WEBVTT 00:00.960 --> 00:01.680 Hi there. 00:01.680 --> 00:05.160 In this lecture, we see Anatoly Karpov playing against Michael Franklin. 00:05.250 --> 00:11.790 I've actually played Franklin a few times in rapid chess back in the day, so very interesting player. 00:11.790 --> 00:14.070 And he introduced me to the London system. 00:14.070 --> 00:16.200 He was a great London system fanatic. 00:17.190 --> 00:22.350 So this is the 1972 Hastings tournament around 8e4 from Karpov. 00:22.350 --> 00:24.300 Franklin plays C five. 00:24.300 --> 00:27.570 We have niter 3a6c free. 00:27.780 --> 00:31.530 So this is very interesting against a six in particular. 00:31.530 --> 00:33.450 This is a very interesting move. 00:33.450 --> 00:40.650 One shouldn't be in a rush here actually to play what's what seems to be a standard move D four because 00:40.650 --> 00:48.690 of the C tanks D four knight takes DD four black can play e five with a good game basically and can 00:48.690 --> 00:52.650 get, for example, an improved pin variation sometimes. 00:52.650 --> 00:58.080 So there are interesting options for Bishop B for so against a six. 00:58.080 --> 01:01.530 It's not a good idea to play a routine of D4. 01:01.530 --> 01:05.820 So Karpov is aware of that and play C three. 01:05.820 --> 01:12.630 We have d5e tanks D five Queen 65, so D four, E six, Bishop E three. 01:12.630 --> 01:19.080 So we're in an interesting situation here where Karpov is playing with now an isolated Queen's pawn. 01:19.500 --> 01:21.930 It seems a favourable version. 01:21.930 --> 01:25.110 Black has more weaknesses than usual with the early a six. 01:25.620 --> 01:27.810 So we see nine, F six, 9c4. 01:27.810 --> 01:29.010 And what has this development? 01:29.010 --> 01:31.710 Tempo Queen A five. 01:31.830 --> 01:33.840 Bishop d39c6. 01:34.260 --> 01:34.920 A three. 01:34.920 --> 01:36.000 Bishop e seven. 01:36.930 --> 01:44.030 Both sides Castle, Queen C two We have Bishop D seven and now B for the Queen goes to H five. 01:44.040 --> 01:46.890 Now it can be a tactical vulnerability on H five. 01:46.890 --> 01:49.950 This could be a tactical downside in its own right. 01:49.980 --> 01:57.420 We see 92, which gives the idea that already the Queen could be harassed with a four or knight g free 01:58.890 --> 02:05.610 rook for one was interesting, but Bishop dd six looks a little bit scary potentially. 02:05.610 --> 02:07.380 Queen D to this position. 02:07.380 --> 02:14.730 For example, with 94 nine takes E for Bishop takes e for Bishop e81 can challenge that bishop though, 02:14.730 --> 02:19.770 neutralize that bishop and this should be a small edge for white hair. 02:21.290 --> 02:28.940 So, for example, Bishop Sykes, Queen Sykes, Queen H six, because one is potentially threatening 02:29.870 --> 02:34.130 a move like G four and trying to trap the Queen potentially. 02:34.130 --> 02:39.920 I know the Queen's got HIV, but it seems to be, you know, a dangerous position of the Queen's got 02:39.920 --> 02:40.280 H three. 02:40.280 --> 02:41.480 Then there's G five. 02:41.480 --> 02:44.090 It starts to look dangerous for H seven as well. 02:44.090 --> 02:46.580 So we have in this line Queen H six. 02:46.580 --> 02:50.450 This situation ends up being slightly better for white. 02:50.540 --> 02:53.150 If Knight takes the four, we can take on c a allow. 02:53.150 --> 02:57.170 This exchange for bishop takes b 7 to 2 one majority. 02:57.170 --> 02:59.810 So yes, just to get a flavor of things. 02:59.810 --> 03:01.880 So 92 though was played. 