WEBVTT 00:01.540 --> 00:02.420 Hi there. 00:02.440 --> 00:08.810 In this lecture, we see Anatoly Karpov playing against Roberto de Bono in 1977. 00:08.830 --> 00:15.490 The Las Palmas tournament ran free, so E four from Karpov we see E six, the French defence d4 D five 00:15.490 --> 00:18.850 and now the tariff variation, which is also a favorite of Michael Adams. 00:18.940 --> 00:24.250 So it's interesting, the positional players, they like playing this variation because quite often 00:24.250 --> 00:29.800 after C five they can saddle the opponent with an isolated Queen's pawn. 00:30.370 --> 00:37.600 At the moment there is no isolated Queen's pawn until Bishop B five de six we have D take C five, Bishop 00:37.600 --> 00:38.530 take C five. 00:38.650 --> 00:40.750 Now the interest in the aesthetic Queen's pawn. 00:40.750 --> 00:46.930 Sometimes you do need to convert it to backward pawns and maybe convert that into past pawns. 00:46.930 --> 00:51.570 The conversion process is something which is very important. 00:51.580 --> 00:55.180 We can't sometimes just win because the opponent has an isolated Queen's pawn. 00:55.180 --> 00:59.440 We need to convert it as appropriate to more exploitable advantages. 00:59.440 --> 01:03.460 So we see that theme in this game, so watch out for it. 01:03.670 --> 01:10.540 White Castles at the moment, like G seven, Knight Be Free, Bishop D six Rook E one Black Castles. 01:10.540 --> 01:11.620 Bishop G five. 01:11.650 --> 01:12.820 Bishop G four. 01:13.090 --> 01:15.880 So at the moment, Black has active pieces. 01:15.880 --> 01:21.280 But if White can nullify counterplay and the positional players are great at nullifying counterplay, 01:21.310 --> 01:25.180 the opponent will just be left with weaknesses which will strain the pieces. 01:25.180 --> 01:34.360 Eventually we see Bishop e to Quincy seven So here H three Yeah, Black was targeting the H two pawn 01:34.360 --> 01:36.580 there with Bishop takes as a France bishop takes her free. 01:36.580 --> 01:40.540 So now Bishop D seven we have FD four. 01:40.930 --> 01:44.980 So one pair of knights comes off H six, Bishop E three. 01:45.700 --> 01:48.310 Bishop H two check is played King H one. 01:48.310 --> 01:49.420 Bishop F four. 01:49.420 --> 01:53.980 We have Bishop f3f8c framework 88. 01:53.980 --> 02:01.270 So K here it's pretty that Och white has got this nice blockade, but how to increase the advantage? 02:01.270 --> 02:12.850 Queen B free is played pair of bishops come off Queen B six and here Karpov actually isn't tempted to 02:12.850 --> 02:14.830 double the opponent's pawns. 02:15.520 --> 02:17.140 That might not be too much in that. 02:17.140 --> 02:22.470 Instead, he allows his pawns to be potentially doubled to activate the rook on the file. 02:23.290 --> 02:34.570 Bishop C six We have Rook 81 and now black takes the Queen's off A takes King f8b for a now knight G 02:34.570 --> 02:34.900 six. 02:34.900 --> 02:38.200 And here at this moment there is a kind of weakness of the last move. 02:38.200 --> 02:41.860 And this can be leveraged in a positional sense sometimes. 02:41.860 --> 02:49.180 Can you guess what Karpov played here, which is very interesting decision based on the notion of more 02:49.180 --> 02:50.500 exploitable weaknesses. 02:50.500 --> 02:56.620 So D five It is an isolated pawn, but it's like we want to give the pawn sometimes company. 02:57.010 --> 03:02.680 If in doing so we're more easily, it's more easy for us to exploit the other weaknesses we've just 03:02.680 --> 03:03.400 created. 03:03.400 --> 03:05.110 So we see here for 100 points. 03:05.110 --> 03:05.920 What would you play? 03:08.280 --> 03:11.590 It worked out well in this game, 1966. 