WEBVTT 00:01.040 --> 00:01.770 Hi there. 00:01.790 --> 00:07.490 In this lecture, we see Anatoly Karpov playing against Branko Vukovic in 1968. 00:07.850 --> 00:09.770 So the Sochi tournament's around freight. 00:09.770 --> 00:13.550 So E four from Karpov we see D six default. 00:13.580 --> 00:19.040 g69c396 and now H three. 00:19.040 --> 00:22.790 This looks like a logical move to avoid nine G for harassment. 00:22.820 --> 00:28.100 If Bishop e free nine G for sure won't play Bishop G five though, and Queen D two. 00:28.100 --> 00:31.850 But even so, it seems annoying to have to play like this. 00:31.850 --> 00:34.640 So why not just h three as Karpov played it? 00:35.090 --> 00:43.280 Just stop this 9g4 We have Bishop G seven, Bishop E three in peace without nine, G four So Black Castles, 00:43.280 --> 00:46.400 Queen D to C six and now G four. 00:47.120 --> 00:52.760 We have E five white consoles, Queenside, Queen E, seven and now D five. 00:52.760 --> 00:57.080 We have black length C five, which gives white a free hand on the kingside. 00:57.080 --> 01:05.810 Basically, if black plays C tanks D five white should really, it seems, play E takes defined with 01:05.810 --> 01:06.860 a slight edge. 01:07.910 --> 01:10.220 So this is a pleasant enough position. 01:10.220 --> 01:13.130 There are interesting possibilities we can consider. 01:13.130 --> 01:22.010 For example, 92 g free later four g fi without 95 and press on with a kingside attack if g five Here 01:22.010 --> 01:24.110 this seems to be slightly optimistic. 01:24.110 --> 01:29.450 There is one move for black which should give black a decent enough position. 01:29.450 --> 01:30.320 Can you see what that is for? 01:30.320 --> 01:31.310 100 points? 01:33.950 --> 01:35.000 If black were to play here. 01:35.000 --> 01:43.180 Night takes E for it seems okay for black if it takes EA for D takes queen, takes RD sex queen ain't 01:43.190 --> 01:50.150 this is going to be maybe even a small edge for black And if we go back here. 01:51.860 --> 01:56.030 If Black instead plays 9 to 5, white just gets a big night on D five with tempo. 01:56.060 --> 01:57.560 That's just huge for white. 01:57.590 --> 02:00.080 If default, this is not going to help matters. 02:00.590 --> 02:01.690 G tanks. 02:01.700 --> 02:02.540 F six. 02:02.720 --> 02:04.010 dc3. 02:04.310 --> 02:04.730 F two. 02:04.910 --> 02:05.510 E seven. 02:05.510 --> 02:09.320 This position is bound for black after rook takes dd six. 02:09.320 --> 02:15.830 If black plays rook 87 there's d h picking out k But yeah, because black has that one resource, we 02:15.830 --> 02:17.150 need to factor that in. 02:18.170 --> 02:20.840 That's basically g five here. 02:20.840 --> 02:22.430 There is no it e four. 02:25.490 --> 02:27.230 And if. 02:28.940 --> 02:31.220 Instead of 1965. 02:32.300 --> 02:33.980 Queen 65. 02:37.700 --> 02:39.770 Black has 9/10 g five here. 02:39.770 --> 02:43.840 So this is also interesting for black to take out G five in this circumstance. 02:43.850 --> 02:47.500 In fact, even stronger than 9/10 G five is just nine. 02:47.530 --> 02:48.140 Take three. 02:48.140 --> 02:51.800 Just damage White's pawns over here and this is better for black. 02:51.800 --> 02:53.360 This is actually clearly better for black. 02:53.360 --> 02:58.280 Black actually starts to get pawn mobility in the center of the defined blacks getting a big advantage. 02:58.280 --> 03:02.300 So yes, Queen takes five is nothing really for black to fair hair. 03:03.050 --> 03:04.790 Okay, so moving on. 03:04.790 --> 03:05.810 This didn't happen. 