WEBVTT 00:00.810 --> 00:01.550 Hi there. 00:01.560 --> 00:05.230 In this lecture, we see a very good example of dance Grab grip. 00:05.250 --> 00:10.650 This is Anatoly Karpov against Judit Polgar in the Norris Tournament of 1994, round six. 00:10.650 --> 00:17.070 So E four from Karpov, we have a Sicilian defense, and now a fun killer moves C for the C, free Sicilian. 00:17.070 --> 00:27.060 We have E six or the pin variation sometimes called so default d5e tanks d5e tanks, T five and L, 00:27.060 --> 00:31.110 19 three, nine C, six and our Bishop B five here. 00:31.140 --> 00:34.050 There's a bit of a controversial move from Judit Polgar. 00:34.080 --> 00:38.280 C four which actually does weaken the dark squares fundamentally. 00:38.340 --> 00:43.150 Putting pawns like this means that the adjacent dark squares are a bit weaker. 00:43.170 --> 00:49.890 But also it gives the possibility that this bishop might be exchanged off for an undermining move later 00:49.890 --> 00:52.020 with B free and free. 00:52.380 --> 00:54.330 So this is a very interesting position. 00:54.330 --> 01:01.500 If Knight have sex, perhaps Judit Polgar didn't like the kind of standard isolated Queen's Pawn and 01:01.500 --> 01:03.120 wanted to do something different here. 01:03.120 --> 01:07.380 So for example, this situation, blacks under a little bit of pressure. 01:07.390 --> 01:09.180 White has a small edge here. 01:09.750 --> 01:11.790 So so C4 is quite committal. 01:11.790 --> 01:14.370 We see 95 queen bee sex. 01:14.520 --> 01:17.590 And Karpov doesn't mind giving up the light square. 01:17.640 --> 01:18.960 Bishop Black's night square. 01:18.960 --> 01:21.180 Bishop isn't that active in this position? 01:21.180 --> 01:26.940 It hasn't got too many targets and we have white casting quite rapidly now. 01:26.940 --> 01:28.860 Bishop de and now be free. 01:29.760 --> 01:31.350 We have c sex be free. 01:31.350 --> 01:34.770 So it's already a little bit uncomfortable for black here. 01:34.770 --> 01:41.310 If Bishop takes e5d takes this position with bishop, a free is very annoying. 01:41.310 --> 01:45.150 So for example c5b takes C four details. 01:45.150 --> 01:48.300 There's Queen dd sex and C five is under pressure. 01:48.930 --> 01:50.010 That's better for white. 01:50.010 --> 01:54.450 So och we have C tanks be free eight XB free. 01:54.450 --> 01:56.340 And now 97 here. 01:56.340 --> 01:57.480 Bishop free. 01:58.410 --> 02:03.690 So a strategic bishop exchange to try and amplify the dance square weaknesses in Black's position. 02:04.050 --> 02:10.410 We also have a structural target on a seven to play with as well as well as the C five square as a nice 02:10.410 --> 02:19.200 output square we have Bishop takes E five, D takes e five, bishop e six here if C five. 02:19.200 --> 02:22.650 Can you see a good move for white for ten points if this happened. 02:24.650 --> 02:25.160 You know. 02:26.270 --> 02:30.470 Mike Camp may be forever trying to win that D Foursquare. 02:30.740 --> 02:36.650 And if C takes Bishop takes before Black is inconvenienced here can't cancel just yet. 02:37.010 --> 02:38.600 And a move like Queen B free. 02:38.600 --> 02:44.480 And this position Bishop takes E seven and just try and exploit the king in the center unable to castle 02:44.480 --> 02:46.220 It's a nice advantage for white. 02:46.430 --> 02:49.970 The D4 square is also nice for white to use with a knight later. 02:50.270 --> 02:53.060 So Bishop Essex was tried. 02:53.270 --> 02:59.720 We have Queen RD for not minding at all these change of queens confident that the small advantage is 02:59.720 --> 03:06.370 actually enough to win here if the Queen's took off, exchanged off if not so 95 was played. 03:06.380 --> 03:07.370 Let's have a look though. 03:07.370 --> 03:10.640 Queen takes D for C takes this position. 03:10.760 --> 03:18.470 Bishop c5f tanks RD takes and let's say a five for one is just doing really well here. 03:18.590 --> 03:20.750 The default square is nice. 03:20.750 --> 03:27.920 The A five pawn can be probed further if Queen takes be free, then White has Bishop takes e seven, 03:27.920 --> 03:30.620 king takes seven and Rook takes a seven. 