WEBVTT 00:00.810 --> 00:01.360 Hi there. 00:01.800 --> 00:07.710 In this election, I'm going to show you the most vivid example of a -- label or -- break, which 00:07.710 --> 00:11.180 you can take the general principle and apply to a variety of different situations. 00:11.580 --> 00:19.470 So this game, which made a huge impression on me is Jonathan Penrhos, a British player against Mikoto. 00:19.990 --> 00:25.260 The peak of Telstra in 1960 is in the Leipzig Olympiad. 00:26.220 --> 00:30.900 So Penrhos played the fool we see 96 CE 46. 00:30.910 --> 00:35.990 So talent is going into the modern Benoni defense in terms of pool structure. 00:36.000 --> 00:43.110 There is this backward pwn feature desex, which is sometimes a liability, but sometimes it's not targeted 00:43.230 --> 00:44.430 directly by pieces. 00:44.440 --> 00:48.690 Sometimes it is used as an excuse, a reason for a pawn break. 00:48.990 --> 00:59.400 With a later we see desex Bishop Devery, Bishop, G7, Jita, both sides council icings a full Quincey 00:59.410 --> 01:06.990 seven inch frame like Betis now efore it looks as though there's a plan of a five later at the right 01:06.990 --> 01:07.500 time. 01:08.070 --> 01:20.700 Ruki 893 we see CIFOR Bishop Setsu 95, Queen Afri 1957 and it looks as though well plans call a lock 01:20.700 --> 01:21.290 on a farm. 01:21.330 --> 01:22.520 It can't be played at all. 01:23.100 --> 01:25.020 Bishop Elfrink B5. 01:25.560 --> 01:30.630 So Tao is interested in exploiting his Queensland poor majority. 01:31.800 --> 01:33.230 We see now Aztec's. 01:33.240 --> 01:39.540 And the point is Rokeby eight generate some Queensland pressure Queen AFTA 86 b5. 01:40.350 --> 01:43.500 And it's at this point which I found that impressive. 01:43.500 --> 01:47.540 To illustrate the theme of the POUM break or pawn lever. 01:48.540 --> 01:55.160 The Americans, let's show the American that kind of refers to this quite often. 01:55.170 --> 01:58.770 The pawn lever in British terms is often a pawn break. 01:59.160 --> 02:00.150 So what is that? 02:00.660 --> 02:07.830 E5 It's where two pawns are in conflict confrontation and they can radically transform the nature of 02:07.860 --> 02:08.400 the position. 02:08.760 --> 02:14.670 They're going to transform either the restraints or the liberation of both sides here. 02:15.390 --> 02:21.780 It's in its favor potentially to try and blunt out the bishop and to make use of A4. 02:22.170 --> 02:31.230 We have these pieces, a key location before we see Tarl reacting with details and now F5 is played. 02:32.460 --> 02:37.390 So this extends the scope of these pieces on the air for immediate. 02:37.800 --> 02:38.730 They like offtakes. 02:39.540 --> 02:48.660 Black plays Bishop seven if b4 here as the example offtakes G six is very, very dangerous and then 02:48.660 --> 02:49.890 taking it within the rug. 02:50.820 --> 02:52.680 So Bishop B seven has played. 02:56.930 --> 03:01.490 Brooke, one so we can see for the moment what is the effect of the -- break? 03:01.520 --> 03:03.980 Well, it's given also a postponement. 03:03.990 --> 03:10.790 It's kind of locked in this special on five with five -- there, and it's given minus E Four-Square. 03:11.390 --> 03:14.930 So it's a very, very interesting -- break as a kind of sacrifice. 03:15.530 --> 03:20.690 So the point is of -- breaks, they can radically transform things quite often. 03:21.080 --> 03:27.260 You want to build up for a -- break when at the right time to maximize the liberation of properties 03:27.260 --> 03:35.210 from your point of view and kind of minimize, you know, the effect, the kind of locking maximize 03:35.210 --> 03:39.850 the lock into the opponent's pieces or, you know, minimize the opponent's pieces, liberation and 03:39.860 --> 03:40.560 lock them in. 03:41.080 --> 03:47.200 So far we see like Seaforth, so this is more locked in for its own -- e5. 03:47.690 --> 03:52.240 Meanwhile, why is celebrating a lot of pressure on Black's position now? 03:52.610 --> 03:57.030 We see a fall and that line is taken off BTX and now face. 03:57.080 --> 04:00.260 So white possession looks pretty impressive. 04:00.870 --> 04:08.990 So Black's pieces to some extent, especially the bishops, have been reduced in scope for that amazing 04:08.990 --> 04:09.710 -- break. 04:11.060 --> 04:12.230 Offtakes is played. 