WEBVTT 00:00.990 --> 00:01.830 Hi there. 00:01.830 --> 00:07.110 In this lecture, we see Anatoly Karpov against Arthur Andersen in 1973 Madrid. 00:07.140 --> 00:10.560 Tournament round 3d4 from Karpov, we see. 00:10.560 --> 00:12.360 And some claim of six. 00:12.360 --> 00:14.130 C four, E six. 00:14.160 --> 00:17.100 Now Knights three the Queen's Indian Territory. 00:17.370 --> 00:20.790 We have B six, G three. 00:20.790 --> 00:21.450 Bishop B four. 00:21.450 --> 00:23.760 Czech Knight bd2. 00:23.760 --> 00:24.810 Bishop B seven. 00:24.960 --> 00:26.340 Bishop G two. 00:26.340 --> 00:30.240 Black Castles Karpov Castles C five. 00:30.240 --> 00:31.580 We have a three. 00:31.590 --> 00:33.690 So one gets this dance going. 00:33.690 --> 00:35.850 Bishop without a counterpart for one moment. 00:36.240 --> 00:37.440 Now C takes DD four. 00:37.470 --> 00:41.820 This is a very interesting moment for gaining a slight edge out of the opening. 00:41.820 --> 00:43.350 So what would you play here? 00:47.110 --> 00:47.910 Okay. 00:48.850 --> 00:51.880 Perhaps you'd consider just getting the pawn back straight away. 00:51.880 --> 01:00.580 But then after Bishop takes G too, King takes G to the five, we can still get a small advantage with 01:00.580 --> 01:01.360 Bishop before. 01:01.360 --> 01:05.530 But the way Karpov plays, it seems a little bit better. 01:05.530 --> 01:12.190 Bishop, before immediately hitting the rook and Karpov is not in a rush to get the pawn back. 01:12.190 --> 01:13.600 He plays Bishop dd six. 01:13.960 --> 01:15.910 You might think this is quite risky, isn't it? 01:16.120 --> 01:23.590 In between moves here, but there's no E5, so why can get this pawn and sitting on the point is to 01:23.590 --> 01:25.920 restrain the DD seven pawn. 01:25.930 --> 01:32.230 This is like the if you look at the particular status of pieces or pawns, this is now blockaded status. 01:33.160 --> 01:40.180 And this is interesting how these delicate little aspects of the position status of pieces is used in 01:40.180 --> 01:41.260 this game, in fact. 01:42.430 --> 01:45.610 So Bishop DD six blockading DD seven. 01:46.480 --> 01:47.910 If Knight takes DD four. 01:48.160 --> 01:52.180 In this moment, Bishop takes King takes the five. 01:52.210 --> 01:54.790 Yeah, it's just even here, really. 01:54.790 --> 02:01.330 So Bishop dd six we have now Knight E four. 02:03.430 --> 02:06.340 And does Karpov want to keep the Bishop. 02:06.340 --> 02:10.780 No, he accepts it can be traded off because he's got now a queenside pawn majority. 02:10.780 --> 02:13.360 In any case, a free to two pawn majority. 02:13.360 --> 02:15.790 So he doesn't mind the bishop being chopped off. 02:16.480 --> 02:27.010 But black plays Knight a six first and it looks as though well, the C five square could be useful. 02:27.010 --> 02:30.760 So that's ruled out before we have Rook he ain't. 02:32.410 --> 02:35.110 If Knight takes DD six Air Queen takes dd six. 02:35.110 --> 02:37.750 Yes, that backward D seven pawn is a problem. 02:38.170 --> 02:45.010 This looks like torture already after FD one and this position is taking on E seven and it could even 02:45.010 --> 02:47.920 afford Knight for offering exchange of bishops. 02:47.920 --> 02:56.430 This possession leads to a nice isolated Queen's pawn position with a nice blockade on DD four. 02:56.440 --> 02:58.330 So Rook is played. 02:58.330 --> 03:08.740 We have rook AC one Knight takes these six Queen takes these 697 Rook FD one rook seven So this is an 03:08.740 --> 03:09.820 interesting position now. 03:09.820 --> 03:11.620 So a queenside pawn majority. 03:12.730 --> 03:17.200 There's a key move here which increases White's advantage. 03:17.200 --> 03:19.510 It has certain France. 03:19.690 --> 03:23.050 Can you see what that move is? 03:27.350 --> 03:28.750 It really is a key move. 03:28.760 --> 03:37.970 Queen Defray the immediate win of a peace front is G five because it's looking at age seven and B seven. 03:38.420 --> 03:42.340 And the thing is, black compromise is possession by giving up the lights. 03:42.350 --> 03:46.280 Choir Bishop This doesn't look good in principle, but the thing is, say. 03:46.280 --> 03:50.930 Bishop eight Safeguarding the Bishop instead of G five. 03:50.930 --> 03:56.060 Now it has 95 that's looking at D seven 03:58.790 --> 04:01.820 and well, everything is looking at D seven. 