WEBVTT 00:01.200 --> 00:02.050 Hi there. 00:02.070 --> 00:07.910 In this lecture, we see Anatoly Karpov playing against John Nunn, one of my favorite British grandmasters. 00:07.920 --> 00:12.870 So this is in the 1982 Philips Drew tournament round ten. 00:13.740 --> 00:27.420 So we have E four from Karpov, C five from John 1923e6d4c text e496349569c free 936 and now nine db 00:27.420 --> 00:35.660 5d6 bishop f4e5 Bishop g5a6 93. 00:35.670 --> 00:39.120 This is all well known territory now. 00:39.120 --> 00:40.200 Bishop e six. 00:40.800 --> 00:49.170 Jonathan could have played it as more classical cov with B five, in which case one has two major options. 00:49.170 --> 00:56.250 And it's funny to consider actually the modern engines with neural networks and the best stockfish actually 00:56.250 --> 00:58.710 believes 95 might be slightly better. 00:59.010 --> 01:01.560 This is a funny thing because I thought they were exactly equal. 01:01.560 --> 01:01.770 So. 01:01.770 --> 01:09.000 Bishop e seven This position apparently is slightly better overall, but the other popular line is taking 01:09.000 --> 01:10.440 immediately on F six. 01:10.980 --> 01:19.080 G takes an apparently this position actually with E takes Bishop takes out five is going to be even 01:19.080 --> 01:26.190 more even so that's interesting to consider this this big question here is 95 actually slightly better. 01:26.670 --> 01:31.470 That's interesting if you are Sicilian surprisingly called flair especially. 01:31.470 --> 01:32.340 So anyway. 01:32.340 --> 01:36.360 Bishop e six so this doesn't play B five. 01:36.360 --> 01:43.500 So the problem with not playing B5 is that White does have a strategic manoeuvre available in principle, 01:43.500 --> 01:50.160 something like that or like this sometimes to either to occupy the hole in the position. 01:50.160 --> 01:52.890 So Karpov does actually play C four here. 01:54.240 --> 01:58.170 So this wouldn't have existed as a move if B five had been played. 01:58.170 --> 02:06.840 So rook C eight and now actually we have Bishop takes F six. 02:09.560 --> 02:12.770 And here Queen tax F six if G takes F six. 02:14.360 --> 02:15.980 Although black has the bishop hair. 02:16.010 --> 02:17.450 Let's look at this situation. 02:17.450 --> 02:20.010 White actually dominates with the knight's hair. 02:20.030 --> 02:23.260 I mean, this bishop doesn't look too happy on g seven. 02:23.270 --> 02:27.830 White could give up the other bishop and just occupy D five. 02:27.830 --> 02:33.980 And if we take this a little bit further, just to demonstrate the levels of counterplay here for black, 02:34.040 --> 02:34.670 kind of minimal. 02:34.670 --> 02:40.130 And in fact, White's going to play Knight G four at some point and that will be embarrassing, putting 02:40.130 --> 02:51.320 pressure on F6 And yeah, it just starts to get significantly better for white hair if Bishop takes 02:51.320 --> 02:52.610 G4, Queen St G4. 02:52.610 --> 02:56.660 Yeah, it's just significantly better for white, but otherwise, yeah. 02:56.660 --> 03:05.210 What is the concession that that doesn't want to give up the D5 that this, this taking on D5 leaves 03:05.210 --> 03:08.800 F5 as a gaping hole for 93 to F5. 03:08.810 --> 03:18.260 So anyway Queen thanks f6 was chosen but now yes we've tempo knight Be6 Karpov actually loves getting 03:18.260 --> 03:19.490 things with tempo. 03:20.090 --> 03:21.230 That is great. 03:21.230 --> 03:26.930 It's like minimizing the potential range of possibilities the opponent has to address with tempo. 03:26.930 --> 03:33.080 So a strategic move to occupy D5 and supported with the B sex Knight. 