WEBVTT 00:00.850 --> 00:01.600 Hi there. 00:01.630 --> 00:05.170 In this lecture, we see Anatoly Karpov playing against Vladimir Kramnik. 00:05.170 --> 00:09.460 So this is a 1996 Vienna Millennium Millennium Tournament. 00:09.970 --> 00:10.630 Round two. 00:10.630 --> 00:13.660 So D four from Karpov we have D five and Kramnik 00:13.750 --> 00:19.270 c4c69c395693. 00:19.300 --> 00:24.400 We have e6e3 might be D seven. 00:24.790 --> 00:25.650 Queen C two. 00:25.660 --> 00:26.800 Bishop D six. 00:27.580 --> 00:28.840 Bishop D Free. 00:28.880 --> 00:31.510 Black castles, White Castles. 00:31.810 --> 00:33.310 And now E five. 00:33.850 --> 00:35.740 We have C takes D five. 00:35.860 --> 00:37.330 C 65. 00:38.170 --> 00:46.390 And here Karpov is keen to actually play E for himself to open up this bishop as a priority. 00:46.630 --> 00:48.250 And there's a lot of central tension here. 00:48.250 --> 00:49.870 This is a very interesting situation. 00:50.230 --> 00:56.620 We have D takes E four, Knight takes E four, Knight takes E for Bishop, takes E four. 00:56.920 --> 01:04.020 So immediately now H seven is attacked and nine of six would be inadequate because of D takes e five. 01:04.030 --> 01:07.080 So black is forced to make a light square concession. 01:07.090 --> 01:12.340 H six We have Bishop E three So out of the opening White does have a small edge here. 01:12.820 --> 01:18.520 It seems we have e takes D four and now Bishop H seven check very precise. 01:19.210 --> 01:24.340 If Bishop takes D four, there is nine of six and white doesn't get a chance for that. 01:24.340 --> 01:31.510 Bishop H seven and here oc black can play queen C seven and C white simplifies like this. 01:31.510 --> 01:33.490 This isn't such a big deal here. 01:34.000 --> 01:36.890 It should be just about equal black Has the bishop here. 01:36.910 --> 01:43.660 It's not such a big deal in the game with Bishop eight seven check king eight seven Bishop takes D four 01:43.660 --> 01:44.680 we have 9f6. 01:44.680 --> 01:51.760 But now bishop at five is possible to try and weaken black slightly ever so slightly on the light squares 01:51.760 --> 01:54.670 exchange of strategically the light square bishops. 01:54.670 --> 02:04.150 So we have Bishop takes our five queen 6f5 and now Quincy eight if rookie eights g free this position 02:04.150 --> 02:08.860 with Queen D seven White could take and should have a small edge here. 02:08.950 --> 02:10.810 It is symmetrical though in pawns. 02:10.810 --> 02:18.730 It's going to be potentially difficult to win this, but White does have a small edge overall, slightly 02:18.730 --> 02:20.500 better pieces. 02:21.820 --> 02:28.750 So Quincy eight we have Queen B five, Knight H four was also an alternative. 02:28.750 --> 02:34.000 If a knight ends up on white, has slightly better pieces and can damage the structure, there should 02:34.000 --> 02:36.550 be a more significant edge. 02:36.550 --> 02:39.120 In fact, now this is a clear, clear advantage. 02:39.130 --> 02:43.630 So yeah, we have you know, that's that's a really interesting move. 02:43.630 --> 02:52.180 Knight H four actually worth considering, but Queen B five we have a six, Queen B six, Queen C seven. 02:52.180 --> 02:55.150 And now Karpov does go for structural damage. 02:55.150 --> 02:57.910 Queen take C seven, Bishop takes C seven. 02:57.910 --> 02:59.340 Black hasn't got the bishop here. 02:59.350 --> 03:04.330 So Bishop takes F, six, G takes gives this juicy F five squared to play with. 03:05.920 --> 03:11.260 And another aspect of this for endgames is that an aggressive king could come to H five because there's 03:11.260 --> 03:12.640 no pawn on G six. 03:12.640 --> 03:19.330 These subtle kind of nuances in the structure give opportunities which need to be understood really 03:19.690 --> 03:25.300 kind of intuitively, perhaps that these are two potential outpost squares now, not just F five but 03:25.300 --> 03:26.560 also h five. 03:26.560 --> 03:38.590 We have we have rook fe1 rook eight rook 81 pair of rooks come off rook eight g Free rook d seven Rookie 03:38.590 --> 03:49.120 to King G 794 Rook rd five We have rookie seven Rook C five So Black's operations here involve trying 03:49.120 --> 04:00.820 to win the pawns basically rook d7b5, B four Roxie two And yeah, with this it does relinquish the 04:00.940 --> 04:02.530 five square F five check. 04:02.950 --> 04:05.590 We have King G six. 04:05.590 --> 04:07.000 So very interesting. 