04:12.560 --> 04:19.550 If age takes, then queen takes of seven Jack and five is a devastating move. 04:19.550 --> 04:24.740 Hair that night is pens were threatening Queen 67 if G takes them. 04:24.740 --> 04:29.510 Brooke takes a five swinging for a very strong attack, Black would have to give up the Queen. 04:29.510 --> 04:33.470 This is a winning attack with Brookhouse five on the way. 04:33.860 --> 04:38.960 So that shows, you know, some of the dangers in Rook G8 then 97 is strong. 04:40.430 --> 04:48.380 For example, here Bishop takes what is black actually doing in this position if Queen 966 Jack and 04:48.380 --> 04:49.280 Queen F5. 04:49.280 --> 04:50.870 This is very, very strong point. 04:51.320 --> 04:56.720 So all of a sudden, you know, things have also a king safety implication. 04:56.720 --> 05:00.320 You know, the black king getting checkmated here in this reaction. 05:00.650 --> 05:02.540 So it's very, very dangerous indeed. 05:02.540 --> 05:08.390 So we have this capture away from the center, which in general, I generally don't want to do capture 05:08.390 --> 05:10.730 away from the center because it kind of weakens central control. 05:10.730 --> 05:20.900 Sometimes we have now Queen F7 check King eight and now exploiting the pins like Queen eighty seven 05:20.900 --> 05:30.680 is paint place pinnings iframe for a moment if Ruby designs the white displays 96 forking queen and 05:30.680 --> 05:31.160 bishop. 05:32.240 --> 05:35.060 So yeah Taylor's just getting crushed here. 05:35.060 --> 05:43.620 It seems so queen asudden just dropping the D7 so move twenty seven and there's a lot of devastation. 05:43.660 --> 05:47.270 Make Hotel World Chess champion just being devastated here. 05:47.270 --> 05:48.170 It moved twenty seven. 05:48.710 --> 05:50.620 I mean this is a very, very bad position. 05:50.630 --> 05:53.540 The game continues a little bit of the wrong things. 05:53.540 --> 05:59.800 Beta we have might be six befriend now 964. 06:01.140 --> 06:06.230 The why it has just been zero up essentially here Roxxy one. 06:07.510 --> 06:08.420 Those come off. 06:08.690 --> 06:11.120 Pembroke's come off like B six. 06:12.860 --> 06:14.290 We have Bishop be free. 06:14.330 --> 06:22.610 If Rook takes these six, her then 965 will win even more material after xiangsheng and he thinks that's 06:22.610 --> 06:23.320 absolutely winning. 06:23.340 --> 06:24.400 Just actually meeting. 06:24.410 --> 06:27.830 Forget winning Bishop just just Chamique the opponents king here. 06:29.660 --> 06:33.050 So yeah, these are devastating. 06:33.330 --> 06:34.730 This is a devastating position. 06:35.630 --> 06:37.090 We have ninety four. 06:37.990 --> 06:47.090 It's hell playing on a little bit more after D7, Bishop, Rook, Bishop, even Bishop see five to one 06:47.090 --> 06:47.710 on the line. 06:47.960 --> 06:55.490 That rook for now just Jeoffrey and it's all over town was crushed you know. 06:55.490 --> 06:56.510 Move very nice Jeoffrey. 06:56.520 --> 07:01.730 Town was absolutely crushed by the key point for me, this is a vivid game example in the back of my 07:01.730 --> 07:05.390 mind for what a pawn break is, what I can do for your possession. 07:05.690 --> 07:07.250 Let's go back to the critical moment. 07:07.520 --> 07:11.600 So it's the backbone of Benoni, which kind of led to this situation. 07:11.600 --> 07:15.560 This is a classic pawn break, in fact, against the boloney structure. 07:16.100 --> 07:20.930 Quite often White does want to play in the center with A5. 07:20.930 --> 07:22.700 It's like blacks getting flooded. 07:22.700 --> 07:24.350 I feel like it's essentially flooded. 07:26.300 --> 07:32.840 So this is interesting that whites build up here like the Penshoppe energy behind the five pawn break. 07:33.230 --> 07:34.400 So sweet or never. 07:34.820 --> 07:37.490 It just serves to amplify wins pieces. 07:37.730 --> 07:42.140 So it wasn't played here when it gets into a slightly better position. 07:43.760 --> 07:49.310 And actually, you know, the tactical B5 is an interlude queen after slightly better position. 