. 04:36.730 --> 04:39.760 It seems White does have some resources here. 04:40.300 --> 04:48.340 Bishop takes e4 de takes Queen G4 and we've ideas of Bishop 86 sometimes. 04:48.610 --> 04:52.360 So if Queen is the Queen G3 this position. 04:52.720 --> 04:53.200 Bishop 80. 04:53.470 --> 04:55.390 Bishop f6 here. 04:55.390 --> 04:59.230 White does have a promising, you know, a position. 04:59.230 --> 05:00.940 It's a small edge for one at least. 05:00.940 --> 05:01.750 At least. 05:02.680 --> 05:04.690 So yes, if we look at this again. 05:07.230 --> 05:09.620 With 94 so far. 05:09.630 --> 05:10.490 94. 05:11.850 --> 05:21.060 Basically, you know, this is interesting, but what about B4 delaying E4? 05:21.300 --> 05:23.720 Well, again, Bishop takes E-4 takes. 05:23.730 --> 05:27.030 This is not entirely the end of the world for this position. 05:29.130 --> 05:38.400 If f6 we have Bishop H six G6 to show the mink France, but then taking out C four in this position 05:38.400 --> 05:43.440 at five one going to get a nice advantage here instead of G tanks. 05:43.440 --> 05:44.880 What about Queen B eight? 05:45.420 --> 05:51.210 We can play at five and OC simplification, but it ends up with an advantage for one again. 05:51.570 --> 05:56.790 So yes, it seems as though rook F1 might be a tad more accurate than this night retreat. 05:57.950 --> 05:58.770 Slightly more accurate. 05:58.790 --> 06:00.290 We have 94 here. 06:01.010 --> 06:04.010 Bishop takes e seven, road taxi seven. 06:04.010 --> 06:06.200 So at least the bad bishop has been removed. 06:06.230 --> 06:09.890 The so called bad bishop because it is on the same car as those pawns. 06:09.890 --> 06:11.180 So it's off the board. 06:11.180 --> 06:17.000 And now Bishop takes e4, D takes Queen Geoffrey F six, Knight G four. 06:17.840 --> 06:22.240 So in the front now is for example nine times F6 is one. 06:22.250 --> 06:32.300 And so a king H unpicking g seven and now F five Queen D seven rook f one rook the ain't rook f for 06:32.330 --> 06:38.630 Queen D six, Queen H for Rook The Knight C three. 06:40.650 --> 06:45.660 Bishop the five nine after it looks as though White's trying to keep E4 on the pressure. 06:46.110 --> 06:56.040 Quincy six here if b4 indeed noit takes E4 as possible. 06:56.250 --> 07:05.310 So this position is going to be in its favour because C4 is dropping here and Black hasn't got too much 07:05.310 --> 07:07.320 of an attack to speak of. 07:07.680 --> 07:20.580 So Queen C thinks we have rook f1 one b4 92 Queen a4 like G4 97 out here. 07:20.580 --> 07:25.440 Actually that is quite good already at F8. 07:25.470 --> 07:27.360 Maybe it didn't need to be moved back. 07:27.870 --> 07:34.430 Rook seven seems to be a move which gives black better defence. 07:34.440 --> 07:42.390 So for example, if Rook Fords f2 Queen takes a turn once Queenside seems to be, you know, it's a 07:42.390 --> 07:44.190 problem for endgames. 07:44.190 --> 07:47.640 At least 96 check King Jack Black has the advantage. 07:47.940 --> 07:58.410 So yes, but anyway 97 was played rook four to F2 and there's a nifty plan which looks rather slow, 07:58.410 --> 08:00.560 actually by by modern standards. 08:00.570 --> 08:07.050 Basically, there is a plan here to try and get things out of the way, pieces behind pawns and rip 08:07.050 --> 08:08.190 open the G file. 08:08.220 --> 08:11.340 It's quite a long term plan, to say the least. 08:12.570 --> 08:14.640 So here. 08:14.820 --> 08:19.290 Yeah, because Black has done the right recipe to use that Achilles heel. 08:19.580 --> 08:23.010 White shouldn't have an easy time attacking here. 08:23.520 --> 08:25.800 So King J is played. 08:27.030 --> 08:35.140 Though Queen takes a to this situation with Queen A five is better for black technically, but King 08:35.140 --> 08:39.240 Jiang is played and no time taken. 08:39.600 --> 08:40.770 A2 for a moment. 08:40.800 --> 08:42.530 C Free be free. 08:42.630 --> 08:43.770 Queen C six. 08:44.460 --> 08:51.990 H v So this attacking plan, yeah, needs to be having the pieces behind the pawns. 