03:02.120 --> 03:10.250 We have 95 if Bishop D six had this position, seems actually as though it should be about equal. 03:10.250 --> 03:15.140 But 95 was played Bishop D to Bishop D six and now 93. 03:15.530 --> 03:18.410 And you might find this fascinating, this next move Bishop takes. 03:18.410 --> 03:21.920 Jeffrey, how would you take on Jeffrey? 03:21.920 --> 03:26.930 What would be the positional move here for 100 points? 03:30.390 --> 03:30.660 Yeah. 03:30.690 --> 03:33.120 Composto is actually f to g frame. 03:33.150 --> 03:34.860 It looks anti positional. 03:35.200 --> 03:40.200 You don't want to take horns away from the sensor because it's like weakening central squares. 03:40.320 --> 03:46.920 But there are dynamics here and also there are dynamics with this h pawn. 03:47.220 --> 03:53.520 So I'll just show if h takes g three, the thing is nine, five six and it's horrible to think of the 03:53.730 --> 03:54.060 G four. 03:54.060 --> 03:58.260 We've got a kind of pin now on the knight, which we can't really do anything about. 03:58.710 --> 04:04.770 So even though the pawns are neater, we've got some problems here and black should be absolutely fine. 04:05.580 --> 04:12.270 So we can play Rook c five here to hit the Queen, Bishop D five, B five and och, we can challenge 04:12.270 --> 04:15.120 the bishop and then up just being in an equal position. 04:15.120 --> 04:20.280 But Black has set themselves up with nice parking air around our king. 04:20.730 --> 04:24.990 So these problems are solved with f g free. 04:26.430 --> 04:26.820 Yeah. 04:26.820 --> 04:28.470 It's the requirements of the position really. 04:28.470 --> 04:29.970 We have Rook, AC eight. 04:30.000 --> 04:31.440 The Queen gets out of the way. 04:31.470 --> 04:37.260 Queen Bee two We have F six, H three and now G five. 04:37.260 --> 04:40.500 So there is an issue with the Queen being shown up here. 04:40.500 --> 04:45.750 If Rook C seven white can actually play a dangerous move. 04:45.780 --> 04:55.410 Queen Bee one And looking at H seven is quite painful here in relation to G four as well. 04:56.620 --> 05:00.840 So what does Black actually do here? 05:02.400 --> 05:07.080 If h six we can play Bishop G six. 05:07.830 --> 05:11.640 If g six we can play g four. 05:11.640 --> 05:12.960 And where is the Queen going? 05:13.740 --> 05:18.540 If King H eight we can play G four And if Queenie eight we can take out H seven. 05:18.750 --> 05:21.030 So Black reacts with G five. 05:21.030 --> 05:24.510 This does create weaknesses around the King, this vacuum of weaknesses. 05:24.990 --> 05:29.490 And yeah, this is important for creating tactical possibilities. 05:29.490 --> 05:30.090 This vacuum. 05:30.090 --> 05:35.760 G four So you could say it's like weakness, provocation with the isolated Queen's pawn right now. 05:36.540 --> 05:45.390 So here after Queen h6a4b58x8x, so this B four aiming to destabilise black central control and relieve 05:45.390 --> 05:56.610 the pressure on D four And now we see Rook FC one wrote eight rook C 598 and here H four is played. 05:56.610 --> 05:58.440 It looks as though blacks under strain. 05:58.440 --> 06:01.770 Now Bishop E4 was also an interesting move. 06:01.770 --> 06:10.770 So for example seven Queen Bee free this situation rookie one rook f eight for example, could take 06:10.770 --> 06:13.410 on D five here take on a take on D five. 06:13.410 --> 06:14.880 Black's getting dismantled. 06:15.330 --> 06:18.030 So yes H four is interesting as well. 06:18.030 --> 06:20.490 We have Queen g7h tanks. 