WEBVTT 00:01.050 --> 00:06.750 Either in this lecture on the show you one of the more naughty tramps, if you really want to set a 00:06.750 --> 00:09.440 trap for the unsuspecting opponents, you might have. 00:10.170 --> 00:12.180 So your opponent plays it for you. 00:12.180 --> 00:18.050 Play 85, 93, 96, Bishop B5, you play the Berlin defense. 00:18.060 --> 00:19.730 This is actually a respectable opening. 00:20.280 --> 00:25.680 In fact, one of the legends of the game, Vladimir Kramnik, took down Garry Kasparov for this opening. 00:26.130 --> 00:28.770 It's very, very respectable nowadays. 00:30.300 --> 00:41.100 And if we plays the free hair, black plays a move here, which is extremely naughty in fact. 00:42.390 --> 00:51.180 So this move was played by Mortimer and unfortunately for him, in the four times he played it, this 00:51.180 --> 00:52.700 isn't a good advert. 00:52.800 --> 00:54.690 He lost every single game. 00:54.690 --> 00:56.340 He lost all four games. 00:57.540 --> 01:05.190 And you might be wondering, Kings Crusher, why are you showing this trap then by Mortimer? 01:06.360 --> 01:11.490 Well, you know, they didn't have blitz chess, did they? 01:11.820 --> 01:13.770 Back then there wasn't the Internet. 01:13.770 --> 01:16.470 You know, chess is evolving along with technology. 01:16.950 --> 01:18.480 The faster and faster time trolls. 01:18.840 --> 01:25.140 This might actually have a killer application, even if it didn't have in the past where Mortimer was 01:25.140 --> 01:25.650 playing it. 01:26.700 --> 01:28.950 You know, he was born in 1842. 01:28.950 --> 01:30.660 You know, he lived until 1911. 01:30.660 --> 01:32.880 You know, back then there was though into that. 01:32.970 --> 01:35.190 Yeah, perish the thought. 01:35.550 --> 01:42.180 But yeah, when he played C7, his opponents, they looked at this point. 01:42.180 --> 01:47.460 But, you know, they had a lot of time on their clock to think something might be up here and they 01:47.460 --> 01:49.620 cautiously bypassed the trap. 01:50.580 --> 01:56.430 You know, they were like predator, you know, that film The Predator bypasses the trap. 01:57.570 --> 02:03.930 Unfortunately, here, we can't force them to play the trap into the trap. 02:03.930 --> 02:08.880 So, you know, might see free, for example, doesn't take the pawn. 02:08.890 --> 02:10.080 Kosslyn doesn't take the pawn. 02:10.500 --> 02:13.080 But if they do take the form, then you're in luck. 02:13.680 --> 02:15.420 Yeah, you're in luck here. 02:16.710 --> 02:20.130 So why aren't you here? 02:20.610 --> 02:22.680 Has the king in the center? 02:22.800 --> 02:25.860 And if nothing else, there's an inside head that's. 02:27.030 --> 02:34.440 It's another example of the art of war in chess that the good fighter puts themselves beyond the fate 02:35.040 --> 02:37.620 before going on the attack. 02:37.620 --> 02:43.590 In chess terms, that's like active operations is beyond the Kingston Center. 02:43.610 --> 02:45.040 Is this an active operation? 02:45.540 --> 02:46.130 Yes. 02:47.730 --> 02:48.900 Can it backfire? 02:49.530 --> 02:52.530 Because the Kingston Center actually, yes. 02:53.280 --> 02:57.270 Black plays CSX and. 02:58.550 --> 03:04.490 The thing is, C6 is a very naughty move and features in other traps as well, you see, this is a kind 03:04.490 --> 03:05.800 of trap pattern. 03:05.820 --> 03:06.950 The Cambridge Springs. 03:07.760 --> 03:10.450 Is this queen like coming out and here? 03:11.000 --> 03:14.060 Yeah, the queen's coming out for a bite to eat when I check. 03:14.540 --> 03:15.130 Ouch. 03:16.100 --> 03:19.280 For whites is we've just won a piece. 03:19.940 --> 03:22.040 Yeah, it's it's a clever contraption. 03:23.090 --> 03:27.520 It's unfortunate for most of it that they all bypassed this trap. 03:28.070 --> 03:32.960 If you get this situation, this is just the piece up. 03:32.960 --> 03:34.730 They can play 94. 03:35.270 --> 03:39.170 You covered Desex and you're going to be fine soon. 03:39.170 --> 03:42.800 As well as being a piece up, you're going to be able to castle queen side. 03:42.800 --> 03:49.550 I'd recommend to be taking out the controversy as an example continuation. 