03:30.650 --> 03:36.950 Maybe the most accurate way of playing this with the king in the center here we can play Quincy five, 03:36.950 --> 03:42.050 Shaq Knight, BD two And Black is facing a lot of difficulties. 03:42.050 --> 03:47.900 We can keep the Queen's on on this occasion and start to use the Aflw for a big attack. 03:47.900 --> 03:50.210 So that will be a huge advantage for White. 03:50.810 --> 03:53.150 So 95 was tried. 03:53.150 --> 04:01.400 We have Quincy five not wanting to help Black's structure, just keeping the pressure on here we have 04:01.400 --> 04:02.330 h five. 04:03.320 --> 04:09.020 If Queen takes be free, then queen take six check and we just take on eight. 04:09.410 --> 04:12.050 And this Jack is nice to throw in. 04:12.320 --> 04:15.380 After this e takes these six, we can take on h eight. 04:15.380 --> 04:19.160 So h five is tried 92 and F six. 04:20.440 --> 04:26.050 So this is an attacking attempt to get not just the king to have seven, but a G for attack potentially. 04:26.080 --> 04:27.580 E text, G text. 04:27.610 --> 04:35.290 We have bishop before this now has the media France of Queen B six because that pawn is pinned. 04:35.920 --> 04:42.880 So we have King F seven which protects the rook and also gives the possibility of route G eight now 04:42.880 --> 04:43.810 rook a four. 04:43.810 --> 04:48.880 So this has some interesting possibilities, not just piling the pressure on a seven, but maybe sometimes 04:48.880 --> 04:50.950 this for Frank is useful. 04:50.950 --> 04:54.580 We have Queen Tank C five, Bishop take C five and now a six. 04:55.060 --> 04:58.000 If a five rook for one. 04:58.000 --> 04:58.300 Yeah. 04:58.300 --> 05:00.360 What is black doing about the A five rings? 05:00.400 --> 05:01.810 It's just dropping off. 05:01.810 --> 05:06.820 It's a disconnected pawn and white can address the counterplay here easily with King one if the rook 05:06.820 --> 05:12.100 wants to infiltrate King if one secures the entry points and this position is just hugely better for 05:12.100 --> 05:12.400 white. 05:14.080 --> 05:21.250 So A6 is played and we have free if there's any inaccuracy from Karpov in this game, it's free. 05:21.520 --> 05:26.350 It seems Rook fa1 is very difficult for black. 05:26.560 --> 05:31.690 This position, for example, is going to be very, very difficult without any controversy. 05:31.690 --> 05:34.990 With F3, Judit misses a chance. 05:35.020 --> 05:36.550 H4 is played that helps. 05:36.550 --> 05:37.600 White actually. 05:38.080 --> 05:43.090 I mean the perk of F3 is to be able to play King F2 but there was a move, it seems. 05:43.090 --> 05:52.090 D4 This is a very dynamic move and for example, if C takes DD four, there is a way of trying to get 05:52.090 --> 05:54.580 some counterplay here after Rook 88. 05:56.770 --> 06:06.040 So for example if rook if the Rooks double Bishop d5 and this is. 06:06.900 --> 06:08.910 A little bit dangerous for rookie, too. 06:09.330 --> 06:12.000 So there are some interesting possibilities here. 06:12.270 --> 06:18.540 So say rook takes a six, rook takes six work, takes a six rookie two and black handsome counterplay 06:18.540 --> 06:21.630 off to 93 with G2 being vulnerable. 06:21.630 --> 06:22.500 So this would be. 06:23.700 --> 06:27.330 This is Black's best chance that was missed in the game. 06:27.330 --> 06:29.190 Essentially, it seems to fall. 06:30.570 --> 06:35.130 If we look at yeah this I mean it's looking at B France activating the bishop. 06:35.130 --> 06:40.910 If we look at c 493 this position the G file is useful with Knight on E three. 06:40.920 --> 06:50.160 So this position H for G for Rook five and here actually black can get some play with bishop takes g 06:50.160 --> 06:53.610 four and this p sac is worth it. 06:53.790 --> 06:58.520 After Rook f5, the rooks can conspire against the king and there's a bit of play. 06:58.530 --> 07:00.900 So to be fair to Judit Polgar was away. 07:00.900 --> 07:06.570 There's often a way to get a little bit of counterplay, even when positioning under pressure. 