WEBVTT 00:01.100 --> 00:02.000 Hi there. 00:02.090 --> 00:08.690 In this lecture, we see Anatoly Karpov playing against Katsu Kamsky in their 1996 Karpov Kamsky Feed 00:08.690 --> 00:10.670 World Championship Match, round nine. 00:10.670 --> 00:18.710 So D4 from Karpov we have Kamsky playing nine of six C4 G6, we have 93 and now Grunfeld Defense 93, 00:18.710 --> 00:24.440 Bishop G7, and now the Russian system Queen Bee free, which actually actually coincidentally, I had 00:24.440 --> 00:28.300 done a paper many years back on the Barnet Chess Club website about Queen Bee free. 00:28.310 --> 00:31.610 I thought it was an interesting weapon against Grunfeld. 00:31.850 --> 00:34.880 So we have DD take C4 Queen, take C4. 00:34.880 --> 00:38.360 So White seems to get potentially an ideal pawn center. 00:39.120 --> 00:39.820 Sorry. 00:39.830 --> 00:45.950 What I meant was potentially with E4, it's a nice pawn center, but the queen is subject to tempo gains. 00:45.950 --> 00:48.020 So we see black castling and now E4. 00:48.020 --> 00:50.480 So this ideal looking pawn center. 00:50.630 --> 00:52.490 But Black's idea is a six. 00:52.490 --> 00:59.150 So we have a tempo gainer of B five and I think Catto and it's also provocative it's provoking white 00:59.150 --> 01:03.560 to play E five we have B five Queen B3 and now FD seven. 01:04.460 --> 01:10.550 So here Bishop E three is played, E six is another move, but it doesn't necessarily get anywhere. 01:10.760 --> 01:17.150 Black can entertain F takes E six for example, 9g5 looks scary, but Bishop takes DD four. 01:17.330 --> 01:18.980 Bear with this for a moment. 01:19.970 --> 01:21.200 So here. 01:23.750 --> 01:25.430 Black is actually looking at F two. 01:25.460 --> 01:26.960 This justifies things. 01:26.960 --> 01:32.150 We have, for example, Queen size E six, check, King G seven, Bishop E three. 01:32.150 --> 01:37.730 And now Bishop takes C free check with tempo for nine of six, which hits the queen. 01:38.000 --> 01:38.780 The queen goes back. 01:38.780 --> 01:40.130 This is just a fictional variation. 01:40.130 --> 01:42.470 H six Rook RD one Queen eight. 01:42.470 --> 01:48.050 We can see that black's going to be okay in this kind of position, so it might not be the best player. 01:48.050 --> 01:52.940 E six So Bishop E three we have C five and E six here. 01:53.000 --> 01:54.290 This is slightly different. 01:54.290 --> 01:59.870 If D takes E five, black gets the perks of the opening night, takes E five. 01:59.870 --> 02:01.610 This position is nice. 02:01.610 --> 02:02.030 Four black. 02:02.030 --> 02:08.270 Actually, black's got really no problems here, so E six is played here. 02:08.270 --> 02:14.720 We have c4e takes off seven rook takes F seven and it's important the queen goes back to D one. 02:14.720 --> 02:17.120 That's the only real square of value here. 02:17.210 --> 02:24.890 If Queen C two black's going to get control of the position with 9b6 and this tempo gain at Bishop a59c6. 02:24.980 --> 02:26.810 It's going to be very comfortable for black. 02:27.170 --> 02:28.220 This could be a dream position. 02:28.220 --> 02:32.420 That same feels kind of dangerous potentially as well. 02:32.660 --> 02:33.380 So. 02:33.680 --> 02:41.990 So Queen rd one might be six and now Karpov sets problems so he doesn't routinely develop pieces. 02:42.080 --> 02:47.600 He goes with the tempo gain of 95 we have rook f eight if Bishop takes e five. 02:47.600 --> 02:50.000 This is very bad for black after D stakes. 02:50.360 --> 02:53.660 We have a major idea of Queen takes and Bishop takes. 02:53.660 --> 03:01.910 What is black do So if Queen takes rook takes black is lost here if knight this BD seven, E six and 03:01.910 --> 03:05.510 otherwise Knight takes a four and Bishop takes C four. 03:05.510 --> 03:08.030 So this is diabolical, this position. 03:08.030 --> 03:11.000 In fact there's always an E six if Knight BD seven. 03:11.000 --> 03:15.830 So let's imagine Queen C seven here, Queen D four though. 03:15.830 --> 03:18.800 And they're still ideas of E six. 03:18.800 --> 03:26.270 So Queen Tang's B six threatened if a four white is dismantling black with nine takes a four, bishop 03:26.270 --> 03:27.290 takes C four. 03:27.320 --> 03:33.620 This would be a very nice position for why indeed fractured pawn structure might inspire pieces. 