WEBVTT 00:00.960 --> 00:09.150 Either in Atlanta or like to briefly introduce Garry Kasparov, arguably one of the greatest players 00:09.360 --> 00:17.730 of all time, so a Russian chess grandmaster, former world chess champion from 1984 until his retirement 00:18.120 --> 00:19.770 in 2005. 00:20.850 --> 00:22.050 So he actually retired. 00:22.050 --> 00:31.410 That is Peak Kasparov was ranked world number one for a record two hundred and fifty five months overall 00:31.410 --> 00:32.240 for his career. 00:32.730 --> 00:39.030 His peak racing off to a five one achieved in 1999 was the highest recorded until being sponsored by 00:39.030 --> 00:40.680 Magnus Costa in 2013. 00:41.190 --> 00:47.040 He also holds records for the most consecutive professional tournament victories like 15 in a row. 00:47.040 --> 00:48.480 Chess Oscars 11. 00:49.560 --> 00:56.610 Kasparov became the youngest ever undisputed world chess champion in 1995 at age 22 by defeating the 00:56.610 --> 00:59.850 then Anthony Karpoff, the then champion, Anatoly Karpov. 01:01.620 --> 01:07.500 He held the official Friday world title until 1993, when a dispute with Feedbag led him to set up a 01:07.500 --> 01:11.670 rival organization, the Professional Chess Association. 01:12.120 --> 01:17.640 In 1997, he became the first world champion to lose a match to computer understand the time controls 01:17.940 --> 01:22.670 when he lost to the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue and a highly publicized match. 01:23.610 --> 01:29.430 So he continued to hold the classical world championship match until his defeat by Vladimir Kramnik 01:29.430 --> 01:30.300 in 2000. 01:30.930 --> 01:36.470 I actually got to see some of that match with my good friend Alex Effluents and Costas Catriona's. 01:36.480 --> 01:43.620 Yeah, we actually saw that match against Vladimir Kramnik and I've covered many of his games on YouTube 01:43.620 --> 01:50.010 over the years, so very, very dynamic, aggressive, creative and also I think personally Kasparov 01:50.010 --> 01:55.460 was helped by the advent of chess space, chess space were keen, you know, the technology of chess 01:55.460 --> 02:01.440 space, the database, which is still used widely today by most professional players, was in its infancy 02:01.770 --> 02:07.650 and was able to use technology really well liked across even small teams by preparing to know the strengths 02:07.650 --> 02:12.240 and weaknesses of each opponent, you know, helped him win some symbols and stuff. 02:12.660 --> 02:18.210 But yeah, he's following the tradition of Mikhail, opening intense preparation, treating every aspect 02:18.210 --> 02:25.620 of the game, especially, you know, especially if you were a kind of system player like Paul Yassky, 02:26.040 --> 02:31.050 you know, he'd research against Paulius can get an almost crushing position out of the opening. 02:31.470 --> 02:38.550 Some grandmasters like Nakamura have noted that that quite often because just gets these huge advantages 02:38.550 --> 02:44.210 out the opening, which nowadays because everyone has a more level playing field with chess pieces, 02:44.380 --> 02:47.700 it's more difficult to get such a crushing opening advantages. 02:48.240 --> 02:53.850 But because of is, you know, is absolutely brilliant in all departments of the game, it's just that 02:53.850 --> 03:00.090 technology was one of the first technology pioneers in a way and is interested in playing computers. 03:00.090 --> 03:05.730 You know, playing the play was also interesting and historic in its own right. 03:05.910 --> 03:15.120 And we see how generally the computer and database revolution has also transformed chess into more scientific 03:15.120 --> 03:19.440 discipline, where you can take your losses and look at the computer and find at least the technical 03:19.440 --> 03:19.860 issues. 03:20.160 --> 03:26.550 But to get more root cause analysis, it's usually good to get a coach or someone strong in you to really 03:26.550 --> 03:30.300 tell you, look, you should have on this planet would have made the position easier to play. 03:30.600 --> 03:34.140 It's not all about the technicalities that a computer can point out to you. 03:34.680 --> 03:39.360 But anyway, so Kasparov, one of the greatest chess players. 03:40.560 --> 03:47.970 Going let's have a look at one of my favorite all time games, so this game was featured at the start 03:47.970 --> 03:48.870 of With Chess. 03:49.200 --> 03:54.030 It's a really popular book at the time, and it has high drama during the game. 03:54.690 --> 04:00.270 Grandmasters are slamming their fists in the commentary room because of Kasparov's opening choice. 04:00.450 --> 04:04.880 So Anatoly Karpov against Garry Kasparov, 1985, round 16. 