WEBVTT 00:01.200 --> 00:02.070 Hi there. 00:02.550 --> 00:09.030 In this lecture, we see a fight between two attacking plans Boris Spassky and Mick Hotel, both former 00:09.030 --> 00:10.310 world chess champions. 00:10.320 --> 00:14.640 So 1979 Montreal tournament, round ten. 00:14.760 --> 00:18.660 So, D4, we have. 00:19.590 --> 00:20.610 This is in Canada. 00:20.850 --> 00:26.070 Montreal is a Canadian province of Quebec and the second most populous city in Canada. 00:26.670 --> 00:41.850 So okay, we have noise f six from Mikhail Tal, we have c4e6, nine, ten three, b6e3, Bishop B seven, 00:43.050 --> 00:46.800 Bishop D three from Boris Spassky d5b3. 00:47.040 --> 00:47.850 Bishop D six. 00:47.850 --> 00:48.480 Both sides. 00:48.480 --> 00:52.890 Castle Bishop B2 So it looks fairly symmetrical at this point. 00:53.640 --> 01:01.010 If symmetrical pawns are actually a similar piece placement might be seven Knight BD two Queen E seven 01:01.020 --> 01:09.270 Rook C one Rook 88 Quincy two and our C5 C tanks d5e tanks D tanks. 01:09.270 --> 01:10.530 c5b tanks. 01:10.530 --> 01:13.770 So we have here a hanging pawn structure. 01:13.800 --> 01:24.000 You'll note that there are adjacent files here for black semi m fouls sometimes, you know these, these 01:24.000 --> 01:27.050 are a double edged assets hanging pawns. 01:27.060 --> 01:31.920 The job of the person against the hanging pawns is generally try and fix them down and win them. 01:31.920 --> 01:33.750 Restrain, blockade, destroy. 01:34.050 --> 01:41.220 We have Queen C free her Rook MP eight Rook 51 So the job of the person with the hanging pawns is to 01:41.220 --> 01:42.870 use their dynamic potential. 01:42.870 --> 01:48.060 And in this position the dynamic potential is used to liberate the pieces. 01:48.060 --> 01:49.200 So guess what? 01:49.200 --> 01:53.610 Mikhail Tal played here, which is very, very interesting. 01:57.640 --> 01:58.270 Okay. 01:58.300 --> 02:00.470 He just gets rid of them. 02:00.470 --> 02:01.840 And I like the restraints. 02:02.020 --> 02:04.270 He just gets rid of them with form. 02:05.650 --> 02:12.940 So after eating three or four sea tanks before this bishop has been open up, it looks kind of vicious. 02:13.060 --> 02:14.770 And this bishop is looking vicious. 02:14.770 --> 02:16.840 Both bishops are looking kind of vicious. 02:16.870 --> 02:19.310 We have queen, a five queen in Siberia. 02:19.330 --> 02:20.860 This is an attacking ingredients. 02:20.950 --> 02:28.890 The queen's away from the king, if nothing tasty, for instead perhaps Black's best is Bishop F4. 02:28.930 --> 02:35.860 So, for example, here then, Bishop, if I'm say, weaknesses have been created around the king, 02:35.890 --> 02:38.290 that bishop is even more dangerous. 02:38.530 --> 02:42.110 And we get a position here where with best play. 02:42.130 --> 02:47.350 It does seem as though one might actually be able to hold things. 02:47.350 --> 02:48.880 So this kind of scenario. 02:50.080 --> 02:52.990 And it looks as though it might even just just be equal. 02:53.590 --> 02:56.080 So that was a best case scenario. 02:56.320 --> 03:00.580 So it seems stemming from 1964. 03:01.300 --> 03:07.490 Now, you might wonder, well, why Bishop F4 if Bishop takes age to check this great gift? 03:07.510 --> 03:12.960 Circumstance isn't entirely convincing after King Jeffrey. 03:12.970 --> 03:17.800 If we have queen the check for. 03:20.010 --> 03:21.120 96. 03:21.120 --> 03:21.810 Check. 03:22.590 --> 03:22.950 Sorry. 03:22.980 --> 03:23.880 96. 03:23.880 --> 03:25.050 Queen C five. 03:25.470 --> 03:31.410 Why ends up with an advantage here isn't totally convincing. 