WEBVTT 00:00.750 --> 00:01.550 Hi there. 00:01.560 --> 00:05.560 In this lecture we see Anatoly Karpov against Andrew Jonathan Masto. 00:05.580 --> 00:07.080 So this is in 1994. 00:07.080 --> 00:08.730 So Mestre, a British grandmaster. 00:08.760 --> 00:14.040 This was organized by Phillips Andrew and it's actually a company I kind of worked for actually for 00:14.040 --> 00:15.420 a while after a merger. 00:15.690 --> 00:21.990 So I was working for a fund management company and they got kind of merged in with Phillips and Drew 00:22.740 --> 00:26.550 to be part of UBS Asset Management. 00:26.610 --> 00:28.120 Just a bit of trivia there for you. 00:28.140 --> 00:35.940 So these finance companies did sponsor tournaments in the 1980s, and this was a very, very strong 00:35.970 --> 00:36.780 tournament indeed. 00:36.780 --> 00:38.580 So Anatoly Karpov invited to it. 00:38.580 --> 00:43.350 So E four from Karpov, E six from British Grandmaster Mesto. 00:43.650 --> 00:44.700 d4d5. 00:44.700 --> 00:47.340 So French defense 90 to the terrace variation. 00:47.340 --> 00:52.170 And these Karpov games may have been an influence on Michael Adams to play the Terrace variation. 00:52.170 --> 00:58.500 It is a very positional approach where you don't really get the double pawns in balance of, say, the 00:58.500 --> 01:01.620 winner, which suits perhaps more attacking players. 01:01.620 --> 01:06.450 You know, this structural damage, it's more about attacking in general because we have a bishop with 01:06.450 --> 01:07.340 our counterpart. 01:07.350 --> 01:10.680 So this positional continuation is very interesting. 01:10.680 --> 01:11.970 The Territory ation. 01:11.970 --> 01:18.060 And one key point about the parish is if Bishop before here we can just play the move C free. 01:18.060 --> 01:20.460 So there's no byte in bishop before. 01:20.460 --> 01:31.260 So nine of six we have a 5.57 C free C five and now bishop defray 9692 And yeah, this is a funny bit 01:31.260 --> 01:34.050 of opening theory where the knights have fancy maneuvers. 01:34.050 --> 01:41.430 So this knight going to E two, this one's free to reinforce D4 in a stronger manner that than is possible 01:41.430 --> 01:43.020 than if the knight had gone to free. 01:43.020 --> 01:45.840 You can see that Knight's not really holding up the four. 01:45.840 --> 01:52.080 But if we have our knights arranged like this with one knight on free and one on E two, they're both 01:52.080 --> 01:57.510 holding DD four, which is the base of the pawn chain, so that immediately undermines the pawn chain. 01:57.510 --> 01:59.250 E takes Knight six. 01:59.910 --> 02:06.210 We have white castling, Bishop dd six now Knight F3 so you can see this strong point DD four held by 02:06.210 --> 02:13.440 both knights and also there's a facilitation potentially of Bishop F4, which is to exchange off the 02:13.440 --> 02:17.040 dark square bishops to amplify the Outpost square E five. 02:17.940 --> 02:19.290 Now that is stopped. 02:19.290 --> 02:26.880 Quincy seven Here we have knight C free, so now takes up that C free square and there's an immediate 02:26.880 --> 02:29.010 threat of Knight B five that's stopped. 02:29.010 --> 02:36.060 We have Bishop G five and quite often the positional plan stereotypically is Bishop h42g3, perhaps 02:36.060 --> 02:39.330 one which will players like myself perhaps. 02:39.330 --> 02:47.070 Sometimes we use this to stereotypically we see black castling and now Bishop h4 as if the continuation 02:47.070 --> 02:55.890 will be Bishop G three We see Knight H five but now it's not really going to be an exchange of bishops 02:55.890 --> 02:58.110 if Black has an option of Knight takes G free. 02:58.110 --> 03:01.920 So this strategic bishop exchange is prevented basically. 03:01.920 --> 03:10.980 So Black has a number of prevention moves so far we have rookie 1g6, rook C one and now Queen G seven. 