WEBVTT 00:01.350 --> 00:09.870 Hi there in this lecture, we see an example came from Max over, so Max over was a Dutch chess player, 00:09.930 --> 00:13.250 mathematician, author and chess administrator. 00:13.680 --> 00:16.140 He was the fifth player to become world chess champion. 00:16.920 --> 00:20.750 So he held that title between 1955 and 1957. 00:22.460 --> 00:24.550 He served as president of the. 00:26.120 --> 00:30.880 So Federation International, the ASX, the official world governing body of. 00:32.840 --> 00:35.900 So between 1970 and 1978. 00:37.970 --> 00:42.740 Now, this guy I'm about to show you is one of his best and most significant games, and it was actually 00:42.740 --> 00:46.230 dubbed the Paula Zahn vote by Tascosa. 00:46.400 --> 00:47.170 So let's have a look. 00:47.300 --> 00:55.980 This is Massawa against Alexander Arlequin from their world championship match in 1935, D4 for Max. 00:55.980 --> 01:01.880 So we see 86 from Alpine inviting a French defense, you know, a 45 potentially. 01:02.210 --> 01:08.390 But we see CIFOR instead from Max our our five Dutch defense Jeoffrey. 01:10.160 --> 01:18.330 Bishop, before Jack to the bishop goes back to a lot of things like Seefried black counsels, white 01:18.360 --> 01:25.320 African efo white counsels desex Quincy to Bishop B seven No. 01:25.340 --> 01:33.230 95 is played and actually outright plays very, very interesting tactical move, notates Sifry. 01:33.500 --> 01:34.160 It looks as though. 01:34.160 --> 01:35.200 Hold on, hold on. 01:35.210 --> 01:37.610 Isn't this bishop on here? 01:38.180 --> 01:41.070 Does White really need to just take her ordinarily? 01:41.660 --> 01:42.500 What about the bishop? 01:43.070 --> 01:47.450 Bobwhite did actually just take on Seefried, which is a very, very good response. 01:47.450 --> 01:53.170 It turns out if Bishop takes being seven, it looks as though, well, this is winning a lot material. 01:53.180 --> 01:56.030 Yeah, but there is no it's to check. 01:56.030 --> 02:06.980 And then 1964, hitting the queen and actually black stands very well now of the B.C. sex as an example. 02:09.340 --> 02:12.430 If Nineteens detainees. 02:14.240 --> 02:19.080 You might think or hold on King's question, Bishop is winning the night, isn't it? 02:19.930 --> 02:20.800 Not so quick. 02:21.240 --> 02:27.700 Queen size eight and the Queen can't take the likes of C five check just to put that on the board seafront. 02:27.730 --> 02:29.430 That would be winning the queen. 02:29.770 --> 02:33.290 Look at the in effect, close the aberrational facts around the board. 02:34.780 --> 02:41.050 So in other words, if that's out of the question, then this situation where the most important points 02:41.050 --> 02:45.400 on the fourth, the check is actually rather good for black. 02:46.510 --> 02:47.480 This is very pleasant. 02:47.890 --> 02:51.190 There's enough compensation here for being exchanged down. 02:51.190 --> 02:54.370 So it was a very wise decision to play Bishop S.C free. 02:56.080 --> 02:59.140 So we see Bishop takes you to King, takes you to Quincy. 02:59.140 --> 03:02.710 Ain't the Queen trying to replace that bishop on that diagonal? 03:03.220 --> 03:13.930 D5 d6 no different if I catch one CSX Queen Bee Free King. 03:13.940 --> 03:21.190 Actually it looks like a good idea to get away from that since the diagonal half full. 03:22.180 --> 03:29.690 And this puts a lot of pressure on black center black comets before we see night before another committee, 03:29.760 --> 03:35.560 a move to go backwards might see to the Knights actually rerouting to a fine central square. 03:35.560 --> 03:43.660 Now Naifeh putting pressure on that five now Alexander Anarkali in place, a move which is a little 03:43.660 --> 03:44.370 bit tricky. 03:44.390 --> 03:50.200 Bishop FCX seemingly offering a fine but surely that's indirectly defended right. 03:51.130 --> 03:54.460 Would you play Knight takes out five in this position. 03:54.460 --> 03:55.450 That's the big question. 03:58.550 --> 04:02.270 If I give you five the portfolio, would you entertain it in any way whatsoever? 04:02.290 --> 04:03.730 No, it takes five. 04:07.000 --> 04:12.700 Given that, you know, potentially there's, you know, an issue. 04:13.780 --> 04:21.550 Well, actually, he did take it because here we don't have to recapture ordinarily it takes these things, 04:21.550 --> 04:28.870 hits the queen and in fact, points just place 1984 here, just collecting a number of pawns. 04:30.460 --> 04:34.440 So bit of a shocker piece sacrificed for multiple pawns. 