WEBVTT 00:01.080 --> 00:01.870 Hi there. 00:01.890 --> 00:08.640 In this lecture, we see Gazza Kamsky playing against Michael Adams in the 1989 13 Floyds Black Masters 00:08.640 --> 00:13.170 Open round two, so E four from Kamsky we have the Korakuen. 00:13.170 --> 00:19.050 So a favorite of Michael Adams, a very positional opening, very solid, doesn't block in the bishop 00:19.050 --> 00:20.250 like the French defense. 00:20.250 --> 00:23.490 So in the French defense we end up with a bad bishop. 00:23.790 --> 00:29.070 And a lot of the strategies revolve around getting this bishop outside the pawn chain sometimes. 00:29.460 --> 00:33.750 So the con is a very interesting opening for the positional player. 00:33.750 --> 00:40.440 We have E five bishop five nine, C three, Queen B six, G four. 00:40.440 --> 00:42.150 So this is a dangerous variation. 00:42.150 --> 00:48.540 Adams puts the bishop on D seven here if Bishop G six The point is E six this is a very dangerous after 00:48.540 --> 00:51.000 f to e6h4. 00:51.030 --> 00:53.100 This isn't a very pleasant position. 00:53.500 --> 00:59.850 It has enough compensation here because the black pieces are so locked in after this kind of positional 00:59.850 --> 01:00.720 pawn sac. 01:00.900 --> 01:09.030 So Bishop DD seven avoids that kind of pain and in fact later that could be an undefinable target to 01:09.030 --> 01:15.930 weaken f54 white with a move like h five later you can see that the f five square might be an issue. 01:16.140 --> 01:23.430 So we have knights, a four, Quincy, seven Knight, C five and E six volunteering the bishop. 01:23.430 --> 01:24.990 And this is like a French defense structure. 01:24.990 --> 01:32.040 Now White plays 93 Knight takes D seven was actually possible so for example this possession white should 01:32.040 --> 01:37.440 be okay with a small edge even though black hasn't got the bad bishop of the French. 01:37.440 --> 01:39.990 It looks like a French defense upgrade. 01:39.990 --> 01:42.660 But on the other hand, there are upsides of this bishop. 01:42.660 --> 01:45.090 It adds solidity to the black position. 01:45.090 --> 01:50.550 So this position, White's F4 F5, might be more effective if that bishop is not on the board. 01:50.550 --> 01:53.370 So it is overall a slight edge. 01:53.370 --> 02:01.620 Here we have the Knight D frame and now we have C five, D two, C five and Bishop B5 to try and get 02:01.620 --> 02:06.660 rid of the bishop, exchange it for White's bishop so we can wait on the light squares, these key light 02:06.660 --> 02:11.670 squares, especially if the bishop's can be exchanged off strategically, this would be great fun. 02:11.670 --> 02:21.660 We have Bishop take C5 Knight free on Knight take C five, Queen St C five is the move and blacks should 02:21.660 --> 02:23.820 be absolutely fine with a small edge. 02:23.820 --> 02:31.080 So knight affray we have 97, a four and now volunteering that bishop for a knight Bishop takes the 02:31.080 --> 02:41.580 free Bishop takes rd Free Knight BC six, Queen E two If Bishop rd two we have H five and this is the 02:41.580 --> 02:46.140 way it should have played it actually with Bishop D2 and just take on H five this position. 02:46.470 --> 02:55.170 C Free for example, gives white Knight 84 to attack the rook and if say G six Knight takes f five. 02:55.170 --> 02:57.810 White's position is with a small edge. 02:57.810 --> 03:05.220 Here there's compensation for white, but in the game of the Queen E two this is a fantastic advert 03:05.220 --> 03:08.760 for the Kraken if nothing else, let alone positional chess. 03:08.760 --> 03:10.200 So h5g5. 03:10.200 --> 03:19.110 This position is just much better at move 14 it looks like basically Nimzowitsch versus Capablanca strategy. 03:19.450 --> 03:23.910 F5 Square Black's got that C file black positionally as a whole load. 03:23.910 --> 03:26.910 Better that Bishop is locked in the pawn chain. 03:26.910 --> 03:29.070 So this is about bad bishops. 03:30.420 --> 03:32.610 This c one bishop locked in. 03:32.610 --> 03:40.020 We have C free a six bishop e free Bishop takes e free, not minding the exchange of the dart square. 