WEBVTT 00:01.000 --> 00:01.780 Hi there. 00:01.930 --> 00:08.290 In this lecture, we see a very interesting game of Aleksandar Milosevic against Mark Hampton. 00:08.320 --> 00:14.290 This was in the 19 94/18 Lloyds Bank Masters edition, the open session. 00:14.290 --> 00:19.030 So I had the pleasure of playing in one or two of these editions myself. 00:19.600 --> 00:27.040 In this particular edition, I wasn't playing, but I witnessed in another edition Shirov also kind 00:27.040 --> 00:28.690 of winning the Masters. 00:28.690 --> 00:35.740 So these attacking players came to this mighty Swiss event and were able to win with both white and 00:35.740 --> 00:35.980 black. 00:35.980 --> 00:41.920 They had the attacking player mindset and also like the winning mindset, you know, trying to surprise 00:41.920 --> 00:46.030 opponents quite often original openings, aggressive, dynamic play. 00:46.030 --> 00:51.480 So they were inspirational to me, both these players, let's see. 00:51.490 --> 00:57.720 So most of which against Grandmaster Mark Hebden, plays a kind of surprise opening after E5 from Hebden 00:57.730 --> 00:59.110 plays the centre game. 00:59.320 --> 01:08.770 We have E2 64, Queen 6496, Queen E three, Knight F6 Knight C Free Bishop b4 Bishop D2. 01:09.070 --> 01:13.190 Both sides Castle opposite side Castling game. 01:13.600 --> 01:14.700 So it's kind of interesting. 01:14.710 --> 01:22.270 Rookie Ice queen Joffrey now in this position quite often. 01:23.230 --> 01:27.460 The move rook takes e4 is played its justifiable hare. 01:27.910 --> 01:34.920 If Knight takes E4 once going to be in a bad way after Knight takes E4, full King, G3 and D2. 01:34.930 --> 01:38.400 So this position white's in a kind of bad way here. 01:39.200 --> 01:40.030 It's after 35. 01:40.030 --> 01:44.370 Black is actually better, so that's not advisable to take. 01:44.380 --> 01:46.690 So if you're going to play this line Bishop G5. 01:46.780 --> 01:52.390 But it turns out this position should be, you know, black has a small edge, but we do have the bishop 01:52.660 --> 01:52.980 power. 01:53.020 --> 01:54.400 We have prospects here. 01:54.400 --> 02:03.040 So it is interesting this and also if we look at Knight takes E4 from a knight, takes Rook takes this 02:03.040 --> 02:06.890 position is a little bit of compensation for it. 02:06.890 --> 02:08.280 It's a it's a gambit. 02:08.290 --> 02:12.100 Basically we've entered into a sense of game kind of gambit. 02:12.100 --> 02:16.390 Situation is actually again black should be slightly better here. 02:16.900 --> 02:18.040 So anyway. 02:19.420 --> 02:28.660 We have the six, though on this occasion every 90 5h4 and now 6h5. 02:28.660 --> 02:32.770 And Black's point is to play this D five break in the center. 02:33.790 --> 02:40.930 If King H ain't here, we can play h six and kind of we can black on the dark squares. 02:40.930 --> 02:44.080 This is favorable to whites overall, this position. 02:45.070 --> 02:46.330 There are a lot of dangers here. 02:46.330 --> 02:51.310 But anyway we have D five might get to 9c4 02:53.290 --> 02:56.230 if D four here. 02:57.100 --> 03:00.250 One can actually take on default. 03:00.260 --> 03:01.390 This is a bit of a trap. 03:01.510 --> 03:09.940 And if Queen 64, Bishop, age six, and we're fretting, mate, and we're fretting the queen, if the 03:09.940 --> 03:12.310 queen has to give herself up, this is just better for one. 03:12.670 --> 03:15.790 If Dee takes E4 for Bishop G five. 03:16.330 --> 03:20.320 Sorry if D takes E4, it also is a trap with Bishop age six. 03:20.590 --> 03:22.240 So this is unpleasant. 