03:11.610 --> 03:13.110 It's an interesting decision. 03:13.470 --> 03:20.340 If we do try and keep the isolated Queen's pawn, we've got a lot of work ahead of us actually, to 03:20.340 --> 03:24.380 demonstrate any advantage against the Queen's pawn. 03:24.390 --> 03:30.660 We can try and get our king to be aggressive, and that is a dangerous adventure sometimes. 03:30.660 --> 03:35.320 But here, if black plays G five Czech, as example, blacks should be fine. 03:35.340 --> 03:43.080 If black doesn't, then the thing is, we can set up the dart square Rhodes with nine, take C six and 03:43.080 --> 03:47.340 then infiltrate with King E five with great safety in doing so. 03:47.340 --> 03:54.180 So this position would be huge strain on the black pieces and we're going to be forcibly winning material 03:54.180 --> 03:56.310 and the game that's crushing. 03:56.310 --> 04:01.920 And if the Rock refuses, we've got things like Beef B five under the right circumstances, let's factor 04:01.920 --> 04:02.640 in C five check. 04:02.640 --> 04:05.280 But you get the idea of blacks getting dismantled. 04:06.180 --> 04:08.340 But if black played G five, check here. 04:08.340 --> 04:11.070 This is an example with more stubborn resistance. 04:11.400 --> 04:16.170 This position is only about even we haven't really achieved anything as example. 04:16.350 --> 04:25.140 So it's interesting this decision to turn the isolated Queen's pawn into these pawns which are fixed 04:25.140 --> 04:27.690 and there isn't isolated a pawn in any case. 04:27.690 --> 04:29.250 So there's new targets. 04:32.760 --> 04:39.960 And yeah, if Black had played Night Takes five, we can take on DA here, Night takes three, we can 04:39.960 --> 04:42.960 take on E eight and we end up taking on B seven. 04:42.960 --> 04:45.600 And this is to White's advantage. 04:45.600 --> 04:48.640 So B six, B to C six is played. 04:48.660 --> 04:50.220 Pair of ropes come off. 04:50.760 --> 04:58.200 K one rookie 7g3 95 Bishop E two We have Rook C seven now. 04:58.880 --> 04:59.240 Yeah. 04:59.480 --> 05:00.470 C seven is interesting. 05:00.470 --> 05:06.320 If C four just trying to sacrifice structure for an active rook, this is not going to be good. 05:06.320 --> 05:08.720 The rooks not really that active at all. 05:08.720 --> 05:12.200 And the king is just going to march the center and pick up C4. 05:12.230 --> 05:13.730 So that's out of the question. 05:13.730 --> 05:15.590 So Rook C seven is played. 05:16.970 --> 05:24.320 King G to King E, seven and f49 37 Rook D one might be six King three, C five. 05:24.320 --> 05:30.440 So Black is wanting to get some peace activity. 05:30.440 --> 05:38.120 The thing is, if King f6, this possession plan is strained and maybe Black didn't want this situation 05:38.120 --> 05:40.880 occurring, but the advantage is only small here. 05:40.880 --> 05:43.100 Still, even this position, it's only small. 05:43.100 --> 05:48.320 The knight is fending off the king, but with C five things change. 05:48.320 --> 05:52.340 Again, Black is back to having an isolated queen's pawn. 05:52.340 --> 05:58.160 We have King e free rook, five rook D four. 05:58.160 --> 06:09.380 So rook A one rook B for King d6h for rook G one King three Rook one So how can I actually win this? 06:09.710 --> 06:17.120 We have Bishop RD Free Rook dd one Bishop B five Safeguarding Bishop for a moment. 06:17.270 --> 06:18.440 Rugby free. 06:19.100 --> 06:22.130 We have Rook, a one and King G four. 06:23.510 --> 06:25.400 And here. 06:26.210 --> 06:27.320 We have. 06:27.980 --> 06:30.560 Yeah, it's getting to be an interesting position. 