03:40.020 --> 03:42.390 Bishops Black castles. 03:42.420 --> 03:43.080 No is king. 03:43.080 --> 03:47.220 Safety is very solid here for black white castles. 03:47.430 --> 03:53.400 AC 881 Rook for eight Queen f f2 95. 03:53.400 --> 04:02.370 So we can see that both the C four and the five squares are very good for black 90 49c for Rook C one 04:02.370 --> 04:03.660 queen B six. 04:04.320 --> 04:08.970 We have now B free and now 95. 04:08.970 --> 04:16.410 So Adams is provoking weaknesses here before 986 provoking weaknesses might be fair now. 04:16.410 --> 04:20.400 D four This gives you an undermine operation. 04:20.400 --> 04:23.250 So the white pawn structure here B five is played. 04:23.550 --> 04:27.660 If Knight takes DD four, Knight takes the four, C takes. 04:27.660 --> 04:35.370 This is a beautiful position for the Queen to be for pressure on white center black squares is great. 04:35.370 --> 04:41.880 So B five is played 8x8x9a5. 04:42.030 --> 04:47.220 We see 92 king g7c4. 04:48.000 --> 04:56.280 Might have 5k1 night e phrase the night goes into the white position, taking out key escape squares 04:56.280 --> 04:57.390 of the opponent's king. 04:57.390 --> 05:03.660 So this is a signal for attack in general that if we've got escape squares taken out there, some interesting 05:03.690 --> 05:09.210 tactics which might emerge to celebrate that king goes into the corner, wrote DC eight. 05:09.870 --> 05:15.660 We have Rook a four, and there is a kind of weakness of the last move here, which is spotted. 05:15.660 --> 05:19.490 There's an interesting tactic in this position which Adams plays. 05:19.500 --> 05:21.030 He didn't need to. 05:21.360 --> 05:22.590 What would you play here for? 05:22.590 --> 05:23.670 100 points. 05:27.680 --> 05:28.450 Okay. 05:28.460 --> 05:33.190 Well, Adams plays, quote, the spectacular look in Queen takes B five rooks. 05:33.200 --> 05:34.640 See five was possible. 05:34.640 --> 05:41.060 So this possession, for example, Queen the eight and B six is nice for black but this sharpens things 05:41.060 --> 05:41.300 up. 05:41.300 --> 05:42.710 Queen takes P five. 05:43.010 --> 05:44.270 We have C take. 05:44.270 --> 05:47.660 So what is the problem here for White? 05:47.660 --> 05:51.170 It's a rook for a queen, but this horrendous pin. 05:51.170 --> 05:55.340 And now here, you know, what does white do? 05:55.340 --> 05:58.970 If Bishop f won, then there would have been a weakness of the last move. 05:59.030 --> 06:07.310 Neglecting C two black could use rook, c two threatening rook takes DD two and then rook takes F one 06:07.310 --> 06:09.500 mating as example. 06:09.500 --> 06:13.130 Well, this also knight takes F one is crushing for knight be free. 06:14.270 --> 06:17.900 So this position is just better for Black Knight up. 06:17.900 --> 06:24.800 But if we instead of Rook takes the E4, just imagine Rook takes a five, Rook takes DD to crush Rook 06:24.800 --> 06:26.300 takes F one is checkmate. 06:26.570 --> 06:31.730 So yes so knight F one is tried but now knight be free. 06:31.730 --> 06:33.020 So Rook for queen. 06:33.020 --> 06:34.820 But this is really vicious. 06:35.240 --> 06:38.630 What does White actually do here? 06:40.010 --> 06:42.110 And what is black actually threatening? 06:42.650 --> 06:44.810 Why is this position so strong? 06:45.140 --> 06:55.100 Rook takes the E4 was tried so offering the rook there if rook a free just knight C5 actually is rather 06:55.100 --> 06:57.080 painful for white. 06:57.320 --> 07:04.190 So as example what is threatening to take out the bishop to take out f one if bishop e2 there's 94 and 07:04.190 --> 07:10.940 this is truly vicious because Queen free Black's going to get more material now after Rook CC two There's 07:10.940 --> 07:12.170 so much pressure here. 07:12.440 --> 07:16.640 Say King G want Knight takes F one, Bishop takes F 192. 07:16.640 --> 07:19.250 So more material and more material. 07:19.250 --> 07:21.380 And Black's just in a winning endgame here. 07:21.830 --> 07:30.890 And if B6 has just an example Rook going to see Free 92 and what hasn't got an attack an F one. 07:30.890 --> 07:31.310 Yeah. 07:31.310 --> 07:33.910 If the trend is going up for black winning material. 