WEBVTT 00:00.900 --> 00:01.780 Hi there. 00:01.800 --> 00:06.660 And this is actually we see a classic Capablanca game playing against Harry Golombek in the Margate 00:06.660 --> 00:09.900 tournament of 1939, Round seven. 00:10.020 --> 00:21.450 So DH four from Capablanca, we have 956c4, e69c3 Bishop before Queen c2d5c takes d5e takes D five, 00:21.450 --> 00:23.850 Bishop G five, C six. 00:23.850 --> 00:31.620 So this is the Carlsbad structure, which isn't that bad, but it is prone to a minority attack later 00:31.770 --> 00:37.050 with the minority of pawns attacking the majority of pawns. 00:37.080 --> 00:38.190 So I like this. 00:38.190 --> 00:42.590 But the outpost square is C five quite often, which is useful as well. 00:42.600 --> 00:51.140 If we can isolate this c pawn and the a pawn, we get a nice useful juicy outpost square on C five and 00:51.150 --> 00:53.360 maybe a seven this week as well later. 00:53.400 --> 00:58.710 So E three we have Knight, BD seven, Bishop d3 H six. 00:58.710 --> 00:59.640 Bishop H four. 00:59.640 --> 01:01.950 Black Castles Knights F eight. 01:01.950 --> 01:03.000 Rookie eight. 01:03.390 --> 01:04.570 Capablanca Consuls. 01:04.590 --> 01:05.670 Bishop E seven. 01:06.060 --> 01:06.840 Bishop G. 01:06.840 --> 01:09.750 Free Knights F eight. 01:10.140 --> 01:14.730 There are some tricks to be aware of here. 01:15.720 --> 01:20.490 If King Knight's there is actually a little trick. 01:20.490 --> 01:24.540 My complaint, which is awkward to say the least. 01:24.660 --> 01:25.860 Can you see what that is for? 01:25.860 --> 01:26.730 Five points? 01:29.300 --> 01:31.130 Yeah, we can play night be five. 01:31.640 --> 01:39.200 So we're friends thing to folk the rooks and if C takes we make the queen Bishop C seven That's fun 01:39.200 --> 01:40.390 if B five. 01:40.400 --> 01:40.630 Yeah. 01:40.940 --> 01:41.630 6b5. 01:41.630 --> 01:42.740 Still the same principle. 01:42.740 --> 01:44.690 Checkmate in the queen, so to speak. 01:44.780 --> 01:46.790 If it's h59, 65. 01:46.790 --> 01:52.940 Still the idea of checkmate in the Queen and if it takes g396e7 check is inserted. 01:53.060 --> 01:54.890 So there are some dangers. 01:54.890 --> 02:01.850 So Knight AFAIK addresses those dangers with H three and that's come from Lincoln. 02:01.850 --> 02:04.880 Preserve that kind of horrible bishop on this diagonal. 02:05.450 --> 02:12.750 We have knights, sorry, we have Bishop E six as well as Yeah. 02:12.770 --> 02:20.360 If he wasn't played this position does have some resources, you know like taking on G three and then 02:20.360 --> 02:21.290 a six. 02:21.440 --> 02:25.100 The minority might not be completely winning here. 02:25.280 --> 02:30.730 As an example, black could set up a fairly solid position with that Bishop Power. 02:30.740 --> 02:37.070 So, you know, we can't really just treat the minority, take it in isolation. 02:37.250 --> 02:41.330 The dancing bishop would be quite nice there for black giving equality. 02:41.330 --> 02:42.650 So yeah, free. 02:42.650 --> 02:43.910 We want to keep this dancing. 02:43.910 --> 02:51.260 My Bishop So in the event of 9 to 5 we can just tuck it away on H two. 02:51.260 --> 02:55.790 So Bishop E, six A, B one, knight H five and it is tucked away now. 02:55.790 --> 03:01.550 Bishop h2g6 90 5g7 and I'll be four. 03:01.730 --> 03:06.770 So the minority attack minority pawns is trying to attack the majority, trying to create structural 03:06.770 --> 03:07.430 damage. 03:07.730 --> 03:09.410 Bishop F5 is played. 03:12.170 --> 03:15.080 If 97. 03:15.080 --> 03:16.940 Yeah, we can play big five. 03:16.940 --> 03:22.700 And for example here, if C five, we get a different kind of advantage here going. 