03:33.080 --> 03:34.760 So this one is chosen. 03:35.630 --> 03:41.660 So that leaves both knights altogether more aggressive than the B Knight going. 03:41.660 --> 03:46.310 So there's two aggressive knights now in Black's territory on the fifth and sixth. 03:46.460 --> 03:58.430 So we have Queen de C free, Bishop E seven, Bishop C for Black Castles, cup of castles and Bishop 03:58.430 --> 03:59.020 G five. 03:59.030 --> 04:02.420 Now you could argue, well, there's the bishop without the counterpart, right? 04:02.420 --> 04:04.700 It swings and roundabouts. 04:04.820 --> 04:07.070 You're going to look at the overall elements in the position. 04:07.070 --> 04:11.630 This can be really valuable and it can win a lot of games in the Sicilian, especially later with the 04:11.630 --> 04:12.470 Eiffel. 04:12.620 --> 04:15.830 Sometimes you know there's F2 tactics sometimes. 04:16.310 --> 04:25.370 But here why It does seem to have a dominating position where the accumulation of advantages is less 04:25.370 --> 04:30.800 likely to be interrupted with tactical combinations and counterplay. 04:30.980 --> 04:39.530 And we see A4 compresses down on the queenside to suppress Black's queenside activities even before 04:40.160 --> 04:41.150 they're conceived. 04:41.150 --> 04:48.050 So here b4 and you can see that the knight could be supported with a five soon f5 trying to get some 04:48.050 --> 04:48.620 counterplay. 04:48.620 --> 04:58.610 He takes f, g takes F for Bishop takes D5, so giving up the Bishop power for E for at least have a 04:58.610 --> 05:05.960 bishop, which seems okay on the diagonal we have a five so locking down black's pawns. 05:07.220 --> 05:11.810 Michael Adams would love this and this is the kind of thing Adams does to the opponent's pawns. 05:11.810 --> 05:13.280 And so Karpov as well. 05:13.400 --> 05:15.650 So Bishop G seven, AC one. 05:16.100 --> 05:22.580 And the thing is here, there is actually a plan available to White, so it's an opposite kind of bishop 05:22.580 --> 05:26.270 scenario with White having good control over D5. 05:26.390 --> 05:34.730 And the thing is here, after Bishop takes the five Quincy seven, there's a way of actually opening 05:34.730 --> 05:42.950 up the position to start amplifying pressure, and that is a form of increasing or accumulating advantages, 05:42.950 --> 05:45.350 just ramping up the positional pressure. 05:45.350 --> 05:48.170 And it's interesting, it's very interesting how this is done here. 05:48.170 --> 05:52.460 So Queen seven is played that really can't go into a self pin here. 05:52.580 --> 05:53.840 We just double that. 05:53.840 --> 06:01.940 And in fact, we can just play that or rook take rook queen free and we're just winning a piece or we 06:01.940 --> 06:02.960 can just take her. 06:02.960 --> 06:04.940 And then this is dangerous for black. 06:05.240 --> 06:05.990 Very dangerous. 06:05.990 --> 06:09.050 For example, this would be ending the game of Queen de Force. 06:09.290 --> 06:09.650 It's not. 06:09.650 --> 06:10.850 It's not worth thinking about. 06:10.850 --> 06:16.970 So Queen is seven, Queen E free rook BC, eight C4. 06:16.970 --> 06:19.880 So it looks as though the queenside is kind of frozen black. 06:19.880 --> 06:22.760 Really hasn't got counterplay now on the queenside. 06:22.760 --> 06:23.510 No pawn breaks. 06:23.510 --> 06:28.520 All the pawns have been locked and this gives white a free hand on the kingside. 06:28.850 --> 06:33.470 And the first move taking time to do things delicately here. 06:33.500 --> 06:34.610 What would you play for? 06:34.610 --> 06:35.510 100 points? 06:35.510 --> 06:38.150 If you want to work for the G four pawn break. 