WEBVTT 00:01.000 --> 00:01.800 Hi there. 00:01.810 --> 00:04.870 In this lecture we see Irgun, aka against Michael Adams. 00:04.870 --> 00:10.720 In 1988, the 12 Lloyds Bank Masters Open round seven, so E four from Irgun Urquhart. 00:10.720 --> 00:16.900 We have a comic con, rock solid con from Michael Adams, 9c3 we have D five, we have the two Knights 00:16.900 --> 00:17.770 variation. 00:17.800 --> 00:22.000 And now here Bishop G for this is a very good move in this position. 00:22.000 --> 00:29.890 Bishop G four It's dangerous to take on E four here because it has a dangerous potential for attacking 00:29.890 --> 00:31.360 F seven early on. 00:31.750 --> 00:38.470 There are some very, very scary lines here, so this is better. 00:38.470 --> 00:43.120 Bishop G four We have d4d takes E 49 takes E four. 00:43.600 --> 00:45.310 Now Bishop takes a phrase played. 00:45.310 --> 00:50.470 This is slightly greedy, accepting White's gambit to win a center pawn. 00:50.470 --> 00:53.260 So this is by far the end of the story. 00:53.260 --> 00:56.920 For this game we have Bishop DD two, which is actually an inaccuracy. 00:58.180 --> 01:05.320 Bishop E free Queen Text B to White can actually get a ferocious initiative with Bishop C for offering 01:05.320 --> 01:06.310 both Rooks. 01:06.580 --> 01:14.560 This would be a very, very scary position for Black and best would be Knight f six it seems. 01:14.560 --> 01:19.240 And after White Castles, this position starts to get extremely dangerous. 01:19.240 --> 01:24.580 So if White had played their cards right, they could have got an enormous position from the opening. 01:24.970 --> 01:27.730 So, yes, accepting the gambit can be very dangerous. 01:27.730 --> 01:32.350 This position, for example, you can see why it's getting a huge amount of compensation. 01:32.680 --> 01:40.090 So, yes, it seems as though Bishop free here is pretty dangerous for black, especially if Queen takes 01:40.090 --> 01:40.900 B two. 01:42.430 --> 01:45.730 But Bishop DD two was played and now nine of six. 01:45.730 --> 01:51.190 If Queen takes B here, then simply Bishop C, free and white is significantly better overall. 01:51.190 --> 01:54.010 So Knights F6 was played. 01:54.010 --> 01:55.270 We have Bishop D free. 01:57.830 --> 02:03.200 If Knight takes f6, Queen takes f6, White does have queen bee free. 02:03.200 --> 02:09.170 So this position gobbling B7, taking up B7 and taking out A7 in exchange would be two. 02:09.170 --> 02:11.990 It's about even there, but Bishop D free is played. 02:12.110 --> 02:13.850 We have Knight Bd7. 02:13.850 --> 02:16.280 Bishop C, Free Queen D5. 02:17.690 --> 02:23.360 White consoles kingside Black consoles Queenside here Rook 80 1e6. 02:23.900 --> 02:30.470 Queen E free and now Knight takes e4, Bishop takes E4 and now offering the exchange of queens. 02:31.400 --> 02:36.230 We have Queen F4, F5, Bishop F3 and now Rook G eight. 02:36.260 --> 02:37.610 So I'm pinning the G seven. 02:37.610 --> 02:40.620 Pawn seems a logical thing to do. 02:40.640 --> 02:49.220 We have Queen a4 e five so potentially restricting this bishop across the diagonal if it's comes off 02:49.220 --> 02:53.300 Queen bee free, which hits the rook on G eight. 02:54.500 --> 02:55.910 Okay, so that's protected. 02:55.910 --> 02:56.510 Bishop 87. 02:56.510 --> 02:57.800 But now interesting. 02:57.800 --> 02:59.150 Queen E six. 03:00.380 --> 03:05.080 This invasion seems quite concerning in the possession. 03:05.090 --> 03:14.090 If a free this would afford the bishop b for France, but black can play e four to make space with the 03:14.090 --> 03:19.760 E5 square and there should be fine for black blacks should have a small edge here. 03:20.390 --> 03:24.980 So Queen E six though is setting some problems up. 03:25.130 --> 03:34.070 We have rook gf eight b4 so offering the c free bishop 4e7 that's taken Queen takes e seven and now 03:34.070 --> 03:34.750 rook g eight. 