06:30.560 --> 06:37.160 We have G six being played and now we have F five. 06:37.280 --> 06:45.230 It does seem as though Black has offered an opportunity to weaken the kingside and give way an important 06:45.230 --> 06:47.720 asset which might be used later. 06:47.720 --> 06:49.790 An outpost grant as we'll see later. 06:49.790 --> 06:54.950 So why is actually G six even played here if it encourages F5? 06:54.950 --> 06:58.930 This is an interesting thing because it looks as though free pawns are more solid than two. 06:58.940 --> 07:03.590 So why on earth is G6 actually played here at MOVE 44? 07:03.620 --> 07:04.910 That's a good question. 07:05.210 --> 07:05.940 Okay. 07:05.960 --> 07:11.990 It turns out if Black holds still with Rook A to just keep the pawns intact, it seems as though what 07:11.990 --> 07:12.500 is white doing? 07:12.500 --> 07:14.270 King H five What's the point? 07:14.300 --> 07:15.920 King six King. 07:15.920 --> 07:16.520 G for King. 07:16.520 --> 07:19.490 D six It should be about equal. 07:19.490 --> 07:25.520 Actually, Black did do well to get this kind of possession and should be holding it isat Queen's pawn 07:25.520 --> 07:26.180 or not. 07:26.690 --> 07:28.040 If white tries. 07:28.040 --> 07:29.930 Bishop eight there's King E six. 07:29.930 --> 07:36.350 If white tries F five, then white risk getting a slight disadvantage after King E five and 94. 07:36.500 --> 07:45.320 So yes, G six seemed to be unnecessary, but it's still about even if black plays correctly, without 07:45.320 --> 07:47.720 any major, major mistake. 07:47.720 --> 07:49.850 So we have two pawns instead of three. 07:49.850 --> 07:53.210 It's not such a big deal yet. 07:53.210 --> 07:58.250 Rook before rookie one Bishop dd free, there is now a bit of a target. 07:58.250 --> 08:03.320 So the king goes back check and the king looks after the G6 pawn. 08:03.770 --> 08:10.160 We have King F3 rookie five rook before some high level shuffling B five rook C seven. 08:10.160 --> 08:14.420 But this is actually funny enough, a very bad mistake. 08:14.420 --> 08:19.310 It seems this is the more significant mistake that Black makes in this game. 08:19.310 --> 08:23.780 At Move 52 Playing Rook C seven. 08:26.920 --> 08:34.310 If Black had played King of six, then how does one actually make progress? 08:34.330 --> 08:38.620 Again, this is a situation which it's difficult to see how White makes progress. 08:38.920 --> 08:42.800 But with this mistake, yeah, this becomes instructive. 08:42.820 --> 08:46.720 The king can now get to a blockade square key blockade square D four. 08:47.050 --> 08:50.260 And there is strain now on the black pieces of the King of sex. 08:50.260 --> 08:54.850 King D four Black is under strain. 08:54.850 --> 08:55.960 The king on default. 08:55.960 --> 08:58.690 It's not so much going to win the D five pawn. 08:58.690 --> 09:04.450 There is a possibility now of playing be free the King hold c free and C4 to turn this into a pass pawn 09:04.450 --> 09:12.070 scenario and we have g five which kind of weakens black on the light squares. 09:12.640 --> 09:17.020 But maybe black wanted to relieve the king of duty there looking after g six. 09:17.020 --> 09:23.470 So we have takes hikes rook a five and we can fill the strain now emerging off to be free. 09:23.470 --> 09:25.750 White wants to create a passport. 09:25.750 --> 09:33.310 But not only that, how can we make the past pawns Route 68 more effective if it's guided there with 09:33.310 --> 09:33.730 a bishop? 09:33.730 --> 09:34.960 How do we get a bishop at five? 09:34.960 --> 09:41.800 We need to secure an outpost and actually be aware that the five outpost square could be useful for 09:41.800 --> 09:42.610 a bishop. 09:43.000 --> 09:47.110 We have Rook 197 Rook A five, 9b6. 09:47.110 --> 09:51.940 And now Karpov commits the G for giving the bishop an outpost square. 