WEBVTT 00:00.900 --> 00:01.590 Hi there. 00:01.590 --> 00:06.000 In this lecture, we see Anatoly Karpov against Vasyl and Topalov in 1994. 00:06.030 --> 00:10.100 Does harmonised tournaments run for so different from Karpov? 00:10.110 --> 00:14.550 We have 96 from Topalov, 93 from Karpov. 00:14.580 --> 00:17.010 c5d5 here. 00:17.010 --> 00:29.100 e6c3 1965 Knight takes the five E tanks, Queen takes D five, Bishop e7e, four Black castles, Bishop 00:29.100 --> 00:34.380 E, two D, six white castles, 96 C frame. 00:34.710 --> 00:40.260 So this kind of blunts the diagonal in advance of Bishop f6 perhaps. 00:40.260 --> 00:44.640 And also the knight is further restricted, so it's a preventative move. 00:44.670 --> 00:53.370 Bishop e six We have the Queen parking on H five Hare eight six Rook RD one rookie Bishop f4 so it seems 00:53.370 --> 00:54.170 pleasant enough. 00:54.180 --> 00:56.430 Why is targeting that D six pawn? 00:56.430 --> 00:58.350 That backward pawn seems very nice. 00:58.590 --> 01:07.580 Bishop if 92 as if there might be more torture of D six coming soon with 94 we have G six Queen Parks 01:07.590 --> 01:09.200 on f3d5. 01:09.210 --> 01:12.600 So trying to dissolve that D six pawn. 01:13.740 --> 01:17.250 We have Queen G three, Queen E seven, and now E takes D five. 01:17.250 --> 01:20.880 So with that structural defect dissolved. 01:21.480 --> 01:24.720 It does seem as though the pawn structure is also symmetrical. 01:24.810 --> 01:30.450 It's free against fraying, so it does might actually have an advantage here and over here it's free. 01:30.450 --> 01:31.310 Against free. 01:31.510 --> 01:38.790 So we have Bishop F one, queen F six might be free. 01:39.690 --> 01:47.160 Rook 88, Rook D two And here, Bishop E six and our bishop C seven. 01:47.190 --> 01:48.510 A pair of rooks come off. 01:50.130 --> 01:56.730 Bishop and five we have nine C for rookie 49e3. 01:56.940 --> 02:01.080 So the knight seems quite nice on E three in circumstance. 02:01.080 --> 02:08.790 Bishop C eight Rook D one rookie eight H free Queen G five. 02:08.790 --> 02:11.610 Now here black is king for the exchange of queens. 02:11.610 --> 02:15.210 In fact, Karpov is not tempted to double the pawns. 02:15.210 --> 02:18.000 He actually just plays queen free. 02:19.900 --> 02:22.540 So keeping tension in the position. 02:22.540 --> 02:24.940 And now black plays King G seven. 02:25.870 --> 02:30.010 So Karpov is generally a positional player and I thought, this game's very, very interesting from 02:30.010 --> 02:30.440 here. 02:30.460 --> 02:33.280 The King's more out and about on G seven. 02:33.880 --> 02:36.430 At least in the theoretical sense and sometimes in chess. 02:36.430 --> 02:41.260 The distance between a theoretical downside and a practical one is not as far as you'd think. 02:41.290 --> 02:50.050 We have Bishop F four, Queen E 795, and now Black is persisting to offer the exchange of queens. 02:50.170 --> 02:58.840 So here Karpov plays an amazing move and one which you might find shocking given his style of play emphasis 02:58.840 --> 03:02.230 on positional chess, which some might call dry. 03:02.230 --> 03:09.430 But there's a brilliant move played here and it shows that Karpov is supercharged with his tactical 03:09.430 --> 03:11.960 abilities in general, the same of Capablanca. 03:11.980 --> 03:17.590 They were both brilliant tactical players and if there was a clear, non controversial combination, 03:17.590 --> 03:18.550 they would play it. 03:18.580 --> 03:22.780 So can you see here how the king is a little bit out and about? 03:22.780 --> 03:24.640 So it's kind of asking for it. 03:24.640 --> 03:28.750 So what would you play here for 500 tactical points? 03:28.750 --> 03:35.650 I know this is a positional course, but we need to be alert tacticians to be able to win games as well. 03:35.650 --> 03:40.540 And tactics is often serving our strategic goals and plans in any case. 03:40.540 --> 03:43.180 So what would you play in this position with White? 03:46.900 --> 03:52.510 It's an absolutely brilliant combination of six nine F6. 03:52.510 --> 03:52.930 Yeah. 03:53.680 --> 04:03.460 So the point is one of the points before we go into that, if Queen takes a fall, White does have an 04:03.460 --> 04:05.440 enduring positional advantage here. 04:05.440 --> 04:07.870 Why it doesn't have to double the pawns or anything. 04:07.870 --> 04:14.260 One could play it like this, for example, and just be annoying getting annoying potentially to de 04:14.260 --> 04:19.750 six later and why it should have a small edge. 04:19.750 --> 04:21.820 A small edge but with nine f6. 04:21.820 --> 04:22.420 Yeah. 04:22.420 --> 04:26.920 This is the realms of tactics and king safety. 04:27.250 --> 04:33.310 Now if Queen takes free white inserts, Knight takes each check, and that's a winning advantage. 