03:33.620 --> 03:41.120 So Rook f eight was chosen, but now the knight on E five the undermining of Black's pawn chain is more 03:41.120 --> 03:41.670 effective. 03:41.780 --> 03:44.090 A four We have B four. 03:44.090 --> 03:45.560 And now the point is a five. 03:45.560 --> 03:47.300 So undermining C four. 03:47.330 --> 03:48.830 We have B take c three. 03:48.830 --> 03:53.890 If Knight takes D five, white can actually just take on D five of the Queen six. 03:53.930 --> 03:55.610 Just when the queen were bishop, take C four. 03:55.610 --> 03:56.240 Ouch. 03:57.020 --> 04:04.220 So B S.C four eight we have a takes B six, C takes B to bishop takes C four, check king eight and 04:04.220 --> 04:06.980 now Rook B one, queen takes B six. 04:07.340 --> 04:11.810 And now Cop off Apparently spent about 20 minutes on this move. 04:11.810 --> 04:14.030 Queen rd two, which a lot of players would do routinely. 04:14.030 --> 04:20.750 But Karpov is seeing very deep into this position and we actually get an inaccuracy straight off the 04:20.750 --> 04:20.960 bat. 04:20.960 --> 04:25.430 Knight BD seven It seems Bishop E6 seems to be the way to go. 04:26.300 --> 04:30.770 If White Castle's bishop takes C for Knight, take C for this position. 04:30.770 --> 04:33.350 Knight takes B to 96. 04:33.350 --> 04:38.030 Should be about even, but with 97 things are different. 04:38.030 --> 04:41.420 Rook takes B two and actually there is trouble here. 04:41.420 --> 04:47.690 There's a lot of trouble in this position and it causes Kamsky Great concern, the potential troubles. 04:47.690 --> 04:55.040 And he actually sacks his queen for a rook and bishop basically Knight takes E five is played offering 04:55.040 --> 04:55.920 the queen up. 04:55.940 --> 04:59.780 The thing is, if Queen C seven the point would be nine, F seven check. 04:59.780 --> 05:01.960 And here rook C two. 05:01.970 --> 05:03.980 So there's no rook takes F seven. 05:03.980 --> 05:06.440 This is a really nasty tactical idea. 05:06.440 --> 05:08.990 If Bishop takes then winning the Queen. 05:09.110 --> 05:14.420 So in this position after Rook C2, let's imagine Black castles. 05:14.780 --> 05:16.940 So after Rook, not castles. 05:17.660 --> 05:23.600 So imagine Knight of six White Castles and let's say Queen a seven. 05:23.960 --> 05:26.330 The Queen's not getting any rest here. 05:26.690 --> 05:28.760 If Queen RD, seven and 95. 05:28.760 --> 05:29.000 Ching. 05:29.000 --> 05:29.810 We're picking up the Queen. 05:29.810 --> 05:31.700 Let's say so Queen a seven. 05:31.700 --> 05:33.140 But we play Knight G five. 05:33.140 --> 05:37.280 Check here in D five and we're hitting the queen. 05:37.640 --> 05:42.680 And what what is actually black doing if Queen B seven, Bishop D four. 05:42.680 --> 05:49.310 And this is an enormous position for White to have and this is just a variation, but it's actually 05:49.310 --> 05:50.870 it's very interesting. 05:51.470 --> 05:59.360 So for example here rookie 184 let's take this fictional scenario d6e takes White can actually tactically 05:59.360 --> 06:05.390 exploit Black's position with Bishop takes F six getting that D five skewer and here Bishop takes five, 06:05.390 --> 06:05.930 Queen takes. 06:05.930 --> 06:10.010 This is just a fictional variation which ends up White's winning material. 06:10.640 --> 06:17.510 If Queen f6 trying to hide with Queen f6 F4 is strong and this position Bishop D5 is still annoying. 06:17.510 --> 06:20.840 You know, this rook over here can be a problem. 06:20.840 --> 06:21.860 This position is going to. 06:21.970 --> 06:24.070 Be nice for white. 06:24.430 --> 06:27.730 So OC this very speculative kind of position. 06:28.000 --> 06:34.960 You could take a position in Queensland for this is played but yeah it doesn't seem to work out too 06:34.960 --> 06:35.190 well. 06:35.200 --> 06:38.230 Might take C4 Queen B for nine takes B six. 06:38.230 --> 06:39.430 Queen take B six. 06:39.460 --> 06:39.920 A five. 06:39.940 --> 06:41.290 Let's take stock here. 06:41.290 --> 06:48.580 So essentially it's a rook and bishop for the Queen and what seems to be a potentially dangerous past 06:48.580 --> 06:51.100 pawn, however. 