03:31.650 --> 03:34.290 The great gift mechanism. 03:35.850 --> 03:43.710 Sure, if King goes the G one, then it is more convincing because we have quite a vicious attack now. 03:44.040 --> 03:46.740 With these pieces, everything is acting as a good team. 03:46.740 --> 03:48.090 There has a small edge. 03:48.090 --> 03:50.570 At least instead of 95. 03:50.570 --> 03:59.040 If rook e5, that would be a mistake because Bishop F5 shows the resourcefulness of the white position 03:59.550 --> 04:03.720 and finally gives up the Queen hair when it's actually doing really well. 04:03.720 --> 04:05.870 That's one way to beat the great gift. 04:05.880 --> 04:06.750 If you can do this. 04:06.750 --> 04:10.080 It's loads of material for the Queen sacrifice. 04:11.070 --> 04:16.170 So it's interesting in analysis, it does seem as though bishop form might be the way to go as the most 04:16.170 --> 04:16.680 accurate. 04:17.040 --> 04:22.620 If instead of G3, are you free just to see what the France saw? 04:22.620 --> 04:31.100 95.63 Knight G4 You can see the soft spots are being hit quite heavily here. 04:31.110 --> 04:38.640 Queen H for Bishop H to check Knight, say stuff to check and look, the Queen and Bishop are combining 04:38.640 --> 04:45.300 on G2 so this is quite vicious if five Instead we look at this for a moment. 04:45.300 --> 04:49.470 Queen E six, Queen C 495. 04:49.500 --> 04:51.540 This is about even so. 04:51.540 --> 04:51.960 Yes. 04:51.960 --> 04:57.600 Anyway, intense analysis just reveals that Queen A5 is is a bad idea. 04:57.600 --> 05:01.470 It's adding another attacking ingredient, queen out of the way in Siberia. 05:01.470 --> 05:11.400 And also even worse, not not quite in spirit, a potential tempo gainer if we can gain time in our 05:11.400 --> 05:12.180 attacking chess. 05:12.180 --> 05:17.940 If you imagine the easy way for me to remember this, the importance of this, imagine you're given 05:17.970 --> 05:19.260 two moves in a row. 05:20.370 --> 05:23.150 Often it would be like winning if you have 2 minutes in a row. 05:23.160 --> 05:28.680 Now here we've got a queen which is subject to tempo gaining so we can almost win a move for free potentially, 05:28.680 --> 05:31.860 which might actually be useful for an attack. 05:31.860 --> 05:33.360 So bear that in mind. 05:33.360 --> 05:36.390 95 Knight takes E5, Bishop takes E5. 05:37.440 --> 05:40.830 Then we have C4, which does make things whole load worse. 05:41.010 --> 05:43.620 Bishop Geoffrey Queen 86. 05:43.620 --> 05:46.770 This position still has a big advantage. 05:46.800 --> 05:47.820 Ominous queen. 05:47.820 --> 05:48.750 Thanks G2 mate. 05:48.750 --> 05:53.380 France And here Bishop takes H to as example Queen H for check. 05:53.400 --> 05:54.990 We're winning E one. 05:55.350 --> 05:57.510 So yes, this is vicious. 05:58.260 --> 06:02.190 If Queen C5, Queen e6 this position. 06:02.190 --> 06:05.600 Yeah, the queen coming in causing weaknesses and havoc. 06:05.610 --> 06:09.330 This is just advantageous for black Queen. 06:09.330 --> 06:11.970 Thanks A7 going a little bit more in Siberia. 06:11.970 --> 06:15.270 Knight, G4, Knight, F3, Rook Eights. 06:15.270 --> 06:19.530 This position of Queen F6 is kind of vicious. 06:19.530 --> 06:23.430 So as example, Bishop takes her three G tanks. 06:23.430 --> 06:29.280 Bishop takes D4 Queen 64 relying on a bishop takes H seven mechanism. 06:30.030 --> 06:31.890 But the thing is. 06:33.330 --> 06:37.650 At the end of hair Black is a piece of I'm winning. 