WEBVTT 00:01.140 --> 00:01.780 Hi there. 00:02.280 --> 00:06.510 In this lecture, we're going to have a look at a very, very interesting game from the Queen's Gambit 00:06.750 --> 00:16.800 Netflix series, the final encounter between Elizabeth Harmon and Vasily Borg of So DeFore was played 00:16.800 --> 00:17.570 by Elizabeth. 00:19.380 --> 00:23.990 So you may have actually got interested in chance through the Queens game in that series. 00:24.020 --> 00:28.500 I thought it'd be interesting to check out some of those games you may have seen there. 00:29.280 --> 00:35.810 So this game was actually based on a real life game, even against Patrick Wolf, played in 1993. 00:36.690 --> 00:42.230 Garry Kasparov was a contributor to that series and so really knew what he was doing. 00:42.510 --> 00:46.230 So the actual games were based on real games. 00:46.620 --> 00:57.330 Very, very often in that series we see CIFOR, E5, which is actually the album counts combat as actually 00:57.330 --> 00:58.740 one of my favorite systems. 00:58.740 --> 01:00.560 And bless the album Count Kamat. 01:01.050 --> 01:02.550 There was actually a section in this course. 01:02.550 --> 01:03.560 We want to check this out. 01:03.600 --> 01:04.610 The album Count came out. 01:05.160 --> 01:06.330 We see it for 01:09.090 --> 01:10.980 this is an unusual response. 01:11.340 --> 01:15.330 So usually Detoxified is played. 01:16.320 --> 01:22.340 But here we see the full details, see for Bishop Avery. 01:22.350 --> 01:27.950 And actually we've kind of transposed into the Queen's Gambit, accepted for this move. 01:27.960 --> 01:32.980 Order 94, ciphering 96, the five 97. 01:32.990 --> 01:37.630 So we've reached by transposition the event against Patrick Wolfgang. 01:37.830 --> 01:39.000 So a strange move order. 01:39.000 --> 01:39.770 But we've got that. 01:40.500 --> 01:54.510 So Bishop S.C for 96, every bishop desex queeny to D7 like get to a six bishop B3. 01:56.250 --> 02:00.190 So out of the opening, what are the imbalances here? 02:00.420 --> 02:06.930 Well, Black has good dance choir grabs the night on G.S. is like one of my favorite night. 02:06.930 --> 02:08.730 Tango's putting a light on Jesus. 02:08.730 --> 02:13.260 But in this situation we have the semillon far, which could be unpleasant for black. 02:13.590 --> 02:14.520 There's pressure at the moment. 02:14.530 --> 02:19.180 It looks fairly solid with the bishop supporting C7 or is this pawn? 02:19.200 --> 02:21.390 You know, it's technically the backward pawn. 02:21.390 --> 02:25.050 It's only pieces that can lend support to the C7 pawn. 02:25.650 --> 02:35.640 We see B5 A for both sides, Castle Quiney, some rook, AC1 Knight five and now Jeoffrey, which keeps 02:35.640 --> 02:37.290 the lights out, it seems for the moment. 02:38.790 --> 02:49.490 Eighty-six Bishop Seeta, we see maybe eight eight eight ounce Brookhaven Brook eight. 02:49.560 --> 02:52.560 So it's quite a positional game. 02:52.560 --> 02:53.850 Oppositional struggle here. 02:54.780 --> 03:01.260 Bishop Differe targeting the B five pawn bishop before pinning that knights making Bishop stakes. 03:01.260 --> 03:02.760 People have impossible at the moment. 03:04.110 --> 03:10.200 Just to put that on board, if Bishop takes B five, I can just take her white can't take losing the 03:10.200 --> 03:10.590 Queen. 03:11.700 --> 03:18.930 So Roadsigns eight was played instead rotates Quincy to Bishop C five. 03:20.020 --> 03:23.220 Ninety-One Bishop. 03:23.220 --> 03:26.520 These things might have to. 03:28.650 --> 03:32.260 Once ancient form was paid a very sharp, dynamic, aggressive move. 03:33.150 --> 03:35.250 So what on earth is going on here? 03:35.280 --> 03:37.230 Why can't White take this night? 03:37.260 --> 03:42.360 You might be asking someone who's actually played if G takes a fall. 03:43.370 --> 03:44.490 He takes a fall. 03:45.510 --> 03:51.270 And this situation after nightfall is rather dangerous for white. 03:53.570 --> 03:57.380 If King ain't won, this position should be equal. 03:58.670 --> 04:08.600 So one would be a very, very good idea if Bishop takes off all night, say Black has quinsy five chag 04:09.350 --> 04:14.360 and this situation is actually better for black. 04:16.190 --> 04:17.530 So this is very, very scary. 04:17.840 --> 04:19.610 So Russi one was played. 04:21.290 --> 04:23.450 Kwangju five, King H. 04:23.490 --> 04:34.400 One Queen H5 now, which looks at that Afri poem if black and played like he said, we're just going 04:34.400 --> 04:35.900 to take the Queen that happen. 