04:01.820 --> 04:05.780 We're not going to take with the Queen because the rook, but we're looking at D seven and what would 04:05.780 --> 04:06.830 black play here? 04:06.830 --> 04:15.710 It's uncomfortable if d5c takes this position, there's e four and that is essentially going to be winning 04:15.710 --> 04:16.400 material. 04:16.400 --> 04:21.230 Black has the tricky move Rook C seven. 04:25.410 --> 04:34.320 A very tricky response indeed to try and get some counterplay, but one can just play Rook DD one keeping 04:34.320 --> 04:40.890 the pin and after F6 nine g for f5e takes F five. 04:40.890 --> 04:41.310 Why? 04:41.310 --> 04:43.770 It's going to be well off here. 04:43.770 --> 04:45.570 Very well off here in this position. 04:45.930 --> 04:46.470 So yeah. 04:46.470 --> 04:48.510 Bishop eight there's 95. 04:48.510 --> 04:51.210 So a lot of pressure on the black position here. 04:53.340 --> 05:01.260 If instead of Bishop eight, let's have a look at G six because that would suppress the G five If we 05:01.260 --> 05:02.970 look at this game with 95. 05:03.120 --> 05:08.880 Bishop takes G two here, King takes, let's say Queen E four. 05:08.910 --> 05:12.630 This is just a very comfortable bind on the position of the C five. 05:12.630 --> 05:14.190 It's really a nice position there. 05:14.460 --> 05:18.990 If we look again with D five, one can actually play C tanks. 05:20.400 --> 05:27.120 And here as an example E takes there's nine, C six and when it's getting a light square bishop without 05:27.120 --> 05:29.370 counterpart, which is going to be very useful here. 05:30.030 --> 05:32.160 So OC Bishop takes her free. 05:32.160 --> 05:35.400 It looks like a major compromise of the black position. 05:35.400 --> 05:37.860 Bishop takes her free 98. 05:39.210 --> 05:45.500 What to do though, with this bishop and this queenside pull majority how to hurl it through. 05:45.510 --> 05:47.820 We have the first move is Bishop B five. 05:47.820 --> 05:50.280 This is looking uncomfortable with the black pieces. 05:50.280 --> 05:51.240 Rook seven now. 05:51.240 --> 05:56.910 Bishop a six So the bishop leaves this diagonal to kind of potentially assess the pawns. 05:56.910 --> 05:59.340 But isn't it getting away in front of the eight pawn? 05:59.580 --> 06:06.840 We have Rook C six and also this is an unprotected piece, which means it could become a target in many 06:06.840 --> 06:07.750 variations. 06:07.770 --> 06:14.220 So this next maneuver from Karpov, it might not be the engines top choice, but if we're looking at 06:14.220 --> 06:19.350 the status of pieces, we want to move this ideally from unprotected to a protected piece. 06:19.350 --> 06:25.950 Days so couples move is Queen B free simply wants to be able to protect a six and this is very handy 06:25.950 --> 06:29.220 in many situations to have pieces protecting each other. 06:29.220 --> 06:38.370 As example, if we were in a rush to play C five, although this is not hitting, the Queen is protecting 06:38.370 --> 06:42.030 the bishop here, but there is Queen a five. 06:43.680 --> 06:46.500 Then we'd have to move the bishop and we're only getting a small edge. 06:46.500 --> 06:52.320 If we dissolve our pawn, then we've kind of lost something from the position. 06:52.770 --> 06:56.040 And if we played it with Rook, take C five again. 06:56.040 --> 07:00.870 We've kind of fragmented our pawns, but this is actually better. 07:00.870 --> 07:02.310 Black wouldn't really want to do that. 07:02.310 --> 07:03.720 That is a possible there. 07:04.930 --> 07:11.430 But if Black plays B takes yes, there is a potential salvation here for black if they can get us to 07:11.430 --> 07:12.630 dissolve our pawns. 07:12.630 --> 07:14.670 So yeah, it's interesting though. 07:14.670 --> 07:19.350 Queen B free is a kind of strengthening move to get rid of a limited piece basically. 07:19.350 --> 07:23.700 So more ideal statuses for the pieces, protected pieces. 07:23.700 --> 07:27.660 So Queen by eight is played, Queen A four 07:30.960 --> 07:32.970 and we have Rooks seven. 