06:37.650 --> 06:38.040 So. 06:38.040 --> 06:38.670 Okay. 06:38.700 --> 06:44.700 94, though, makes things worse because there's guess what there is here, which is, as I say, if 06:44.700 --> 06:47.100 we have two moves in chess in a row, it's dangerous. 06:47.100 --> 06:55.140 So tempo gaining as part of the attack Rook d5 It does like win a move for free because it hits the 06:55.140 --> 06:57.720 Queen very strong. 06:59.330 --> 07:04.550 It turns out the position is so strong Bishop saying thanks to check like for check is working well 07:04.550 --> 07:04.970 here. 07:05.450 --> 07:12.710 We can delay the ingredient rook d5 and this position 93 is extremely vicious. 07:12.710 --> 07:20.270 So for example here Queen d6 check rook g5 check Rook takes E3. 07:20.300 --> 07:21.500 This is brutal. 07:21.680 --> 07:22.910 Attacking chess. 07:24.020 --> 07:26.690 Yeah, it's just absolutely brutal stuff. 07:26.690 --> 07:29.030 So this is just winning for black. 07:29.660 --> 07:37.850 If we look at the teamwork here, side got a very pleasant position so okay about Rook D5 immediately 07:37.850 --> 07:39.980 we have Queen D2. 07:40.760 --> 07:49.400 If Queen St's a7 Bishop takes H to check Knight G for Shank, Queen H for the attack, it just flows 07:49.400 --> 07:50.330 very well. 07:50.480 --> 07:52.190 So this is just crushing. 07:52.250 --> 07:55.580 So Queen D two and now. 07:55.580 --> 07:58.010 Yeah, with the rook on D5. 07:58.580 --> 08:02.420 So guess what is good here with the rook on D5. 08:04.130 --> 08:05.600 This works extremely well. 08:05.600 --> 08:08.090 Now Bishop takes ages to change this great gift. 08:08.270 --> 08:10.040 So a king size has played. 08:11.310 --> 08:18.330 If king if one rook h5 this position with Bishop A4 is nifty threatening rook h one checkmate. 08:18.330 --> 08:19.980 There's no time to take the queen. 08:20.280 --> 08:21.690 So rook takes. 08:23.350 --> 08:28.750 But first, actually, first, we control these squares so there's no time to take the bishop. 08:29.080 --> 08:30.010 The queen is taken. 08:30.040 --> 08:33.010 There's no time to take the bishop on me because the rook H1 France. 08:33.100 --> 08:33.490 So. 08:33.490 --> 08:38.800 KING Do you want we're taking the queen and we're getting a big advantage here in this position of the 08:39.160 --> 08:40.930 Four and Rook G5. 08:40.930 --> 08:42.860 It's a big attacking build up still. 08:42.880 --> 08:46.870 So, for example, this situation ends up being better for black. 08:48.130 --> 08:57.580 If King H1 rook h5 that lovely rook left and here Bishop d6 check and now knight G4 is vicious head 08:57.580 --> 08:59.170 with a beautiful idea. 09:00.820 --> 09:06.040 Of well, Queen H for just just doubling as simple and strong. 09:07.060 --> 09:12.970 And here we can ignore that Bishop takes 87 and we're just crashing through for a chump, mate. 09:13.580 --> 09:17.530 So okay so King takes h two was played Rook H five. 09:17.560 --> 09:20.980 Check King G one. 09:21.760 --> 09:30.530 If King Geoffrey King out about 94, Jack Bishop takes he for Queen H for Jack King and free Queen 64 09:30.530 --> 09:36.460 Jack Queen H four is now, mate, we've just cleared out the diagonals so that is now mate Bishop controlling 09:36.670 --> 09:37.510 and three. 09:37.810 --> 09:42.100 So King G one we have 94 and the game ends here. 09:42.460 --> 09:43.300 They're all beautiful. 09:43.300 --> 09:51.370 France, including Rook H one check here just to accelerate gaining tempo for a vicious, you know, 09:51.370 --> 09:53.470 mating combination. 09:53.470 --> 10:03.070 So Spassky resigns that move 22 It's really kind of shortish game 22 moves so if rookie one have a look 10:03.070 --> 10:11.560 Rook h one shank with tempo Queen H for Czech Queen H two queen size G2 or Queen H one is mating. 