WEBVTT 00:00.960 --> 00:01.690 Hi there. 00:01.710 --> 00:04.520 In this lecture, we see Anatoly Karpov against John Timman. 00:04.530 --> 00:08.500 This is in 1979, the Montreal tournament, round two. 00:08.520 --> 00:17.640 So E four from Karpov we see D six Pierce Defense Default 6c3, g6g Free Bishop G seven. 00:17.640 --> 00:18.720 Bishop G two. 00:19.080 --> 00:25.170 Black Castles Knight ge2e5 White Castles Knights A six. 00:26.250 --> 00:27.000 Here. 00:27.000 --> 00:33.780 Maybe this is less accurate than Knight C six but white could be annoying with D takes e five for this 00:33.780 --> 00:37.290 position of the D text E five Bishop G five. 00:37.290 --> 00:40.470 Let's say Bishop g4y could play h three. 00:40.470 --> 00:46.380 Bishop takes e to nine, takes e to Queen takes D one rook a takes D one. 00:46.380 --> 00:52.800 And White does have a small nagging edge here overall, but 96 is played. 00:52.800 --> 00:56.400 We have rook e1c6 and now H three. 00:56.400 --> 01:03.150 This is the start of many preventative moves which restrain the activity of the black pieces. 01:03.150 --> 01:06.270 So this move h three makes the opponents more predictable. 01:06.270 --> 01:10.200 They have less options to choose from restraining the pieces. 01:10.590 --> 01:16.620 So greater predictability about what the opponent can do if we start to restrain choices. 01:16.620 --> 01:18.810 Rookie and now Bishop G. 01:18.810 --> 01:26.460 Five which provokes a weakness and it's not a waste of the time time to do this because black doesn't 01:26.460 --> 01:27.810 really want to target on H six. 01:27.810 --> 01:33.330 So Queen RD two will be with tempo, so it's not a complete waste of time playing like this rather than 01:33.330 --> 01:35.130 Bishop free straight off the bat. 01:35.880 --> 01:41.310 And if Black plays Quincy seven White can establish authority on that diagonal queenly too. 01:41.400 --> 01:45.540 And for example, this situation is going to be quite nice for white. 01:45.540 --> 01:47.040 So C takes, E takes. 01:47.040 --> 01:48.770 This is kind of nice for white. 01:48.780 --> 01:54.860 So H six we have Bishop E free, Queen C seven, another tempo game, Queen D two. 01:54.870 --> 02:00.870 So black has to do something about h67 and Rook 81. 02:00.870 --> 02:06.630 So the rooks nicely together in the center, Bishop D seven are now restraining Black's possibilities 02:06.630 --> 02:14.790 a bit more G four So this takes away possibilities of H five We have ideas of Knight G for an F four 02:14.790 --> 02:15.660 coming up. 02:15.840 --> 02:18.720 We could have played F for hair straight off the bat. 02:18.840 --> 02:20.780 This position also can transpose. 02:20.790 --> 02:24.090 We're going to play G four and 9g4 anyway can transpose them. 02:24.090 --> 02:26.910 For example, this situation is in White's favor. 02:26.910 --> 02:33.390 There's also a backward pawn target on the fall here, which is a bit of a problem for black structurally. 02:33.390 --> 02:41.310 So g four we have Rook 88 Knight G free Bishop C eight So Black doesn't really want to play. 02:41.310 --> 02:43.980 He takes the E4 to settle themselves with a backward pawn. 02:43.980 --> 02:46.680 We see f four and again the tension is kept. 02:46.680 --> 02:47.610 B five. 02:47.790 --> 02:53.520 If e takes a fall here, Bishop takes this way of playing things, taking on F4, it's still going to 02:53.520 --> 03:01.350 be quite nice for white after E five as example, Bishop takes e five here 97 Queen F4 96. 03:01.350 --> 03:06.990 Queen F two, King G, King H one White has a small edge, so B five though was played. 03:06.990 --> 03:10.880 Maybe e text was actually a little bit better than b5a friend. 03:10.890 --> 03:15.570 Now B for blacks only hurting their structure with this activity. 