07:33.300 --> 07:36.450 And now another kind of status change pinning this pawn. 07:36.450 --> 07:42.690 It's these little nuances, just pinning that pawn make C5 more dangerous potentially have six. 07:42.690 --> 07:50.910 Now there might be a potential danger in the future with 94 comp she plays F3, which there's a couple 07:50.910 --> 07:56.700 of points it restricts the knight clearly and there might be some naughty business blacks trying to 07:56.700 --> 07:57.570 brew up as well. 07:57.570 --> 08:04.440 But the thing is also white is now threatening e four this is another thing. 08:05.030 --> 08:08.070 E four would be nice to chase the knight back. 08:08.910 --> 08:10.200 We have D five. 08:10.200 --> 08:12.060 Let's just show this in action. 08:12.060 --> 08:17.490 If D five wasn't played, say eight six and we get to play E four, it is a proxy bind. 08:18.120 --> 08:22.890 King If ie5 And when does the knight go back then? 08:22.890 --> 08:24.990 C five This is really comfortable for white. 08:25.320 --> 08:27.120 So D five is tried. 08:27.570 --> 08:30.030 We have C five now and now H five. 08:30.030 --> 08:32.730 So Black is trying to create some counterplay. 08:32.940 --> 08:42.210 A for the past pawns though a menacing if C six straight off the bat e five this position white could 08:42.210 --> 08:51.900 consider an exchange sac and this is interesting compensation but yeah, it's only a small edge. 08:51.900 --> 08:57.150 So a four we have rookie eight C tanks B six. 08:57.480 --> 09:05.340 So yeah, going for this with the 2 to 1 you might think, well C six is lucrative here, this is another 09:05.340 --> 09:06.240 option. 09:06.930 --> 09:11.280 And for example E five the exchange TAC here is actually a little bit more effective. 09:12.300 --> 09:13.290 Or is it. 09:15.060 --> 09:17.280 No, it's actually less effective. 09:17.880 --> 09:20.940 Queen the Bishop C for E for this is just even. 09:20.940 --> 09:22.280 It's not that convincing. 09:22.290 --> 09:25.770 Don't always be in a rush to play an exchange sacrifice like this. 09:25.770 --> 09:28.290 So yeah, the C six option is interesting. 09:28.590 --> 09:39.000 So instead of Route 65, why it could play though a five and if RD for eight tanks, Queen takes B six. 09:39.000 --> 09:42.450 This is an example where we cement are possible. 09:42.660 --> 09:45.720 We've got basically a protected passport potential. 09:46.290 --> 09:52.950 So for example here this is that's not really getting that much counterplay after we secure a protected 09:52.950 --> 09:53.880 passport. 09:53.910 --> 09:55.590 This is really great for us. 09:56.430 --> 10:04.320 So OC C takes B six, though it's played that way of playing it A five. 10:04.320 --> 10:10.950 And now the thing is, with this way of playing, it makes things a lot worse in this position by exchanging 10:10.950 --> 10:18.810 off on C one, but that really has to go into grovel mode really with 97 to minimize White's advantage. 10:18.810 --> 10:26.100 So for example, Rook C sinks rook tanks, queen tanks where there's a lot of pressure now on the black 10:26.100 --> 10:31.920 position by here as example, Queen 87, Queen B seven, Rook eight. 10:31.920 --> 10:38.490 So this is looking a bit gravelly, but actually White's advantage is contained somewhat. 10:38.520 --> 10:40.320 Well, it does have a small edge. 10:40.410 --> 10:41.670 It looks grim for black. 10:41.890 --> 10:46.830 To be fair, it does look fairly grim, but yeah, okay, that was a way of playing it. 10:46.830 --> 10:54.660 But Rook C1 makes things easier for White, so Rook takes him on Queen five so there's a threat to deal 10:54.660 --> 10:56.190 with Queen free check. 10:57.030 --> 10:59.910 So is this counterplay significant? 11:00.360 --> 11:06.310 If B takes had been played then Queen takes rook tanks, B tanks. 11:06.480 --> 11:08.610 Is is it basically a winning position? 11:08.610 --> 11:11.070 This outside parcel is so dangerous here. 11:11.970 --> 11:21.510 If, for example, Rook before Bishop d3g6, we get behind the pawn because there are dangers in this 11:21.510 --> 11:21.810 position. 11:21.810 --> 11:25.470 The bishop's covering the escape square, so that's kind of tempo gain. 11:25.470 --> 11:31.740 Then we get enough to get behind the pass pawn and this is really, really passive black. 