08:52.260 --> 09:02.270 So a59h2 So the battering rams are getting ready here A four G4 So the rook is going to use G2 eight 09:02.320 --> 09:03.000 takes A6. 09:03.030 --> 09:05.240 I mean this is an attacking recipe. 09:05.250 --> 09:09.480 Rip open the g file from a number of attacking games. 09:09.480 --> 09:10.310 Have this theme. 09:10.320 --> 09:11.340 It's a great theme. 09:12.150 --> 09:17.460 Rook eight g5, Rook A3 and now Knight G4 here. 09:17.640 --> 09:28.170 This is interesting and it's an observable phenomena that sometimes when the opponents win material 09:28.170 --> 09:32.950 on that brink of winning material, it's at that moment that issues appear. 09:32.970 --> 09:34.120 So why would that be? 09:34.140 --> 09:39.450 Well, here Black took on B4 and you might think, well, this is a moment of celebration for black, 09:40.260 --> 09:45.480 but issues appear because sometimes these pieces are a bit loose, they're a bit looser than usual. 09:45.480 --> 09:47.910 They've used some energy to take material. 09:47.910 --> 09:49.440 This is actually a mistake. 09:49.470 --> 09:51.300 It's a potential liability. 09:51.300 --> 09:57.060 This whole construction now ending up with an annotated piece potentially, you can see that we have 09:57.060 --> 10:01.500 an annotated piece possibility and it's still brewing up an attack over here. 10:01.590 --> 10:05.070 So, in fact, the G final attacked open up. 10:05.070 --> 10:09.660 The king could merge with this issue, which is being generated through black's materialism. 10:10.650 --> 10:12.330 But you have to calculate in chess. 10:12.330 --> 10:19.980 Yeah, it seems f tanks g5, which looks scary because it unlocks the F1 and it looks counterintuitive, 10:20.280 --> 10:28.050 but this is the way to go with F6 and this looks absolutely scary for sure if we look at this position. 10:28.050 --> 10:31.920 So Knight takes F6 is threatened because Queen hates Queen Tank. 10:31.920 --> 10:33.810 So let's say King H ain't. 10:35.850 --> 10:44.130 95 black hand defender it seems this position so allow white to have that very very scary g file. 10:44.130 --> 10:46.440 But blacks should be better here. 10:46.710 --> 10:53.040 And if black wants to take material, rook takes be free hair would be the way to go. 10:57.020 --> 11:02.180 I know this is this is crazy, but this has been analyzed by other people as well, saying this is the 11:02.180 --> 11:03.950 way to go as well, not just one. 11:04.460 --> 11:06.740 It's an exchange, sacrifice, possibility. 11:06.860 --> 11:11.210 Keeping the bishop on is important here. 11:11.870 --> 11:14.330 So, yeah, not bishop takes be free. 11:15.470 --> 11:16.970 But routines be free. 11:16.970 --> 11:21.470 And what does it actually do here to precede the attack if night takes be free? 11:21.470 --> 11:28.430 Black has got two connected pass pawns as a future asset, but is still a long way from actually winning 11:28.430 --> 11:28.960 this. 11:28.970 --> 11:32.300 This is just better for you know it's a much better position for black. 11:32.870 --> 11:37.570 But there's still some work to do because some stern resistance against BF3. 11:37.580 --> 11:42.320 There's still some work to do, but black overall is in a better position here. 11:42.710 --> 11:44.120 The exchange down. 11:45.920 --> 11:47.270 With those two connected pawns. 11:47.270 --> 11:48.050 Pawns. 11:49.700 --> 11:51.920 But that was the way to go in the game. 11:51.950 --> 11:53.750 Bishop takes be free. 11:56.350 --> 11:57.580 Was played. 11:58.030 --> 12:04.030 And as I say, we have an issue over here kind of melding with an issue over here. 12:04.030 --> 12:05.620 Now we have Rook. 12:05.620 --> 12:11.650 G2 can change, G takes f6, G takes up things. 12:12.130 --> 12:15.880 And now this unprotected piece issue, Knight takes be free. 12:16.180 --> 12:18.370 It turns out this wasn't even needed. 