WEBVTT 00:00.930 --> 00:01.720 Hi there. 00:01.740 --> 00:05.670 In this lecture, we see Anatoly Karpov playing against Wolfgang Unzicker. 00:06.060 --> 00:09.360 This is a 1975 Milan tournament, round four. 00:09.660 --> 00:13.950 So this follows their earlier encounter in Roy Lopez. 00:13.950 --> 00:16.160 So playing the role of Hans here. 00:16.170 --> 00:24.240 But 84961 cancels Bishop E seven rookie 1b5 Bishop be free. 00:24.270 --> 00:25.800 d6c free. 00:25.800 --> 00:26.940 Black cancels. 00:27.330 --> 00:29.820 H 395 Bishop drops back. 00:29.850 --> 00:30.690 C five. 00:31.680 --> 00:37.380 Now we have D four Queen C seven, Knight, BD two and now Bishop D seven. 00:37.380 --> 00:41.340 So this is a novelty from their previous encounter, which is 9c6. 00:41.340 --> 00:46.210 And that was a real masterpiece, a really celebrated masterpiece by Karpov after D five. 00:46.230 --> 00:50.130 E kind of took away Black's counterplay really ruthlessly. 00:50.310 --> 00:52.680 And it was the classic with the Bishop a seven. 00:52.680 --> 00:56.490 It's worth checking out again if you haven't seen it or revise it multiple times. 00:56.490 --> 00:57.830 That's in this course. 00:57.840 --> 01:00.720 If you want to check out the other unzicker game. 01:00.930 --> 01:03.000 But here we have Bishop DD seven. 01:03.480 --> 01:04.550 So nice to have one. 01:04.560 --> 01:06.360 This seems fairly logical. 01:06.360 --> 01:07.500 Rook eight. 01:07.530 --> 01:08.880 That seems fairly logical. 01:08.880 --> 01:09.840 D five. 01:10.170 --> 01:12.360 Knight BD seven might be nine. 01:12.420 --> 01:17.850 Now the knight goes to H two so this is actually a little bit of an attacking positional move. 01:18.750 --> 01:25.800 And in fact, black plays what seems to be putting the whole position at risk. 01:25.800 --> 01:29.610 G6 King Safety is hugely important. 01:29.610 --> 01:33.720 It seems as though C four is the way to go. 01:33.720 --> 01:38.670 So for example, Knight G three just to use the perk that Black has of potentially using the C five 01:38.670 --> 01:44.670 square because White has committed that d5 pawn, there should be about even and it's important that 01:44.670 --> 01:52.830 Black's structure is solid and also the F six is supported quite easily with the pawn in the game. 01:52.830 --> 02:02.250 G six is played and in fact Karpov plays to exploit the F file and in particular the F six target. 02:02.280 --> 02:03.540 He plays 9g3. 02:03.540 --> 02:09.510 First we have C four here, but it's under very difficult different circumstances. 02:09.510 --> 02:17.850 Now we have F four comp of is aiming to open up the position and exploit weaknesses around Black's king 02:17.850 --> 02:19.920 like F six and G seven. 02:20.640 --> 02:28.800 So we have e takes F4 and this opens up potentially using the F file and you might say, hang on, isn't 02:28.800 --> 02:29.880 this pawns slightly vulnerable? 02:29.880 --> 02:30.360 That's right. 02:30.360 --> 02:36.420 This pawn is on a semi open file, but the upside is here to gain access to F six completely outwait 02:36.420 --> 02:38.010 that decision. 02:38.010 --> 02:40.410 We have Bishop F eight and now Bishop G five. 02:40.410 --> 02:45.660 So what is black actually doing about the knight we have here? 02:45.660 --> 02:47.070 Bishop E seven. 02:47.400 --> 02:50.880 If Bishop G seven then White simply plays Rook f one. 02:51.570 --> 02:53.010 And what is black doing? 02:53.010 --> 02:54.600 90 2h5 looks terrible. 02:54.810 --> 02:55.470 90 takes. 02:55.470 --> 02:57.360 We're just we're just chopping on H five. 02:57.570 --> 02:58.730 What does black do? 02:58.740 --> 03:00.660 Knight takes D five. 03:02.400 --> 03:03.870 We just have Queen 65. 03:03.870 --> 03:06.330 There's no trick here or anything. 03:08.010 --> 03:12.630 So if that's the best, that's terrible. 03:13.380 --> 03:14.370 If that's one of the best. 03:14.370 --> 03:17.250 So Bishop E seven is needed. 03:18.480 --> 03:21.870 Queen RD two here. 03:22.080 --> 03:26.910 This is really quite accurate, queenly to getting more authority, keeping the bishop protected. 03:26.910 --> 03:32.280 If rook f one there is a bit of a trick black can use because of that unprotected piece. 