04:05.250 --> 04:09.120 For me, this is one of my favorite Garry Kasparov games EFO from Karpoff. 04:10.020 --> 04:15.960 So Kasparov Time Aggressive wants to create counterplay competitions like Pyfrom wanting to suck the 04:15.960 --> 04:17.130 life out of your positions. 04:18.090 --> 04:30.390 So we see my FDX the four takes 1964 96 we see might be five desex cifor some roxxy boyens you'd think 04:30.390 --> 04:36.120 Yakupov just wants to stop and he can't play immediately and the Moxey brain kind of makes that statement. 04:37.800 --> 04:41.910 You know you're not going to have a fun game, I'm not going to give you any toys to play with. 04:42.180 --> 04:43.470 It makes that kind of statements. 04:43.890 --> 04:49.410 Kasparov plays Ninety-Six we see once every eight, six, nine say free. 04:49.410 --> 04:57.720 And now an outrageous move repeating from an earlier game in the match to many grandmasters surprise. 04:57.720 --> 04:59.400 Kasparov repeats the five. 04:59.880 --> 05:03.990 This was thought to be a little bit unsound, to say the least. 05:04.230 --> 05:10.710 Kasparov himself said that with the advent of computers is this this kind of move is not really that 05:10.710 --> 05:16.200 playable nowadays because people could find the real downsides of this move quite easily and I think 05:16.470 --> 05:22.340 fairly unsound in this computer era and yet is subject to greater scrutiny. 05:22.350 --> 05:26.880 So there's a general gravitation to more solid, technically correct openings. 05:27.210 --> 05:30.000 But here, you know, Noisey five, who could analyze this? 05:30.180 --> 05:32.820 Who could who could refuser with analysis. 05:33.180 --> 05:40.080 So Karpoff, he took D5 so eatings well, trying to break that positional boin. 05:40.080 --> 05:44.910 So it's kind of metaphorical for that whole stylistic clash as well. 05:44.910 --> 05:51.870 This game kind of breaking the point of positional domination with tactics and dynamism and, you know, 05:51.870 --> 05:56.070 sacrificing at least pawn it the night before. 05:57.390 --> 05:59.850 We see Bishop Itou here. 05:59.850 --> 06:07.490 Bishop CIFOR is interesting resample Bishop G for the bishop could actually drop back and invite an 06:07.500 --> 06:09.390 exchange of bishops as an example. 06:10.800 --> 06:21.240 And you know, this this would be tricky for black to actually do anything to too much, you know. 06:22.080 --> 06:25.170 So in fact, this this is actually a. 06:27.890 --> 06:30.620 A variation that they have between each other as well. 06:31.310 --> 06:35.640 Of course, both Moscow, 1985, just round 18. 06:36.440 --> 06:38.710 So this situation where they agreed a draw. 06:40.400 --> 06:43.940 So Bishop CIFOR, Sequoyah is the alternative. 06:43.940 --> 06:52.160 Bishop, if the bishop doesn't get as G4, if Bishop DCX, then why could Castle and this should be 06:52.850 --> 06:54.450 a small edge for why. 06:54.650 --> 06:58.700 So just holding up the five pinning that night should be small anyway. 06:58.820 --> 07:03.950 But we see here Bishop Itou and something very, very interesting about this position is about to occur. 07:05.390 --> 07:12.530 So this move Bishop C5 five, it's no longer played nowadays because of Bishop IFPRI, this Bishop C5 07:13.430 --> 07:19.790 and maybe takes the five here is thought to be a little bit on the equal side. 07:20.270 --> 07:24.140 This position supposed to be equal, but the Queens are also, you know, a lot of the fun and excitement. 07:24.140 --> 07:25.940 The game is not there. 07:26.420 --> 07:33.350 But Bishop Seifi, we see white castling, it seems if Bishop Avery, this does set up some issues for 07:33.350 --> 07:35.300 Black of the Queen, a fourchette. 07:35.300 --> 07:41.690 This is the points to take away this aggressively to release the pressure on D5 and in fact, why it 07:41.690 --> 07:44.380 ends up with a small edge here. 07:45.140 --> 07:49.400 So anyway, in this game won't just ignored that bishops. 07:49.400 --> 07:55.400 If I didn't play Bishop Kifri and we have black having a fairly active position, active, aggressive, 07:56.480 --> 08:10.300 so black Castletown and Bishop afraid if rook e one as the example Bishop five 394 is interesting. 08:10.310 --> 08:13.090 So that night PERTZYE on defrayed, this is an interesting position. 08:13.880 --> 08:15.530 So anyway, Bishop Afri was played. 08:16.180 --> 08:22.910 So similar idea concettina the light can actually perch on the fray and it was described as an octopus 08:22.910 --> 08:24.320 in bats for chess openings. 08:24.890 --> 08:29.480 So this really, really has a dramatic effect of the Bishop G5. 08:29.960 --> 08:36.410 We see Reykjanes queen, the two blacks in the driving seat of this particular move, especially Queene 08:36.410 --> 08:43.550 to if ninety-four to try to improve these like seemingly awkward knights. 