12:18.640 --> 12:21.100 Knight takes B3, wasn't even needed here. 12:21.130 --> 12:22.000 There's another move. 12:22.030 --> 12:23.440 Can you see what that is? 12:23.620 --> 12:31.540 This is a really interesting attacking situation where resources are basically over here indulging in. 12:32.350 --> 12:35.950 They're not asleep, but they're just kind of away from the king. 12:35.950 --> 12:37.330 You know, Checkmate ends the game. 12:37.330 --> 12:41.230 These pieces are away from the king we actually have for 200 points. 12:41.230 --> 12:43.000 I'm going to show you something now. 12:43.690 --> 12:45.100 95. 12:46.630 --> 12:47.920 Behold 95. 12:47.920 --> 12:49.080 What is going on here? 12:49.090 --> 12:51.150 Well, it's hitting the queen. 12:51.160 --> 12:55.930 It's it means also Knight G6 check to bring the king out to play. 12:56.350 --> 12:58.120 What does black do if tanks? 12:58.450 --> 13:00.220 There's Queen takes E seven. 13:00.220 --> 13:02.290 And this position is diabolical. 13:02.290 --> 13:05.140 You know, once threatening Queen G seven. 13:05.140 --> 13:06.520 How does black actually defend here? 13:06.520 --> 13:07.450 It's very difficult. 13:07.480 --> 13:09.650 So giving up more material once to spanner. 13:09.670 --> 13:19.060 But if we look at this again so 95 Knight takes E5 D tanks is crushing for a subtle reason actually 13:19.060 --> 13:25.900 we want to play E6 and then taking on F6 making the most out of this G4 rook. 13:26.290 --> 13:37.810 So here if rook takes E5 Queen H six and there's two squares of interest, so here Rook seven, Queen 13:37.810 --> 13:40.390 F eight check Queen Sex is mating. 13:43.450 --> 13:44.650 So let's look at that. 13:44.650 --> 13:45.880 That's very interesting. 13:46.540 --> 13:50.500 So what about Bishop G8 as it takes off sinks? 13:50.980 --> 13:53.290 And here we're winning with Queen Geoffrey. 13:53.830 --> 13:55.080 You might wonder why. 13:55.090 --> 13:57.070 Why can't Black just defend? 13:57.400 --> 14:01.080 Look at this G file and the -- on f6 checkable checks. 14:01.090 --> 14:02.200 Can you see something here? 14:02.200 --> 14:03.160 Which is nice. 14:04.870 --> 14:05.210 Yeah. 14:05.230 --> 14:06.300 Queen G seven, check. 14:06.310 --> 14:07.480 Well done if you found that. 14:07.710 --> 14:09.220 And that's made with the pawn. 14:09.970 --> 14:10.780 So. 14:11.840 --> 14:13.080 Very interesting stuff. 14:13.100 --> 14:15.410 If we look at this position, what about. 14:19.100 --> 14:24.620 So basically, Bishop C-4, we have E six disconnecting the Queen from F6. 14:25.070 --> 14:28.550 So Bishop takes Queen to F6, and this is mating. 14:30.370 --> 14:33.910 If Rook takes E6, what would you play here? 14:38.040 --> 14:39.600 Yeah, just Queen H six. 14:39.870 --> 14:44.970 Black's pieces are not really wide up to the fender squares here, and this G5 is just too much. 14:46.080 --> 14:49.800 So if rookie seven Queen F eight check and amazing. 14:50.160 --> 14:52.920 So it is wonderful stuff with 95. 14:52.920 --> 14:59.310 So this was a severely bad from a very experienced player to crash you know for a long time Taric wouldn't 14:59.310 --> 15:05.010 play Emanuel Lasker that the up and coming Emmanuel ask for you know Laska was was too weak for him 15:05.010 --> 15:10.230 you know he's like in the professional elite for a long time and in this game yeah we have this position 15:10.230 --> 15:12.690 where he's being greedy on the queenside. 15:12.930 --> 15:17.100 It's like this classic kind of refutation of the whole pawn structure. 15:17.110 --> 15:23.460 But then, then Pillsbury comes back with this ripping open of the G file with fantastic possibilities 15:23.460 --> 15:25.320 to his great credit, like 95. 15:25.320 --> 15:31.320 But now it takes me is also strong Rook takes be free and we have 9286. 15:31.320 --> 15:38.790 This is a very strong continuation For instance in rook gains champ means so Rook G seven but now wonderful 15:38.790 --> 15:42.480 stuff that rook has taken King takes. 15:42.480 --> 15:45.600 And guess what is played here by Pillsbury. 15:54.540 --> 15:56.630 Wonderful stuff. 15:56.640 --> 15:57.120 Quinn G. 15:57.120 --> 16:03.660 Fritz Thank offering the night so f King F eight, Quinn G eight check. 16:03.660 --> 16:07.110 And we can actually just pick up the amputated piece. 