03:10.980 --> 03:12.720 So putting pressure on D four. 03:14.100 --> 03:20.730 So here the bishop drops back, so reinforcing D four, Bishop DD seven and four. 03:20.760 --> 03:26.160 For me this move is a little bit strange but can totally logical if you think about it. 03:27.780 --> 03:33.870 So sometimes Karpov is moving pieces backwards, moving one square back, one one step back to go, 03:33.870 --> 03:34.560 two steps forwards. 03:34.560 --> 03:40.350 But here it's like backwards from his own move, so it's not literally backwards. 03:40.350 --> 03:43.290 But didn't he just play the bishop to age four? 03:43.410 --> 03:44.640 It goes to G five. 03:44.640 --> 03:46.920 So what is this move? 03:46.920 --> 03:48.200 What is this about? 03:48.210 --> 03:51.810 Well, D4 support is still a priority. 03:51.810 --> 03:54.330 You know, Bishop, the bishop could come back to F3. 03:54.330 --> 03:57.570 There is the wrath of the F file the semi failed to deal with. 03:57.600 --> 04:03.600 If Bishop Jeffrey, it turns out here this bishop's exchange is not going to happen. 04:03.600 --> 04:06.270 You know, it takes g free is more likely to happen. 04:06.270 --> 04:10.380 And then g five with the idea of undermining d four. 04:10.380 --> 04:18.660 And this is not such a pleasant story for white, say, Queen D to, let's say, H six White's best 04:18.660 --> 04:24.780 might be to play 95 and with careful play black can actually get an advantage. 04:24.780 --> 04:31.800 So 96d takes bishop B eight not bishop takes E five because there's nine takes D five here with good 04:31.800 --> 04:32.700 tactics. 04:33.510 --> 04:35.760 If E takes D five, Queen D five check. 04:35.760 --> 04:37.320 And this is better for white. 04:37.320 --> 04:41.550 So this position is better for white Here White's dominating there. 04:41.760 --> 04:44.970 If any bishop takes G to white can actually even do this. 04:44.970 --> 04:50.790 The king is exposed somewhat and there's an idea of Bishop D Frechette picking up the queen. 04:50.790 --> 04:55.650 So there's lines where, you know, basically it's more prudent to play Bishop B eight here. 04:55.650 --> 04:59.970 But if Black does this with the Bishop Hare, Black is looking forward. 05:00.120 --> 05:02.010 To a significant advantage with Bishop. 05:02.010 --> 05:05.060 A seven black has that bishop without a counterpart. 05:05.070 --> 05:07.140 The same file does mean something. 05:07.140 --> 05:09.960 That's a great coordination point in F two black would be better. 05:09.960 --> 05:16.940 So all in all, the whole Bishop G free is going to lead to advantage for black. 05:16.950 --> 05:23.640 It's not achieving a strategic bishop exchange, it's just amplifying Black's activity and giving a 05:23.640 --> 05:26.940 dangerous bishop potentially looking from a seven to F two. 05:26.940 --> 05:27.990 So safety points. 05:27.990 --> 05:30.810 So Bishop G five starts to make a lot more sense. 05:31.020 --> 05:35.220 We have now H six, Bishop E three and now Rook have seven. 05:35.220 --> 05:40.980 So it seems logical that Black's piling the pressure on the file for potential exchange sacs. 05:40.980 --> 05:43.500 Sometimes that's often a thematic idea. 05:43.830 --> 05:47.730 If G five here, in fact, 95 is strong. 05:47.760 --> 05:53.070 First of all, it's looking at h five and what were black do might have six. 05:53.280 --> 05:55.290 We have a four that strong. 05:55.290 --> 05:57.180 If Knight takes takes Bishop takes. 05:57.180 --> 05:58.020 We have Bishop. 05:58.020 --> 06:03.510 Sorry we have an idea of Bishop C five but first Knight B six and actually black is in trouble here 06:03.510 --> 06:05.280 after Bishop C if I'm looking at the rook. 06:05.280 --> 06:08.070 So black's losing an exchange for not too much. 06:08.190 --> 06:14.880 If we look at this again, if Knight takes E five, D takes Bishop takes E five, we're just going to 06:14.880 --> 06:15.630 take on H five. 06:15.630 --> 06:16.170 That's simple. 