07:06.750 --> 07:12.840 So this would have been a way to get a situation where endgames might actually lead to a dynamic equality. 07:12.840 --> 07:18.330 And this is just to be fair to Judit Polgar, that it seems as though h p was in inaccuracy. 07:18.330 --> 07:21.900 So default would have been the way to go to activate things. 07:23.070 --> 07:31.620 So just to recap C takes and then here this situation, yeah, it's, it's getting a little bit tricky, 07:31.980 --> 07:32.940 basically. 07:35.000 --> 07:40.970 In this position, there is one or two key moves with the same basic idea for black. 07:40.970 --> 07:43.640 How would you play this with black in this position? 07:43.850 --> 07:45.710 So the defined bishop looks pretty good. 07:45.710 --> 07:47.540 It's protecting C6 at least. 07:48.290 --> 07:50.360 Black has the file here with files. 07:50.360 --> 07:52.160 We want to create entry points. 07:52.160 --> 07:55.280 Generally, we do actually have a key move or two. 07:55.310 --> 07:56.450 Can you see one of them? 07:59.000 --> 07:59.930 Yeah, we can. 07:59.930 --> 08:05.480 If we let a six go with black with rookie free or rookie six would do the same for doubling the rooks 08:05.480 --> 08:06.470 as example. 08:06.470 --> 08:12.410 If a six goes, then black will have a bit of play here and enough to equalize. 08:12.410 --> 08:16.010 So yes, this is not too convincing of the rookie free. 08:16.010 --> 08:28.660 So that night is an issue basically which for white holding the rook for just one moment. 08:28.670 --> 08:31.310 So if g4h tanks. 08:32.830 --> 08:33.670 Appetites. 08:34.180 --> 08:41.200 Black has possibilities like rook d free hair counterattacking against the DD to night. 08:41.200 --> 08:42.940 So that will be interesting as well. 08:43.030 --> 08:48.340 So yeah, this, this was a missed opportunity here for a bit of play with rookie free. 08:51.170 --> 08:52.860 So let's go back to the game. 08:52.890 --> 08:54.020 So in the game. 08:55.760 --> 08:59.660 Tho rook, the rooks pile on the poor backward pawn. 08:59.660 --> 09:02.930 So we've got quite a few pluses in the position. 09:02.930 --> 09:07.730 A dark square kind of grip which I originally called Dart Square strangulation on YouTube. 09:07.730 --> 09:12.200 When I covered this game many, many years back, I didn't really emphasize Black's dynamic points, 09:12.200 --> 09:17.240 but I think just to be fair, it's useful to emphasize both sides resources. 09:17.240 --> 09:22.820 But here the dart square grip, the backward, a pawn being tortured, this is not a good sign. 09:23.030 --> 09:29.480 Pieces going backwards bishopsgate if d for in this situation c four and there's really nothing for 09:29.480 --> 09:36.080 black, there's not enough time to do anything here after a six falls if rook as the annoying rook a 09:36.080 --> 09:37.010 seven check. 09:37.160 --> 09:39.280 So if the king moves, we've got all sorts. 09:39.290 --> 09:43.970 We can just exchange rooks if nothing else and then take on DD four or here, just take on D four of 09:43.970 --> 09:47.750 the King interrupts G2 so this will be highly unpleasant. 09:47.750 --> 09:53.600 So Bishopsgate is trying king F2 complex, getting everything he wants without any hassle. 09:53.600 --> 10:00.080 Basically he's got complete control of possession B for rookie eight might be free. 10:00.080 --> 10:03.050 There's no real time to exploit any entry point idea. 10:03.050 --> 10:04.730 There's no entry point here for the knight. 10:04.730 --> 10:08.750 The bishop controls everything and in fact, Black's best pace is challenged. 10:08.750 --> 10:16.670 Black's getting a terrible bishop now in view of the bishop moving and 95 or other possibilities, this 10:16.670 --> 10:17.500 is getting horrendous. 10:17.780 --> 10:23.000 A five bishop eight Black's completely positionally lost at move 26. 10:23.000 --> 10:24.200 This is just tragic. 10:24.200 --> 10:27.500 And Judit Polgar was over 2600 feet at the time. 10:27.500 --> 10:33.110 If Bishop c eight we're just going to take on C six, as you might suspect in 94, and it doesn't really 10:33.110 --> 10:34.460 matter about the opposite kind of bishops. 