04:35.170 --> 04:38.810 If these passports get going in the center, they're going to be worth their weight in gold, though, 04:39.100 --> 04:45.900 to the end game, especially, we see 92 and now G5 this might be a little bit on the risky side, but 04:45.940 --> 04:54.070 it seems as though B5 should be OK for black and technically blacks doing fine. 04:54.610 --> 04:56.440 But it looks a bit scary for sure. 04:56.980 --> 05:01.030 But G5, it tries to go for an attack, but it weakens a little bit. 05:01.040 --> 05:06.960 The Black Kings in the process we see fauji tanks to detainees. 05:06.970 --> 05:07.840 Bishop DeFore. 05:07.850 --> 05:14.230 So Black is kind of Alexander Hamilton is working his magic to try and get some sort of attack, you 05:14.230 --> 05:15.640 know, potentially on Jafo. 05:16.120 --> 05:18.190 This looks like rather scary stuff. 05:19.390 --> 05:26.110 We see it five twenty eight eight cents an hour, just RUGGIE eight. 05:27.960 --> 05:34.440 So very, very interesting in this position, you might find this move a bit shocking, Brooke, James 05:34.890 --> 05:42.030 is looking at the square as technology to is very interesting, especially if one takes on D7, which 05:42.030 --> 05:45.480 seems that's interesting to consider. 05:45.490 --> 05:51.130 But black hair has two ways to try and get that of Common Square. 05:51.780 --> 05:58.950 It's not just quinsy sex, but it's also Queen Itou And this route actually is a double attack on detA 05:58.950 --> 06:00.050 as well as Geto. 06:00.660 --> 06:11.280 And that's the best move for Black is actually Queen Eita so queeny to play against the piece back that's 06:11.280 --> 06:14.040 just been sacrificed and is better here. 06:14.580 --> 06:22.560 For example, this position is better for black, just for the record of Queen Jessica than either Queen 06:22.560 --> 06:24.390 African or Queen H. 06:25.380 --> 06:33.840 Would guard G now be both advantages for whites, either location and I could just move. 06:34.500 --> 06:43.680 So in the event, though, after Rook Jake, this was kind of ignored by Afri just keeping this lovely 06:43.680 --> 06:48.000 pawn chain intact, not being too greedy. 06:48.930 --> 06:51.150 And now we see Queen Giselle so frazzling. 06:51.170 --> 06:52.410 Checkmate on geto. 06:54.960 --> 06:57.250 And here you have more cleverness from Max. 06:57.270 --> 07:05.670 Oh, yeah, she plays a very interesting move extinguishing that tank to a large extent, Rogue G1 07:08.150 --> 07:10.320 95 was also plausible. 07:10.320 --> 07:16.020 But maybe, you know, tactically, 95 is interesting for play and it gets very hairy. 07:16.020 --> 07:18.810 But, you know, maybe it's about equal, apparently. 07:19.290 --> 07:20.310 But in any event. 07:20.310 --> 07:21.450 Yeah, very interesting move. 07:21.930 --> 07:25.770 One sacrifice in the exchange. 07:28.050 --> 07:35.400 And trying to get, you know, the attack for this diagonal is sometimes dangerous, so we see queen 07:35.400 --> 07:38.840 of Sex standing on that diagonal to avoid those issues. 07:42.530 --> 07:48.110 And now, again, instead of taking on these seven, Max overpays 95, so this is brilliant stuff, 07:48.500 --> 07:49.700 but think of seven. 07:49.700 --> 07:52.480 Jack Black has to react to that. 07:52.910 --> 07:53.870 We broke G7. 07:53.870 --> 07:55.690 This is a bit of a mistake. 07:55.700 --> 07:58.300 Apparently RUGGIE six is better. 07:59.030 --> 08:01.490 And here I find this. 08:01.640 --> 08:08.330 Apparently this should be even though it looks very, very scary with the two pawns here, Black might 08:08.330 --> 08:10.520 actually have a resource in 97. 08:13.510 --> 08:19.050 And we have to tread carefully with Quincy free if one doesn't tread carefully with Queen Seefried, 08:19.060 --> 08:24.760 which is about equal and that blacks is going to be much better off, the queen sees these things black, 08:24.760 --> 08:29.380 just sacrificing black material to break up those points of black SDMI hair. 08:30.070 --> 08:34.540 So anyway, any events, you know, G-7 was played. 08:35.050 --> 08:41.940 We have tanks here, rotates Queen Efrain, freeing some. 08:42.490 --> 08:46.660 And I'm 96, so there's big compensation for being exchanged down there. 08:46.990 --> 08:50.500 This noise, the entrenched noise, Brooke. 08:50.610 --> 08:54.940 Efate trying to get pressure on her for that nice pin to the queen. 08:56.410 --> 09:03.820 But why not just play Queen five, pinning the queen transposing into transitioning, rather, into 09:04.390 --> 09:07.120 a very interesting and game indeed, Brooke. 