03:32.280 --> 03:33.780 So one has to be alert first. 03:33.780 --> 03:41.310 Black can play check and then the trick is nine times D five and Queen takes D five is not working here 03:41.940 --> 03:49.080 as well as before because the bishop on G five is hanging black, takes on D five and then Bishop takes 03:49.080 --> 03:49.890 G five. 03:49.890 --> 03:54.060 So that shows why it's important to support the bishop in some variations. 03:55.050 --> 04:01.920 And if Knight takes D five immediately, yeah, just Queen takes the five and that protects the G five 04:01.920 --> 04:02.910 Bishop as well. 04:03.210 --> 04:06.060 So this is just winning for white. 04:06.540 --> 04:07.200 So. 04:07.200 --> 04:16.560 Okay, so Queen D two is a good safety move, keeping the G five bishop protected and we have this bishop 04:16.560 --> 04:17.640 going back to C eight. 04:17.640 --> 04:22.530 This doesn't look right, but it does vacate D seven rook F 197. 04:22.530 --> 04:27.180 However, now guess what Karpov plays move 22. 04:30.420 --> 04:30.900 Yeah. 04:32.020 --> 04:36.840 94 and Black actually resigned here. 04:36.850 --> 04:38.530 This is a terrible position. 04:38.650 --> 04:39.700 So let's see why. 04:39.700 --> 04:41.630 Why did Black resign if bishop fate? 04:42.190 --> 04:49.270 Then there are different ways of playing this position, one which is absolutely minimal risk without 04:49.270 --> 04:50.830 sacrificing a piece. 04:51.100 --> 04:56.840 Tell style is just to use the foil pressure to use Queen F for asking Black. 04:56.890 --> 04:58.630 How do you actually defend S.M.? 04:58.630 --> 05:03.610 We don't need to sacrifice a piece if f sexy work we're just going to take. 05:04.000 --> 05:05.950 And then 96 check. 05:05.950 --> 05:08.320 This is fairly crushing and convincing. 05:08.440 --> 05:12.610 If e five we're just going to play 9f6 check and pick up the rook. 05:13.270 --> 05:18.990 So yes, the simple and strong move is actually Queen F four without any risk here. 05:19.000 --> 05:23.740 If you want to play like Tao and Karpov probably wouldn't have played this note at five. 05:24.250 --> 05:26.530 This is also very, very good. 05:26.620 --> 05:33.310 But some of the variations get complex so Bishop f six practicing might with Queen or mating with Queen 05:33.310 --> 05:34.150 G five. 05:34.180 --> 05:36.370 It gets a little bit hairy in some of the variations. 05:36.370 --> 05:43.240 So here this is fairly clear cut when a material if Queen E seven we rescued a knight with Queen D for 05:43.240 --> 05:46.120 check and can take out F six. 05:46.120 --> 05:51.220 But yes, in the final possession, Queen F four looks to be the simple and strong move. 05:51.220 --> 05:57.490 And if we want to get into the spirit of positional players, I think we really should assume they're 05:57.490 --> 06:02.500 going to choose the minimal risk moves to finish off a game where the opponent resigns the queen for 06:02.500 --> 06:03.190 what is black. 06:03.190 --> 06:06.100 Actually, do Black's really in trouble here. 06:07.450 --> 06:18.310 So a very interesting game cop off detected really that maybe as long as goes G six the attack mode 06:18.580 --> 06:19.990 is very justified here. 06:19.990 --> 06:23.140 There are concrete weaknesses around the king. 06:24.160 --> 06:29.530 This makes it quite a low risk proposition just to go on the attack. 06:29.530 --> 06:34.270 The pawn structure is also kind of helping the pieces flow towards the kingside. 06:34.270 --> 06:39.070 It does seem very logical how these weaknesses were exploited by Karpov opening up the file. 06:39.070 --> 06:41.800 So yes, a model game for the Royal pairs. 06:41.800 --> 06:43.150 I hope you enjoyed this one. 06:43.600 --> 06:48.010 So for Bishop G five, Bishop E seven, Queen DD two. 06:48.010 --> 06:49.120 Great move. 06:49.120 --> 06:54.130 Improving the position just before Rook Half one. 06:54.130 --> 06:56.110 So making sure everything's pretty safe. 06:56.110 --> 06:58.360 And a knight G for wonderful stuff. 06:59.470 --> 07:00.280 Very instructive. 07:00.280 --> 07:02.950 I hope you enjoyed it as much as me and so much.