03:34.760 --> 03:38.360 This is actually an inaccuracy by Adams here. 03:38.360 --> 03:39.290 It seems 03:41.690 --> 03:48.470 there's a very interesting tactical idea with the Queen putting pressure on F three, which is actually 03:48.470 --> 03:50.060 to play Rook for eight. 03:50.060 --> 03:55.800 So as example, if Queen takes G seven, there's Rook G eight and then Queen takes a three. 03:55.820 --> 03:56.750 Thanks very much. 03:56.930 --> 04:05.270 And the thing is, if Queen F seven, then Rook here, Queen 87 and now Knight f6. 04:05.270 --> 04:08.090 This position is rather interesting. 04:08.360 --> 04:16.190 If the rooks get exchanged, there's E four After protecting the F six Knights and Black should end 04:16.190 --> 04:17.710 up with a small edge here. 04:17.720 --> 04:24.500 Black has got rid of White's bishop and should stand okay and F5 can be supported. 04:25.460 --> 04:27.650 Okay, so but Rogue eight was played. 04:27.650 --> 04:32.780 We have Queen E, six, Rook G eight Queen takes a five. 04:32.780 --> 04:41.360 So White has got the pawn back and now we have rook e seven which yeah, it seems as though once getting 04:41.360 --> 04:44.270 into a driving seat here off the queen takes eight seven. 04:44.270 --> 04:51.580 But actually white could have actually done better than Queen takes a seven here. 04:51.830 --> 04:57.440 King's safety is a big factor against positional players B five if if the attacking player can expose 04:57.440 --> 04:59.510 the king more B5 would be here. 04:59.510 --> 05:06.500 So as example if e for Bishop G for Kinsey seven B take C six, B take C six. 05:06.650 --> 05:13.430 Queen F for white would stand a little bit better here with attacking potential with the fragmented 05:13.430 --> 05:13.820 pawns. 05:13.820 --> 05:19.430 It's positional and attacking but with Queen takes eight seven that's not such a relevant pawn we have 05:19.430 --> 05:25.700 Queen takes b4 Queen H three, King C seven, Bishop G four. 05:25.700 --> 05:32.390 So King C seven got out of this pin in advance, just leaving a relative pin which is not as painful. 05:32.390 --> 05:36.110 Knight of six We have Rook takes the eight, King takes the eight. 05:37.250 --> 05:44.840 So here again it's equal on pawns Knight versus Bishop scenario King C seven, Queen D free and now 05:44.840 --> 05:48.980 rook yet so defending that D eight square that was quite a scare. 05:49.340 --> 05:53.060 The eight Bishop F five Yes. 05:53.060 --> 05:58.970 Just to put that on the board, if Black had gobbled Bishop Queen D eight is checkmate. 05:59.300 --> 06:07.790 So rookie eights we have Bishop have five, Queen c5h3a5, C four, King B six. 06:07.790 --> 06:12.920 So the king is improving itself a little bit, being more safe. 06:12.920 --> 06:13.670 Rookie seven. 06:13.670 --> 06:14.390 Queen D eight. 06:14.390 --> 06:15.980 Jack King A seven. 06:15.980 --> 06:24.110 So the king tucked away Rook D six and now Knight G eight is played so trying to lure the queen away 06:24.110 --> 06:31.010 from protecting D six We have rook d 1.866. 06:31.940 --> 06:35.210 It seems her another opportunity for white was Queen F eight. 06:35.210 --> 06:36.620 So this pin is interesting. 06:36.620 --> 06:47.450 So for example E four rook d79g8 Bishop takes e four and white ends up being better after Bishop takes 06:47.450 --> 06:52.370 C six, rook takes D seven, Bishop takes D seven of six. 06:52.370 --> 06:55.450 Why it ends up being better here. 06:55.460 --> 06:56.780 So that was a missed opportunity. 06:56.780 --> 06:56.930 This. 06:57.440 --> 07:02.480 And so this isn't like one of those absolutely controlled positional games by any by any means. 07:02.480 --> 07:08.810 There were opportunities for whites, but Rook six was played and now that's Adams play. 07:08.840 --> 07:16.550 A nice tactical move here contra attacking in fact move So for 100 points what would you play here. 07:20.830 --> 07:22.330 Okay, Rook f seven. 