03:24.070 --> 03:32.500 So my C4 was played and we have actually what might seem counterintuitive. 03:32.530 --> 03:32.980 Guess what? 03:32.980 --> 03:34.060 My place here. 03:35.020 --> 03:36.850 Generally we want to open up. 03:36.850 --> 03:42.010 The opponents can create exposure, but the form pawn has attacking benefits as well. 03:42.040 --> 03:45.140 Behold a form pawn or. 03:45.880 --> 03:52.870 So this is an attacking strategy in its own right, seemingly contradictory to other principles of attack 03:52.870 --> 03:54.970 blocking up the file. 03:55.600 --> 03:57.910 But it does weaken dart squares. 03:57.910 --> 03:59.140 And here Bishop G. 03:59.140 --> 04:01.630 Five is very annoying for blank. 04:02.140 --> 04:03.670 We have Queen B thanks. 04:04.450 --> 04:08.830 If Bishop E seven there are some spectacular variations. 04:09.100 --> 04:12.100 For example, 9496. 04:12.130 --> 04:16.270 Queen H four and it seems to be the case. 04:16.460 --> 04:18.430 Anytime we push E5, there's 95. 04:18.430 --> 04:19.030 Right? 04:19.450 --> 04:20.320 That would be the point. 04:20.320 --> 04:23.090 By the way, there's no E5 because of the Knight of Five. 04:23.110 --> 04:25.810 But actually, guess what? 04:25.810 --> 04:29.170 In this position after B5, what can we play? 04:33.060 --> 04:37.240 Yeah, we can actually play E5 here in these special circumstances. 04:37.260 --> 04:43.200 We get one piece, two pieces, and we play 965 here. 04:43.770 --> 04:46.740 Yeah, this is absolutely crushing. 04:47.190 --> 04:55.320 So we've got to piece Queen and play 965 and we've got huge flats here and five we can play 9f6 Jack, 04:55.530 --> 04:58.140 take out E eight take out H four. 04:58.140 --> 04:59.610 We've got enough for our queen. 05:00.450 --> 05:00.740 Yeah. 05:00.750 --> 05:03.060 This is, this is good. 05:03.300 --> 05:07.080 So this position, Mike's doing very well. 05:07.110 --> 05:10.410 Spectacular stuff behind the scenes there. 05:10.440 --> 05:13.470 But Queen B six is played now you might ask. 05:13.470 --> 05:14.310 Hold on. 05:14.610 --> 05:18.000 Isn't the F6 Knight hanging the move? 05:18.000 --> 05:19.410 Play is actually a four. 05:19.410 --> 05:21.330 It is actually possible. 05:24.420 --> 05:27.120 To play Bishop takes f6 sex. 05:30.270 --> 05:40.440 The snag the major snag is not bishop affray because of A4 and B2 is adequately protected. 05:40.740 --> 05:42.920 So this position White's got a big advantage. 05:42.930 --> 05:45.770 No, it's not that and it's not. 05:45.780 --> 05:52.500 Bishop takes C3 because then Bishop takes C3 and again, piece of the point presumably is Bishop D6 05:52.530 --> 05:56.070 gaining a key tempo by kind of checking the Queen, so to speak. 05:57.360 --> 06:05.250 And then and also Queen takes B So it turns out here White does have a resource which is 965, which 06:05.610 --> 06:08.370 protects B2, hence the opponent's queen. 06:08.730 --> 06:15.810 And here Bishop D4 and we enter a situation which is actually in one's favour. 06:15.840 --> 06:18.450 So anyway, that was actually plausible. 06:18.450 --> 06:21.630 Bishop takes F6, but that's technical stuff. 06:21.630 --> 06:27.750 We have a foreign stance, so protecting B2 straight away, hitting the Queen with this tempo again, 06:28.290 --> 06:36.450 Bishop takes F6 here with the idea of potentially sacrificing a pawn now of the Queen takes a49 C3. 