06:16.170 --> 06:19.740 And if Bishop takes E five, takes like a four. 06:19.740 --> 06:21.390 Like a four is strong hair. 06:21.390 --> 06:25.950 These dark squares, now that the bishop's gone, is actually to White's advantage. 06:25.950 --> 06:30.780 So say Knight B 688, Bishop D four And there's nasty pin here. 06:31.020 --> 06:35.760 This knight takes D seven, Bishop D three This is looking very nasty for e five. 06:35.760 --> 06:39.270 So black's losing material that's going to be losing material by force. 06:39.270 --> 06:43.790 This position, you know it doesn't matter about Queen f2 Queen takes F two. 06:43.810 --> 06:46.470 White's got the advantage there so yes. 06:47.430 --> 06:55.290 So this looks as though Karpov wasted time, but he has provoked weaknesses around the king and we have 06:55.290 --> 06:57.420 now G three. 06:57.420 --> 06:57.780 Yeah. 06:57.780 --> 07:06.330 So basically after Rook 7g3 So it seems as though this is blunting the bishop a little bit. 07:06.330 --> 07:09.960 If you can't exchange it off, then just blunt it. 07:10.290 --> 07:12.120 And also the F file is being blunted. 07:12.120 --> 07:17.070 If Bishop G two and F two is kind of solid here as well, not just D four with that lovely bishop on 07:17.070 --> 07:17.820 E three. 07:18.510 --> 07:20.010 So it's interesting. 07:20.490 --> 07:22.140 So G three is an interesting move. 07:22.440 --> 07:29.400 A four was also interesting here, this situation with 9c5 if rook takes a free this doesn't do much 07:29.400 --> 07:30.000 for black. 07:30.000 --> 07:39.180 Why it should have the edge and if Bishop b4 rocky so this again it seems as though white has the edge 07:39.180 --> 07:42.990 if might be six happens 95 White's getting an edge here. 07:43.230 --> 07:47.070 There's a tendency to want to break down the CFO here. 07:47.070 --> 07:48.210 So Rook have six. 07:48.210 --> 07:50.730 Bishop takes a six trying to break down the C file. 07:50.730 --> 07:52.860 This is to White's advantage as well. 07:52.860 --> 07:55.080 So anyway, so 98 four is a good move as well. 07:55.080 --> 08:00.690 But g free we have rook a for Bishop G to have six h free. 08:00.690 --> 08:02.190 So just preventative here. 08:02.190 --> 08:08.670 So this seems a little bit unusual how this situation has evolved here, why it's super solid against 08:08.670 --> 08:10.320 that dynamic file. 08:10.320 --> 08:12.420 Black has that backward pawn. 08:12.420 --> 08:17.280 It seems very difficult to put it under lock and key, but defy would be perilously weak if if I was 08:17.280 --> 08:17.970 dead. 08:17.970 --> 08:18.390 Play. 08:18.630 --> 08:22.650 So we have g59h2. 08:23.640 --> 08:28.320 So that's preventing any G for dissuading any G for King H eight. 08:28.320 --> 08:35.400 Now A four here we have rookie seven now 9c5, Bishop E eight, Queen DD two So everything's really 08:35.400 --> 08:36.750 under control here. 08:36.870 --> 08:41.730 We have 97 knights 67 Rook takes d7a3. 08:43.260 --> 08:53.430 We have the rook going back to F seven, rook df7 knight G four rook and 5b4 Bishop Yates and now 95 08:53.430 --> 08:53.670 here. 08:53.670 --> 08:55.380 This is very, very interesting stuff. 08:55.380 --> 08:58.080 So Knight takes E five, D takes. 08:59.220 --> 09:02.520 So what on earth is going on here? 09:02.520 --> 09:04.380 We have Bishop B five. 09:04.380 --> 09:11.400 Well, it should be pointed out, perhaps if Bishop takes E five, we have Bishop C five tactics work 09:11.400 --> 09:12.390 out for white. 09:12.510 --> 09:13.310 The rook moves. 09:13.320 --> 09:13.740 Guess what? 09:13.740 --> 09:17.640 We would play here for ten points. 09:19.290 --> 09:22.710 The king is in a skewing line with the queen. 09:22.710 --> 09:24.090 We can play rook takes. 09:24.720 --> 09:28.440 So yes, if Queen takes, we pin the queen. 09:28.620 --> 09:34.260 And if Rook takes it, it's still pretty bad, this position, because we're just mounting up pressure 09:34.260 --> 09:36.600 and then playing G for winning material. 