WEBVTT 00:00.910 --> 00:01.760 Hi there. 00:01.780 --> 00:07.450 And it's actually we see British Grandmaster Raymond Keane playing against Anatoly Karpov in the 1972 00:07.480 --> 00:09.640 Hastings tournament Round seven. 00:09.880 --> 00:20.500 So we see 90 48c5, 46d4, C takes d49634 and Karpov plays 9690 3a6g free. 00:20.710 --> 00:26.770 So Raymond Keane is playing kind of positionally aligned to try and suppress karpov's counterplay. 00:26.800 --> 00:36.880 We see Knight G seven Knight be free and now interestingly Knight a five so not minding, exchanging 00:36.880 --> 00:38.790 off knight's hair. 00:38.800 --> 00:39.970 We have Bishop G2. 00:40.000 --> 00:43.510 If Knight takes a five queen takes a five. 00:43.870 --> 00:46.030 Bishop G to 96. 00:46.060 --> 00:46.800 Yes. 00:46.810 --> 00:49.540 One of the points would be it seems 96. 00:50.230 --> 00:52.960 Black has a fairly solid looking position here. 00:53.110 --> 00:55.000 Why only has a small edge. 00:55.150 --> 00:56.230 So Bishop G. 00:56.230 --> 00:57.250 Two was played. 00:57.730 --> 00:59.710 We have no EC six. 01:00.730 --> 01:02.550 White Castles D six. 01:02.560 --> 01:04.030 And now Knight takes a five. 01:04.030 --> 01:05.590 Hair Queen takes a five. 01:05.740 --> 01:11.410 Knights E to Bishop E, 7b3 cup of castles. 01:11.410 --> 01:14.170 Bishop b2 So a double fan Cato system. 01:14.500 --> 01:21.790 So Roman King is interested in general in Finn Caso Systems and Alford's works on the modern and Pierce 01:21.790 --> 01:22.270 openings. 01:22.270 --> 01:24.990 But here, yeah, Double Finn cats are very hyper modern. 01:25.030 --> 01:27.430 We have Bishop DD seven and now four. 01:27.430 --> 01:28.930 So I kind of see behind. 01:28.930 --> 01:32.260 It's interesting to see another facet of Karpov. 01:32.290 --> 01:35.050 How does he play against Boyne Structures? 01:35.980 --> 01:43.300 Well, let's see, we have Rook for 8a4, so there is a definite bind against D five and B five. 01:44.410 --> 01:46.420 Karpov plays Rook, AC eight. 01:46.750 --> 01:51.700 We see Bishop C three, Quincy seven, Queen dd two, B six. 01:52.330 --> 01:55.510 Now Queen B2, Bishop F eight. 01:55.510 --> 01:57.190 So protecting G seven. 01:57.190 --> 02:04.750 And unfortunately for Raymond King, this wasn't an amazing test of how to play against a proxy bind 02:04.750 --> 02:05.890 or binds in general. 02:05.890 --> 02:10.240 Clearly comp offers under the bind four, D five and B five. 02:10.240 --> 02:16.030 But what it has to watch out for these possibilities even when they seemingly unthinkable and maybe 02:16.060 --> 02:17.830 can actually place our four. 02:18.190 --> 02:19.690 This is actually a mistake. 02:20.350 --> 02:29.320 But the thing is, let's say King H one Karpov could play Queen B seven and it doesn't seem such a big 02:29.320 --> 02:29.860 deal. 02:29.860 --> 02:37.270 The binds here, if 94, I mean, looks as though B five might be on the cards or something else. 02:37.270 --> 02:39.190 But let's look concretely here. 02:41.100 --> 02:44.960 At 94, Black could play 1964. 02:44.970 --> 02:45.810 Bishop takes the form. 02:45.810 --> 02:46.920 Bishop See six. 02:47.160 --> 02:51.810 This is actually a better proposition, in fact, than playing B5. 02:51.810 --> 02:57.780 All we're going to do with B5 is give White a dangerous pass -- potential so this will be better for 02:57.780 --> 02:58.210 whites. 02:58.230 --> 03:00.330 This kind of situation is just better for white. 03:01.110 --> 03:03.840 So let's say Bishop see sex, though. 03:04.560 --> 03:10.320 And the point here would be to play 4d5 and black should be fine here. 03:10.320 --> 03:13.660 This should be an even position on D five. 03:13.680 --> 03:14.820 Yeah, that's that's interesting. 03:14.820 --> 03:20.340 But B5 again, it's not interesting here as much because of white having the option of getting a dangerous 03:20.340 --> 03:21.180 pass pawn. 03:21.180 --> 03:25.350 So this position would be in White's favor as example. 03:25.560 --> 03:28.760 So in the game though, things are ruined slightly with four. 03:28.770 --> 03:32.070 Can you see why for 100 points, what does black play? 03:32.070 --> 03:38.970 Hare is a cup of actually in a binds given a four is played. 03:43.590 --> 03:45.360 There's actually resources. 03:45.360 --> 03:49.530 If the king is exposed, there are resources sometimes on what I call the diagonal of death. 03:49.530 --> 03:53.940 But in a in a positional player's hand, it might not be leading to a king attack. 03:53.940 --> 03:56.850 It might be leading to a positional gain, a small win. 03:57.000 --> 04:00.090 And here there is a small win with B five. 04:00.090 --> 04:03.420 Yeah, So eight takes eight, takes C takes B5. 