04:07.600 --> 04:13.900 Now Knight E three is played so here black take on a two just yet because of Rook take C seven so we 04:13.900 --> 04:20.650 have a check King G two and the bishop safeguards itself and goes to a nice looking central square rook 04:20.650 --> 04:38.560 a seven rook C 6.5 Bishop d6a3 king a five knight E Free check King G six King free Bishop e59d5 King 04:38.560 --> 04:44.230 G seven White was France thing here 97 check. 04:44.710 --> 04:46.180 So something has to be done about that. 04:46.180 --> 04:48.490 So King G seven, we have E seven now. 04:48.490 --> 04:49.930 So this is really interesting. 04:49.930 --> 04:54.040 A very, very interesting move is offering a free a free pawn. 04:54.040 --> 04:55.870 So a positional pawn sacrifice. 04:56.140 --> 04:59.220 Now Kramnik accepts this rook free check. 04:59.230 --> 04:59.770 King G. 04:59.980 --> 05:03.010 Or and you'll notice that because of the double pawns. 05:03.010 --> 05:03.400 In fact. 05:03.400 --> 05:08.920 Yeah, this H five is an opportunity square for the white king to try and pile up the pressure. 05:08.920 --> 05:10.470 So Rook takes a three. 05:10.720 --> 05:15.790 We have F for Bishop C free, and now King H five. 05:16.000 --> 05:16.840 So very interesting. 05:16.840 --> 05:19.330 The Kings going on the attack and offering another pawn. 05:19.330 --> 05:23.710 Even so, two pawns like positioning sacrificed. 05:23.740 --> 05:24.780 Is this enough? 05:24.790 --> 05:26.290 Is the possession strong enough? 05:26.320 --> 05:27.580 Well, nine and five check. 05:27.580 --> 05:30.160 Why it's going to be winning one pawn back soon. 05:31.270 --> 05:31.720 So. 05:31.720 --> 05:34.990 King Jake was very much needed if King Fate. 05:35.020 --> 05:37.170 Then there's rook chat, mate. 05:37.180 --> 05:40.180 If King H seven, then rook states have seven. 05:40.180 --> 05:40.480 Check. 05:40.480 --> 05:46.450 And here if a king G six and this is going to be big trouble off the knight. 05:46.450 --> 05:49.030 Six, eight, six Black's going to be mated. 05:49.810 --> 05:54.040 So yes, it's endgame strategy and also mating is part of that sometimes. 05:54.040 --> 06:00.340 So we have King G eight rook, a seven, a seven, King G eight. 06:00.340 --> 06:02.410 And now Knight takes H six check. 06:02.890 --> 06:06.070 And this needed to be precisely calculated. 06:06.220 --> 06:12.760 So King of eight if King G seven here, Rook takes F seven, check. 06:12.760 --> 06:14.040 King eight. 06:14.140 --> 06:15.400 We have King G six. 06:15.400 --> 06:16.870 So that's mating again. 06:17.410 --> 06:20.140 After Black tries to delay, it's just blacks getting mated. 06:20.140 --> 06:23.800 So King of eight rook takes F seven, checking e eight. 06:24.160 --> 06:25.150 And now, yeah. 06:25.150 --> 06:26.380 King G six. 06:27.640 --> 06:30.940 Bishop C Free knights are five white. 06:32.390 --> 06:36.920 Doesn't mind this -- on F six because it has this asset. 06:37.130 --> 06:40.130 And it'll be nice to block that bishop from viewing his. 06:40.310 --> 06:42.650 We have B for now wrote B seven. 06:42.920 --> 06:46.700 Now there is more danger than what it seems here. 06:46.700 --> 06:47.270 Black plays. 06:47.270 --> 06:47.930 We're okay too. 06:47.960 --> 06:50.660 If black play's be free. 06:51.470 --> 06:52.550 The rook. 06:53.480 --> 06:55.340 Is not very active at this moment. 06:55.340 --> 07:00.200 And White can actually play 96 check which is. 07:01.330 --> 07:02.740 Really strong hair. 07:04.580 --> 07:06.000 So say King D h. 07:07.070 --> 07:09.440 Can you see what one would play in this position? 07:11.150 --> 07:11.660 Yeah. 07:12.440 --> 07:14.720 The very strongest is King F seven. 07:15.050 --> 07:17.840 And the idea if B two, King E six. 07:17.840 --> 07:22.550 And how does black actually stop rook D seven chap mating. 07:22.550 --> 07:25.070 So B one queen wrote D seven is checkmate. 07:25.250 --> 07:25.670 So. 07:25.670 --> 07:26.660 King Sorry. 07:26.660 --> 07:31.610 So Rook two is played we have now H four So it's also about now the h pawn 07:32.900 --> 07:38.150 a5h5a4a6 rooks behind pawns. 07:38.150 --> 07:39.410 But it's not helping here. 07:39.410 --> 07:41.620 The Tashiro in rook and poor endings. 07:41.630 --> 07:45.320 Rook should be either behind the opponent's pass pawns or your past pawns. 07:45.320 --> 07:48.380 We have H seven, King D eight. 07:48.410 --> 07:56.660 The thing is here, if b free the knight h four is nice and five has rook g seven to disconnect the 07:56.660 --> 07:58.100 bishop from H eight. 