09:36.810 --> 09:41.100 So Bishop B5 was tried, but now Bishop C five. 09:43.250 --> 09:45.650 There's also let me point out something else as well. 09:45.650 --> 09:49.460 If look see seven here, the technical resources and we just take that. 09:49.460 --> 09:50.630 Yeah, we just piece up. 09:50.630 --> 09:52.100 It's not really a big deal. 09:52.250 --> 09:54.260 So Bishop five was tried. 09:54.950 --> 09:57.590 So avoiding taking on if that's a good idea. 09:57.620 --> 09:58.010 Bishop. 09:58.040 --> 09:59.330 C five Rook. 09:59.330 --> 10:00.380 F seven. 10:00.380 --> 10:00.860 Bishop. 10:00.860 --> 10:03.860 DD four But it seems karpov's getting control of the position. 10:03.860 --> 10:05.150 Rook f eight. 10:05.960 --> 10:07.450 If Bishop takes E five. 10:07.460 --> 10:08.900 Here, the same thing kind of holds. 10:08.900 --> 10:11.030 Rook takes E five and then Quincy free. 10:11.030 --> 10:12.980 This is just terrible for black losing material. 10:12.980 --> 10:15.950 So rook f eight we have rook c free. 10:18.560 --> 10:23.420 There is a tactic here which was a tactician might consider. 10:23.420 --> 10:29.960 Bishop takes D five to play 4e6 to pin the queen, but rook d A Yeah, white would get an advantage 10:29.960 --> 10:30.710 here. 10:31.370 --> 10:34.790 But the thing is, Queen D seven would need to be factored in. 10:35.240 --> 10:39.680 And in this situation with Rook takes F two with best play. 10:39.680 --> 10:42.140 White should still be doing well here. 10:42.140 --> 10:47.690 You know this kind of situation one is doing well with advantage. 10:47.690 --> 10:49.490 That is another way of playing it it seems. 10:49.490 --> 10:53.150 So Bishop takes D five does have something going for it, but Rook C free. 10:53.150 --> 11:00.530 We have King G eight Queen D one Queen of seven, Queen C two, Bishop C four. 11:00.530 --> 11:03.650 And this is a really funny move of the game. 11:04.280 --> 11:08.600 And it turns out there might be something technically better than what Karpov played, but it is a very, 11:08.600 --> 11:09.590 very funny. 11:11.750 --> 11:12.980 Conception. 11:14.030 --> 11:14.450 Indeed. 11:14.450 --> 11:19.640 Well, maybe not that funny, but can you guess what camp you've played here? 11:19.640 --> 11:22.490 And can you guess the tactical alternative? 11:26.300 --> 11:29.690 The rook doesn't have too many squares on a five. 11:29.690 --> 11:31.730 And given that F two is solid. 11:33.090 --> 11:34.080 This is very interesting. 11:34.080 --> 11:38.250 Bishop Fry was played by Karpov, luring the rook away to be able to get in a Queen G6 six. 11:38.490 --> 11:39.300 Eventually. 11:40.020 --> 11:42.810 The interesting tactical move is Bishop E4. 11:43.080 --> 11:50.430 If DD takes Rook, take C for Bishop takes E5, White can play G4, which forces the winning material. 11:50.820 --> 11:52.620 Bishop takes d4, g takes. 11:52.620 --> 11:54.060 It's not the end of the story yet. 11:54.090 --> 11:57.480 After E five, it's dangerous for white, but with best play. 11:57.480 --> 12:03.000 With absolute best play here after Queen takes F5, the only move for advantage is Rook E two. 12:03.090 --> 12:06.570 So looking at the Queen, reinforcing even more F two. 12:07.200 --> 12:13.640 And if say Queen takes H free Rook seven, you can see the error around the king is backfiring. 12:13.650 --> 12:19.800 There's entry points if Queen G check King F one, rook five there's queen for check. 12:20.070 --> 12:27.240 And here key move rook dd seven and one is threatening Quincy eight mating. 12:27.240 --> 12:30.870 So if Queen H free checking on black would have to get the queen's off. 12:30.870 --> 12:33.360 And this ends up being better for white. 12:34.110 --> 12:39.120 Just about black does have two pawns for the exchange, but it's better for white overall. 12:39.240 --> 12:40.200 So anyway. 