WEBVTT 00:01.020 --> 00:01.870 Hi there. 00:01.890 --> 00:07.950 In this lecture, we see Anatoly Karpov playing against larger supporters in the 1982 fillets and Drew 00:07.950 --> 00:09.320 Tillman's around 12. 00:09.330 --> 00:11.020 So e four from Karpov. 00:11.040 --> 00:12.570 We have a Sicilian defense. 00:12.600 --> 00:13.080 Nice. 00:13.080 --> 00:13.590 F eight. 00:13.590 --> 00:14.410 D six. 00:14.430 --> 00:15.120 D four. 00:15.150 --> 00:15.670 C tanks. 00:15.690 --> 00:19.410 d496349569c3. 00:19.410 --> 00:25.950 The night off with a six bishop e two and e five might be free. 00:25.950 --> 00:27.030 Bishop e seven. 00:27.180 --> 00:29.850 Both sides Castle Bishop e three. 00:29.850 --> 00:31.020 Bishop e six. 00:31.650 --> 00:32.820 Queen dd two. 00:32.820 --> 00:34.170 Knight BD seven. 00:34.530 --> 00:35.610 So here. 00:36.030 --> 00:38.220 Yeah, it's an interesting move. 00:38.220 --> 00:40.410 Might bd seven if be five. 00:40.890 --> 00:44.280 You might wonder what would be a good recipe here. 00:44.400 --> 00:48.270 I would not recommend the passive a free. 00:48.300 --> 00:51.240 In fact, we can play a lot more dynamically. 00:51.240 --> 00:52.590 I know it looks scary. 00:52.590 --> 00:56.070 This be 4496e4 here, but we can play a four. 00:56.610 --> 01:04.350 So if be four we just play 95 and we're going to take out before we're free to one pawn majority as 01:04.350 --> 01:05.250 a simple example. 01:05.250 --> 01:13.200 So say nine takes e four we can take on E seven first to safeguard tonight, just take off E seven check 01:13.410 --> 01:15.570 and then Queen takes B for this position. 01:15.570 --> 01:17.890 Should be a nice edge for white. 01:17.910 --> 01:21.480 White can actually just play c four here with a proxy bind. 01:21.480 --> 01:25.710 Well half of proxy bind and it's a free to one pawn jointly on the queenside. 01:25.870 --> 01:27.750 It's a nice looking position. 01:28.950 --> 01:35.310 So that's one simple way of playing things in the event of B five, just playing a four. 01:35.970 --> 01:36.180 Yeah. 01:36.330 --> 01:37.630 Tap the pawn forward. 01:37.650 --> 01:42.240 So Knight BD seven we have a four here preventing B five now. 01:43.430 --> 01:55.380 Rooks eight If Bishop takes B free, C takes nine, C five, we can actually play Bishop taking C five 01:55.380 --> 01:58.530 here and we end up with a nice bishop on C four. 01:58.560 --> 02:00.030 This would be a nice advantage. 02:00.030 --> 02:02.310 So it doesn't really matter about the double pawns. 02:02.310 --> 02:07.200 It's there are pluses to this position which outweigh the double pawns. 02:07.500 --> 02:09.990 So Rooks eight We have a five. 02:10.950 --> 02:16.920 So I'm fixing strategy, trying to restrain queenside Quincy seven Here we could investigate. 02:16.920 --> 02:21.450 Bishop takes B four again, but it's not that bad for white. 02:21.710 --> 02:23.160 White can play here. 02:23.940 --> 02:25.650 A tricky move, actually. 02:26.610 --> 02:28.380 In the form of, well, guess what? 02:28.380 --> 02:29.260 White can play. 02:29.280 --> 02:31.440 It looks as though we've been double attacked. 02:31.920 --> 02:33.510 So how would you handle this? 02:34.240 --> 02:36.180 What we acute way of handling this. 02:37.890 --> 02:39.810 There is a way just Queen DD one. 02:39.810 --> 02:43.560 So if Black tries to win a pawn, it kind of backfires. 02:43.560 --> 02:48.810 Positioning of the Queen DD five Because we're going to win B seven and an ace X we're going to undermine 02:48.810 --> 02:50.130 the pawn chain over here. 02:50.760 --> 02:56.310 So yeah, we're just taking on B seven, if not C five, trying to protect B seven, we just nudge the 02:56.310 --> 02:56.970 knight. 02:57.390 --> 03:02.640 And once we take on B seven, then a six is weak and it has kind of backfired on black. 