06:20.490 --> 06:21.170 F tanks. 06:21.180 --> 06:27.390 Now this does fragment a bit Black's pawn structure like E six is its own island. 06:27.390 --> 06:34.290 Single island not able to be supported by fellow pawns we have now Knight takes G five and this looks 06:34.290 --> 06:37.170 unfortunate to lose G five, of course. 06:37.860 --> 06:41.130 So Knight B seven, Rook one. 06:41.820 --> 06:50.370 This was an interesting moment where actually Cop Off is in a kind of position where maybe a more dynamic 06:50.370 --> 06:54.990 player like Tao would consider sacrificing to really amplify the weaknesses. 06:54.990 --> 06:57.180 There is a more attacking move here. 06:57.180 --> 07:01.860 It seems more more accurate in can you see it for ten points? 07:05.910 --> 07:09.930 Yeah, Route 65 actually gives us rookie six. 07:10.320 --> 07:13.710 So opening up that six rank and black's in grave dangers here. 07:13.710 --> 07:19.700 So rookie a bishop takes h seven check rook G six and we're going for it here. 07:19.710 --> 07:22.050 So this situation is very dangerous for blacks. 07:22.050 --> 07:24.120 King opened up. 07:24.240 --> 07:26.220 So for example, here, let's take it further. 07:26.220 --> 07:31.110 Rook age seven and rook takes B seven if we look at this again. 07:31.110 --> 07:32.750 So why is this so dangerous again? 07:32.760 --> 07:34.320 So what if h six? 07:34.320 --> 07:36.030 Well, there's rook G six. 07:36.180 --> 07:40.950 So yes, that was interesting actually to play Rook takes DD five for that six frank use. 07:40.950 --> 07:50.730 But anyway Rook S.C one we have nine F4 and our bishop takes F4, rook takes F4, F3 and Queen takes 07:50.730 --> 07:51.180 G4. 07:51.180 --> 07:55.950 So black is threatening, Rook takes free. 07:56.130 --> 08:04.890 But the thing is Copperplate Bishop E two There is there is here an interesting move in 95. 08:05.730 --> 08:08.280 Let's have a look at 95 for a moment. 08:09.630 --> 08:10.590 Black does. 08:12.330 --> 08:15.060 Let's say black plays Queen H four. 08:16.710 --> 08:18.960 We can take on D seven. 08:19.260 --> 08:21.150 And this this isn't a big problem. 08:21.150 --> 08:23.670 This isn't probably what Karpov was worried about. 08:24.210 --> 08:25.860 Yeah, 95 looks like. 08:25.860 --> 08:26.490 Really? 08:26.970 --> 08:29.100 It's just -- Queen and Bishop. 08:29.280 --> 08:37.920 If Queen G seven, we look at Rook C seven, there is Queen G three, which does provide a threat or 08:37.920 --> 08:44.640 two against White Queen E three check for rook H for mating sometimes example rook takes these seven 08:44.640 --> 08:47.730 Queen E for each check and rook h4 is checkmate. 08:49.770 --> 08:54.420 So one has to tread carefully with Queenie to here, but it's still better for whites. 08:54.900 --> 08:58.140 So that protects the free square. 08:58.260 --> 09:01.500 If Bishop Bishop takes age seven, check. 09:02.220 --> 09:08.040 And actually, we can play Queen Li to here and here. 09:08.550 --> 09:09.690 This is possible. 09:09.690 --> 09:11.860 Black's king is just far too exposed. 09:11.880 --> 09:18.780 If, as example, Black tries to win the Queen on DD to rook her free check shows how exposed the King 09:18.780 --> 09:21.090 is that the king is just going to get mated here. 09:21.900 --> 09:23.400 And this is just desperate. 09:23.610 --> 09:24.840 The king is going to get mated. 09:25.170 --> 09:30.390 So OC 95 was actually an interesting alternative to the game as well. 09:30.420 --> 09:32.280 Bishop E2 is played. 