11:32.100 --> 11:33.780 This position is on the way out. 11:34.590 --> 11:35.480 So that's on the way out. 11:35.500 --> 11:38.670 This position, it's going to be a big advantage for white there. 11:40.110 --> 11:43.410 And the king's got a walk on the dark squares available. 11:43.410 --> 11:45.180 It's just a winning endgame there. 11:45.720 --> 11:54.090 So Queen E5 is tried, Queen takes B6, takes the pawn and extinguishes Queen E free frats. 11:54.690 --> 11:57.900 We have D for renewing the Queen E for France. 11:58.500 --> 12:02.910 So here we see King H one just to put that on the board. 12:02.910 --> 12:06.570 If Bishop the free Queen is free tank, we'll pick up our rook. 12:06.570 --> 12:07.590 That's not good. 12:07.590 --> 12:16.170 So, King H one we have Queen E free and now rook f one safeguarding the rook we have E5 and our Bishop 12:16.170 --> 12:18.570 D free H four. 12:18.660 --> 12:22.530 There's no real point in playing e four here. 12:22.530 --> 12:30.210 White just takes on E four and in this position, Queen C six is a pain hitting the rook. 12:30.420 --> 12:33.840 What does Black do if Knight have to check? 12:33.840 --> 12:36.960 We're just taking there to take on and that's checkmate. 12:37.500 --> 12:48.690 If Knight c free, we're just playing a six and this is just going to be absolutely winning here. 12:50.730 --> 12:51.690 So. 12:53.640 --> 12:54.930 The thing is. 12:55.980 --> 12:58.800 Yeah, I mean, once a seven happens, that's really dangerous. 13:00.240 --> 13:02.580 Black actually tried h. 13:03.030 --> 13:07.470 Now that's taken Queen F four here. 13:07.980 --> 13:11.160 If e four if we look at E four here F takes nine. 13:11.190 --> 13:17.010 G four might have a queen H three threat that we can easily deal with this in this position with Queen 13:17.010 --> 13:18.060 C seven though. 13:18.630 --> 13:21.390 Take time out not to push the pawns automatically. 13:21.420 --> 13:25.770 This position, Rook five is dangerous. 13:26.610 --> 13:28.410 And the knight's kind of virtually pinned. 13:28.560 --> 13:28.950 Seven. 13:28.950 --> 13:35.690 So if Knight takes the free Queen, takes F seven, check rook h five will win the Queen. 13:35.700 --> 13:38.670 And we can even take first and then win the queen. 13:38.880 --> 13:46.800 So given that's the case, if f six, then we have a six here getting along with the passport potential. 13:46.830 --> 13:47.580 Now, you might wonder. 13:47.580 --> 13:48.690 Here, hold on, hold on. 13:48.720 --> 13:52.950 King's Krishnan hasn't just got Knight takes the free. 13:52.950 --> 13:58.650 We've got to be in control of the tactic opportunities especially on wings of the last move. 13:59.460 --> 14:03.220 So positional players need to be aware of weakness in the last move. 14:03.240 --> 14:06.220 If F6 been played, Black has weakened the king. 14:06.240 --> 14:12.090 Guess what we play after Knight takes RD free in this position to manage Black's counterplay. 14:15.110 --> 14:17.050 So there is a weakness of the last move. 14:17.060 --> 14:22.720 It's we can see for we tap in to see four here tactically to manage the counterplay. 14:22.730 --> 14:25.250 We want this position where we're fine. 14:25.250 --> 14:28.640 We certainly don't want black having any counterplay. 14:28.640 --> 14:32.900 So this our positions are going to be going well here smoothly. 14:32.900 --> 14:34.700 We definitely don't want to play. 14:34.700 --> 14:37.130 He takes the free hand routinely. 14:37.430 --> 14:40.520 And now this position, that's not what we want. 14:40.670 --> 14:43.460 It's got all sorts of terrible ideas. 14:44.750 --> 14:48.410 So, yeah, just just be aware of weakness of the last move plays into this. 14:48.410 --> 14:53.570 Once we've created a weakness around the king, we can leverage that quite often with checks. 14:54.440 --> 14:56.810 So yes, that's great stuff. 14:56.810 --> 14:59.600 So basically Queen F4 is played. 14:59.990 --> 15:01.340 We have Rook G one. 15:03.790 --> 15:07.080 Queen 6h4 and a five. 15:07.090 --> 15:10.150 So is Karpov worried here about E four? 15:10.150 --> 15:12.910 No G six is played, but if E four, guess what? 15:12.910 --> 15:16.300 We can play here tactically to keep control of the position. 