04:34.480 --> 04:34.870 So. 04:34.870 --> 04:36.580 King The king is brought out. 04:36.580 --> 04:37.750 And the point here. 04:39.050 --> 04:40.970 Is 400 points. 04:42.870 --> 04:43.320 Yeah. 04:45.350 --> 04:50.060 Bishop ey five double check Now double checks forced the king to move. 04:51.350 --> 04:55.220 So here we have King takes five protecting the queen. 04:55.910 --> 04:58.100 If King E six, we just have Queen F six. 04:58.100 --> 04:58.520 Checkmate. 04:58.520 --> 05:00.140 In fact, we don't even take the queen. 05:00.470 --> 05:02.750 If King G five, we actually have Bishop F six. 05:02.750 --> 05:03.470 Checkmate. 05:05.150 --> 05:07.400 So the king takes on E five. 05:08.180 --> 05:09.890 And actually, there are two ways of playing this. 05:09.890 --> 05:13.370 But Karpov's is the most simple from a human perspective. 05:14.450 --> 05:16.620 Cup of sympathy takes on E four. 05:16.950 --> 05:17.610 Yeah. 05:18.090 --> 05:20.010 So King takes E four. 05:20.010 --> 05:26.730 And the point is rookie one check king of five, Brook takes E is now forking two bishops. 05:27.090 --> 05:33.390 And so this is the exchange up for why it's a winning advantage if black black took on a two and after 05:33.390 --> 05:42.120 rookie eight black actually resigned here if the game continued for example Bishop D five rook C seven 05:42.120 --> 05:45.960 black is actually losing material if 95 hair. 05:46.620 --> 05:48.300 Then rook takes five. 05:48.690 --> 05:57.120 And the other point here, if B six, then white can actually play c four and here undermine the Knight's 05:57.120 --> 05:58.530 protection with F three. 05:58.530 --> 05:59.910 So this is absolutely winning. 05:59.910 --> 06:04.080 So Rook takes F seven check and you know, we're rook up basically. 06:05.010 --> 06:05.610 Yeah. 06:06.780 --> 06:09.720 So it's a remarkable game. 06:09.720 --> 06:16.890 It shows that although we think of Karpov as a, you know, a great positional player like Capablanca, 06:16.890 --> 06:23.980 they are seeing a lot of the forcing moves and variations in positions by default. 06:24.000 --> 06:27.510 So if there's a clear non controversial path, they'll take it. 06:27.570 --> 06:32.430 It turns out in here, by the way, there's a murkier path which might actually be more technically 06:32.430 --> 06:32.760 accurate. 06:32.760 --> 06:34.890 But for a human it's more difficult. 06:34.890 --> 06:41.880 Queen takes F seven requires a lot of guts in my view, but it turns out here F four, check rookie 06:41.880 --> 06:42.330 one check. 06:42.330 --> 06:44.700 This is rather crushing of the Queen C seven check. 06:44.700 --> 06:46.110 This is crazy stuff. 06:46.110 --> 06:48.740 Which engines can work out just like that. 06:48.750 --> 06:50.730 But yeah, humans be more difficult. 06:50.730 --> 06:54.570 But yeah, this is actually a winning position as well. 06:54.960 --> 06:58.500 So check here and then White will be winning here. 06:58.500 --> 07:03.270 But why play that when there's from a human perspective, there's a much simpler way that Karpov played. 07:03.300 --> 07:06.300 So Queen Takes F seven is also winning. 07:06.450 --> 07:13.230 If Queen are five, Rook the five check, Bishop d3g3 Rook takes F five. 07:13.230 --> 07:15.690 Yeah, this is going to be pretty nasty for black. 07:15.690 --> 07:18.440 Black's getting a ton over here. 07:18.450 --> 07:19.740 So yes. 07:20.250 --> 07:28.440 Beauty tactic 96 though you wouldn't associate this with Karpov, but in this course I wanted to show 07:28.440 --> 07:29.220 a kind of. 07:30.030 --> 07:37.290 Full context of two great positional players or more to like, well, many positional players, but 07:37.290 --> 07:42.480 especially Anatoly Karpov and especially Michael Adams and other positional players as well. 07:42.750 --> 07:49.830 It's nice to see the broader context of their play and to realize and appreciate their tactical imagination 07:49.830 --> 07:51.390 is there as well. 07:51.390 --> 07:54.960 So nine of six is a truly imaginative tactical move. 07:55.590 --> 07:57.450 Worked out pretty simply then. 07:57.450 --> 08:02.430 It's definitely getting a non-controversial advantage in this position where the bishops are -- 08:02.430 --> 08:02.760 here. 08:02.760 --> 08:04.350 So beautiful stuff. 08:05.100 --> 08:06.660 I hope you enjoyed it as much as me. 08:07.290 --> 08:12.690 This blend of positional play and tactics is very important to be tactically alert at all times for 08:12.690 --> 08:20.400 the opportunities, whether you're a positional player, a tactical player, etc. The idea generally 08:20.400 --> 08:21.930 is to try and win in chess. 08:22.200 --> 08:24.160 And this was a beautiful win. 08:24.350 --> 08:26.190 Och, thanks so much.