WEBVTT 00:01.300 --> 00:02.080 Hi there. 00:02.110 --> 00:06.340 In this lecture, we see Anatoly Karpov against Kurt Hanson in 1992. 00:06.370 --> 00:10.350 The bill torments round 11 default from Karpov. 00:10.360 --> 00:17.620 We have DD six e4, 910, six, nine C, Frasier, the parents, the friends we have G Sex Knight every 00:17.620 --> 00:18.790 Bishop G seven. 00:19.270 --> 00:20.170 Bishop E two. 00:20.170 --> 00:22.240 Both sides Castle C six. 00:22.240 --> 00:25.720 Bishop f4 9bd7. 00:25.720 --> 00:26.530 Rookie one. 00:26.890 --> 00:29.710 So this is quite reserved play you might think. 00:29.710 --> 00:31.570 Is there something in E5? 00:32.230 --> 00:34.300 Well, it gets a bit tricky. 00:34.300 --> 00:40.420 Black can just take on E5 and playing like G four and it's going into complication. 00:40.420 --> 00:46.090 So e6 F takes blacks getting some peace activity potentially if like g five. 00:46.090 --> 00:54.820 This is a clever move looking at g four an e six but like D five and after Queen C one, queen a five, 00:54.820 --> 00:55.420 a three. 00:55.420 --> 00:58.720 Nice f six blacks getting a decent enough position. 00:58.720 --> 01:02.560 White does have a small edge, but why enter this level of complexity? 01:02.560 --> 01:06.520 There isn't a clear strategic plan like in the game that we see. 01:06.520 --> 01:09.790 So rook e one is simple and solid. 01:10.360 --> 01:17.320 Queen B six we have Queen C one protecting B two, we have E, five, D takes E five, D takes E five, 01:17.320 --> 01:19.810 and our bishop e free Queen seven. 01:19.810 --> 01:29.100 And now 92 we have rook the eight, rook D one Knights F eight and L 94 pair of rooks come off. 01:29.110 --> 01:38.410 So Queen takes the one hand 98 We have a full 96 and now I can't Jovian style move. 01:38.590 --> 01:40.660 Can you guess what was played here? 01:44.860 --> 01:45.130 Yeah. 01:45.160 --> 01:45.940 Might be one. 01:45.940 --> 01:49.480 The night's prospects on scifri aren't that great. 01:49.480 --> 01:51.670 So this is improving a piece. 01:51.670 --> 01:56.680 Basically, the Knights not really doing anything, but if it can reroute, so might be one. 01:56.680 --> 01:58.390 It can have other options. 01:58.390 --> 02:06.610 We have B six, C free knights have four and the bishop is preserved with Bishop F one, Bishop E six. 02:06.610 --> 02:13.060 And then the Knights sports the other one with Knights one, two, B two, So D two so H five Queen 02:13.240 --> 02:16.300 to rook the eight B for Knight F six. 02:17.020 --> 02:18.280 Knights F three. 02:19.480 --> 02:24.400 1987 and now Karpov is happy to have some more exchanges. 02:24.400 --> 02:31.480 So Rook takes the one queen takes the one Bishop G4 and now even more exchanges. 02:31.480 --> 02:34.350 Queen DD six There is an asset in the white position. 02:34.360 --> 02:39.850 You can see that the structure over here is under scrutiny from these guys. 02:39.850 --> 02:44.170 So is there a potential pass pawn situation emerging here? 02:44.710 --> 02:51.430 We have Queen takes DD sex Knight takes DD six and Black needs to tread carefully here. 02:51.670 --> 02:54.520 The bishop is guarding C eight. 02:54.540 --> 02:59.620 Black needs to be aware that initiate could potentially be dangerous if the bishop's not gone in C eight 02:59.890 --> 03:05.440 King fate is played If Bishop takes our phrase example to double the pawns. 03:05.440 --> 03:10.210 The thing is of the bishop f8c8 and that's just winning material. 03:10.330 --> 03:18.610 96b688c takes Bishop takes P four, there's 9c4. 03:20.200 --> 03:25.990 And here this is a very dangerous outside pass pawn supported by the minor pieces. 03:25.990 --> 03:36.250 So for example Bishop C free h h4 just to prevent any activities like a fight, let's say a five this 03:36.250 --> 03:43.510 position the past pawn is pretty dangerous and often like B six king of a seven. 03:44.020 --> 03:45.340 We're going to win material. 03:45.340 --> 03:48.160 It's too dangerous to give Y an outside pass. 03:48.160 --> 03:51.160 Pawn basically with Bishop takes F free. 03:51.880 --> 03:55.090 And yeah, the bishops are both very useful in this scenario. 03:55.480 --> 03:57.880 So King Fe is tried. 03:57.880 --> 04:02.500 We have a five, King E seven and now 94. 04:02.500 --> 04:04.720 So clearly the bishop supports the eight. 04:04.720 --> 04:07.540 So this way of attacking the pawn chain is used. 04:07.540 --> 04:11.980 Now Bishop takes her free hair, g tanks and now be five. 04:11.980 --> 04:14.980 So guess what Karpov plays here and why. 04:17.210 --> 04:19.940 So a great, great move and great conception. 04:21.980 --> 04:22.610 Okay. 04:23.150 --> 04:23.670 Are you afraid? 04:23.670 --> 04:25.250 They say a night on the rim, Dim. 04:25.280 --> 04:27.140 Does this look like a positional move to you? 04:27.170 --> 04:29.270 Well, it depends what the follow up is. 04:29.450 --> 04:32.600 We're also attacking the A seven pawn. 04:32.600 --> 04:33.640 We have a six. 04:33.650 --> 04:34.310 So guess what? 04:34.310 --> 04:37.010 The idea is here, which is great. 