03:22.700 --> 03:30.500 So say this position we could play B six for example, and get a small edge. 03:30.500 --> 03:32.900 We've got at least ab7 target. 03:34.940 --> 03:37.100 There might also be 92. 03:37.100 --> 03:41.000 We don't have to routinely play B five. 03:41.000 --> 03:48.260 So this position by delaying B five here, it's slightly different. 03:49.490 --> 03:56.750 So, for example, Bishop takes 85, getting the bishop hair, getting rid of Black's dance square. 03:56.780 --> 04:01.730 Bishop gives us an advantage in a different form here, which may be more significant. 04:01.730 --> 04:04.120 So that's something to bear in mind. 04:04.130 --> 04:09.170 We don't have to always routinely play the minority attack. 04:09.170 --> 04:16.130 B5 So Bishop F5, we have a fall here. 04:16.130 --> 04:23.990 Yeah, and this is a nice way of exploiting C five If b5 Bishop DD six we can see that we're going to 04:23.990 --> 04:25.340 do that damage here. 04:25.340 --> 04:31.340 And even if things get exchanged off, this will be really nice for white, for example, then we can 04:31.340 --> 04:39.290 use the C five squared or even make sure black's not getting C four and try and chase away the knight's 04:39.290 --> 04:40.580 on B six. 04:40.580 --> 04:46.610 So say this position we get a different advantage transformation into a nice like Queen's pawn with 04:46.610 --> 04:48.440 advantage for white hair. 04:48.440 --> 04:56.450 So a four though was played Bishop takes the free queen, takes 90 7c1 knight takes E five. 04:56.450 --> 05:02.480 So black's trying to simplify, but White still has this nagging edge in the position. 05:03.080 --> 05:12.560 If a six hair 95 and this position with Queen D 290 5a4, we get a really nice position. 05:12.560 --> 05:22.430 We can prepare b five like this and then we are going to get really great fruits of a dominating position 05:22.430 --> 05:23.840 here with Queen three. 05:23.840 --> 05:27.410 That output score is enough and white can play from here. 05:27.410 --> 05:28.760 It's very, very pleasant. 05:28.850 --> 05:32.000 So Bishop dd six is played. 05:33.840 --> 05:34.180 Yeah. 05:34.200 --> 05:39.330 One of the problems with A6, it just invites a nice outpost on C5, which is difficult to dislodge 05:39.330 --> 05:41.270 because blacks make at 96. 05:41.280 --> 05:49.410 So Bishop takes the six, queen takes these six and now B5 is played here we have C takes B5. 05:49.920 --> 05:58.530 If rook ACA one could take on C six and infiltrate actually this position we can try and actually win 05:58.530 --> 06:04.470 material this poor isolated pawn together with the knight on C five. 06:04.710 --> 06:08.430 There's a wealth of different advantages here. 06:08.550 --> 06:10.740 Then we get this big pawns pawn. 06:10.860 --> 06:11.790 So yes. 06:11.790 --> 06:15.300 So C takes B5 trying to dissolve the pawns. 06:15.300 --> 06:24.030 Queen takes P 596 if B six we have the invasive rook C six and here knight C three. 06:24.480 --> 06:27.380 This position we're taking out D five. 06:27.390 --> 06:27.600 Yeah. 06:27.600 --> 06:32.490 The problem with Black's C text is D five has been compromised. 06:32.490 --> 06:33.090 So yeah. 06:33.090 --> 06:38.460 One it's just clearly better here and one it's threatening not to have six check. 06:38.460 --> 06:41.490 The knight is holding the rook but where thinking like have six check. 06:41.490 --> 06:46.110 So here we have six check and 97 check 95. 06:46.110 --> 06:49.530 We've just got a huge advantage here. 06:49.530 --> 06:55.980 Generally speaking, we're dominating the C file and if we dominate, we've got Quincy seven coming 06:55.980 --> 06:59.730 out and all sorts of nasties, so it doesn't really matter about A2. 