06:52.830 --> 06:53.300 Okay. 06:53.310 --> 07:02.280 However, white Castles we have a for now cop addresses this past pawn rook one we have Bishop F5. 07:02.880 --> 07:06.840 Now, if a free one can just go queen, be free. 07:06.840 --> 07:11.270 And if Bishop f5 White can play a very important move here. 07:11.280 --> 07:13.770 This is good for managing pass pawns without being mated. 07:13.770 --> 07:14.730 What would you play here for? 07:14.730 --> 07:15.780 200 points. 07:15.780 --> 07:21.300 This is a very important positional test actually, because tactics are essential to the positional 07:21.300 --> 07:21.950 player. 07:21.960 --> 07:23.280 What would you play here? 07:23.910 --> 07:24.510 Of course. 07:24.510 --> 07:25.110 Positioning. 07:25.110 --> 07:27.450 We want to get rid of Black's past and that's the positional goal. 07:27.450 --> 07:30.060 But we need our implementation to be spot on. 07:30.060 --> 07:32.160 We have to play a move like H three. 07:34.020 --> 07:35.520 This would be the least weakening. 07:35.520 --> 07:37.500 Or maybe, you know, h for to be considered. 07:37.500 --> 07:42.090 So if rook takes a free rook ab eight. 07:44.180 --> 07:50.630 You know, this, this is if we don't play H three roller, if we if we don't play H three, what happens 07:50.630 --> 07:53.060 is rook a b A and look at this. 07:53.060 --> 07:56.420 Black's got the B one square that's end of game. 07:56.660 --> 07:58.850 So yes, H three safety points. 07:59.450 --> 08:02.690 And now it's very different actually. 08:03.980 --> 08:05.030 If rogue FBI. 08:05.060 --> 08:06.330 Can you see what one has here? 08:06.350 --> 08:08.750 Fantastic resource for 100 points. 08:11.370 --> 08:13.410 Yeah, one would have Rook takes a free. 08:13.410 --> 08:15.330 And the point is, rook takes be free. 08:15.330 --> 08:16.290 Rook takes eight. 08:16.320 --> 08:18.600 Jack Bishop eight. 08:18.630 --> 08:20.100 We have Bishop H six. 08:20.100 --> 08:25.900 And this is very nice for why we're absolutely winning here with Bishop H six. 08:25.920 --> 08:29.820 We're going to be mating the Black King and Summer Asians were pretty soon. 08:29.820 --> 08:32.640 So, for example, King Rook takes off for his mate. 08:33.090 --> 08:39.270 So, yes, there's a great tactical point here that basically. 08:40.500 --> 08:43.380 On a free the -- is potentially doomed. 08:43.380 --> 08:45.930 So queen be free H free. 08:45.930 --> 08:53.340 But in the game Bishop five was played and now H for so this does more than H free. 08:53.340 --> 08:57.660 It also potentially is a form -- later for h six. 08:58.710 --> 09:08.520 So we have e sex if fba here the same idea holds rook takes a for so this back row of black is leading 09:08.520 --> 09:12.030 to the disaster here to Bishop H things if Bishop f sex. 09:12.030 --> 09:18.150 The thing is the here Bishop G five and this position white play rookie free and everything's held up 09:18.150 --> 09:27.390 this is great for white so e sex is tried Bishop F4 and now Bishop E for Bishop D six so won't controls 09:27.390 --> 09:35.760 stockings control more and more of the position Queen be five Bishop C six here If Bishop takes D for 09:35.790 --> 09:42.030 you might ask there's Bishop E five check and then we take off the dart square bishop and we can snap 09:42.030 --> 09:43.410 off e four as well. 09:43.800 --> 09:45.780 Take only six firsts is more accurate. 09:45.780 --> 09:51.990 So Bishop C six we have Queen before, so one dominating on the dart squares and the blockade square 09:51.990 --> 09:53.520 is a dart square as well. 09:53.730 --> 09:55.830 King G ain't rook free. 09:55.830 --> 09:59.430 And here Kamsky plays a crazy looking move. 09:59.460 --> 10:06.030 It really is a huge blunder of the game and his whole concept of like two pieces of the Queen is lost 10:06.030 --> 10:07.860 here with rook sayings. 10:07.860 --> 10:14.880 It seems black could be quite stubborn with Bishop D5 So as an example, a fictional continuation. 10:15.240 --> 10:18.060 Clearly he doesn't want to give up in principle, hence pawn. 10:18.060 --> 10:25.080 But if we look at this kind of fortress here, it's not entirely clear how white actually wins. 10:26.010 --> 10:31.830 So this is just a fictional example where let's say we go for G4 to try and rip things open. 10:33.000 --> 10:40.380 So basically say we get a position like this, it's still not clear how White wins this position. 