08:44.360 --> 08:49.640 This situation might actually be, you know, about equal centralising. 08:50.360 --> 08:57.230 White's position is OK, but we see actually because of Queen Bee two, there's some problems being 08:57.230 --> 08:59.750 set here, then it doesn't come to see four. 08:59.750 --> 09:05.180 So there's no it's kind of a knight on the rim is them, as they say, is this knight particularly them? 09:05.450 --> 09:06.350 Yeah, a little bit. 09:07.070 --> 09:07.880 It's a bit awkward. 09:07.880 --> 09:11.360 You know, seats has been taken away as well, you know, because of this pressure on C two. 09:11.900 --> 09:14.150 So we see Rook eighty one and now ninety three. 09:14.480 --> 09:16.670 And this is the so-called octopus knight. 09:17.330 --> 09:22.520 So the octopus knight spreading its tentacles in all directions, so described in battles with chess 09:22.520 --> 09:23.000 openings. 09:23.960 --> 09:30.800 It's a very, very powerful central knight and it gives a lot of difficulties for the white position 09:31.430 --> 09:37.580 and a major concern tactically as before, as well as a both of these guys both of these nights before. 09:38.150 --> 09:40.430 So we see how AB one 09:44.630 --> 09:50.120 and the game continues with a six for now before. 09:50.120 --> 09:52.910 And these knights seem to become very, very awkward indeed. 09:52.910 --> 09:55.160 After a fall, Bishop desex. 09:55.880 --> 10:02.480 And this position, believe it or not, was the position that Kasparov had during home preparation. 10:03.450 --> 10:09.780 Can you imagine this position at moving scene, because both had during home preparation? 10:11.280 --> 10:13.560 This is the level of cooperation at this level. 10:14.540 --> 10:20.270 But with the advent of things like space, helping chess players, you know, technology itself can 10:20.270 --> 10:24.190 help flatten any biases and weaknesses in anyone's play. 10:24.200 --> 10:29.210 You know, you can do a lot of research and get very, very interesting positions and know that it's 10:29.210 --> 10:33.010 fairly safe to a certain level, at least, you know, from a technical perspective. 10:33.620 --> 10:41.120 So we have here a situation where commonplace, Bishop Jeoffrey, we see Rusia and these nice. 10:41.120 --> 10:43.940 Yeah, without squares, without any decent squares. 10:44.720 --> 10:48.020 It's a very, very interesting position indeed. 10:48.770 --> 10:51.070 Be free G5. 10:53.180 --> 10:57.230 Yeah, just increasing black seems to have a point. 10:57.230 --> 11:00.950 And this is why having a point seems black has a boyens on this position. 11:02.090 --> 11:04.220 Bishop Tastee six, Queen 66. 11:04.220 --> 11:11.240 And now Jeoffrey --'s don't go backwards and there's some weaknesses occurring now 97 was of his interest 11:11.240 --> 11:13.880 in making his pieces just even better. 11:13.880 --> 11:19.370 More central central control was really expressed in this game in a vivid manner. 11:19.370 --> 11:20.720 Relative central control. 11:21.020 --> 11:26.030 If you look at the awkwardness of the Knights and like it's like you're told to put the knights towards 11:26.030 --> 11:32.180 the center and sort curb of one of the greatest positional players of all time, because knights like 11:32.180 --> 11:34.010 this away from central control. 11:34.520 --> 11:39.110 And look at Kasparov's knights who are supposed to be the more dynamic, aggressive tactical player 11:39.110 --> 11:41.360 with his knights, much more central right now. 11:42.020 --> 11:47.270 If you contrast just the knights in this scenario is a remarkable contrast in terms of the battle for 11:47.270 --> 11:52.700 the central, you know, four squares that I talked about and most beginner courses and the extension 11:52.700 --> 11:56.930 of those four squares, we could extend the four squares a bit like this and a bit like this. 11:57.260 --> 12:02.930 And yeah, look at the relative central control of both sides here with this month on the differe. 12:03.620 --> 12:12.770 So we see a free eight five eight eight things queening too, and just drops back these things. 12:13.100 --> 12:14.630 And then this point isn't taken. 12:14.630 --> 12:20.690 We see actually for most of binding move instead with ideas, you know, sometimes of just getting a 12:20.690 --> 12:27.500 dreaded form pawn, even if this kind of pawn can come to age five and age for this, this would be 12:27.500 --> 12:29.080 a dreaded dangerous form. 12:29.080 --> 12:30.500 Paul AHJ is an option. 12:30.770 --> 12:31.970 Very, very dangerous stuff. 