WEBVTT 00:01.220 --> 00:08.370 Hi there in this, shall we go over an absolutely iconic game known as the Immortal Game? 00:09.140 --> 00:14.900 This refers to a specific game of chess that Adolf Anderson played in 1851. 00:16.160 --> 00:24.890 So Karl Ernst and of Ansen, born in Breslau, he was regarded as one of the strongest players in his 00:24.890 --> 00:29.110 time and basically, you know, in effect, like the world champion. 00:29.120 --> 00:31.610 But it was before the official world championships. 00:32.120 --> 00:33.440 It was before chess. 00:33.440 --> 00:36.220 Was that official to have an official world chess champion. 00:37.070 --> 00:42.350 It was his victory in London tournament of 1851, which people thought, you know, he was the strongest 00:42.350 --> 00:42.880 in the world. 00:43.620 --> 00:48.500 It was only until 1858 some doubt was cast because he lost the match against Paul Morphy. 00:49.700 --> 00:56.570 However, one year later, Paul Morphy left the scene and he kind of regained the reputation as the 00:56.580 --> 01:00.710 world's strongest player for a series of Tilghman's. 01:02.800 --> 01:11.340 So in this game, the immortal game, we see him actually playing before and after he the Kings gambit, 01:12.250 --> 01:14.970 this was like one of the top openings of the day. 01:16.180 --> 01:20.230 And it's actually it can be a really, really dangerous opening indeed. 01:20.620 --> 01:26.110 We see he takes effort and bishops for the bishops gambit. 01:26.380 --> 01:31.600 So not playing like a free, inviting Koinange for Jack, he might think, well, this is a bad idea. 01:32.950 --> 01:39.460 Actually, modern grandmasters have tried this sometimes, like the pogoing sisters to the pogoing has 01:39.460 --> 01:41.200 won great games from this position. 01:42.070 --> 01:44.280 And the queen is subject to Tampoe again. 01:45.160 --> 01:47.920 So we see B5 here being played in this particular game. 01:48.220 --> 01:55.300 Bishop Saxbe, five Black, had an idea perhaps of using this lighter might have sex. 01:55.880 --> 01:57.460 We see Africa at Tampoe. 01:57.460 --> 02:05.620 The Queen moves holding onto a forty three point eighty five, which now carries the threat you should 02:05.620 --> 02:06.070 be aware of. 02:06.280 --> 02:14.350 Jeoffrey check to win this war on H1 one white parries that with nightfall you see Queen G5 and now 02:14.350 --> 02:20.170 NEUTZE five, the Queen is in this position attacking two pieces. 02:20.620 --> 02:30.100 So that was Parit C6 and we see the move G4 here making use of that pin, that pinpoint power to play 02:30.100 --> 02:30.540 this one. 02:30.860 --> 02:32.650 As the night goes back. 02:33.190 --> 02:37.330 Rook Jiwon, we see white sacrificing a whole piece here. 02:37.750 --> 02:43.660 You might wonder what on earth is this about this piece sacrifice. 02:45.490 --> 02:45.820 Yeah. 02:45.850 --> 02:46.130 Why. 02:46.130 --> 02:53.680 It has a fantastic position though in a general sense of 84 kinky sex, age five. 02:53.710 --> 02:55.930 The Queen seems to be in a bad spot. 02:56.260 --> 03:01.060 Queen Afri and now back with development doesn't look too encouraging. 03:01.960 --> 03:03.270 Bishop takes Air Force One. 03:03.280 --> 03:11.020 It's got loads of pieces out, common sequence between the pieces somehow and found when you play the 03:11.020 --> 03:15.220 King Cam, you get that very dangerous air phone back, essentially. 03:15.340 --> 03:15.580 Yeah. 03:15.580 --> 03:17.500 Look at the development of Black's pieces. 03:18.070 --> 03:22.630 The ruler on not even out of the box, so to speak. 03:23.080 --> 03:23.890 Queen of six. 03:23.890 --> 03:24.970 We see ninety three. 03:26.530 --> 03:27.520 Bishop see five. 03:27.520 --> 03:33.830 And OK with the rook attacks, we just have ninety five inviting blacks with more material to be super 03:33.830 --> 03:34.330 greeting. 03:35.260 --> 03:37.690 Now here things get absolutely brilliant. 03:37.720 --> 03:42.460 Bishop Desex has played now in the extreme. 