07:33.920 --> 07:42.320 So rook takes default was tried but now sidestepping taking rook just knight takes F one we have King 07:42.320 --> 07:50.240 G two If Bishop takes F one knight takes RD for this position with Rook takes F one check and the rooks 07:50.300 --> 07:52.100 are superior to the Queen. 07:52.430 --> 07:58.220 White's vacuum of weaknesses is telling her this is just hopeless for white. 07:58.220 --> 07:59.810 So we have King G too. 07:59.810 --> 08:01.160 But now it's same kind of scenario. 08:01.160 --> 08:05.030 Knight takes RD for Queen takes the fall and a nasty pin here. 08:05.030 --> 08:09.380 Rook D one Queen E for Rook RD two Check. 08:09.890 --> 08:14.710 Nice tactical trick Bishop e2 If King takes F one, then back row mate type. 08:14.720 --> 08:16.640 Well, the Queen has to give back. 08:17.360 --> 08:20.050 The Queen has to sacrifice to avoid the mate. 08:20.060 --> 08:28.700 So Bishop E2 was played and now we have Knight takes H two nice simplification getting the knight out 08:28.700 --> 08:29.900 of a difficult spot. 08:31.280 --> 08:32.420 So King takes H. 08:32.480 --> 08:34.940 And the point is it will be two rooks against the Queen. 08:34.940 --> 08:44.180 Now King G3 Rook takes E2, Queen RD, Free Rook G two check King free and an outside pass Pawn Queen 08:44.180 --> 08:47.780 F one Rook G Free check King e4h free. 08:47.780 --> 08:50.330 This outside passport is absolutely winning. 08:50.480 --> 08:53.390 f5g takes her five and here White resigned. 08:54.050 --> 09:02.150 If for example, King D four then Rook Sisi free sets up root rd Frazer as a mate, the Queen will have 09:02.150 --> 09:11.720 to give herself up so g6h2 For example, this position h one queen takes h one rook GD three is mate. 09:11.720 --> 09:16.160 So remember this game Actually on the demo board it was pretty dramatic. 09:16.160 --> 09:19.910 The two rooks against the Queen with that vacuum in the white position. 09:19.910 --> 09:23.210 So yes, this is a dangerous opening. 09:23.210 --> 09:30.140 It's a bit on the Trappy side because it seems to me our position is suspect variation and I myself 09:30.140 --> 09:32.780 has had have had good results with this. 09:32.780 --> 09:38.180 Putting the bishop back on DA or even c A because there is a vacuum of weaknesses and squares like f 09:38.180 --> 09:39.380 five to grab later. 09:39.380 --> 09:46.100 So very very nice positional opening in that it's not like tactical chaos. 09:46.100 --> 09:52.700 The positional player likes pawn structure based plans, otherwise it is just tactical chaos. 09:52.970 --> 10:02.450 And we can also use more easily strengthening strategy when it's more pawn structure based. 10:02.450 --> 10:08.060 If you've got massive tactical chaos, how do you actually improve your position systematically? 10:08.060 --> 10:14.780 You constantly having to analyze huge amount of variations like in the Sicilian defense, to make sure 10:14.780 --> 10:20.360 your king's surviving the Korakuen has that level of solidity where you can actually think about things 10:20.360 --> 10:25.970 like improving your position, because it's not just the total mass of variations to calculate all the 10:25.970 --> 10:26.540 time. 10:26.740 --> 10:32.770 There are positional outpost squares to think about to reason about this position position me So it's 10:32.770 --> 10:35.560 less chaotic than, say, Sicilian defense. 10:35.560 --> 10:37.960 And it kind of is a great game. 10:37.960 --> 10:44.170 Example echoing in my view, Nimzowitsch against Capablanca classic in the Kraken. 10:44.170 --> 10:45.910 So a really beautiful game. 10:46.180 --> 10:50.710 Inspirational and also inspirational for making use of the current calm basically. 10:50.710 --> 10:55.810 So it's not all about tactics, it's more about positional play because we haven't got that overhead 10:55.810 --> 10:57.370 of having to calculate so much. 10:57.370 --> 11:02.830 So yes, it seems just really logically played by Adams in the spirit of Capablanca. 11:03.040 --> 11:04.930 I hope you enjoyed this one as much as me. 11:05.590 --> 11:06.340 Thanks very much.