04:03.420 --> 04:06.390 The point is to use the check and it's a small win. 04:06.390 --> 04:09.540 Black now is targeting a weakness. 04:10.230 --> 04:16.740 Not only that half of the bind binder's gone so there might be D five coming up so B four and now D 04:16.740 --> 04:17.280 five. 04:17.310 --> 04:21.390 Black is on the way to really just equalizing or being even slightly better. 04:21.870 --> 04:24.930 Yeah it's ruined for why the Biden strategy. 04:24.930 --> 04:26.220 But let's see what happened. 04:26.240 --> 04:36.630 Look B one if E takes D five, e takes d5f5 black could just take this pawn and there isn't much of 04:36.630 --> 04:46.680 a punishment because of Rook C four and this position blacks just bella so rook ab1 was played and here 04:46.680 --> 04:50.490 rook b8e takes D five, E takes the five and F five. 04:50.490 --> 04:52.650 So white's trying to get some sort of attack. 04:53.640 --> 04:56.310 Now Karpov plays Knight takes b4. 04:56.340 --> 05:02.550 It turns out there are some variations which this might have been interesting for white it seems D4 05:02.550 --> 05:09.120 giving back a pawn here is just for a four bishop takes five is great for black. 05:09.120 --> 05:10.820 This is a great way of playing it. 05:10.830 --> 05:12.480 And look, we're hitting the rook. 05:12.480 --> 05:15.930 So you know this looks like a great position for black. 05:15.930 --> 05:17.640 So that was very interesting to play. 05:17.640 --> 05:21.380 D4 It does kind of a. 05:22.490 --> 05:26.310 Look favorable for black and watched as the bishop takes out five. 05:26.360 --> 05:27.620 Bishop takes the fall. 05:28.790 --> 05:31.370 So but anyway Knight takes before was chosen. 05:31.370 --> 05:42.860 We have Queen RD to rookie eight so looking at E 2.94 Queen C for Rook goes to D one BD one We have 05:42.860 --> 05:47.240 rook bc ain't rook and now bishop a one Rook eight. 05:48.320 --> 05:50.780 Now this actually might be a slight inaccuracy. 05:50.780 --> 05:53.810 Queen A6 here looks good. 05:53.810 --> 05:59.930 You know this position say a pair of rooks come off h six Black shouldn't have too many issues here. 06:01.880 --> 06:10.400 But with Rook eight we have rook one and now Rook two again here, Queen A six is also. 06:10.400 --> 06:11.330 It's interesting. 06:11.330 --> 06:14.840 This position is also without too many issues. 06:16.740 --> 06:19.590 So the thing is, there's pressure on a one. 06:19.590 --> 06:29.940 So I really can't win material that easily because if if Hard Rock takes before this situation, there's 06:29.940 --> 06:34.050 Queen saying it's a one and it's winning a great amount of material. 06:34.750 --> 06:37.650 You know, this will be interesting for black as example. 06:37.920 --> 06:46.200 But so let's say here, you know H six it's overall it's an advantage for black this situation. 06:46.410 --> 06:51.920 So Rook a two was played though, and we have Queen G five. 06:51.930 --> 06:58.530 This was a moment where White could have limited Black's advantage with Rook take C4. 06:58.950 --> 07:03.960 So as example, Rook takes the two rook C seven Bishop C free. 07:04.110 --> 07:09.000 And here Rook won a six. 07:11.220 --> 07:16.860 And yeah there's back row issues if if taking those RD one so say Bishop F one Knight 67. 07:16.860 --> 07:20.490 This situation blacks advantage should be limited a little bit. 07:20.880 --> 07:26.670 I know blacks are pawn up, but white has some compensation in the game. 07:26.670 --> 07:32.760 Things take a really bad turn here so Quincy five Queen six we have white trying. 07:33.780 --> 07:36.780 When King tries the roll of the dice with 96. 07:38.220 --> 07:46.200 So the thing is, if F six, g six and the bishop looks after the king quite well here with advantage 07:46.200 --> 07:46.530 for black. 07:46.530 --> 07:52.410 So 96 is tried and then we have h6a very important move to put the Queen on a light square, the same 07:52.410 --> 07:54.630 side of the road as this queen. 07:54.900 --> 07:58.170 If f takes, then that's asking for trouble with F six. 07:58.170 --> 08:00.300 So for example, G six, there's F seven. 08:00.300 --> 08:01.890 Ouch mate. 08:03.120 --> 08:09.000 And here if King H eight, F takes g seven, Bishop takes G seven as Queen takes G seven mate. 08:09.210 --> 08:14.130 Or if Queen eight, Queen H five looks at F seven, it's kind of dangerous. 08:14.130 --> 08:16.350 So this position with F seven check. 08:16.650 --> 08:22.230 And the thing is rook takes C five is possible because if Queen takes H five of this rook f eight mating. 