03:42.460 --> 03:47.410 If he was playing a modern day computer, the computer would calculate brute force, look at everything 03:47.410 --> 03:48.370 and find the defense. 03:49.240 --> 03:50.680 But the opponent in this game. 03:53.890 --> 04:00.490 Played Bishop takes Jiwon, there is actually a defensive method available, queen takes anyone, Jack 04:01.090 --> 04:01.930 and then Queen here. 04:01.960 --> 04:08.170 This actually saves the day just about Plante's going to be baño, but in the game, Bishop, 61, was 04:08.170 --> 04:15.190 played and now things are very different after E5 Black is in severe trouble. 04:15.790 --> 04:18.990 And we're setting the scene here for a bit of Blade Runner. 04:19.000 --> 04:28.780 If you're a fan of science fiction, Blade Runner had this scene where this chess combination was played. 04:28.780 --> 04:31.360 So Queen takes a one, Cecchini two. 04:32.950 --> 04:39.610 Now we have 96 and blacks in big, big trouble 1967. 04:39.610 --> 04:41.210 Chank King the 8th. 04:41.230 --> 04:41.860 And guess what? 04:41.860 --> 04:42.650 White plaisir. 04:43.480 --> 04:49.090 All checks check all the weaknesses of the last move and the color common squares. 04:50.020 --> 04:56.410 So those two golden ingredients are actually used in this finish in Blade Runner in a way. 04:59.320 --> 05:07.570 We can actually force a witness who also called deflection or kind of movement movil movement of the 05:07.570 --> 05:10.700 defender away from a critical square. 05:11.200 --> 05:12.340 So check checkable checks, though. 05:12.340 --> 05:15.910 You should be able to arrive at it through checking all the checks. 05:16.510 --> 05:25.780 There is one that's super special, which has an aspect of the flexion away from a critical square. 05:27.320 --> 05:28.380 And I hope you find it. 05:28.570 --> 05:32.830 Please do pause the video before we. 05:32.890 --> 05:33.950 I think as long as you want. 05:33.970 --> 05:36.130 It's a great move to try and find. 05:37.650 --> 05:39.000 OK, I'm going to Revealer. 05:41.210 --> 05:46.490 Quidam sex check is offering the queen deflects away from that critical S7 square. 05:47.480 --> 05:49.250 There's not too many choices for black. 05:49.670 --> 05:51.860 The eight squares covered by this night's. 05:54.130 --> 05:54.610 So. 05:57.180 --> 06:01.710 The 19th, but now we have Bishop S7 Chameides. 06:04.690 --> 06:06.770 Yeah, I'd recommend checking out. 06:06.820 --> 06:13.560 I mean, basically, he was like the world champion of the day or Morphy kind of question that, but 06:13.570 --> 06:17.140 both him and morphia certainly worth studying. 06:19.750 --> 06:25.550 These are you know, these guys are kind of unofficial world champions of their time, and they played 06:25.550 --> 06:33.020 some absolutely marvelous, beautiful games that we call like immortal games because they stand the 06:33.020 --> 06:33.860 test of time. 06:36.120 --> 06:40.200 Even in the modern age, people still do loads of YouTube videos about these these games, these are 06:40.500 --> 06:45.810 games, they're absolutely beautiful to behold and they do teach us, you know, the secrets of tactics, 06:48.270 --> 06:50.910 crackerjacks, you know, even the outrageous ones. 06:51.440 --> 06:52.800 Wait and see the last move. 06:52.800 --> 06:58.680 The fractions, the cooperation of places like New Hampshire and the other night have beautiful cooperation 06:59.280 --> 07:03.330 this night, taking out Manscape Square, this amazing, that beautiful construction. 07:04.740 --> 07:06.180 So that's the beauty of chess. 07:06.180 --> 07:11.490 You know, these games even from like 1851, you know, over 100 years ago. 07:13.470 --> 07:17.850 Thankfully, you know, because of the chest flotation, it's not like a football match, we can exactly 07:17.850 --> 07:19.350 record the game. 07:20.470 --> 07:24.660 And just enjoy it generations later, OK? 07:24.700 --> 07:28.980 Hope you enjoyed 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