07:58.100 --> 08:02.150 So this will be absolutely winning once queening and it's going to be a win. 08:02.150 --> 08:02.570 So. 08:02.570 --> 08:03.830 King The eight was tried. 08:06.470 --> 08:12.140 And now my H for f five heads try to open up the bishop to stop the -- queening. 08:13.340 --> 08:14.780 It's a winning position. 08:15.560 --> 08:16.380 Now plays. 08:16.400 --> 08:16.850 Guess what? 08:16.850 --> 08:18.680 Couple plays here for ten points. 08:20.450 --> 08:20.720 Yeah. 08:20.750 --> 08:26.480 Takes out blacks -- trying to deflect the bishop away from h he's rook free And now I'm wiping out 08:26.480 --> 08:27.140 black's pawns. 08:27.140 --> 08:27.380 Rook. 08:27.410 --> 08:29.420 Takes a four rook. 08:29.420 --> 08:32.180 Takes g free check King takes F five. 08:32.180 --> 08:33.380 But now it's hopeless. 08:33.380 --> 08:36.260 Kremlin coach, he resigns if rook hands free. 08:36.260 --> 08:43.580 One simple way is just rook ajak and then queening so off the bishop takes rook takes The rook is holding 08:43.580 --> 08:48.980 the knight nine pawn up absolutely winning So yes the game ended on King takes five. 08:49.220 --> 08:52.820 So here in this end game very precisely played. 08:52.970 --> 08:57.800 So the endgame is like for me the focal point of this particular game example. 08:57.830 --> 09:03.650 It's interesting how we have coordination of the king in a very aggressive king reminds me much, very 09:03.650 --> 09:08.690 much of Capablanca so willing to sacrifice, sometimes pawns for the position of the king. 09:08.690 --> 09:14.540 So it is kind of end game positional play where you try and maximize your remaining pieces, especially 09:14.540 --> 09:18.260 get your king active and aggressive and about the place. 09:18.260 --> 09:23.870 But the double Pawns show there's actually two subtle weaknesses, these kind of potential entry points. 09:24.110 --> 09:28.580 If there was a pawn on G6, you know, if the pawn was able to go to G six, then these wouldn't be 09:28.580 --> 09:29.510 entry points. 09:29.510 --> 09:33.230 But they are kind of entry points into Black's position. 09:33.230 --> 09:42.160 And we see this magnificent concept basically of sacking a three with great faithful, a lot of calculations 09:42.160 --> 09:42.740 to support it. 09:42.740 --> 09:45.800 That White's doing very well here. 09:46.040 --> 09:50.180 There's going to be king mating threats combined with past pawn potential. 09:50.180 --> 09:57.650 So a fascinating game how these issues come together for black to make it kind of a case of overwhelming. 09:57.650 --> 10:03.470 This black just can't handle both the idea of being mated and white's h pawn. 10:03.470 --> 10:05.360 So wonderful stuff in this end game. 10:05.360 --> 10:07.730 Very nice game by Anatoly Karpov. 10:07.730 --> 10:09.260 So really lovely stuff. 10:10.250 --> 10:13.390 So I'll take back to the the game and position. 10:14.030 --> 10:20.510 So yes, dynamic strategy in endgames where people think sometimes our end games are done well, not 10:20.510 --> 10:26.420 this 1 to 2 pawn sacrifice on the queenside for much better pieces, much more aggressive king. 10:26.420 --> 10:30.350 The aggressive king creates not just past pawn potential, but main potential. 10:30.350 --> 10:37.850 And we see these ideas of past pawns with making potential and also several Capablanca brilliant endgames, 10:37.850 --> 10:39.740 so very inspirational. 10:39.740 --> 10:42.920 How small advantages picked up from the opening. 10:42.920 --> 10:47.150 We can cash out, so to speak, go into the end games and win the games still. 10:47.150 --> 10:51.320 So we only need sometimes to accumulate small advantages from the middle game. 10:51.320 --> 10:53.390 But it was kind of evidence. 10:53.390 --> 10:56.990 Structural damage though if we go back to move 21 this evidence structural damage. 10:56.990 --> 11:03.080 So this position, we should evaluate it not not just with the idea of winning pawns. 11:03.170 --> 11:10.040 It's the the squares which the structure represents as not really being able to do much about if pieces 11:10.040 --> 11:12.040 are on either F five or H five. 11:12.050 --> 11:14.120 So it's fascinating stuff to understand. 11:14.120 --> 11:17.750 Also, double pawns a little bit more the finances for Endgame Play. 11:17.870 --> 11:22.340 Okay, I hope you enjoyed this as much as me and so much.