10:34.460 --> 10:36.230 This is just a crushing position. 10:36.560 --> 10:42.200 So Bishop eight we have Rook for two, a two, rookie six, and now we're nudging him with Bishop a 10:42.200 --> 10:45.500 seven, and the rook goes to a terrible place, making things worse. 10:45.500 --> 10:46.250 Rugby five. 10:46.250 --> 10:53.840 It is subject to potentially being harassed later if this knight can be shifted with with G four, you 10:53.840 --> 10:57.680 can imagine a knight coming to default would be extremely unpleasant. 10:58.940 --> 11:08.780 So basically if Rook be eight, let's say Bishop c five here and black's got nothing to do, we play 11:08.780 --> 11:10.310 Knight, be free, we play G four. 11:10.310 --> 11:12.650 We established a knight on D four. 11:12.680 --> 11:14.120 It doesn't matter about the check. 11:14.150 --> 11:16.580 There's King G one, but let's imagine this position. 11:16.580 --> 11:19.190 We get a dominant position or even a bishop on D four. 11:19.190 --> 11:24.170 We just get a hugely dominant position and we're threatening things like C five to just to exchange 11:24.170 --> 11:24.800 off the defender. 11:24.800 --> 11:27.350 It's just horrendous for black. 11:27.350 --> 11:35.990 So if Knight be free, this is another way where we can see this idea of getting rid of nudging. 11:35.990 --> 11:40.220 Black's best piece is going to be good and trying to get control of default there. 11:40.220 --> 11:42.380 So Rugby five though, makes things worse. 11:42.380 --> 11:47.470 We have Knight be free and now Bishop be seven, which uses up a square of the rook. 11:47.480 --> 11:49.730 This looks pretty tragic. 11:49.730 --> 11:52.370 The rooks are really getting self trapped here. 11:52.370 --> 11:59.540 If rook be seven then we can just play Bishop C five But with the luxury of rook takes a six coming 11:59.540 --> 12:02.030 up and Black hasn't really got play. 12:02.030 --> 12:05.450 White's got a seal on D four here and an almighty grip. 12:05.450 --> 12:13.880 So Bishop B seven we have g4h takes H takes rookie eight and now G for 96. 12:14.150 --> 12:17.930 And yes, now the rook is completely trapped up the night before. 12:17.960 --> 12:19.520 This is end of game. 12:20.510 --> 12:20.940 Yeah. 12:21.170 --> 12:27.710 Move funny free if Rook eight we can just simply just take the exchange nothing flash and bishop d4 12:27.710 --> 12:33.020 protects our C free and it's just going to be a very pleasant position to play from here. 12:33.170 --> 12:35.180 This bishop has got limited scope. 12:35.180 --> 12:41.180 We can even consider an exchange attack later just to make further progress if needed, or just use 12:41.180 --> 12:41.720 the E phone. 12:41.720 --> 12:44.030 Sometimes it's just the dominant position. 12:45.140 --> 12:47.000 So 94 ended the game. 12:47.000 --> 12:53.540 So a positional kind of tragedy for Juliet Polgar in this very prestigious the Norris Tournament round 12:53.540 --> 12:53.780 six. 12:53.780 --> 13:01.460 So basically there's a few positional themes going on, Dark square kind of strangulation, dark square 13:01.460 --> 13:06.620 grip representing control of the possession until one key moments. 13:06.620 --> 13:12.140 If you're up against the positional player, you've got to identify that key moment for maximum counterplay. 13:12.290 --> 13:13.550 And it wasn't. 13:13.550 --> 13:19.820 So it became like a one way game, basically after the undermining and the Strategic Bishop exchange. 13:19.820 --> 13:23.840 Why it had too many great things going on in possession. 13:23.840 --> 13:28.490 Black's best piece was prone to be driven away to give away at the default square. 13:28.490 --> 13:31.240 So a lot of interesting positional themes coming together. 13:31.250 --> 13:37.070 The overall impression of this game is complete control domination, but it didn't need to be necessarily 13:37.070 --> 13:39.200 a completely one way street game. 13:39.590 --> 13:40.580 So I hope you enjoyed it. 13:40.610 --> 13:43.490 Got some instructive points and so much.