03:05.810 --> 03:08.750 So why it's got a kind of free hand on the king side. 03:08.750 --> 03:11.270 It's like not going to be harassed so much. 03:11.270 --> 03:15.620 This is a theme of this game from the early, you know, avoiding harassment here. 03:15.620 --> 03:17.900 If one goes for a King style attack. 03:19.260 --> 03:20.750 Yeah, where is the counterplay? 03:20.750 --> 03:31.750 So we see Knight G two knights a six Knight G 97 King B one Knights f2e8 Bishop two Rook B eight Rook 03:31.810 --> 03:35.570 DG one And you might think, what is going on here? 03:36.450 --> 03:39.180 How is White not opening up lines on the file? 03:39.210 --> 03:41.200 This is a much better approach. 03:41.220 --> 03:49.620 What we're about to see b5h4b4 91 night, B five and H five. 03:51.500 --> 03:53.430 And here Black gets a little bit desperate. 03:53.450 --> 03:55.580 There is something really great coming up. 03:57.820 --> 04:04.810 Black plays what seems to be kind of a logical line opening -- sack See four But Cop Off dares the 04:04.810 --> 04:11.080 take, and we see actually this kind of characteristic in the games of Michael Adams as well, that 04:11.080 --> 04:16.010 taking a -- sometimes on the queenside kind of helps nullifying the opponent's attack. 04:16.010 --> 04:20.170 And then you can get on with things after we've even less issues. 04:21.520 --> 04:26.800 This is a if bishop take C4 there's bishop takes G for that weakness of the last move that the bishop 04:26.800 --> 04:28.030 kind of neglected. 04:28.420 --> 04:39.100 G4 And even though Bishop takes B5 though, this position should still be very nice for why after 93 04:39.100 --> 04:44.650 there's a very important attacking theme and we see it in this variation with Knight G five. 04:45.100 --> 04:48.570 This attacking theme is just really, really dangerous. 04:48.580 --> 04:53.590 For example, G takes Knight takes five, Bishop takes Bishop f6. 04:53.590 --> 04:56.890 That almighty pin on the G file is actually crushing. 04:56.890 --> 05:01.870 Queen H 698 Rook takes G seven check and a mating. 05:02.140 --> 05:07.450 So anyway, so that is actually a move, even though it's got a weakness of the last move. 05:07.460 --> 05:09.580 It turns out it's not that bad. 05:09.880 --> 05:15.820 But anyway, Queen takes b4 is also a move like EC seven Queen drops back. 05:16.870 --> 05:19.150 If Queen take C four then that's a problem. 05:19.360 --> 05:21.040 A free chick picks up the queen. 05:21.490 --> 05:28.540 So Queen RD two we have Bishop D seven and now C free a five King a one. 05:28.550 --> 05:31.660 It looks as though Black hasn't got enough compensation for the pawn. 05:31.690 --> 05:35.500 A four We have now nine of five in this possession. 05:35.590 --> 05:43.540 So it is kind of attacking and positional in terms of the pen, immobilizing, potential pinning of 05:43.540 --> 05:43.990 the bishop. 05:43.990 --> 05:47.980 It's a very interesting move and a thematic move in all sorts of positions. 05:47.980 --> 05:55.150 So 95 here, that's why opening up the H file wasn't as significant as trying for a kind of strategic 05:55.360 --> 05:56.650 pin. 05:56.650 --> 05:58.750 That's a kind of attacking positional theme. 05:58.750 --> 06:01.210 Here we have Bishop takes a five. 06:02.380 --> 06:04.270 It's just too dangerous. 06:05.510 --> 06:07.910 To do G takes. 06:10.140 --> 06:14.710 And, you know, this position is far too dangerous. 06:16.750 --> 06:19.060 For example, here. 06:20.950 --> 06:29.110 In this position, one can consider a move like F six. 06:32.820 --> 06:38.220 Or even Brooksbank's g seven first to make it even more forcing for f six check. 