12:40.200 --> 12:42.870 But Karpov's moves are very, very interesting as well. 12:42.870 --> 12:50.210 But technically yet Bishop E4 seems to be a way for forcing material gain with Bishop affray. 12:50.220 --> 12:51.150 It's very interesting. 12:51.150 --> 12:52.140 Rook takes a freight. 12:52.140 --> 12:58.890 So the point is Rook takes a free drawing the queen away from the king, so the queen gets into G six. 12:59.940 --> 13:03.330 So for a bishop, Karpov starts collecting pawns. 13:03.330 --> 13:07.590 So one pawn, the king is very exposed check, and it's all running with check. 13:07.710 --> 13:10.200 And so here Queen takes E six. 13:10.410 --> 13:14.070 So it's a funny situation, really funny situation. 13:14.070 --> 13:21.030 We have King H seven, which seems a good idea in principle to get off the bishop line, Queen E seven 13:21.270 --> 13:22.590 and now queen of seven. 13:22.800 --> 13:24.600 It seems maybe a slight inaccuracy. 13:24.600 --> 13:26.010 Rook Half seven here. 13:26.280 --> 13:32.610 And giving up another pawn should lead to a position where black has a resource coming up. 13:32.610 --> 13:41.610 If ever e six black has Bishop f one to threaten mate just before oblivion if the Queen is like checkmate. 13:41.610 --> 13:47.940 So just before oblivion, Bishop takes G, Queen takes F one, and White is forced into perpetual check 13:47.940 --> 13:48.930 situation. 13:49.980 --> 13:54.360 Yeah, there's fascinating variations, but Rook F seven is slightly more accurate. 13:54.390 --> 13:59.250 Queen F seven we have Queen six, G five, Queen E six King G two. 13:59.490 --> 14:03.630 Protecting the Free Pawn Bishop D three. 14:03.930 --> 14:05.070 Free Bishop G six. 14:05.070 --> 14:08.790 So there's a lot of pawns versus a Bishop G for Bishop C seven. 14:08.790 --> 14:10.710 Queen H four Check King G eight. 14:10.710 --> 14:12.720 Queen G Free Queen six. 14:13.350 --> 14:23.070 So if Bishop da head, this should be enough in a theoretical sense for black to hold the position should 14:23.070 --> 14:23.940 be equal. 14:24.660 --> 14:26.550 Butter Queen C six. 14:26.550 --> 14:27.330 Queen F two. 14:27.330 --> 14:28.290 Bishop E four. 14:28.290 --> 14:30.900 Rookie Free Queen E six. 14:31.650 --> 14:35.400 Queen H six Should be about equal with Rook C free Bishop D eight. 14:35.400 --> 14:38.940 But you know, time pressure is creeping in as well into these games. 14:38.940 --> 14:43.530 So a move 53 Queen one Bishop G six rook C4 in here. 14:43.530 --> 14:45.390 A big mistake, maybe a time pressure mistake. 14:45.390 --> 14:54.090 Rook F four So this turns out to be a very big mistake if Bishop dictates just keeping the pieces on 14:54.090 --> 14:54.570 the board. 14:54.570 --> 14:55.110 Basically. 14:55.110 --> 15:02.280 Queen E free King H seven White has a small edge, but it's something which if we start moving the pawns 15:02.280 --> 15:03.390 up, our kings can be exposed. 15:03.390 --> 15:05.490 It could be quite dangerous for white. 15:05.490 --> 15:09.840 There's work to do, but we've rook our four things. 15:09.840 --> 15:13.080 Just simplify with the black king exposed. 15:13.080 --> 15:18.480 So Rook, take C seven is looking across the king and we can see that we're going to get a tempo and 15:18.480 --> 15:21.930 switch across with very dangerous attack possibilities. 15:21.930 --> 15:26.010 So Queen E free here rook c4 rook takes B seven. 15:26.010 --> 15:32.790 So now with the threat of Queen H six, we have D four and this looks very nasty for King safety. 15:32.790 --> 15:35.760 Queen H six check. 15:37.200 --> 15:41.460 And here, King G one. 15:44.150 --> 15:47.600 So the queen is looking after the C one square is the kings. 15:47.600 --> 15:48.920 Not totally the white kings. 15:48.920 --> 15:52.760 Not totally in trouble here because of C one and Queen two. 15:52.910 --> 15:57.740 So we have Bishop F seven offering the exchange of queens. 15:57.740 --> 15:59.690 But first rook B h, check. 