16:07.290 --> 16:09.230 That becomes a liability. 16:09.240 --> 16:13.620 It seems incidental, but yeah, that is an issue with opponents take material. 16:13.620 --> 16:17.460 Sometimes their pieces are offside and. 16:19.490 --> 16:24.590 For my experience, basically go for the king, Don't try and win material because they can win or they 16:24.590 --> 16:25.670 can always come back at you. 16:25.700 --> 16:32.120 Checkmate ends the game, but sometimes, yeah, this is a case we can actually just win their material 16:32.120 --> 16:36.190 and be a rock because we're the pawns and they're not really coming back at us. 16:36.200 --> 16:38.090 We've got them under lock and key here. 16:38.270 --> 16:44.780 So anyway, the king takes here, but now a quiet killer move. 16:44.810 --> 16:46.610 Guess what that is for 100 points. 16:50.240 --> 16:51.130 Just kill each one. 16:51.140 --> 16:53.780 There's not enough time for black to use the past --. 16:54.200 --> 16:55.490 There's not enough time here. 16:57.240 --> 16:59.220 Queen D five is tried. 17:00.000 --> 17:01.560 I mean, Rook G one's coming. 17:01.560 --> 17:09.750 So you see two rook g one cuts the king off, which means we have Queen H four May we have Queen G seven 17:09.750 --> 17:10.260 May. 17:11.760 --> 17:12.390 Yeah. 17:13.500 --> 17:15.300 So anyway, Queen D five is played. 17:15.300 --> 17:20.460 Rook G one Queen 6f5, Queen H four check. 17:21.270 --> 17:25.530 And this is forcibly winning the black Queen off the Queen A four check. 17:26.190 --> 17:33.270 The queen has to go in front of the king Rook takes g5 F takes the now Queen D six check What a disaster 17:33.270 --> 17:41.310 Picking up for black, picking up the knight now and maybe terrorist is just annoyed and just play C 17:41.310 --> 17:45.150 to allowing this mate just gets mated. 17:45.690 --> 17:50.580 So it's amusing when you think about the context of this. 17:50.700 --> 17:57.200 Pillsbury was not meant to win this tournament and he's been one of the world elite at the time. 17:57.210 --> 18:00.290 Tara Ashe You know, who for a long time wouldn't even play? 18:00.300 --> 18:01.320 Emanuel Lasker. 18:01.320 --> 18:07.110 You know, so this is one of the most important tournaments of the time, 1895 Hastings tournament. 18:07.350 --> 18:14.460 So, okay, it's not a super accurate game from both sides, but there's a lot of entertainment value. 18:14.460 --> 18:16.050 And we play chess largely for entertainment. 18:16.050 --> 18:16.980 Why do anyway? 18:16.980 --> 18:20.490 So it's great to analyze these classics, seeing what's behind them. 18:20.820 --> 18:23.220 And we get definition for the Pillsbury buying. 18:23.220 --> 18:29.550 So essentially that Pillsbury find in general Bones can be quite good, especially in the bureaucracy. 18:29.550 --> 18:31.560 Biden has won many, many games plans. 18:31.560 --> 18:39.450 When you can stop the opponent's counterplay in its tracks, it's like an art of war principle. 18:39.930 --> 18:43.020 Put yourself beyond the feet before going on to the attack. 18:43.020 --> 18:48.420 So when you create a bind, it's like using an art of war principle and then attacking, knowing that 18:48.660 --> 18:49.770 you're pretty safe. 18:51.620 --> 18:52.400 So. 18:53.560 --> 19:01.300 It's a very interesting game example for the Pillsbury Bones and how queenside counterplay can in itself 19:01.300 --> 19:07.590 create a liability of unprotected pieces as well, which can mesh with the main thrust of the G5 attack. 19:07.600 --> 19:13.000 And it's just funny, it was like slow motion, delicately preparing, putting the pieces behind the 19:13.000 --> 19:14.800 pawns to open up the G4. 19:14.830 --> 19:21.370 It's very amusing in parts this game I find very interesting and shows the great resources on the chessboard, 19:21.370 --> 19:25.330 especially when you have a G4 combined with dangerous pawns. 19:25.450 --> 19:30.190 A lot of beautiful, interesting possibilities emerge as we've seen, so I hope you've enjoyed this 19:30.190 --> 19:31.240 one as much as me. 19:32.050 --> 19:32.860 That's very much.