09:32.610 --> 09:38.670 We have 98 and now Rook C5 does have this rook G France. 09:38.670 --> 09:41.160 So that vacuum is causing black some issues. 09:41.160 --> 09:48.210 No F seven protecting G five Rook A three We have Queen G seven and now rook a seven. 09:48.210 --> 09:50.550 So this sets some problems up for black. 09:50.550 --> 09:56.520 This rook on seventh lot pressure and black cracks under the pressure here with Bishop Ian Black had 09:56.520 --> 09:59.910 to play Queen G free for example Queen G free. 10:00.090 --> 10:10.080 This situation with Rook G for Bishop D 1% G two and after Queen f2 one it should end up with a small 10:10.080 --> 10:10.710 edge. 10:10.710 --> 10:12.180 But it is a limited edge. 10:12.180 --> 10:17.550 It's a limited advantage, but one is slightly better overall here. 10:17.940 --> 10:21.330 But in the game with Bishop eight, that's a huge mistake. 10:22.200 --> 10:23.970 Can you see what Commonwealth plays? 10:25.800 --> 10:27.570 Yeah, it is a kind of weakness of the last move. 10:27.570 --> 10:27.840 It's. 10:27.840 --> 10:32.880 It's activated the pin on the night, which means now for ten points. 10:33.150 --> 10:33.570 Yeah. 10:33.690 --> 10:36.600 Rogue five exploiting the pin tonight. 10:36.810 --> 10:37.830 So winning the queen. 10:37.830 --> 10:41.790 So Queen takes G 596, G five, minus six, G five. 10:41.790 --> 10:43.560 And now energetic play here. 10:44.490 --> 10:45.240 D five. 10:45.240 --> 10:50.100 So frightening, mate And Black resigned here. 10:50.100 --> 10:52.590 If E takes D five, we're mating. 10:52.710 --> 11:00.240 If rook have seven, Queen E five is strong because it hits by eight and G five. 11:00.270 --> 11:03.030 Yeah, there's no there's no match for the queen here. 11:03.450 --> 11:11.130 If rook takes a seven, queen takes B eight and it's hopeless if this position D six more materials 11:11.130 --> 11:12.090 dropping off. 11:12.270 --> 11:14.760 So, yes, an interesting game. 11:14.780 --> 11:21.840 An eye opener for the seemingly anti positional moves like F takes G free for me, but it shows that 11:22.440 --> 11:24.270 not everything is about pawns. 11:24.270 --> 11:29.610 Just because you're a positional player and positional players can play with dynamic structures. 11:29.910 --> 11:33.900 And against a six, default isn't a particularly good move. 11:33.900 --> 11:37.080 In fact, check out the master databases online. 11:37.260 --> 11:39.100 It's only in the casual database. 11:39.100 --> 11:41.250 Is D4 still played routinely. 11:41.250 --> 11:48.810 But yeah, black gets near equality if you play D4, so C4 is one of the better moves here. 11:48.810 --> 11:51.150 So that's an interesting opening finesse as well. 11:51.300 --> 11:54.270 So we're going into this isolated Queen's pawn situation. 11:54.270 --> 12:01.380 It's fascinating to see comp off with a structural weakness and he gets into the spirit of it later. 12:02.880 --> 12:07.860 So with tempo gains and attacking the king, but there might have been more emphatic ways of playing 12:07.860 --> 12:07.950 it. 12:07.950 --> 12:13.230 It shows attacking players have that mindset, finding amazing resources to the opponent's king. 12:13.230 --> 12:18.810 But a positional player might be more reserved sometimes, and we see a little bit of evidence of that. 12:18.930 --> 12:25.530 That might be it might not be his total cup of tea this game not not aligned totally to his positional 12:25.530 --> 12:26.160 style. 12:26.160 --> 12:28.320 So anyway, interesting game. 12:28.320 --> 12:30.300 I hope you enjoyed it so much.