04:40.480 --> 04:40.990 Okay. 04:41.020 --> 04:42.240 It's the queen of --. 04:42.250 --> 04:44.050 We need to create a passport first. 04:44.050 --> 04:45.400 Like takes B five. 04:45.910 --> 04:47.740 We have C takes B five. 04:50.480 --> 04:55.010 If 95 instead, then a seven is strong. 04:55.160 --> 05:00.320 So looking at Bishop takes a six zone, so this position we can tuck our king away on H one. 05:00.830 --> 05:05.600 And here it's just going to be absolutely winning with the pass pawns. 05:05.600 --> 05:10.740 So see, sex is played here and our bishop takes B 595. 05:10.760 --> 05:15.590 Black dare not take on B five because after a six it looks as though. 05:15.590 --> 05:16.400 Hold on, hold on. 05:16.400 --> 05:22.250 King's Crusher doesn't this knight kind of help here with 96? 05:22.550 --> 05:26.600 What would you play in this position if this happens for ten points? 05:28.690 --> 05:29.320 Yeah. 05:29.470 --> 05:30.940 Delayed gratification. 05:31.120 --> 05:31.760 Bishop. 05:31.930 --> 05:34.920 Sex to stop 19 seven. 05:34.930 --> 05:35.950 That's the way of queening. 05:35.950 --> 05:42.850 The -- bit of delayed gratification if a seven immediately 97 so we played bishop be six here to cut 05:42.880 --> 05:49.750 97 first and then a seven and we're cleaning and even if we lose the bishop, we've got quite a lot 05:49.750 --> 05:52.890 for the queen here and we've got more pass pawns on the way. 05:52.900 --> 05:55.180 So that is in its favor. 05:55.360 --> 05:57.400 So 95 was tried. 05:57.700 --> 06:02.410 Bishop takes a six, like six Bishop drops back. 06:02.830 --> 06:08.710 King The eight, a six, King C eight and other possible pawns are meant to be pushed. 06:08.710 --> 06:09.640 B six in general. 06:09.640 --> 06:14.860 BISHOP If 8b6 we have Bishop C five. 06:16.250 --> 06:19.410 And now a very strong move here. 06:20.330 --> 06:25.250 BISHOP So this is adding more support for the passport potential. 06:26.300 --> 06:34.040 So with a seven coming along supported by the bishops, so the Bishop's taken, he takes Bishop Sykes. 06:34.040 --> 06:40.220 E Frey And what is the key point here? 06:41.710 --> 06:41.980 Okay. 06:42.010 --> 06:43.380 First insert a check. 06:43.390 --> 06:44.630 And now what's the key point? 06:44.650 --> 06:46.300 Which piece to take? 06:51.510 --> 06:52.020 Yeah. 06:53.310 --> 06:54.570 D takes e sex. 06:54.570 --> 06:59.400 The bishop is having real trouble controlling all of these past pawns of the bishops. 06:59.400 --> 07:00.780 c5e takes F seven. 07:01.020 --> 07:01.890 Just resign there. 07:01.890 --> 07:03.720 It's a pretty hopeless position. 07:04.110 --> 07:11.070 But let's see what happens if Bishop e seven, we can just actually add more pressure to the black position 07:11.070 --> 07:12.120 with king of one. 07:12.120 --> 07:14.070 Bring our king to the center. 07:14.700 --> 07:24.480 So this way and then now King D five and then C four, as example, and end up taking E five. 07:24.570 --> 07:31.590 And then this situation is going to be devastating after a seven check, as example for King C seven. 07:32.730 --> 07:37.110 So we're threatening B ain't queening and plants just in hopeless position. 07:38.280 --> 07:40.920 So it's certainly delaying. 07:41.430 --> 07:42.750 We're going to be queening. 07:42.750 --> 07:48.210 So yes, the crushing game now with the past pawns, quite dramatic brilliant game really showing passport 07:48.210 --> 07:52.200 potential a pawn chain under scrutiny earlier. 07:52.200 --> 07:58.350 So the fascinating thing is basically yeah, this queen sign scrutiny does actually mean something. 07:58.350 --> 08:03.420 You don't actually have to go for the opponents KING Positional players like their past pawns. 08:03.420 --> 08:10.110 That is a lot of things are about pawns for positional players and there was a kind of advantage of 08:10.110 --> 08:15.720 queenside scrutiny with Black's pieces on this side of the board as if they had some attacking intentions 08:15.870 --> 08:16.250 here. 08:16.320 --> 08:20.130 But they moved away from protecting pawns. 08:20.130 --> 08:25.170 And it's actually difficult, very difficult in this situation when there's no attacking potential and 08:25.170 --> 08:27.780 there's a pawn chain under scrutiny like this. 08:27.780 --> 08:36.930 This is a really instructive example in many respects, in my view, for the amazing impact of sacrificing 08:36.930 --> 08:40.950 a piece here to generate very dangerous pass potential. 08:40.950 --> 08:44.070 So absolutely wonderful stuff. 08:45.360 --> 08:45.950 Yep. 08:46.230 --> 08:52.230 And you know, the notion of Bishop Be6 as well, if you sort of see takes if we look at eight takes 08:52.830 --> 08:59.430 instead this fast outside pass point if 96 delayed gratification is important here with Bishop B6 to 08:59.430 --> 09:02.130 stop make seven pass pawns on the way. 09:02.370 --> 09:08.460 So yeah great great game example of the impact of potential past pawns. 09:09.240 --> 09:12.840 I hope you enjoyed this one as much as me and so much.