04:35.900 --> 04:39.110 Pence the Queen to create five unbanning as well. 04:39.590 --> 04:43.160 We see Ninety-One here again. 04:44.210 --> 04:51.040 Why is avoiding the complexities, but also, you know, the bishop's loose on a free if j'étais queen 04:51.050 --> 04:55.010 takes a free charge and then taking on a free is great for black. 04:56.420 --> 04:57.350 So we see her. 04:57.350 --> 05:06.410 Ninety-One reinforcing every night takes differing defraying, different FFI, very aggressive play 05:07.790 --> 05:08.870 from the bulk of it. 05:08.870 --> 05:22.220 In this game 95, we see the bishop dropping back, recarve one ninety seven, queen defraying have 05:22.220 --> 05:23.300 tanks of tanks. 05:23.300 --> 05:29.360 And now Quink says this is quite an intense positional game. 05:30.800 --> 05:39.590 It has to be said King, to catch seven might have free ninety eight and now 98 for hitting the Queen 05:40.640 --> 05:48.770 Queen for the night goes to an aggressive square at five six and here actually the game was actually 05:48.770 --> 05:49.670 adjourned here. 05:51.530 --> 05:57.710 So we have Queen six and the Germans six. 05:59.400 --> 06:06.030 Now, in the game that this was actually based on the eventual versus Patriot, Wolf, Wolfgang G4 was 06:06.030 --> 06:08.790 played and that was a draw actually in 72 moves. 06:09.510 --> 06:19.110 So Kasparov has kind of veered off now into kind of analysis, a different variation totally to that 06:19.110 --> 06:20.720 game 96. 06:23.100 --> 06:24.150 So we have here. 06:26.760 --> 06:28.290 Brooke, a full being played. 06:31.170 --> 06:35.760 So this is a very, very interesting situation indeed. 06:38.650 --> 06:39.340 And. 06:42.070 --> 06:51.100 Black is on, you know, black is playing and a bit of a very interesting way, we have to be free, 06:51.100 --> 06:51.820 you might ask. 06:51.850 --> 06:52.270 Hold on. 06:52.270 --> 06:52.770 Hold on. 06:53.980 --> 06:59.530 This night could potentially -- you're right that this night a potentially for the queen and king. 06:59.810 --> 07:00.370 You know what? 07:00.370 --> 07:01.750 If we stepped off the bishop. 07:02.500 --> 07:02.860 Yeah. 07:02.890 --> 07:05.170 Black isn't obliged to do this alone. 07:05.200 --> 07:06.100 Might affect Jack. 07:06.760 --> 07:12.790 Black hair could play Bishop ESX and that would be OK for black. 07:13.540 --> 07:18.460 So we have to be frank for the moment rotates E4. 07:18.460 --> 07:21.060 And now though we do see 1966. 07:21.700 --> 07:29.470 So if black recaptures, we get to see that mighty folk to the tactics that were igniting. 07:30.010 --> 07:30.760 So wake up. 07:31.750 --> 07:35.160 The tactics are igniting her if she takes no effort. 07:35.170 --> 07:37.630 Jack would Woolfolk Queen and King. 07:38.170 --> 07:45.700 So Black has to take on ESX details, but now there's a concession, a small concession. 07:46.960 --> 07:51.120 This passport is dangerous, postpones a major winning property. 07:51.400 --> 07:54.490 They are something to behold, like form pawns, pawns, pawns. 07:54.880 --> 07:56.170 You're creating a major wind. 07:56.170 --> 08:02.200 Obviously, when you have a passport, there's a massive excitement behind passports, queening, you 08:02.200 --> 08:02.920 know, potentially. 08:02.920 --> 08:04.560 So Seatmates has made eighty-seven. 08:04.570 --> 08:06.970 It's only one theoretical step from queening. 08:08.680 --> 08:15.810 We see D5 being played if 95 instead then Rockefeller. 08:16.510 --> 08:24.310 And, you know, it doesn't actually matter about Jeoffrey this pawn because it's going to be queening. 08:25.240 --> 08:26.410 This is no problem. 08:26.890 --> 08:28.090 For example, queening here. 08:29.860 --> 08:36.490 Yeah, this is this is a problem because the Queen's pins that we take them, we actually just when 08:36.490 --> 08:38.320 the rook as an example. 08:39.490 --> 08:42.400 So, yeah, this is really, really scary. 08:42.970 --> 08:48.190 And also, by the way, you know, Queen takes Jeoffrey check is not really cutting the mustard. 08:48.190 --> 08:57.460 So it's not really effective because this pawn potentially queening the king would move and the chase 08:57.820 --> 08:59.530 will eventually run out. 08:59.920 --> 09:02.710 So the checks would eventually run out. 09:03.190 --> 09:06.730 So essentially black, actually. 09:09.820 --> 09:20.730 Played D5 here and now we see in this position a move which is very, very interesting, Bishop C5, 09:22.300 --> 09:28.240 we see Queene eight now Queen Afri Marquise six is a mistake. 09:30.260 --> 09:37.130 But it's a difficult position, you know, if King gains, then, you know, black is actually fine. 09:37.490 --> 09:42.490 But with Queen C6, I won't spoil the resource before supports the bishop. 