06:38.150 --> 06:43.550 How would you do this without any fuss, without any counterplay from the opponent's? 06:45.470 --> 06:45.920 Okay. 06:46.670 --> 06:48.390 The first move is g free. 06:48.410 --> 06:51.380 This just gives G to start off with for a rook. 06:51.770 --> 06:53.510 And g two is used. 06:53.510 --> 06:55.310 So now G four is on the cards. 06:55.700 --> 06:57.980 Queen of six and g four is my use of. 06:58.280 --> 07:00.320 The Queen can enter the possession here. 07:00.950 --> 07:03.770 F takes rook tag four Queen C free. 07:03.860 --> 07:06.650 Now Karpov doesn't mind if the Queen's come off. 07:06.650 --> 07:14.120 He plays actually rook g free and offering b4 So here Queen takes me four is played If Queen takes a 07:14.150 --> 07:14.810 free. 07:15.590 --> 07:23.390 This situation with the weak e4 pawn is not particularly clever why it can play for example like this 07:23.870 --> 07:32.450 and actually get rid of that as a liability on the dark squares to start working to win the E4 pawn 07:32.450 --> 07:33.520 in this scenario. 07:33.530 --> 07:40.640 So say this position so that blocks the protection of E four and let's say E free. 07:43.280 --> 07:44.480 Relying on tactics. 07:44.660 --> 07:53.240 If taking there's a pin and then black could play rook tank C4, but white can play carefully with rook 07:53.450 --> 07:55.970 one, I'll put that on the board for you. 07:56.390 --> 07:56.990 Hold on. 07:58.260 --> 08:04.890 So we're saying if that's if there's to too much eagerness and rock take fall, we can see that's pinned. 08:05.520 --> 08:13.890 So but why it can actually work around here with Rook DD one walk around the trap and then rook takes 08:13.890 --> 08:17.990 EA free in this position is hitting the bishop. 08:18.000 --> 08:23.930 And if Bishop takes B four, then actually this position is now about Black's king. 08:23.940 --> 08:26.460 It's like transferring the advantages. 08:26.460 --> 08:31.410 So now white can play like this going for the king, actually. 08:31.770 --> 08:34.140 And this is a very dominating position. 08:34.260 --> 08:35.910 So as example. 08:37.300 --> 08:37.690 Here. 08:37.690 --> 08:39.970 The fund could play a major role. 08:40.710 --> 08:48.970 You know, blacks really desperate here with a move like this be sex, but let's say big sex have sex. 08:49.390 --> 08:51.820 And this position A takes bishop takes. 08:52.210 --> 09:01.540 We get a story like this which actually because I'm an F seven -- we can actually combine perhaps 09:01.720 --> 09:09.670 against blacks king here so this scenario could end up meeting the king by force as example because 09:09.670 --> 09:13.540 this is an interesting opposite kind of bishop scenario where they attack is quite strong. 09:13.960 --> 09:17.970 The bishop would not dare to leave because h take some rook tanks and imagine this scenario. 09:17.980 --> 09:25.440 We can actually get a force Checkmate here like this or like this King hates, Right? 09:25.510 --> 09:27.580 Jack Rook takes h five. 09:27.580 --> 09:29.950 So there are scenarios essentially. 09:29.950 --> 09:30.820 I just wanted to show you. 09:30.820 --> 09:36.760 There are scenarios where if the Queen's come off, there are difficulties for Black to fold. 09:36.760 --> 09:39.820 It's about E four and then it's about king safety potentially. 09:41.050 --> 09:47.260 So Queen takes B four is played and this starts to be about king safety in the main line of the game. 09:47.260 --> 09:51.880 Now comp of doubles Queen B2. 09:53.770 --> 09:56.470 So remember the rooks on G seven as well. 09:56.470 --> 10:00.580 Rook G five, Queen F six Rook 12g4. 