10:40.380 --> 10:44.130 White still has work, and White definitely doesn't want to exchange off any more. 10:44.370 --> 10:48.210 If Bishop takes H six, White's advantage would be absolutely minimal here. 10:48.840 --> 10:53.460 So yeah, if Bishop e free, Bishop free again. 10:53.640 --> 10:56.280 It's not clear how whites going to win this. 10:56.280 --> 11:03.540 So this is a very important junction point of the game where Bishop D5 giving up, not having too much 11:03.540 --> 11:06.390 pride in the pawn you're letting it go for a fortress. 11:06.390 --> 11:09.570 Might have been the way to go, but we've rook a six now. 11:09.570 --> 11:10.620 Very different. 11:10.620 --> 11:20.080 We have Queen C four, so this hits a six pins, the bishop hits e6x round the king and of course an 11:20.100 --> 11:23.490 I on a four and x ray c eight. 11:23.490 --> 11:24.800 So it's a vicious move. 11:24.810 --> 11:28.590 Queen C four we have rook C, a eight. 11:28.740 --> 11:32.040 And now picking up this pawn, there's no fortress anymore. 11:32.070 --> 11:34.290 The fortress possibilities are blown apart. 11:34.290 --> 11:39.360 And now White's making even more progress, getting rid of the defensive bishop. 11:39.360 --> 11:45.990 And this means now this position that the form pawn strategy to amplify Dart square weaknesses would 11:45.990 --> 11:47.010 be very useful. 11:47.250 --> 11:52.740 Black doesn't have now a dark square bishop and white can try and tap into the dart squares so h five 11:52.740 --> 11:58.710 And also it shows this blockading move is also not just defending but attacking potentially so black 11:58.710 --> 12:04.980 they're not take on h five Bishop e8 was played if g takes h five rook g free check and this is just 12:04.980 --> 12:05.730 mating. 12:06.210 --> 12:12.540 So Bishop e eight we have H six rook 6 to 87 and now D five. 12:12.540 --> 12:18.900 Slightly inaccurate, but towards time control rook free would be a beautiful move to celebrate the 12:18.900 --> 12:22.230 form pawn so a free can you see what White has here? 12:23.580 --> 12:24.660 Totally winning. 12:26.780 --> 12:27.210 Yeah. 12:27.260 --> 12:29.690 Check all checks, even the totally outrageous ones. 12:30.260 --> 12:32.410 We would have Queen h h check here. 12:32.420 --> 12:34.450 King takes rook f a is checkmate. 12:34.460 --> 12:35.660 So d five, though. 12:35.660 --> 12:36.560 A bit of an inaccuracy. 12:36.560 --> 12:37.910 Rook b7d6. 12:37.910 --> 12:38.450 It doesn't matter. 12:38.600 --> 12:42.500 Its advantage isn't going away in a hurry. 12:42.650 --> 12:45.470 Rook a And now finally rook free. 12:46.010 --> 12:48.560 And yeah, this is absolutely crushing. 12:48.560 --> 12:52.190 End of game plan resigned if a free. 12:52.190 --> 12:52.370 Yeah. 12:52.370 --> 12:54.710 We still have Queen h h and Rook f eight. 12:56.070 --> 12:58.740 If Ruk have seven, we can just take on F seven king. 12:58.770 --> 12:59.130 Tanks. 12:59.130 --> 13:02.850 We have Queen E seven check and Queen G seven, mate. 13:03.780 --> 13:09.420 And here if Bishop takes, we have Queen D seven and that form pawn is really worth its weight in gold. 13:09.420 --> 13:13.620 So Rook Geoffrey White's on the rampage on the dark squares. 13:13.620 --> 13:15.560 Now it's irresistible. 13:15.570 --> 13:17.790 So a very interesting game. 13:17.790 --> 13:19.980 Karpov beating the Grunfeld defense. 13:20.640 --> 13:22.200 So there was an opportunity. 13:22.200 --> 13:22.440 Yeah. 13:22.470 --> 13:25.860 Kamsky wasn't completely crazy to do the queenside. 13:25.860 --> 13:31.650 There was an opportunity for an interesting fortress style position, but you have to give up the pride 13:31.650 --> 13:31.920 of his. 13:32.130 --> 13:37.140 One of the prides of his position that that pass pawn, it seems in the variations but very very interesting 13:37.140 --> 13:42.120 positional control and how Karpov came back here for the attack on the dart squares. 13:42.810 --> 13:44.550 Okay I hope you enjoyed this game. 13:45.030 --> 13:46.470 Got some instructive points. 13:47.340 --> 13:48.150 Hence you much.