09:42.920 --> 09:45.980 There's an amazing resource coming up after Quiney eight. 09:46.130 --> 09:50.270 And here Berghof offers a draw. 09:51.020 --> 09:59.780 But Beth declined the draw and plays this check now after King, age eight, plays a brilliant move 09:59.780 --> 10:01.840 to celebrate the passport. 10:02.660 --> 10:10.130 I wonder if you can spot what move that would be to try and make this passport queen. 10:11.030 --> 10:13.550 If I give you five seconds, pause the video here. 10:18.870 --> 10:30.240 OK, it's actually Quintet's F sex, yeah, and now rotates threatening have eight track, so we have 10:30.240 --> 10:31.100 Quizno's five. 10:31.110 --> 10:33.720 It looks as though it's got lots of checks potentially. 10:35.490 --> 10:42.630 If Blackard tried rookie to check, then CANF one and this situation with Rook of eight is very, very 10:42.630 --> 10:43.190 powerful. 10:44.010 --> 10:47.600 The pawn queens and there's not enough checks for black. 10:48.330 --> 10:56.760 So we have Queen H5 now Rook FHL King seven and actually baptized to Queen Hair. 10:58.440 --> 11:01.620 OK Ruki to check and the king goes to F1. 11:01.620 --> 11:09.650 This is the strongest Hlophe in the position of King H1 then quintets and free track and then quickly 11:09.660 --> 11:10.410 to checkmate. 11:10.830 --> 11:14.730 So Baff had to bypass this king's safety issues counterplay. 11:15.120 --> 11:16.860 You have to manage those quite often. 11:16.860 --> 11:19.020 So King F1 is the safest mode by far. 11:21.060 --> 11:27.390 We have quintet's a free track and it loses that rock and in fact the tracks are about to run out of 11:27.390 --> 11:27.630 the rook. 11:27.630 --> 11:33.780 Have to quiney for Czech Kingdom to Berghof resigns here with the comment. 11:34.860 --> 11:39.720 It's your game and offers is king and respectful hug after. 11:41.370 --> 11:49.140 So yes, that was the final clash between Elizabeth Harmon and Vassili Borg, of who she had feared 11:49.470 --> 11:50.370 throughout the series. 11:50.970 --> 11:57.870 So in the final game, we do actually get a Queen's Gambit accepted by transposition originally and 11:57.870 --> 12:00.120 Albion Council Gambit, one of my favorite openings. 12:00.600 --> 12:02.610 So, yeah, very, very interesting game. 12:02.790 --> 12:10.020 These games, you know, in the series are really, really interesting to study for not just beginner, 12:10.020 --> 12:12.000 but intermediate and advanced class. 12:12.570 --> 12:15.030 There's no holds barred in game selection. 12:15.360 --> 12:20.790 Quite often in films you have very, very razor-sharp games ending in checkmate quite rapidly. 12:20.790 --> 12:26.550 Or we're just opening traps leading to checkmate by hey, we have a pretty serious mortal game being 12:26.550 --> 12:27.030 used. 12:28.440 --> 12:33.960 Patrick, Wolf, by the way, actually be spun off in a similar once. 12:34.590 --> 12:40.010 Yeah, a bunch of American up and coming up and coming players play off. 12:40.020 --> 12:42.090 Patrick Wall was one of the winners there. 12:42.600 --> 12:47.040 Also, you know, vastly, Aaron Schock has basically spun off on occasion. 12:47.040 --> 12:54.990 So golf has also shown great respect to two of his opponents that he must have admired, that they could 12:54.990 --> 12:55.380 beat him. 12:55.380 --> 12:56.400 So they're pretty decent. 12:56.400 --> 12:59.670 He's like showing respect to both of those players. 12:59.760 --> 13:03.390 So that's the eventual Chucky as he's known in the chess world. 13:06.480 --> 13:12.750 So, yeah, a very, very interesting modern game to choose in the series. 13:12.750 --> 13:19.770 And it does show a few features of winning chess like this passport combination. 13:20.280 --> 13:27.480 So this wonderful coincidence, a queen sacrifice to liberate that passport, to unlock it. 13:28.470 --> 13:31.230 So, yeah, a very, very nice combination in the end. 13:32.730 --> 13:36.030 And the checks, you know, you have to know when they run out, they run out here. 13:37.710 --> 13:39.000 OK, I hope you enjoyed that. 13:40.560 --> 13:45.420 And I do hope you watch the Queen's Gambit Netflix series to inspire you. 13:45.420 --> 13:47.280 I'm watching it several times. 13:47.280 --> 13:48.840 It's just so well-made. 13:49.590 --> 13:54.360 It's one of the best chess series I've ever seen. 13:54.360 --> 13:59.790 Chess films generally, if you can think of it as one big film, it's one of the best I've ever seen. 14:00.120 --> 14:02.070 OK, and so much.