09:07.120 --> 09:08.230 Have five rookie one. 09:08.530 --> 09:10.780 These past pawns look extremely dangerous. 09:11.380 --> 09:17.470 Ninety eight would have to ESX Brookley to ninety six. 09:18.880 --> 09:23.020 Eight is seven B five is right. 09:23.590 --> 09:25.240 And now 98. 09:25.270 --> 09:33.700 This actually threatens nine of seven Czech and six to undermine the blockade of King G. 09:33.700 --> 09:34.810 Seven stops France. 09:35.920 --> 09:41.980 So just to put that on the board, if B takes like a seven check and unlike these things the King can't 09:41.980 --> 09:43.380 defend F7. 09:43.390 --> 09:44.910 So yeah, that'll be a big problem. 09:45.790 --> 09:53.650 So we see Kings of Night B seven and yeah, the night can come to the 6th. 09:53.650 --> 09:57.760 Our King of seven point ninety six will be Czech king of six. 09:59.320 --> 10:03.460 Now here it looks as a whole on 96 has rotates eighty seven. 10:04.060 --> 10:04.810 But guess what. 10:04.810 --> 10:05.890 White plays her. 10:10.310 --> 10:19.250 Yeah, one plays rookie sex check, nudging the king now of King of 796 Chac, so the king goes back 10:19.250 --> 10:27.050 and I'm 96, so it's just going to be a whole night out now, but in fact, doesn't even take on a seven. 10:28.980 --> 10:37.290 Doesn't take only seven yeah, actually goes for the other rook on these, so this is a great way of 10:37.290 --> 10:44.250 extinguishing counterplay actually in instructive moment as well, just to extinguish counterplay, 10:44.250 --> 10:46.640 you know, rotates S7 as a big hassle factor. 10:46.650 --> 10:51.300 Black black smoke carries on mowing pawns. 10:52.350 --> 10:58.440 But the way it's been played here with 1948 choosing this rook instead, the more active, aggressive 10:58.440 --> 11:04.260 rook, and that actually causes Alexander Electron to be absolutely convinced he's lost and resigns 11:04.260 --> 11:04.570 her. 11:06.090 --> 11:16.090 So yeah, a cracking game by Max out one of his best and alicorn had this to say. 11:16.410 --> 11:17.670 Does the general public. 11:20.250 --> 11:28.150 I do even our friends, the critics realize that our virtually never made on some combination he may 11:28.150 --> 11:32.290 have caused occasionally fail to take account of an opponent's combination. 11:32.980 --> 11:36.900 But when he has the Initiative and Attacks Corporation, his calculation is impeccable. 11:37.480 --> 11:40.420 So that was a very, very nice comment by Alan Alkaline. 11:43.710 --> 11:47.430 Hansch WOAK said he may have course. 11:49.980 --> 12:02.700 Bonhomie and smoke, but he said his logic personified a genius of law and order, one would hardly 12:02.700 --> 12:09.390 call him an attacking player, yet he strides confidently into some extraordinary complex variations. 12:11.040 --> 12:15.790 Bobby Fischer, who became later unhinged, had this to say. 12:16.200 --> 12:20.220 Unfortunately, you know, Fischer did become unhinged. 12:20.250 --> 12:25.790 It wasn't to me, it's like an opposite of our own was a great family man. 12:26.160 --> 12:29.630 Lots of children, great family man all around the map. 12:29.970 --> 12:31.050 See a doctor. 12:33.280 --> 12:39.610 Fisher had this to say, and basically there's something wrong with that man, he's too normal. 12:40.330 --> 12:47.020 I think that's why he's not raved about too much, because he's just too normal. 12:47.410 --> 12:53.800 And some people believe, you know, he's like an accidental, you know, world champion that Alexander 12:53.800 --> 12:56.740 Alcorn was a bit too fond of. 12:59.110 --> 13:07.630 Drinking and stuff and maybe didn't take the first world championship match against what to seriously, 13:08.170 --> 13:14.290 but change that to milk later as his preferred drink, apparently, and got his revenge against Mexico. 13:14.740 --> 13:21.290 But anyway, anyway, yeah, genuinely, Mexico is an example of a normal world testimony. 13:21.400 --> 13:25.810 So not all World Sachem is became completely unhinged and deranged. 13:25.810 --> 13:27.520 You know, Maxo was a great example. 13:30.130 --> 13:33.910 OK, so check out his game's hero, Neverland's. 13:35.470 --> 13:42.370 If you ever go to Amsterdam, you know, there's a Maxo kind of tributes place. 13:43.540 --> 13:49.330 And yeah, Neverland's you know, that's why chess has been, you know, popularized in the Netherlands 13:49.510 --> 13:50.410 quite significantly. 13:50.650 --> 13:56.680 When a country gets a world chess champion, there is like a surge of activity and interest in chess. 13:57.040 --> 13:59.050 OK, thanks very much.