08:22.470 --> 08:29.270 If rook takes a one trying to play tactically, it ends up in a situation where White's got the advantage. 08:29.280 --> 08:33.720 So it's quite tense this idea, but of sidesteps the whole thing. 08:33.720 --> 08:42.720 With H six we have Queen G four and now actually there's a way of removing White's attacking potential 08:42.720 --> 08:44.160 rather neatly. 08:44.460 --> 08:48.150 Bishop takes e six, pinning the f pawn to the Queen. 08:49.310 --> 08:53.100 Yeah, if Queen E two This is not so good here. 08:53.100 --> 09:04.590 So say queen takes rook takes nine, takes rook takes a bishop free rookie free rugby 1c2 as example. 09:04.590 --> 09:08.670 This situation black only has a small edge, so Bishop takes E six. 09:08.670 --> 09:16.950 This is precision engineering, Bishop takes G seven is tried because if F takes then queen size E six 09:16.950 --> 09:17.910 simply and. 09:17.910 --> 09:24.960 WHEREAS, White's attack big advantage to black two connected past pawn potential to connected past 09:24.960 --> 09:31.260 pawns in the center so Bishop takes g seven was tried, but guess what is the cold shower move that 09:31.260 --> 09:40.350 cop off delivers here for ten points Cold chance White's attack Queen E two If Bishop takes G seven, 09:41.730 --> 09:45.840 then the idea is not F six because we take the Queen. 09:46.110 --> 09:54.060 The idea here would be actually F takes e six because the bishop's actually weakened b four. 09:54.450 --> 10:02.220 So White would be threatening this and this, and it limits Black's advantage. 10:02.310 --> 10:06.480 It's actually even here, basically. 10:07.620 --> 10:12.680 So Queenie, too, though by contrast, is great. 10:12.690 --> 10:14.410 The night is held by the Bishop. 10:14.430 --> 10:16.300 Still, the Queen is Francis. 10:16.300 --> 10:18.990 Then the Queen and the queen takes G to mate. 10:19.290 --> 10:22.950 And this forcefully symbolised brutal simplification. 10:24.030 --> 10:30.720 Like Capablanca simple simplification to a position where White's attack has just failed here. 10:30.960 --> 10:36.720 So this situation of two F takes e six rook f one comp off simplifies further. 10:36.930 --> 10:44.700 This horrible decision has has to swap a pair of rooks off and white actually resigns here. 10:44.700 --> 10:52.980 It's pretty hopeless if Bishop free rook C two rook f one king G seven and black has a big advantage 10:52.980 --> 10:57.360 here to work with two connected pass pawn potential in center. 10:57.510 --> 10:58.770 So an interesting game. 10:58.770 --> 11:01.080 It shows another facet of Karpov. 11:01.380 --> 11:08.070 It's like we can show Karpov in different situations and try and think like Karpov. 11:08.070 --> 11:11.370 We need the versatility ourselves to think like a positional player. 11:11.610 --> 11:20.340 And actually, yeah, under the bind Karpov has to generate counterplay and simplify it to try and prove 11:20.340 --> 11:21.810 there are weaknesses in White's camp. 11:21.810 --> 11:27.630 So this simplification of an important pair of knights actually frees up Black's game anyway. 11:27.630 --> 11:33.720 So the miracle he finds here is not under totally ideal circumstances. 11:33.720 --> 11:40.500 It seems as though just with that one pair of knights being exchanged earlier, the balloons doesn't 11:40.500 --> 11:44.880 have that much grip over the situation. 11:44.880 --> 11:51.030 If black plays very carefully here, you know, even if White hadn't played there for it seems this 11:51.030 --> 11:58.470 is a fascinating situation where King H one, we can actually approach this very carefully, as mentioned. 11:59.100 --> 12:00.090 So here. 12:01.520 --> 12:05.340 It's kind of hedgehog territory and we can approach it carefully with bishops. 12:05.350 --> 12:11.840 C6 Forget before going for D5 so it doesn't seem as though the bind is that much of a bind basically. 12:11.840 --> 12:18.570 But F4 certainly led to B5 being on the cards here because of that diagonal death. 12:18.590 --> 12:20.260 So fascinating stuff. 12:20.270 --> 12:22.510 So come up off under the binds. 12:22.520 --> 12:24.980 It's nice to see example sometimes. 12:24.980 --> 12:29.000 How does he handle these strains situations? 12:29.390 --> 12:33.500 Okay, you have to be tactically alert to the opportunities. 12:33.800 --> 12:36.380 Yeah, it's playing to the needs of the position. 12:37.100 --> 12:41.930 Karpov is just equalizing basically with B5 at this critical moment. 12:41.930 --> 12:43.760 I hope you enjoyed this game example. 12:44.360 --> 12:45.170 Thanks very much.