12:32.480 --> 12:40.820 So we see actually queenly to King G7 and that does kind of imply that any form, form, form, pawn 12:42.290 --> 12:48.110 open in the hole, the rook on H.H. will help the Kings just vacated and protect the Aztecs against 12:48.110 --> 12:50.720 Queen taking Afri. 12:50.720 --> 12:52.430 This looks a rather desperate move. 12:53.360 --> 12:55.400 It weakens the King significantly. 12:55.820 --> 13:02.060 We see Queen 66 six offtakes and now Queen before Jack Black really dominates the center. 13:03.650 --> 13:05.330 This is amazing. 13:05.330 --> 13:06.320 Central domination. 13:06.830 --> 13:14.180 No offense and look how vicious this actually is concretely now with this knight swinging by to Central 13:14.180 --> 13:15.500 Square to Ninety-four. 13:16.010 --> 13:21.950 Basically, it's such a powerful central position in relation to the opponent's pieces that the gravity 13:21.950 --> 13:26.000 of it creates King's safety implications almost by default. 13:26.270 --> 13:35.030 As vicious ideas now of using the Stargell using F2, we see compe of doing a desperate measure. 13:35.030 --> 13:40.790 Now clean takes differe and now tactics dominate for Ben Knight. 13:40.790 --> 13:46.430 Have to check Rup after taking off that queen rook after two. 13:46.430 --> 13:50.870 But now Queene free and wins back row is very vulnerable. 13:50.870 --> 13:55.880 Here we see Rook takes the fray now simply. 13:56.240 --> 13:57.800 Yeah, the back row is exposed. 13:57.800 --> 14:00.710 The downside is really underlines with this next move. 14:00.710 --> 14:04.030 Can you guess Wexpro of plays her if I give you five seconds. 14:04.060 --> 14:04.700 Pause Viniar. 14:09.330 --> 14:12.380 OK, see one yet doesn't mind giving his queen back. 14:12.410 --> 14:18.880 Here we see might be two if Rook takes every rook takes the one chag just crashes through. 14:19.260 --> 14:20.310 Look at this position. 14:20.490 --> 14:24.600 Further material loss will result from White's, for example. 14:24.610 --> 14:30.780 This position was that night on BE1 going nowhere with we exchange up here. 14:31.200 --> 14:39.030 So it might be two is played and we see now a crushing blow queen have to kill a common square on E 14:39.030 --> 14:51.680 one to come down to a one like D to rook takes the one chac weakening Black's weakening White's background. 14:52.200 --> 14:53.280 Rookie one check. 14:53.430 --> 15:01.920 And here comes Roslyn's an absolute shocking crushing finish in this position. 15:01.920 --> 15:09.390 You know, EF1 Roadsigns AF1 Bishop takes AF1 things from would be Chamique as an example. 15:12.380 --> 15:20.390 So Kasparov supplanted the Python style of Karpoff, Karpoff based his on the likes of Tiger Chosen 15:21.740 --> 15:24.720 and Capablanca, you know, the positional players. 15:24.740 --> 15:29.480 It's like there's this battle at the top level between the more positional players and the more dynamic, 15:29.480 --> 15:31.470 aggressive tactical players. 15:31.490 --> 15:38.020 There's this continual battle and competition for that young, dynamic, aggressive Garry Kasparov. 15:38.030 --> 15:43.610 And this is one of the pivotal games, the iconic games, in my view, with the octopus noise that I 15:43.610 --> 15:48.860 heard about from getting my copy of bats for chess openings at the time, which was one of the it's 15:48.920 --> 15:52.680 one of the 20 at the time books to get four openings. 15:52.700 --> 15:56.800 So this was a game early on, previous game highlighted game. 15:57.260 --> 16:01.730 And what I like about it is the high drama, you know, the grandmaster slamming down their face that 16:02.270 --> 16:08.900 Kasparov repeated this seemingly very, very controversial pawn sacrifice to break that binds the liberation 16:08.900 --> 16:12.560 of Black's position, the creation of active possibilities. 16:12.800 --> 16:20.060 And it was, in a way, wine without the counterplay after the central control, almost by default, 16:20.060 --> 16:26.690 the gravitational pull of this enormous central control cranking safety implications for why, leading 16:26.690 --> 16:31.590 to just weakness of the witness and why its position just getting destroyed, exploding. 16:32.300 --> 16:33.650 So, yeah, a pretty dramatic game. 16:33.650 --> 16:38.840 One of my favorite games, Garry Kasparov, is certainly a player. 16:38.900 --> 16:47.180 You should study the greatest chess player of all time, many argue, although Magnus Colson has time 16:47.180 --> 16:48.400 to disprove that. 16:49.700 --> 16:55.460 But in terms of domination over his peers, you know, Kasparov has huge domination over his powers 16:56.180 --> 16:59.710 and left at a time when, you know, still no one in the world. 17:00.680 --> 17:01.580 OK, so. 17:03.700 --> 17:07.630 I enjoyed that and maybe check out Gary's POV as it was.