07:49.310 --> 07:55.490 Again, saying basically, you know, C5 will be weak if you ever take with a knight and see will drop. 07:56.150 --> 08:01.080 So it sort of restricts blacks options as well, this little move can have to. 08:01.580 --> 08:03.170 So the preparation is key. 08:03.170 --> 08:08.150 If you look at the neural network games, which I have a look at, Leilah Lilas, like the master of 08:08.150 --> 08:14.930 -- pawnbroker's, totally optimizing pieces, sometimes 30 moves, playing 40 moves, endless patience 08:14.950 --> 08:19.520 behind the commercial break because a break is a commercial pawn decision. 08:20.480 --> 08:23.150 So you want to play at a time of maximum advantage? 08:23.150 --> 08:24.530 No back for against your king. 08:24.800 --> 08:25.400 No issues. 08:25.400 --> 08:32.270 And hopefully maximum liability is the opponent if they take it in some ways at least, and in the remaining 08:32.270 --> 08:37.910 ways that they can take this off, you know, your pieces, hopefully they get liberated. 08:38.570 --> 08:44.540 So here, in fact, you know why it's not interested in taking it to open up the rock wants to keep 08:44.540 --> 08:45.980 these pieces closed. 08:47.120 --> 08:49.970 So this is just a very fascinating example to me. 08:50.240 --> 08:58.760 Very vivid how the pawn structure now in terms of the peace and pawn harmony it favors white white is 08:59.120 --> 09:01.940 more active, more in scope and clear dangers. 09:01.940 --> 09:05.060 Present ages for the king as well. 09:05.060 --> 09:06.440 F7 soft spot. 09:07.160 --> 09:14.360 Yeah it's and the use of E4 to draw and things like 94 and potentially face upon my John F things which 09:14.360 --> 09:15.950 can be dangerous for King safety. 09:16.610 --> 09:20.620 So this, you know, this, this reaction there should be seven, 81. 09:20.680 --> 09:24.290 Just look at this again with this big whopping Nyoni four. 09:26.100 --> 09:34.220 It's just a very, very interesting situation here where the opening up leads to a very, very nasty 09:34.220 --> 09:44.660 pan off screen of someone's back, which is now that pull means that advance pawn gives a hook on a 09:44.660 --> 09:48.340 six in this particular game example and just winning. 09:48.360 --> 09:49.910 So this is their one position. 09:50.060 --> 09:51.110 Just move 27. 09:51.590 --> 09:55.640 So, yeah, the aftermath, the immediate aftermath, the pawn break, you know, won't technically 09:56.030 --> 09:57.710 is not completely winning position. 09:58.340 --> 10:06.020 So pawn brains can radically transform possessions to advantage, especially when well prepared, sufficiently 10:06.020 --> 10:11.600 prepared to give your pieces extra scope and to minimize the scope of the opponent's pieces. 10:11.930 --> 10:19.490 If you can get things like a key pass pawn and that has hooks around it and then use those hooks, you 10:19.490 --> 10:25.520 know, it's it's a way of winning games just revolving around a pawn break plan to keep hammering that 10:25.610 --> 10:27.680 you plan to make certain points. 10:28.250 --> 10:32.680 Pawns of the fundamental constraint of the pieces stayed set in simple chess, which I recommend. 10:33.140 --> 10:39.080 So basically, yeah, consider that that we want to unconstrained our pieces. 10:39.560 --> 10:42.740 I mean, Tansley also pieces get in the way of pieces as well. 10:43.010 --> 10:47.930 But because there's so many pawns, it's good to look out for the liberation opportunities that are 10:47.930 --> 10:49.310 pawns can give us. 10:49.490 --> 10:53.480 And the pawn break is a very, very important vehicle to get to master. 10:54.440 --> 11:01.310 Once you commit to a pawn break, you're quite often radically transforming the options for both sides. 11:01.640 --> 11:03.860 OK, so I hope that that example is clear enough. 11:04.070 --> 11:09.950 So just to recap how the game continued that way, it was up until now and it's just a matter of consolidating, 11:09.950 --> 11:12.230 so protecting the mission they were in 1994. 11:12.560 --> 11:14.030 So this is the great Mikoto. 11:14.510 --> 11:15.560 That's how to speak. 11:16.040 --> 11:18.260 So not a weak hand at all. 11:18.260 --> 11:19.730 Very, very tactically resourceful. 11:20.030 --> 11:26.420 So the concept, you know, sometimes I like to test positional concepts against the best tacticians 11:26.420 --> 11:26.870 going. 11:26.870 --> 11:29.720 And it's how, you know, it's was really crushed that day. 11:30.290 --> 11:33.920 So with this kind of pawn break, if I pull rank. 11:34.280 --> 11:37.460 Okay, hope you got something out that has so much.