15:19.020 --> 15:19.470 Yeah. 15:21.470 --> 15:23.400 This is a kind of weakness of the last movie. 15:23.420 --> 15:27.050 It's disconnected the queen from default. 15:27.050 --> 15:28.010 We can take on default. 15:28.370 --> 15:29.820 That's a pin against the queen there. 15:29.840 --> 15:33.410 So if g6 asymm we're getting along with the past pawns. 15:34.130 --> 15:36.440 Black hasn't got anything to really show her. 15:36.860 --> 15:37.940 Kind of paralyzed. 15:38.480 --> 15:43.360 So G6 is tried a seven, King G seven. 15:43.370 --> 15:47.120 And now guess what ends the game in really nice tactical style. 15:49.930 --> 15:50.120 Okay. 15:50.380 --> 15:51.400 For 100 points. 15:52.750 --> 15:53.010 Yeah. 15:53.020 --> 15:53.780 Bishop G. 15:53.860 --> 15:56.080 Jakes, this is a great tactic as well. 15:56.980 --> 15:57.930 So Black resigned. 15:57.940 --> 15:59.470 If EFF takes, we have a choice. 15:59.470 --> 16:01.150 We can either play Queen B seven. 16:01.900 --> 16:02.890 Sorry, We have a choice. 16:02.890 --> 16:04.060 Coming up, Queen B seven. 16:04.060 --> 16:05.680 Check here. 16:05.680 --> 16:07.810 And after King H eight, we have a choice here. 16:07.810 --> 16:11.500 We can either just simply queen that's convincing enough. 16:11.500 --> 16:15.100 That's absolutely winning, or we can be even more accurate. 16:15.100 --> 16:15.640 Rook Thanks. 16:15.640 --> 16:24.010 G Sex threatens Queen G seven mate if check Rook g one and then blacks can have to give up the queen. 16:24.010 --> 16:26.500 Otherwise Queen G seven mate France there. 16:27.280 --> 16:35.620 And if Queen H seven you know what this looks as though Have we just made a compromise? 16:35.620 --> 16:37.570 We can actually just take on h seven here. 16:38.410 --> 16:41.950 This position is clearly winning with the two connected pass pawns. 16:42.340 --> 16:44.200 Just show the power of the past pawns. 16:44.200 --> 16:48.520 So here, Rook six and black's doomed. 16:48.520 --> 16:49.150 And the queen. 16:49.390 --> 16:50.560 But what is black doing here? 16:50.560 --> 16:53.410 Getting behind the pawn rooks. 16:53.410 --> 16:55.810 I meant behind past pawns, either yours or the opponent. 16:55.810 --> 16:56.800 We just play B six. 16:56.800 --> 16:58.780 We're going to cross that rook with B seven. 16:59.260 --> 17:01.360 So yes, that would be amazing. 17:01.360 --> 17:05.170 So Bishop takes G six nicely, ends the game. 17:05.170 --> 17:05.440 Yeah. 17:05.470 --> 17:09.040 Really smashing into Black's kingside here brutally. 17:11.900 --> 17:14.530 So complete control of the position and demonstrated. 17:14.540 --> 17:18.740 So a really nice game showing how to exploit a queenside pawn majority. 17:18.740 --> 17:20.900 So that was set up in the opening. 17:20.900 --> 17:25.370 The queenside pawn majority was set up in the opening and very, very interesting play. 17:25.370 --> 17:30.260 So see to change the structure of the position to give that kind of imbalance. 17:30.260 --> 17:35.120 And the interesting thing, Bishop, before to say it's very instructive maneuver trying to leverage 17:35.120 --> 17:42.410 blockades and not mining the bishop taken off land, we've still got that backward deep horn on the 17:42.410 --> 17:44.390 default to play with as well. 17:45.110 --> 17:51.200 So it's a number of different advantages and also the soft spot, it is made softer without defensive 17:51.200 --> 17:58.070 piece and tactically that's very, very useful to get black to give up the bishop here, given this 17:58.070 --> 18:04.190 big Knight G5 front, which looks at the bishop and looks at age seven, but also there's 95 coming 18:04.190 --> 18:04.880 up as well. 18:04.880 --> 18:07.250 So potentially in some lines. 18:07.250 --> 18:13.910 So yes, this was a big compromise and it showed from this position Karpov showed great technique, 18:15.050 --> 18:21.620 minimizing the opponent's counterplay, getting that past pawn potential without too much controversy, 18:21.620 --> 18:24.440 getting it going without too much controversy in counterplay. 18:24.560 --> 18:26.270 So really control game. 18:26.270 --> 18:27.530 I hope you enjoyed this one. 18:28.240 --> 18:29.180 PENCE Very much.