06:39.260 --> 06:41.570 If be free. 06:41.570 --> 06:53.140 Instead quit a free check and 90 to check is dangerous and detects a fall and black is better off. 06:53.180 --> 07:03.890 The Queen 85 her so 93 is played Bishop takes Bishop's ace now this -- hanging on a too but there's 07:03.890 --> 07:05.300 too many dangers. 07:06.200 --> 07:07.490 In this position. 07:09.110 --> 07:10.070 To actually. 07:11.730 --> 07:12.240 Take that. 07:12.340 --> 07:15.810 I can take on C4 and has access to all the dark squares. 07:15.900 --> 07:21.930 We have 93 being played and they'll be free. 07:21.990 --> 07:25.680 So offering a two pawn here, but the bishop holds a one. 07:27.990 --> 07:29.850 So if Quinn a free check. 07:30.120 --> 07:38.430 Bishop b2 This position is just going to be nice for White Queen H for trying to get on these dark squares. 07:38.430 --> 07:41.880 They look very raw as they were going to make the black king. 07:42.840 --> 07:47.760 And here, yeah, one is just getting a glorious position. 07:47.940 --> 07:48.620 Amazing. 07:49.500 --> 07:51.630 It's very, very difficult for black hair, basically. 07:52.440 --> 08:02.040 Okay, so we have Queen takes a toll and now rook d2 and there's a big front of bouncing to the diagonal. 08:02.760 --> 08:07.470 We have queen a free check if D takes E4. 08:07.830 --> 08:08.630 Let's have a look. 08:08.640 --> 08:16.650 There is 95, but here Rook takes the five, and then we get onto that diagonal, and this is quite 08:16.650 --> 08:17.400 crushing. 08:19.010 --> 08:23.250 So, Queen, a free chick, was trying Bishop b2, Queen E seven. 08:23.250 --> 08:28.320 So this form pawn is really interesting, marking out the dot squares here. 08:28.830 --> 08:34.050 Bishop e2 And actually there's another issue now that the knight has been deprived of. 08:34.050 --> 08:35.400 Knight takes F1. 08:35.610 --> 08:42.030 What is actually threatening to embarrass the knight with Queen F2 or Queen for the Knight's liability? 08:42.450 --> 08:45.930 We have d tanks e4 f-type C4. 08:45.930 --> 08:52.980 So this is hitting the Knight Queen takes E4, but now Queen G five with a big idea of Queen f6 knight 08:52.980 --> 08:54.570 D5 is played. 08:54.960 --> 09:04.890 If Knight's F5, there's Queen F6 and here Bishop C4, we're ganging up on F7 and this is very dangerous 09:04.890 --> 09:06.900 for black this position. 09:09.300 --> 09:10.230 We do. 09:11.620 --> 09:14.680 Have ideas of smashing through of 96. 09:14.680 --> 09:16.430 We're just going to take that with the mainframe. 09:16.660 --> 09:18.520 If Bishop Essex. 09:20.800 --> 09:26.280 Then actually we can make use of h h ach and then Bishop f6 is my. 09:26.290 --> 09:26.980 Ouch. 09:27.340 --> 09:29.830 Those dark squares are amazing for white hair. 09:30.430 --> 09:32.110 So we have 95. 09:32.140 --> 09:38.590 So guess what White plays in this position, this glorious B2 Bishop. 09:40.190 --> 09:42.170 It needs to be amplified in some way. 09:42.470 --> 09:48.080 Across this diagonal we could do with control of or access rather to f6. 09:48.080 --> 09:50.780 So Rook takes D5 getting access to F6. 09:51.380 --> 09:52.880 We have Queen takes five. 09:52.910 --> 09:57.440 If Queen takes EA to Queen f6 this situation. 09:59.150 --> 10:01.100 Black's in big trouble. 10:01.460 --> 10:04.400 And there's also things like Bishop a free check if King f8. 10:04.670 --> 10:06.800 So it's a horrible position. 