06:38.730 --> 06:40.020 And if Queen takes F six. 06:40.020 --> 06:41.160 Bishop G five. 06:41.280 --> 06:41.720 Ouch. 06:41.730 --> 06:42.900 Where's the Queen going? 06:43.050 --> 06:49.370 And we've got B to cover with the knight that we're finding on on our king safety aspect. 06:49.380 --> 06:51.120 So, yeah, very, very interesting stuff. 06:51.120 --> 06:58.200 So there are dangers of that g file and black just plays. 06:58.200 --> 07:06.690 Bishop takes her five we have G takes and now a free if G takes F five here, Bishop H six this position, 07:06.690 --> 07:10.320 Bishop takes G seven, nine takes H six. 07:10.830 --> 07:15.690 And actually we're going to take with the pawn hair and then Queen H six and that's going to be all 07:15.690 --> 07:16.230 over. 07:16.620 --> 07:26.010 So a three is played, H takes g6a takes B to check Knight takes P two, F takes G six for G six. 07:26.430 --> 07:32.730 And now yeah, we have Rook eight and Caldwell takes out the C four pawn just to hold a two. 07:32.730 --> 07:33.000 Yeah. 07:33.000 --> 07:36.240 So basically there's not anything concrete going on here. 07:36.240 --> 07:45.510 It's all pretty supported rook a free and now White's attack is first Bishop h6fh takes g six Rook takes 07:45.510 --> 07:47.220 G six is pretty hopeless here. 07:47.220 --> 08:00.140 Rook four If rook have seven, Bishop takes g7g7 quid six with the idea of Queen H six check in Queen's 08:00.360 --> 08:01.050 G seven. 08:01.050 --> 08:03.120 What is Black actually doing in this position? 08:03.120 --> 08:04.770 It's pretty hopeless. 08:06.780 --> 08:14.580 And also, if Rook takes, we can actually play Queen H eight there and rook seven. 08:14.580 --> 08:16.560 The pawn is holding the E six square. 08:16.560 --> 08:18.810 So this is a total disaster for black. 08:19.350 --> 08:24.060 So yeah, this is scooping up everything as example. 08:24.060 --> 08:31.740 So anyway, we have Rook at four and now rook dg Sorry rook hg1 and Black resigns here. 08:31.740 --> 08:35.190 There's no real defense on black on the G file. 08:35.400 --> 08:39.480 If 98 we can actually just take on B five. 08:39.990 --> 08:42.930 Yeah, there's a weakness of the last move here on this side of the board. 08:42.960 --> 08:48.420 If Rook have seven, we're just taking on G seven and the strong move Queen H six Again, that idea 08:48.420 --> 08:49.410 is really cool. 08:49.410 --> 08:51.390 We don't even have to try and win the Queen. 08:51.450 --> 08:53.910 This is what is Black doing. 08:53.910 --> 08:57.630 We just wait for black to disintegrate 98 and then take on B five. 08:58.620 --> 09:00.180 Yeah, it's absolutely crushing. 09:00.180 --> 09:02.070 So yeah, very, very interesting game. 09:02.070 --> 09:08.910 It's kind of an attacking positional game, but it shows this tendency that positional players will 09:08.910 --> 09:14.820 try and extinguish their opponents attack, make them prove the compensation if they're attacked. 09:14.820 --> 09:21.570 So there are certain interesting aspects of this game in general trying to get the opponent to prove 09:21.570 --> 09:23.550 compensation, sacking pawns. 09:24.060 --> 09:29.850 And yeah, we see that in in the games of Michael Adams quite a lot in the Sicilian defense variations 09:29.850 --> 09:33.600 where he's taking pawns on the queenside whereas King lives. 09:33.600 --> 09:39.090 If there's no adequate compensation, this idea of wishy washy compensation is dispelled. 09:39.090 --> 09:42.690 And in fact here White's attack breaks through soon after. 09:43.020 --> 09:44.720 So an interesting attacking positional game. 09:44.730 --> 09:47.400 I hope you enjoyed this very much.