03:16.710 --> 03:22.860 If we look at the structure now eight, six, nine takes, we have an isolated pawn here, we have 9c2, 03:23.400 --> 03:24.330 E takes D four. 03:24.330 --> 03:27.360 Now this gives black also a backward d pawn. 03:27.360 --> 03:33.420 So Black's structure is going a little bit softer now in two respects. 03:33.420 --> 03:42.480 D six in 87 with a five if C five might be five is interesting and just taking on D six black could 03:42.480 --> 03:43.650 try rook tasty six. 03:43.680 --> 03:50.620 It's not particularly sounds because Queen takes b68 takes rookie two Yeah this is just material up 03:50.640 --> 03:57.720 for white and if a six we can play B four to control that knight to prevent that knight and control 03:57.720 --> 04:03.840 control is kind of synonymous with prevention here and especially in this game, you know this possession 04:03.840 --> 04:13.620 blacks really under control here off to C free and white just has a big advantage but we have a5c3 knights 04:13.620 --> 04:20.070 a6a now queen C too many players might play for the attack straight off the bat with G five. 04:20.070 --> 04:22.650 There's a bit of a delayed gratification here. 04:22.890 --> 04:24.390 Technically, this is good. 04:24.390 --> 04:29.010 Actually, this idea of a pawn sac here would be good and five and then Queen F two. 04:29.040 --> 04:29.460 This is this. 04:29.460 --> 04:33.930 This can be played in such a manner because White does have an advantage here. 04:33.930 --> 04:36.780 For example, Bishop takes that five, Bishop takes the eight. 04:36.780 --> 04:37.530 We have to play. 04:37.530 --> 04:39.840 It has to do something about that rook. 04:39.840 --> 04:43.230 If rook d seven Bishop takes e4, there is a strong attack here. 04:43.830 --> 04:49.860 But yeah, a bit of delayed gratification on complex part with this kind of controlling move, still 04:49.860 --> 04:54.750 preventing things, preventing any sorts of counterplay on E four. 04:55.260 --> 04:57.400 So we have Bishop D seven and now nine free. 04:57.420 --> 05:00.090 So why it's really gearing up for G five without any hassle. 05:00.590 --> 05:02.120 Again, though G five could have been played. 05:02.120 --> 05:03.500 This shows delayed gratification. 05:03.500 --> 05:04.800 It could have been played. 05:04.820 --> 05:09.200 For example, this position is quite good for whites. 05:09.200 --> 05:11.150 There's an idea of a sacrifice. 05:11.150 --> 05:15.740 But this attacking players might be attracted to this kind of thing by a cop off in this game. 05:15.740 --> 05:17.150 He's a positional player. 05:17.180 --> 05:19.310 He's not going in all out for the attack just yet. 05:19.310 --> 05:23.750 He's preventing, preventing, preventing, getting more and more control, control, control over the 05:23.750 --> 05:24.290 position. 05:24.290 --> 05:34.550 So rook e seven if C five the thing is e five that nine is a bit unstable D five we can take on C five. 05:34.550 --> 05:37.390 This position will be great after 9h5. 05:37.400 --> 05:42.560 Yeah, that pins g six pawn is a problem if it takes out the dark square. 05:42.560 --> 05:44.960 Bishop f five This is really a strong attack. 05:45.440 --> 05:51.350 If we have a look again and say Bishop H then H four and it's a very strong attack after Bishop E for 05:51.350 --> 05:54.350 why it's going to sacrifice and make quite easily soon. 05:54.560 --> 05:56.960 So anyway, Rook e seven was played. 05:57.530 --> 06:06.860 We have Bishop F two and now Bishop one, else if rook D eight this is kind of virtually prevented because 06:06.860 --> 06:11.780 one has either Queen DD to looking at D six what does Black do about D six? 06:12.050 --> 06:15.770 Bishop e six We're just going to take on D six and other moves. 