10:01.630 --> 10:03.220 Queen one King G two. 10:03.220 --> 10:04.590 Queen B two King free. 10:04.630 --> 10:05.800 So where is the king going? 10:06.190 --> 10:08.890 The rook goes that e7ce75. 10:08.890 --> 10:14.230 Now, here is actually a critical mistake of the game. 10:15.550 --> 10:17.170 John plays Queen of six. 10:17.170 --> 10:18.730 This is actually a critical mistake. 10:18.880 --> 10:28.030 Apparently, it seems Queen a one leaving the queen around for checks can actually stop White's build 10:28.030 --> 10:31.420 up of pressure in a few circumstances. 10:31.420 --> 10:41.600 So as example, if Rook has five hair, there's Queen F one check and a rook f eight and that pins like 10:41.620 --> 10:42.400 slowing white down. 10:42.400 --> 10:43.360 It's just even. 10:43.360 --> 10:47.380 And if rook g one queen E five if we take this example. 10:48.740 --> 10:55.870 Yeah we don't plan doesn't want to take on a five safety point because of f six and in this this position 10:55.870 --> 10:57.610 has rook G eight and that's mating. 10:57.910 --> 11:05.230 So but let's say Queen E five, rook two, G four, and the Queen goes back to be a nuisance. 11:05.470 --> 11:06.850 Bishop E six. 11:08.470 --> 11:09.850 And there's rookie fights. 11:10.330 --> 11:16.880 And this should be a position which is even if we look at this, if one plays, for example, rookies 11:16.990 --> 11:22.390 five trying to build up something, then Queen F one check and this ruins everything. 11:22.390 --> 11:23.800 Bishop E five check. 11:24.190 --> 11:30.010 It's actually completely ruined for white because now there's Queen de Fray getting the queen's off 11:30.010 --> 11:32.230 with a big passport, which is actually winning. 11:32.530 --> 11:40.780 So that's an example where, yeah, black does have resources, it seems essentially if Queen one had 11:40.780 --> 11:46.900 been played rather than going for this, rather than going back with. 11:48.190 --> 11:49.540 Queen of six. 11:51.910 --> 11:58.450 So, yeah, staying around a little bit more, a little bit more for checking the king with Queen one 11:58.450 --> 12:01.150 does seem to be very interesting here. 12:01.420 --> 12:04.150 Very, very interesting as a way of holding the fort. 12:04.180 --> 12:04.810 It's difficult. 12:04.810 --> 12:06.040 It's difficult stuff. 12:06.400 --> 12:09.520 But with Queen of six, it's remarkable what happens. 12:09.540 --> 12:10.990 Rook five. 12:13.240 --> 12:18.460 So here, if the queen had been on a one, there'd be checks, which would be annoying. 12:18.460 --> 12:24.750 So Rook finds Rook gh4, and this kind of creates a weakness by four. 12:24.770 --> 12:28.150 So g six and combo plays Rook G four. 12:28.150 --> 12:29.770 He wants to enter that weakness. 12:30.460 --> 12:35.080 We have rookie five and now very, very careful move indeed. 12:35.080 --> 12:38.620 What would you play in this position? 12:43.830 --> 12:44.070 Okay. 12:44.100 --> 12:44.990 Very careful. 12:45.000 --> 12:45.810 Consider the move. 12:45.810 --> 12:50.030 Rook g g for g five, g2g5. 12:50.040 --> 12:51.990 Preventing any naughty tactics. 12:51.990 --> 12:56.340 If rook g six there is a naughty tactic Queen tax g six is winning two Rooks. 12:56.340 --> 12:57.030 Ouch. 12:57.240 --> 12:59.160 And then it's just ruined. 12:59.160 --> 13:01.080 It's just completely and utterly ruined. 13:01.080 --> 13:04.650 This position blank is going to be banner so Rook gg5. 13:04.650 --> 13:05.610 Easy does it. 13:05.610 --> 13:06.900 Small steps. 13:07.290 --> 13:08.370 King G four. 13:08.400 --> 13:10.140 This is a really remarkable move. 13:10.170 --> 13:12.030 This is absolutely remarkable. 