07:00.960 --> 07:05.820 Okay, so we have Knight E six being tried, nine C free. 07:06.360 --> 07:14.280 So pressure on the poor D five pawn rook idea and Capablanca does their take on B seven We have Queen 07:14.280 --> 07:18.060 A free, but now nine times D five. 07:20.280 --> 07:22.380 Yeah, this is pretty bad. 07:23.070 --> 07:26.100 Black doesn't really want to offer two rooks for the Queen. 07:26.100 --> 07:31.380 The Queen can give herself up to rook sale with this nice center we have. 07:31.380 --> 07:32.520 Queen takes a two. 07:32.520 --> 07:37.260 And in fact, this is nuanced here. 07:39.810 --> 07:44.100 So Kempf is just one pawn up, but he realizes something about this position. 07:44.190 --> 07:51.900 There is another technical downside of the position might be for taps into that because the queen is 07:51.900 --> 07:52.950 out of squares. 07:54.180 --> 07:57.480 Queen goes to 84 F rook ab8. 07:57.510 --> 07:58.900 Yeah, we're just taking on a two. 07:58.920 --> 07:59.970 That's just winning. 07:59.970 --> 08:01.320 So Queen A four. 08:01.320 --> 08:03.440 But now 1986, the queen is out of squares. 08:03.450 --> 08:06.630 This is a particular downside of the position. 08:06.630 --> 08:08.220 So forget structure. 08:08.580 --> 08:11.160 This is about trapping the queen. 08:11.160 --> 08:14.520 Now, Black actually resigned here, moved 29. 08:14.520 --> 08:16.740 This is a crushing idea to trap the queen. 08:16.920 --> 08:21.810 If Rook DC eight, we just play 97 check and take on C eight. 08:22.140 --> 08:26.520 But otherwise, if Rook Phi, we're going to trap the Queen with Rook one. 08:26.940 --> 08:28.140 Where's the queen going? 08:29.490 --> 08:30.000 Blaming. 08:30.000 --> 08:31.920 So if the queen has to take. 08:31.920 --> 08:32.940 Yeah, it's hopeless. 08:32.940 --> 08:41.940 Her So yes, 96 ended the game on move 29 The structural damage led to actually D5 being weak on this 08:41.940 --> 08:48.690 occasion in this example game and in black trying to recover some material balance or try and get some 08:48.690 --> 08:51.390 compensation after this. 08:51.390 --> 08:55.260 You know, the Black's Queen excursion is a dangerous game. 08:55.260 --> 08:56.370 Indeed. 08:56.580 --> 09:02.610 After 9/10 five, the queen is prone to being trapped in this position. 09:02.760 --> 09:06.780 It's a very, very dangerous game to take on a two in its own right now. 09:06.780 --> 09:09.840 Of course, you could say, well, Queen takes a two was with tempo. 09:09.840 --> 09:15.330 Yes, but a tempo gainer is answered with a tempo gainer getting the queen here. 09:15.330 --> 09:17.060 And this is absolutely decisive. 09:17.070 --> 09:22.350 So a very interesting side effects of the minority attack. 09:22.530 --> 09:27.690 It's often side effects are more dangerous than the structural damage in its own right. 09:28.590 --> 09:32.490 We can't just claim a win if the opponent's structure is compromised. 09:32.490 --> 09:33.960 We have to win somehow. 09:33.960 --> 09:41.850 Finding the amazing downsides of the opponent's possession, like trapping the queen, is very nice 09:41.850 --> 09:45.810 for winning games or chat, mating or winning material in other ways. 09:45.810 --> 09:50.340 But yeah, the side effects that are created, the confusion, the overloading, the overworked ness, 09:50.790 --> 09:57.990 the awkwardness, all of those piece issues can become side effects when we do a minority attack. 09:57.990 --> 09:59.700 So this was an interesting example. 09:59.700 --> 10:03.570 I hope you enjoyed this example of Capablanca in 1939. 10:04.590 --> 10:05.440 Very much.