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Hi there.

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In this lecture, we're already up in material.

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This is Wolfgang on Zica against Mikoto in 1975 now.

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So why has a move which greatly simplifies the task of winning this position?

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I wonder if you can spot it.

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If I give you five seconds, pause the video.

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So a good clue is we're on the theme of skewers and these pieces are already kind of neat, their lines

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when things in their lines, that's a bit of a warning bell.

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And maybe you should be even more emphatic when you calculate as high priority the forcing moves in

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the position, checking checks because something is a little bit suspect about Black's configuration

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here.

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So check all checks captures threats of biting one and two, especially so here, the outrageous quintet's

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E five check of the King takes.

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We shouldn't rule this queen sack out because, look, the black pieces are in alignment, which can

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be very, very unfortunate.

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We can secure with for and in fact, our wasn't of the Queen 65.

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It's this position is simplified and easy to win after.

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That would be a piece done as well as stolen pawns, so Queen takes five, Chank actually wins apiece,

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so detaching the king away from the queen.

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So that also leaves an unprotected BP's liability.

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Unprotected pieces do tend to fall off as the famous expression goes.

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But we've also got this secure, durable kind of configuration.

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We could call it scorable kind of configuration is one which is neatly aligned for the bishop to pick

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up the queen.

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And it's an absolute scribbly has to respond to the check.

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OK, have you got that one?

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That's a much.