03:49.940 --> 03:56.780 But essentially you've just won a piece from from here with this queen, a five track hitting the king, 03:57.410 --> 03:59.480 which wasn't beyond the castles. 04:00.020 --> 04:05.870 So you're exploiting that king and you're making the opponents one of the pawn backfire, then you might 04:05.870 --> 04:06.240 ask. 04:06.260 --> 04:06.800 Hold on. 04:07.010 --> 04:07.550 Hold on. 04:08.840 --> 04:11.630 Are there any other tricks I should be aware of before I play this? 04:12.050 --> 04:12.620 Yes. 04:13.790 --> 04:17.540 My C4 is not the track that won't can try. 04:18.260 --> 04:23.840 And you shouldn't be so quick here to take the bishop if you do. 04:24.200 --> 04:24.800 Ouch. 04:24.980 --> 04:27.370 96 is Chameides. 04:27.380 --> 04:28.760 It's a smart checkmate. 04:29.300 --> 04:31.970 So safety points slightly or safety point. 04:32.450 --> 04:35.240 Just play a move like desex or ninety-six. 04:35.240 --> 04:38.810 Both of these moves they serve to cover these things critically. 04:39.470 --> 04:46.550 So desex is probably one of the easier to play, like it's easier to play stuff because we're also putting 04:46.550 --> 04:47.660 the brakes on E5. 04:47.660 --> 04:48.890 So it's easier to play this. 04:49.490 --> 04:52.490 And the thing is, we're still in big trouble. 04:53.240 --> 04:58.220 If a fall, then be five and we're winning a piece with an advantage. 05:00.350 --> 05:05.240 So, yes, you know, generally, you know, we've won a piece here that's very, very pleasant. 05:06.860 --> 05:14.480 So unfortunately for Mortimer, it didn't work out, but it could work out in all games for sure on 05:14.480 --> 05:16.070 these fourth tournaments that we play. 05:18.350 --> 05:24.200 So to recap, so C6 and it doesn't matter if the bishop goes here or here. 05:24.380 --> 05:28.820 The fundamental point remains about a five track picking up the only five. 05:29.630 --> 05:32.600 So what's to be aware of is four. 05:32.630 --> 05:38.330 You just want to cover this or this, but I'd prefer in terms of easy to planers desex. 05:39.020 --> 05:41.860 So you're waiting for that bishop to drop by B5. 05:42.200 --> 05:43.760 So, yes, the Maltzman trap. 05:47.170 --> 05:53.290 It's good to be aware of this, especially from the perspective that's the board, we definitely don't 05:53.290 --> 05:56.560 want to take the pawn, just castle just. 05:57.490 --> 05:59.770 Very easy way of bypassing the whole thing. 06:00.100 --> 06:03.610 And it's a philosophical point here. 06:03.640 --> 06:10.750 A deep philosophical points generally want to counsel early in chess because it was because of because 06:10.750 --> 06:13.810 of potential disasters like you or King being checked. 06:13.820 --> 06:18.010 And when you win material, it's like as a side effect of winning material. 06:18.010 --> 06:27.010 Instead, you are creating undefended, unprotected pieces, and especially in games of players, less 06:27.010 --> 06:32.920 than 200, quite often tactically, especially on the fourth time, trolls, a major cause of winning 06:32.920 --> 06:35.470 or losing games are unprotected pieces. 06:35.830 --> 06:40.770 And you certainly don't want not only an annotated piece, but your kingdom, the center. 06:41.080 --> 06:46.680 So the moment the trap, you know, represents these issues in a concrete form. 06:47.500 --> 06:51.460 So just castling put yourself beyond the feet before active operations. 06:51.730 --> 06:56.320 That can't be reinforced enough as a major opening principle and philosophy. 06:56.650 --> 07:02.380 So if you do go gobbling material, think about what you're doing, you're creating theoretical downsides, 07:03.280 --> 07:10.180 the distance between a theoretical downside like no threat to peace or King Center and reality is not. 07:11.110 --> 07:14.470 As large as you might think or hope for. 07:15.390 --> 07:25.350 As this shows, C6 ouch, the unprotected peace and the king in the center both exploited fundamentally, 07:25.350 --> 07:31.080 if you think about a check to the king, unprotected peace drops off. 07:32.430 --> 07:34.100 OK, I hope that's clear. 07:35.040 --> 07:39.810 The antidote on this occasion is simply just castle, this castle. 07:40.450 --> 07:42.180 OK, let's much.