10:13.000 --> 10:16.510 And if three again, you know, Rook H one check. 10:16.510 --> 10:19.450 Queen H four check this position. 10:19.450 --> 10:24.730 Queen H to check Queen H one is mate because Knight controls F two. 10:24.730 --> 10:27.070 So yeah, the game ending on G four. 10:27.070 --> 10:37.270 So what we see in this game from an attacking perspective, the hanging pawns can just be can just disappear, 10:37.270 --> 10:41.500 sometimes liberating, very vicious pieces towards the opponent's king. 10:41.710 --> 10:45.070 So it's not about trying to maintain the structure. 10:45.070 --> 10:51.250 If you're with the hanging pawns, you're looking for attacking chess as compensation against the opponent's 10:51.250 --> 10:51.940 king. 10:51.940 --> 10:58.780 So it's kind of a vivid game example of the advantages of hanging pawns, in my view, for the attacking 10:58.780 --> 10:59.320 player. 10:59.320 --> 11:01.150 And that's what we're all about. 11:01.150 --> 11:03.940 We're all about the attack in this discourse. 11:03.940 --> 11:06.910 So it's definitely a pawn structure. 11:06.910 --> 11:12.460 Ingredients like isolated Queen's pawn, it's like an extension of the isolated pawn. 11:12.460 --> 11:16.930 Serve them isolated, but look at the pieces as compensation. 11:17.410 --> 11:21.760 So things have a duality and so do people. 11:22.450 --> 11:25.030 There might be good and bad people in your life or whatever. 11:25.060 --> 11:26.950 Look at the good side as opposed to the bad side. 11:26.950 --> 11:33.880 This balance of perspective is important in life and in chess, so we can't just say that the hanging 11:33.880 --> 11:35.800 pawns are bad. 11:35.800 --> 11:39.580 You know, there's a good and bad sides double edged sword. 11:39.580 --> 11:46.750 Sometimes they do lose games and the openings with hanging pawns needs to be played very carefully, 11:46.750 --> 11:51.820 quite often with precision to be on the right side of the debate as the hanging pawns, worth it or 11:51.820 --> 11:52.180 not. 11:52.210 --> 11:57.700 But here, yeah, it's, you know, this this build up here, this classic, you know, central control 11:57.700 --> 12:01.150 build up is the prelude to unleashing the D4. 12:01.180 --> 12:02.710 So fun stuff. 12:02.890 --> 12:03.700 Definitely. 12:04.000 --> 12:08.950 It seems by the evidence of this game, it was well worth a punt, well offer, you know, a gamble. 12:10.120 --> 12:13.030 But yeah, a fascinating game. 12:14.200 --> 12:18.040 The dynamic pawn structures in general are our friends. 12:18.040 --> 12:23.890 If we want an attacking game, we can influence our choice of opening by thinking about the pawn structures 12:23.890 --> 12:25.150 which might result. 12:25.750 --> 12:32.320 And we can also improve the openings we play by identifying the pawn structures within those openings. 12:32.410 --> 12:36.140 And then I have got a particular course, the Ultimate Guides pawn structure. 12:36.220 --> 12:39.460 You can see the pros and the cons of each structure. 12:39.490 --> 12:46.630 Nimzowitsch recommended that we really need to master a pawn structure for its pros and cons in detail 12:46.630 --> 12:48.610 before going on to another structure. 12:48.610 --> 12:52.120 That's the best way to take it very, very seriously. 12:52.120 --> 12:55.480 Each particular pawn structure to try and understand it. 12:55.750 --> 12:59.920 Okay, so this is just an iconic game for me for the hanging pawns. 12:59.960 --> 13:00.790 Hope you enjoyed it. 13:00.790 --> 13:01.930 Got some points from it. 13:02.380 --> 13:03.100 Had so much.