15:59.690 --> 16:05.810 Rook Kate are now taking the queens off, leaves black with a dreadful end game and black actually resigned 16:05.810 --> 16:11.420 here if Bishop takes Essex, the bishop is no match here for all the pawns. 16:11.960 --> 16:19.040 So this position we can understand why Black resigned because this other pawn is going to drop off and 16:19.040 --> 16:20.600 the bishops just no match. 16:20.750 --> 16:22.850 There's too much past pawn potential here. 16:22.850 --> 16:31.430 As example, the king marches up here and over stretches the Bishop 2220 pawn majority over there. 16:31.430 --> 16:33.200 And this is just far too much. 16:33.200 --> 16:36.020 The pressure's too much, the pawns crashing through, basically. 16:36.380 --> 16:39.200 So yeah, an absolutely fascinating game. 16:40.460 --> 16:46.700 There's some interesting mysteries of the French defense transformation which unveil themselves here. 16:46.700 --> 16:49.490 But for me, one of the mystery moves was Bishop G. 16:49.490 --> 16:50.150 Five. 16:50.360 --> 16:56.660 Just because we have this bias that we've played the bishop from G five to H, for we have a right to 16:56.660 --> 16:57.590 change our minds. 16:57.590 --> 17:03.440 If the strategic Bishop exchange is not going to happen, then change minds and just neutralize the 17:03.530 --> 17:04.040 foe. 17:04.070 --> 17:08.180 It's like the semi file was neutralized and neutralized nine G force. 17:08.180 --> 17:15.080 So it's kind of very solid now against face of peace, counterplay and again solidly controlling light 17:15.080 --> 17:17.270 squares against the face of G four. 17:17.270 --> 17:20.450 So preventative measures and then starting to work on the queenside. 17:20.450 --> 17:27.650 It's an absolutely fascinating game in many, many respects with the rook kind of awkward on air five, 17:27.650 --> 17:28.880 it turned out to be. 17:28.880 --> 17:37.520 But yeah, this fascinating concept of playing bishop and free to get a very interesting kind of imbalance. 17:37.600 --> 17:39.080 I say fascinating imbalance. 17:39.080 --> 17:45.620 So if you have like as in this case, swapping a bishop for lots of pawns are fascinating difference 17:45.620 --> 17:48.320 in material distribution between the two players. 17:48.320 --> 17:53.720 But yeah, it seems as though it wasn't in any big trouble doing this. 17:54.410 --> 17:57.500 And there is even a tactical option to have considered as well. 17:57.500 --> 17:59.300 But yeah, very, very interesting game. 17:59.300 --> 18:00.340 I hope you enjoyed this. 18:00.350 --> 18:01.610 Got some points from it. 18:02.930 --> 18:07.400 If not, you know, if at the very least the idea of switching where the bishop is going to go, just 18:07.400 --> 18:13.520 because you've implied A, you don't have to sing B, you have to look at the position A BCD, you don't 18:13.520 --> 18:14.960 have to follow your logical steps. 18:14.960 --> 18:18.470 You have to react to what the opponent's doing without bias. 18:18.560 --> 18:24.140 You know, we don't have to have that gravity of decision making that we've moved the bishop from G 18:24.140 --> 18:26.330 five to H for we can actually move it back. 18:26.330 --> 18:27.710 It's not totally absurd. 18:27.920 --> 18:33.260 It's depending on the exact details of the position, really not driven by past events. 18:33.260 --> 18:35.240 So it's about playing the position. 18:35.240 --> 18:36.350 Removing bias. 18:36.380 --> 18:37.850 Karpov is set himself. 18:37.850 --> 18:38.630 I have no style. 18:38.630 --> 18:43.970 When asked about style is play the position player primarily, primarily like all the greats, they're 18:43.970 --> 18:46.400 playing to the details of the positions. 18:46.400 --> 18:51.710 So unusual moves in this game, but seemingly justified the more you look into them. 18:51.890 --> 18:52.620 Okay. 18:53.360 --> 18:55.670 Have you enjoyed this so much?