06:15.770 --> 06:17.930 Don't bear thinking about here. 06:17.960 --> 06:22.490 Also Queen D free hits a six and D six. 06:22.610 --> 06:25.370 So that would be unpleasant if Queen takes D six here. 06:25.370 --> 06:31.100 This position is also in favor of the rook takes e four here that wins material. 06:31.190 --> 06:35.020 So black really hasn't got too much to do here, especially eight. 06:35.030 --> 06:36.320 We have Queen D free. 06:36.320 --> 06:38.690 So that does hit the knight on a six. 06:39.740 --> 06:41.630 We have Queen B seven. 06:42.020 --> 06:44.750 If C five here that is already prevented. 06:44.750 --> 06:47.570 Bishop take C five and then taking up the eight. 06:47.570 --> 06:53.960 If might be eight, we can play with G five if Karpov wanted to and then E five and then this is powerful 06:53.960 --> 06:56.930 F five with a strong attacking position. 06:56.930 --> 07:05.600 For example, here F takes F takes Rook takes E five, C four wins material on the default and we can 07:05.600 --> 07:06.530 get fancy about that. 07:06.530 --> 07:09.920 We can delay even that gratification for a little bit. 07:09.920 --> 07:12.620 But when we take on D five, we've just one material. 07:12.620 --> 07:15.650 So okay, Queen B seven we have rook A one. 07:15.650 --> 07:19.510 And what does Black actually do about the A five weakness? 07:19.520 --> 07:21.170 There's nothing to do. 07:21.590 --> 07:23.310 Yeah, the queen is overloaded. 07:23.310 --> 07:25.640 The queen can't move away because of a six. 07:25.640 --> 07:27.590 The bishop controls a lot of squares. 07:28.040 --> 07:29.180 We have 97. 07:29.180 --> 07:32.440 If Queen takes B two, rook ab1, Queen two. 07:32.450 --> 07:33.830 We're just taking on a six. 07:33.830 --> 07:40.490 So nine, C seven rook takes a five pawn taken and more control of the position seized. 07:40.490 --> 07:45.920 Rook dd7 If Queen takes B two, what happens after Rook b one The queen is trapped. 07:46.370 --> 07:47.600 Black would have to give up the queen. 07:47.600 --> 07:48.500 It's hopeless. 07:48.500 --> 07:55.730 So we have rook d7b4 taking more control of the position, even more so all of this without any g5a 07:55.730 --> 07:58.520 lot players would have been playing G five months earlier. 07:58.520 --> 08:05.510 So it shows this kind of delayed gratification is linked to prophylaxis, which is linked to prevention, 08:05.510 --> 08:13.490 which is linked to control control authority of the position, limit the opponent's options, make the 08:13.490 --> 08:19.130 opponents kind of like constant rather than variable, make them predictable and constant rather than 08:19.130 --> 08:21.200 variable and unpredictable. 08:21.200 --> 08:23.150 So that's the name of the game here. 08:23.150 --> 08:32.480 So 96 if 9b5, C 497 this position queen A free queen be5. 08:32.690 --> 08:34.940 This position is just dominating for white. 08:34.940 --> 08:40.310 If D takes nine, takes white gets an even more dominating position and can start pushing around the 08:40.310 --> 08:41.810 black pieces even more. 08:41.810 --> 08:42.740 So it's huge. 08:42.740 --> 08:52.910 But 96 we have Bishop e free, so protecting four but now what is black do black tries C five but now 08:52.910 --> 08:55.100 F five we have 98. 08:55.110 --> 08:56.180 It looks as though for a moment. 08:56.180 --> 08:56.480 Hold on. 08:56.480 --> 08:57.620 What about E four? 08:57.770 --> 08:58.850 Just B five. 08:58.850 --> 09:01.160 E four is not a problem whatsoever. 09:01.160 --> 09:02.660 We have King H eight. 09:02.690 --> 09:07.820 If Knight takes E, four, tactics come in, Knight takes E, four, rook takes E four. 09:07.820 --> 09:12.230 We have four five points with the king on H seven. 09:12.710 --> 09:16.700 We've got resources, 9g5 check and then Bishop takes E four fans. 09:16.700 --> 09:17.660 Very much so. 09:17.660 --> 09:19.310 King H eight is played. 