09:51.940 --> 09:56.140 So he's going to make this pos pawn more viable here now. 09:56.140 --> 10:01.840 So c four with the bishop being able to go to F five, that's a great perk introduced into the position 10:01.840 --> 10:08.680 to assist the pos pawn rook D seven check C free rook g seven and our bishop at five check looking at 10:08.680 --> 10:15.580 the pawn destination square king of six, King D for rookie seven and now C five. 10:15.580 --> 10:21.190 And all of a sudden, yeah, Black's position is getting absolutely well more vividly critical. 10:21.190 --> 10:26.350 We have rookie five and this next move is really quite crushing. 10:26.350 --> 10:28.210 Can you see what Commonwealth plays here? 10:41.160 --> 10:41.780 Okay. 10:42.630 --> 10:44.010 Bishop ey for. 10:48.980 --> 10:50.270 So the night? 10:50.510 --> 10:50.990 Yeah. 10:51.020 --> 10:53.380 Temporarily leaving the glare of the sea. 10:53.600 --> 10:54.860 But this is necessary. 10:54.860 --> 10:57.280 Why can't play a tactic like sea tanks? 10:57.290 --> 10:59.930 This is not runaway -- of the rugby five. 10:59.930 --> 11:01.700 That's just winning for black. 11:02.150 --> 11:06.110 So, Bishop, for bit of patience, her night moves back. 11:06.110 --> 11:08.930 But now, Rook six check. 11:09.870 --> 11:10.050 Yeah. 11:10.050 --> 11:11.520 The knight had to protect the rook. 11:11.910 --> 11:13.950 Well, we have rookie six. 11:14.910 --> 11:17.770 We have a simplification procedure now. 11:17.790 --> 11:22.310 After rookie sex, if King F seven. 11:22.320 --> 11:27.630 The thing is, Bishop D five check, and then C six will win material. 11:27.750 --> 11:32.310 So, rookie six And guess what white plays here, which is crushing. 11:36.120 --> 11:36.420 Yeah. 11:36.450 --> 11:41.970 Rook takes E-6 check and thinks the outpost square. 11:42.120 --> 11:43.370 We have Bishop at five. 11:43.380 --> 11:43.980 Check. 11:46.000 --> 11:49.360 And now see six and the pawns going to be taken home. 11:49.690 --> 11:51.040 Black resigned here. 11:52.450 --> 11:56.350 That Bishop is crushing her if might be sex C seven. 11:56.350 --> 11:58.930 The king can't get to help against the past --. 11:58.930 --> 12:00.040 It's winning material. 12:00.310 --> 12:00.700 Yeah. 12:00.730 --> 12:02.320 Very, very interesting game. 12:02.320 --> 12:03.520 So a bit of a grind. 12:03.520 --> 12:10.060 And then game grinds helped with Black's inaccuracies actually on this occasion. 12:10.060 --> 12:15.550 So yeah, the isolated queen's -- is something to play with, to experiment with, to transform into 12:15.550 --> 12:18.790 other possibilities as we see in this game. 12:18.790 --> 12:24.340 And it transitioned into a pass -- scenario just being used as a reason to get a pass -- with the 12:24.340 --> 12:25.600 undermining C for. 12:25.600 --> 12:30.490 So a very interesting aspect of the estate queen's -- is how you transition that. 12:30.490 --> 12:34.930 And we see that quite vividly in a lot of amazing games of Anatoly Karpov. 12:35.170 --> 12:39.310 There isn't just restrained blockade destroying the estate Queen's pawn. 12:39.310 --> 12:43.150 There's a kind of restraint blockade, as Nimzowitsch might say. 12:43.420 --> 12:49.600 But then think about converting the advantage into more exploitable advantages, things which are more 12:49.600 --> 12:50.890 easy to exploit. 12:51.610 --> 12:53.860 So yeah, that was shown in this game. 12:53.860 --> 13:00.580 And creating a pass pawn out of it was a great transition, especially with the Outpost Square five 13:00.580 --> 13:04.120 set up for the bishop to guide that pass pawn home. 13:04.360 --> 13:07.480 Och, I hope you enjoyed this one and so much.