07:23.390 --> 07:23.640 Yeah. 07:23.650 --> 07:27.040 So this is a really interesting counterattack against F2. 07:27.610 --> 07:29.260 Very interesting, resourceful move. 07:29.290 --> 07:30.460 We have rook d2. 07:30.490 --> 07:33.200 If Bishop takes seven, Knight takes F seven. 07:33.220 --> 07:36.160 And this position black is just the pace up. 07:36.550 --> 07:38.410 Black can weather the storm here. 07:38.440 --> 07:39.640 It's just a piece up. 07:39.910 --> 07:43.510 So rook dd two Rook f six. 07:43.510 --> 07:44.860 Bishop f4. 07:47.230 --> 07:49.360 Now here. 07:51.420 --> 07:54.270 We have 9f7 Queen dd free DD six. 07:54.270 --> 07:59.610 So pressure is mounting on Wayne's pieces now of the 96 and Roxy to inaccuracy. 07:59.610 --> 08:02.040 Bishop H seven, it seems, was better. 08:02.310 --> 08:08.550 So with the idea for example after a four just just hold the position and if this happens, doesn't 08:08.550 --> 08:10.770 matter Rook these seven and it should be. 08:11.580 --> 08:17.340 Yeah, it's only a small inch four black but black is slightly in the driving seat, even artificial 08:17.340 --> 08:18.720 H seven in that line. 08:20.190 --> 08:27.050 But at least with Bishop H seven there's pressure being put on D six so Black doesn't have rook half 08:27.060 --> 08:31.530 fogs of Queen 66 in the game with Rook C two. 08:31.560 --> 08:36.870 That is a kind of weakness of the last move, not putting pressure on D six which relieves the rook 08:37.170 --> 08:40.080 so the rook can now move to F four without dropping DD six. 08:40.080 --> 08:42.150 And in fact this is a nice skewer. 08:43.410 --> 08:47.400 So now, yes, Adams is gaining a pawn. 08:48.340 --> 08:50.020 Pawn up here, Brooke. 08:50.060 --> 08:51.610 Take four, nine, six, four. 08:51.610 --> 08:55.090 So 3 to 1 -- majority here on this side of the board. 08:55.090 --> 08:59.800 Bishop G 896, Queen G sex, Queen C one Check. 08:59.800 --> 09:03.250 King H two, Queen F four, Check King G one. 09:03.250 --> 09:04.180 And now 94. 09:04.210 --> 09:08.020 The counterattack begins against the king with the white. 09:08.490 --> 09:10.720 You know, white king Not so secure as the black king. 09:10.720 --> 09:12.430 The black king is snug here. 09:12.960 --> 09:20.320 Know comfortably safe queen e free chat king H two now 9c3 coming in for the kill with the nine queen 09:20.320 --> 09:21.490 Queen takes G seven. 09:21.490 --> 09:24.280 But now 92 and look at the France here. 09:24.280 --> 09:32.830 Huge France so h four not to be mated immediately, but this is an unprotected piece, so it doesn't 09:32.830 --> 09:33.520 matter. 09:33.700 --> 09:35.410 Can you see how the game ends? 09:36.160 --> 09:36.670 Yeah. 09:36.700 --> 09:39.040 Queen G one check and the game ended. 09:39.040 --> 09:39.790 One had to resign. 09:39.790 --> 09:45.400 King H three There's Queen H one check and then Queen G two will win the Queen. 09:45.910 --> 09:49.180 So, yes, an interesting, exciting game. 09:50.170 --> 09:52.630 So opposite side castling there, Kyra. 09:52.640 --> 09:55.120 Con very, very interesting game. 09:55.990 --> 09:59.050 A little bit maybe on the greedy side in the opening, but why? 09:59.050 --> 10:05.410 It has to play extremely dynamically to follow this up correctly with Bishop E three with Bishop DD 10:05.410 --> 10:05.740 two. 10:05.740 --> 10:09.760 Yeah, the game got really interesting later with the opposite side castling. 10:09.760 --> 10:12.430 So a lot of resources later for both sides. 10:12.430 --> 10:13.930 An interesting game. 10:14.110 --> 10:18.940 The Kraken is one of the safer openings despite the looks of this game. 10:18.940 --> 10:22.780 White trying to play really dynamically aggressive with this gambit in the opening. 10:22.780 --> 10:27.610 But still Adams was able to quieten things down and win in the end. 10:27.610 --> 10:29.020 So I hope you enjoyed this one. 10:29.960 --> 10:30.710 And so much.