09:19.310 --> 09:26.240 Bishop F two, Queen seven, the rook moves Queen B and now C for protected pass pawn. 09:26.240 --> 09:27.890 Still a backward pawn here. 09:27.890 --> 09:30.290 So structurally it's terrible for black. 09:30.290 --> 09:32.120 The pieces are also terrible. 09:32.150 --> 09:38.870 We have rook a seven rook takes a seven, rook takes a seven and now e five break and this really breaks 09:38.870 --> 09:39.230 apart. 09:39.230 --> 09:41.510 Black structure undermining C five. 09:41.510 --> 09:47.540 We have D takes E five, F nine, g eight, just e takes D six and G five. 09:47.540 --> 09:50.690 And all sorts of horrible things are happening to black here. 09:50.690 --> 09:54.170 For example, F takes, F takes nine takes. 09:54.170 --> 10:00.020 Bishop takes Queen G free as ideas of going for the attack even here and say this position. 10:00.390 --> 10:01.770 Quinn eight four check. 10:02.190 --> 10:04.470 Bishop RD five check is kind of vicious. 10:04.470 --> 10:08.610 96 is a crushing blow tactically. 10:08.610 --> 10:12.930 So for example, Bishop takes Queen, Knight takes de six check and nine takes queen. 10:12.930 --> 10:15.180 So it's pretty brutal stuff. 10:15.180 --> 10:17.730 Details E five like taxi five. 10:17.730 --> 10:21.960 All the tactics are sorted out because of the prior positional play and prevention. 10:21.960 --> 10:25.170 We have Rook two and our bishop takes C five. 10:25.170 --> 10:26.190 Black's just had enough. 10:26.190 --> 10:30.480 But how the black how black defends is black really can play rook C seven. 10:30.480 --> 10:32.130 It's very passive stuff. 10:33.370 --> 10:38.230 Yeah, it's just doomed to passivity and why it could control the AFL and other stuff. 10:38.410 --> 10:41.590 A one AA if Black gives up the AFL. 10:41.590 --> 10:44.380 So Rook two But Bishop takes C five here. 10:44.380 --> 10:46.600 Black resigned if 97. 10:46.600 --> 10:51.940 I mean there's two connected past pawns now, but Bishop D for 9g8 this position we could even work 10:51.940 --> 10:53.140 on the King side. 10:53.140 --> 10:59.920 For example, here we can do a battery to amplify the diagonal and a sweet continuation would be h five 11:00.160 --> 11:05.890 because on Bishop is actually fantastic with that idea of Bishop E four check here. 11:05.890 --> 11:07.270 Nine of seven check. 11:07.270 --> 11:08.970 Bishop G seven is me. 11:08.980 --> 11:11.700 But anyway, the game ended on Bishop take C five. 11:11.710 --> 11:16.660 This game really underlines the notion of prevention control prophylaxis. 11:16.660 --> 11:17.890 It's all linked to control. 11:17.890 --> 11:21.730 Basically, if you can control the possessions, how do you control possessions? 11:21.730 --> 11:24.430 Prevention is going to be a key part of control. 11:25.690 --> 11:29.440 It's like setting up a lawn systems, you know, it makes things easy to control. 11:30.120 --> 11:33.700 You know, when you when you leave your car somewhere, you know, lock it up. 11:33.700 --> 11:37.120 You know, prevention is better than cure. 11:37.120 --> 11:43.630 So it's part of controlling possessions, making sure the opponent hasn't got too many dangerous possibilities. 11:43.630 --> 11:46.420 That's the way we need control of the possession. 11:46.420 --> 11:50.530 And it was all about prevention and delayed gratification as an integral part of that. 11:50.530 --> 11:56.350 Not not going in for the attack straight away, get more and more control and then the attacks kind 11:56.350 --> 12:00.250 of really, really natural after an irresistible even more so. 12:00.250 --> 12:00.430 Yeah. 12:00.460 --> 12:01.300 A great game. 12:01.300 --> 12:04.750 I hope you enjoy this game and find it inspirational as I do. 12:04.990 --> 12:07.090 OC has so much.