03:02.850 --> 03:07.020 We have a nice advantage here with that nice outside pass pawn. 03:09.090 --> 03:10.590 So Queen C seven is played. 03:10.590 --> 03:13.380 We have Rook fc1, Queen C six. 03:14.980 --> 03:17.350 Again, Bishop thinks be free. 03:17.620 --> 03:19.090 We can just play, be here. 03:19.100 --> 03:21.520 There's no real problem with advantage. 03:21.520 --> 03:21.850 So. 03:21.850 --> 03:26.560 Quincy six, Bishop three We have Bishop C for. 03:28.870 --> 03:31.810 And yes, just one small bishop takes me, for instance. 03:31.860 --> 03:40.480 This disposition we can play Queen D one and one can't really take because of this rook eyeing the queen. 03:40.480 --> 03:42.340 So say Queen dd seven. 03:42.640 --> 03:47.580 We can play g free hair and we have a nice comfortable position. 03:47.590 --> 03:55.630 We can actually play Rook C two to DD two to target the DD six pawn on backward, the backward pawn 03:55.630 --> 03:58.300 and Z file with a very comfortable position indeed. 03:58.300 --> 04:00.280 We have everything secured. 04:00.280 --> 04:02.260 It doesn't really matter again about the double pawns. 04:02.260 --> 04:09.040 It's the pluses, overall pluses of our position, which counts overall positive rather than the structural 04:09.760 --> 04:11.620 deficit of the double pawns. 04:11.620 --> 04:18.700 So bishops C four is played rook four, rook D eight and now rook B four. 04:19.450 --> 04:20.920 This is an interesting queen. 04:20.920 --> 04:25.380 C 7.5 Knight takes D five, eight, eight. 04:25.390 --> 04:32.410 So there is a facility for Bishop B six because the rook there now five is played Bishop E2 And now 04:32.410 --> 04:33.220 maybe. 04:33.460 --> 04:36.280 Yeah, this is a really interesting position. 04:36.940 --> 04:39.700 It seems there is a tactical option available. 04:39.700 --> 04:46.930 G four which can be it looks a bit crazy in some lines if F for Bishop B six this position nine takes 04:46.930 --> 04:48.670 eight, takes Queen D seven. 04:48.970 --> 04:51.910 We can actually play a five here. 04:52.810 --> 04:58.750 And it turns out, you know, we've got pressure on C four, it turns out here we're winning. 04:58.930 --> 05:01.000 So Black has to improve on that. 05:01.150 --> 05:03.310 Black has to really improve on that. 05:04.210 --> 05:05.680 So F four, yes. 05:05.680 --> 05:11.860 Bishop B six is kind of very, very tricky for this C for Bishop to be stuck. 05:13.020 --> 05:16.600 It's like a forcing sequence here that we get to play. 05:16.620 --> 05:18.640 95 When does the bishop go? 05:18.760 --> 05:19.900 A two is not much good. 05:19.900 --> 05:21.070 It's going to be trapped there. 05:21.280 --> 05:23.500 And yeah, the bishop's kind of stuck here. 05:23.500 --> 05:26.470 Bishop a four there's be free coming. 05:27.820 --> 05:31.030 So given that the case let's look at E four instead. 05:31.030 --> 05:37.460 If G four being played Rook take C four is actually interesting for Bishop E2 temporary exchange sack 05:37.480 --> 05:42.430 Knight D4 looks at 96 and the black pawns are being undermined. 05:42.430 --> 05:45.190 There's enough compensation here for white Knight. 05:45.190 --> 05:51.730 Doesn't even need to rush for anything to take out f five and it ends up being a nice position for white. 05:51.850 --> 05:54.400 I ask though one is this nonsense. 05:54.400 --> 05:56.170 Hasn't black got Knight be free? 05:56.230 --> 06:03.430 If we look because we've got an entrenched knight, we can actually be technically material down here, 06:03.670 --> 06:05.260 but we're dominating the position. 06:05.260 --> 06:06.970 We have authority over the position. 06:06.970 --> 06:13.600 So say Quincy two and we knock out a sense pawn this position, okay, we lose B2. 06:13.600 --> 06:20.110 But if we look at it, yeah, it's a fascinating position where White's pieces are dominating. 