13:12.120 --> 13:17.700 The king supporting F5, which means now it's preventing these tactics. 13:17.700 --> 13:19.920 So Rook g six without any queen tax. 13:19.920 --> 13:21.810 G six Beautiful move. 13:21.810 --> 13:27.960 King G four So just to recap here, if well, just to analyze here this position with Queen six, G 13:27.960 --> 13:35.760 six and Rook takes H five check leads to a situation which again you know is is only good for black 13:35.760 --> 13:40.230 really black's black's doing really well here as example these scenarios are good for black. 13:40.230 --> 13:48.800 So King G for we have King H seven and now Rook G six, Queen eight. 13:49.440 --> 13:55.020 And now there's another way of amplifying the pressure, really, on Black's position. 13:57.850 --> 13:58.420 Can you say it? 13:58.810 --> 13:59.680 Ten points. 13:59.950 --> 14:01.390 Really amazing stuff. 14:02.940 --> 14:03.470 Okay. 14:07.360 --> 14:16.210 Oh, just just to say, by the way, instead of Queen Fe, if Rook takes F five, trying to undermine 14:16.210 --> 14:24.940 the G sex rock and stuff just plays here won't just plays, can you say. 14:25.300 --> 14:28.950 Yeah, just actually plays queen sex h sex, for example. 14:28.960 --> 14:29.830 That's mating. 14:30.520 --> 14:34.180 Yeah, that's absolutely crushing. 14:36.820 --> 14:39.010 Okay, so all Rook takes age six. 14:39.190 --> 14:40.270 This this one. 14:41.440 --> 14:43.720 The bishop is controlling the G eight square. 14:43.720 --> 14:47.110 So Queen F eight holding H six. 14:47.410 --> 14:49.210 But now Queen G five comes in. 14:49.210 --> 14:52.520 So the idea now is to be able to play Queen G six. 14:52.540 --> 14:56.790 Sometimes we have Queen takes F five check. 14:56.830 --> 14:57.520 This is a losing. 14:57.700 --> 15:04.410 There's nothing really to do if rook c eight rook g takes h six and we crash through with Queen six, 15:04.420 --> 15:04.960 rook takes. 15:04.960 --> 15:08.080 We're going to win the Queen and it's checkmate as well. 15:08.680 --> 15:12.550 If if we just it's again going to be a mating. 15:12.850 --> 15:15.190 So Queen takes F five check. 15:15.760 --> 15:19.120 But now Queen takes her five, Rook takes her five. 15:19.120 --> 15:20.410 And guess what we play here. 15:21.430 --> 15:23.560 Yeah, that takes Rook takes G seven. 15:23.560 --> 15:33.760 We don't want to let the G six rook go or allow King takes her five rook f eight check is essentially 15:33.760 --> 15:35.230 naughty to win G six. 15:36.910 --> 15:39.310 So, yes, you know, this way. 15:39.310 --> 15:45.100 There's this, this way, there's this, you know, trying to win sex. 15:45.100 --> 15:50.440 But the thing is, why inserts how rock takes G seven check to be a bishop up. 15:50.440 --> 15:52.690 So that bypasses the trickiness. 15:52.810 --> 15:59.320 So yes comp I've really navigated his way round to really ramp up the pressure on the King side with 15:59.320 --> 16:00.590 the opposite kind of bishop scenario. 16:00.610 --> 16:07.150 It was very impressive how Karen attention was taken small step by step, ramping up of the pressure. 16:08.410 --> 16:12.670 It's amazing to see this game where John Nunn's counterplay was kind of minimized. 16:12.760 --> 16:19.480 It's usually a ferocious tactician attacking player, but he was kind of tamed here under the kind of 16:19.480 --> 16:23.410 Carpathian grip, which was increased increase to amplify the pressure. 16:23.410 --> 16:24.160 In the end. 16:24.610 --> 16:26.640 I a wonderful game example. 16:26.650 --> 16:29.320 I hope you enjoyed it and got some instructive points. 16:29.560 --> 16:30.320 Okay. 16:31.130 --> 16:32.050 And so much.