10:07.490 --> 10:14.330 If C 65 Queen f6 and again we can use this diagonal bishop a free check and this is mate. 10:14.600 --> 10:23.090 So Queen 65 is tried Queen f6 so direct mate on G seven now King F8 and now Bishop C4 skewing the Queen 10:23.090 --> 10:26.840 and F seven and might have done resigned here. 10:27.470 --> 10:35.900 If Queen D7 we can block the exit with bishop a free check and once he exits blocks that means well 10:35.900 --> 10:41.860 here there's a pin as well as Queen h8 checkmate we can use Queen takes seven Checkmate or Queen H eight 10:41.870 --> 10:42.500 Checkmate. 10:43.220 --> 10:47.720 So yeah, I thought this was a glorious game in this tournament moment which stunned the world. 10:47.960 --> 10:49.820 He got nine and a half out of ten. 10:50.090 --> 10:54.290 So what an achievement for the young attacking player. 10:55.010 --> 10:57.200 It's only like 17 years old, thereabouts. 10:57.200 --> 10:58.520 17 years old. 10:59.120 --> 11:06.530 And he's just playing very surprising, interesting openings in virtually every game, you know, beating 11:06.530 --> 11:08.960 more experienced grandmaster opponents. 11:08.960 --> 11:16.340 So this game has basically a form pawn strategy, which became for me on the lines with neural network 11:16.340 --> 11:23.100 wins over traditional engines, the form pawns, the value they have in attacking chess cannot be underestimated. 11:23.120 --> 11:28.220 It looks a little bit like counterintuitive that you're breaching another attacking principle or trying 11:28.220 --> 11:33.620 to create exposure for the king, like open lines to king or open diagonals. 11:33.620 --> 11:36.740 But you can see that the Dart square benefits. 11:36.740 --> 11:39.260 We're getting access to key dark squares. 11:39.260 --> 11:45.620 So we kind of are opening up things in terms of square control, if not literally opening up for our 11:45.620 --> 11:46.220 rook. 11:46.490 --> 11:51.330 You know, our other pieces can exploit these these dark squares in this particular example. 11:51.350 --> 11:56.300 So a fascinating game where basically White was forced to install the form pawn because there's no easy 11:56.300 --> 11:59.510 way of opening up the position to the king anyway. 11:59.510 --> 12:02.990 So needs must, you know, we've got to do what it takes. 12:02.990 --> 12:11.330 So an interesting idea of bishop takes Bishop D6 so sidesteps in a favorable version of events where 12:11.330 --> 12:13.070 it became a peace exchange. 12:13.610 --> 12:18.440 So very, very interesting, this dark square grip, extremely evident and dangerous looking. 12:18.830 --> 12:28.880 So yes, Queen size A2 here is dangerous because the knight's covering some squares, but we can take 12:28.880 --> 12:33.920 out the knight and then we're back to a really dangerous position here for white with the dark square 12:33.920 --> 12:34.190 grip. 12:34.190 --> 12:35.330 So in the game. 12:35.330 --> 12:36.440 Yeah this is interesting. 12:36.440 --> 12:42.500 93 and the knight kind of got in a little bit of trouble as well pretty soon. 12:42.680 --> 12:46.520 So this situation, the knight's kind of in trouble in its own right. 12:46.730 --> 12:47.120 So. 12:47.120 --> 12:47.570 Yeah. 12:47.600 --> 12:48.410 Okay. 12:48.560 --> 12:54.290 A very interesting game with that form pawn like go hanging pawn, as I like to call it, having a great 12:54.290 --> 12:56.780 influence on the attacking potential. 12:56.870 --> 13:00.530 So I hope you enjoyed this one so much.