06:20.110 --> 06:26.320 Knight G five is extremely dangerous for six and seven Checkmate as example. 06:28.150 --> 06:35.440 And here if for example GD eight, then F6 is winning threatening mate and this possession we can force 06:35.440 --> 06:44.080 a mate off tonight of seven shank queen e6e5 check and we're forcing a chat mate, so let's give Black 06:44.080 --> 06:49.360 a sensible move as example to show though, this position is still dangerous for Black's king with the 06:49.360 --> 06:50.530 queen stuck over there. 06:50.920 --> 06:54.070 Yeah, so there's a lot of compensation going on. 06:54.100 --> 06:56.610 If Queen G free and we take out D six. 06:56.620 --> 07:01.690 This is just a fictional scenario, but we've got nothing really to worry about, even though we're 07:01.690 --> 07:02.680 two exchanges down. 07:02.680 --> 07:03.340 It's fascinating. 07:03.340 --> 07:05.050 The pawns are really massive here. 07:05.200 --> 07:06.730 So this is all kicked off. 07:06.730 --> 07:07.870 All of this fascinating stuff. 07:07.870 --> 07:09.790 Kicked off from G four. 07:09.820 --> 07:11.980 Yeah, it is a fascinating move. 07:11.980 --> 07:15.430 But yeah, very, very kind of dynamic. 07:16.090 --> 07:17.710 It's understandable the more simple move. 07:17.710 --> 07:24.210 Bishop E2 is played by Karpov and he just wants to get his queenside pawn majority going. 07:24.220 --> 07:32.800 If we split the board into two here, we can see that White has a42 free 44 to 3 on this side of the 07:32.800 --> 07:34.930 board and black has a majority on this side of the board. 07:35.440 --> 07:45.700 So we have Bishop thanks be free if f for here we can play Bishop b6 low tempo tempo gain and take out 07:45.730 --> 07:46.120 C4. 07:46.150 --> 07:48.750 That C4 is a liability so Bishop takes be free. 07:48.760 --> 07:52.240 Finally played here doesn't seem under great circumstances. 07:52.270 --> 07:56.560 Now F4 lets the pawns actually be blockaded on light squares. 07:56.650 --> 07:58.900 It is a mistake making things worse. 07:59.020 --> 08:03.430 Rook f eight and this possession will rock C free as possible. 08:04.060 --> 08:10.690 So you might ask why if Queen takes a five, we can take on C eight and we're getting our tempo gaining 08:10.690 --> 08:12.970 material win with this. 08:12.970 --> 08:15.490 So let's imagine instead more sensible. 08:15.490 --> 08:22.240 Queen b a We can take on C A and play F3 and we've got a nice advantage so. 08:23.180 --> 08:23.690 Anyway. 08:23.690 --> 08:27.590 So that's the position is not great for Black Knight. 08:27.620 --> 08:27.920 See? 08:27.920 --> 08:30.350 Five Rook three Yeah. 08:30.350 --> 08:34.400 Our bishop is really good putting us in a good, good way generally. 08:34.490 --> 08:37.310 But F4 does actually make things worse for black. 08:37.310 --> 08:42.040 We see Bishop sex knight tanks, rook tanks, B six. 08:42.050 --> 08:43.220 Bishop G five. 08:44.750 --> 08:45.020 Yeah. 08:45.020 --> 08:45.460 Welcome to that. 08:45.470 --> 08:47.180 No, if E we're just taking out our four. 08:47.180 --> 08:49.040 So it does support the F four pawn. 08:49.040 --> 08:50.990 It's like one point, maybe 4e4. 08:50.990 --> 09:00.080 But we see Bishop G for the rook moves Rookie one, Queen C five and now a nice move. 09:00.080 --> 09:01.070 What would you play here for? 09:01.070 --> 09:01.970 Ten points. 09:04.830 --> 09:05.220 Okay. 09:05.250 --> 09:06.960 A nice preventative move. 09:08.410 --> 09:12.980 Yeah, just locking the E five point and supporting moves like B four on C four. 09:13.000 --> 09:17.320 So it's trying to get the majority to create a pass pawn here. 09:17.520 --> 09:17.860 So. 09:18.520 --> 09:23.320 And it's very difficult to see how black stopping this plan B for Quincy 7c4. 09:23.350 --> 09:23.730 Yeah. 09:23.740 --> 09:32.050 This looks like a plan which is quite vicious to plan for C five to generate a pass pawn king 8c5 just 09:32.050 --> 09:34.050 straight off the bat, not preparing any more. 09:34.060 --> 09:35.230 Just C five. 09:35.650 --> 09:41.980 We have D takes one else F Rook bd eight Queen dd free as example. 09:42.460 --> 09:43.480 And here. 09:45.170 --> 09:52.370 Say Bishop H4 because Black doesn't really want to lose E5 potentially to DD six and Rook 25 say this 09:52.370 --> 09:55.040 position we just get a big advantage with Rook C4. 09:55.250 --> 10:01.510 So Black did play details here DD six and now E five is vulnerable. 10:01.520 --> 10:04.750 But first just taking on C five, it's not going anywhere. 10:04.760 --> 10:07.030 The E five pawn we have three. 10:07.040 --> 10:08.180 This is rather desperate. 10:08.480 --> 10:09.760 It's hitting the queen. 10:09.770 --> 10:12.410 Queen moves the d5f times g two. 10:12.680 --> 10:14.840 But you are losing the center pawn. 10:16.160 --> 10:19.040 And we have Queen F six. 10:19.460 --> 10:20.930 There's a threat of queen takes F two. 10:20.960 --> 10:22.790 That's parity with Rook F five. 10:22.790 --> 10:24.820 Check King G two. 10:25.490 --> 10:32.510 So why is a pawn up here for not much compensation at all as compensation also has a massive past pawn 10:32.510 --> 10:37.340 d seven so Queen takes a five equal again on pawns. 10:38.090 --> 10:44.030 But now winning a pawn again Rook takes B seven to connected past pawns are being created. 10:44.030 --> 10:48.710 Rook takes me seven, Queen takes P seven queen the 8c6. 10:48.710 --> 10:50.810 This looks absolutely crushing. 10:50.930 --> 10:53.870 We have a five and now. 10:53.870 --> 10:54.260 Yeah. 10:54.290 --> 10:57.680 Nice tactic to exploit the past pawn potential. 10:57.680 --> 11:00.920 What would you play in this position for 100 points and why? 11:01.520 --> 11:04.160 Can you can you see the follow up on Bishop? 11:04.160 --> 11:07.610 This is a clue our bishop does x ray c eight. 11:09.230 --> 11:09.500 Okay. 11:09.500 --> 11:11.900 So a nice tactic to crown things here. 11:12.050 --> 11:16.250 See seven two crown all the positional play with combinations C seven. 11:16.430 --> 11:18.220 So Queen takes D seven. 11:18.230 --> 11:23.810 So the point is not to play C eight here because Black could just take them with the queen. 11:23.960 --> 11:26.690 The point is, Rook at four defends the bishop. 11:26.720 --> 11:31.400 The bishops now activated 4c8 support and Black resigned. 11:31.490 --> 11:35.990 If Queen D six we're just simply cleaning her well. 11:36.890 --> 11:43.180 So that looked like a very controlled game using a pawn majority to create a pass pawn. 11:43.190 --> 11:45.590 So 95 had an interesting role. 11:45.590 --> 11:49.070 If we go earlier how this pawn majority was even created. 11:49.070 --> 11:56.720 It was this kind of thematic 95 which split more the pawns. 11:56.840 --> 12:02.840 The poor majority is made more emphatic after this, giving black some potential for a four to free. 12:02.840 --> 12:08.660 But the kings over here so it's actually easier in some cases for wanting to try and get the past potential 12:08.660 --> 12:09.650 gain like in this game. 12:09.650 --> 12:14.630 So that's a great example of a poor majority and great control over the possession. 12:14.630 --> 12:21.140 Of course, blockading the rook, coming to that central four square nice example for thematic C five 12:21.170 --> 12:23.900 break to generate the dangerous passport. 12:23.940 --> 12:25.010 Very interesting game. 12:25.010 --> 12:25.580 Instructive. 12:25.580 --> 12:27.350 I hope you enjoyed this as much as me. 12:27.590 --> 12:34.940 Very controlled positional chess with preventative moves along the way just to increment those advantages 12:34.940 --> 12:37.740 gradually without too much controversy and fuss. 12:38.060 --> 12:38.760 Okay. 12:39.710 --> 12:40.520 And so much.