Hi there.
In this lecture, we see Roginsky against Alexander Alekhine in a 1913 exhibition game.
So e4 from was scheme and Alekhine plays e5 We have lighter three d sex so the Philidor defense, Bishop
C4 Knight, C6 C3 and now Bishop G4.
This isn't really a recommendable move.
We have to ignore Alekhine's opening sequence here.
The weakness of the last move b7 is actually exploitable fully here, it seems, because it has made
way for the Queen to use B3.
So hitting F7 and B7 big trouble for black hair in a theoretical sense.
Annacone plays Queen d7g5 is played if Queen size b71 should be getting a clear advantage.
This position behind Queen a6 note f6 as long as White's plays accurately were moved like d three This
position not minding the double pawns.
Why is better here If white indulges Bishop B five, then there's rook B six queen A4 and actually black
can equalize now from the poor opening, can you see how for five points?
It takes EA four to try and drag the Queen away from the Bishop de force.
Even Bishop thinks is just bad for black queen tanks.
And this is bad for black.
Okay, so anyway, Night G5 is suboptimal as a way of punishing Alekhine's opening play.
We have no H6 and now Bishop takes F7.
This is suboptimal Hare Queen thanks B seven Hair B eight.
Queen 86.
Bishop E seven.
The frame protecting the Bishop h5 is an advantage for white.
Yeah.
Even then, the Queen's offside.
This is an advantage for white.
But why instead indulges Bishop takes up seven check.
9/10.
Queen Saints have seven.
Which seems like maybe an unexpected.
Well, it's a move which looks, you know, rather expected to to win B7 and win the peace back.
That's the expectation.
So Queen takes.
Yes, it neglects.
There's a weakness of the last move, it seems that neglects C6.
So a queen takes B seven.
What could possibly go wrong here for white in this position?
So.
Yeah.
I mean, Black actually has two strong moves here, but played a very, very nice way.
One of the strongest King D7 There's also Rook D eight just letting C six go black has enough hair.
Of the queen sex.
There's enough compensation hitting E4 and G to the thing with the C free move in this case.
You know, these pieces are still all asleep in bed hangover after a party.
Because if one cancels Bishop H for him, we can actually do more damage than just winning in exchange.
Let's say check here.
Check King seven G.
What would you play here for?
100 points.
Remember, all of these pieces are asleep.
They're piece pieces in this variation.
We can actually play Queen sex e4 Checkmate, and the game ends the war.
You know, winning material is just winning a battle.
Bear that in mind, sir.
Queen takes E4.
So that's why it's sometimes very good to always look for a stronger move, more sort of war ending
moves rather than battle winning.
So every queen eats who is mating Her rook have two queen E one check queen F1 is mate.
So in other words, rook t is actually a good move.
It's actually leading to advantage for Black.
White's completely mishandled the advantage.
But King D7 is played and that's also a good move.
Queen takes ain't the Queen's in Siberia here the king now is in trouble.
So first Queen C4 with the France of a mate in one that's pretty concrete and three bishop tanks at
three G tanks.
Just for the record here.
Yeah.
Bishop takes that phrase one of the best practical tries.
And if, for example, Bishop e6 y has my say three.
And this is really annoying.
If Queen 86 b4 Queen b6 eight.
This is just winning for one actually of the 92.
Why it is why it has king safety emerging.
So yes, Bishop E6 is actually not very good.
And also, of course, it has the luxury of King F2 as an option.
So yeah, Bishop E6 is losing Bishop H 593 this position as an example b4 and here rook b1 is dangerous
for White's queen after rook be free this position one could end up losing the Queen, so it's important
to play accurately this then as Bishop B to winning the Queen.
Bishop H phrase another shot.
Actually, if King F2 bishop takes G2 and Black's going to be doing really well here, this position
likes doing really well because, for example, this attacks the queen and then queen takes her free.
Black can use the F4 and is winning there.
These pieces are still asleep and the queen's in Siberia.
So yeah, what could be expected?
So in that line, Bishop takes G2.
Yeah, that's.
That's dangerous.
If we go back here, though, and say that black doesn't.
Yeah, I mean that that is really dangerous.
But.
King F2 but knowing A3 here instead this position with G takes in this position it's tricky.
There's 92 funny enough and Queen St C2, Queen B seven, Queen B3 White's getting an advantage there.
It's just murky waters, basically.
So Bishop H has murky waters after night a free.
You know, White's not obliged to play king after allowing Bishop takes G2.
So we're actually gathering evidence for the strength of the Queen's move.
Another possibility was 94, but the free hand.
And now if meetings are free, Gee takes Queen 63 as Queen D five.
And this leads to a situation which is essentially a perpetual check drawer.
It's funny, you know, because it has resources like it's a fat train.
But yeah, this this is a perpetual check situation.
If King E seven, Bishop G five check.
And again, we're back to No, we don't have to play the checks now upon me.
So it's not perpetual change.
We just pay as white Queen F one.
It's awkward stuff.
It's really crazy stuff.
But yeah, we get an appreciation if we look at all of these other possibilities that we get an appreciation.
This is very nice, practical trying because it's really damaging the resource capacity on this diagonal
for playing a move like G free by chipping that out, weakening this diagonal.
So, yes, a very, very nice practical move.
Bishop takes her free.
So let's continue the game from here.
G takes our three.
And now another concrete move.
What would you play here?
For ten points.
Okay.
94.
So.
Fractions, mate.
Now, White makes a big mistake.
D3.
It should have played C takes D4 and trade off some material for King safety.
This position is actually funny enough.
Even the engines have this position is even of the B4.
Yeah, because Queen thanks H to King D one Queen G one King C two and yeah, the b4 pawn actually covers
the C5 square used for it and that bishop is kind of pin this is an even position.
But instead after 94 won't play D3 which where creeping into a mating combination elements of a mating
combination here because after Queen takes D3, the Queen is covering even more escape squares than
before.
So we have C 64.
But now guess what?
Our crime place.
Bishop seven.
Yeah.
It's hitting the Queen and threatening.
Make your hair very concrete.
So Queen St's ain't st Bishop h4 Champ mates if 92 instead.
Yeah.
We're just going to take the Queen.
Okay.
This is not champ mate because of King D1, but we're just going to take the Queen and you know it's
subsidy winning for black, this position.
So yes, funny stuff.
A funny game 15 mover I alekhine I completely misplayed his opening actually.
But the resources in chess are quite rich.
We're not all supercomputers.
So yes, we're wrong here with especially nine takes F seven.
Well, this whole concept of bishop upon me, the whole concept of bishop takes up seven.
It's leaving one weak on the line squares, actually.
Fundamentally, if you think about it.
So, yes, Queen size seven was very important here.
So in the game, yeah, once kind of left like abandon these light squares, especially the see four
points.
And so this is just great news.
This is really a great news.
One has to play accurately just to stay in the game.
So every.
And then the bishop takes that very, really brutal stuff actually from Alekhine.
So it is really nice how he recovered from the bad opening, very provocative opening and actually casting
a big shadow on all the consensus of whites materialism.
Basically, the light squares, the king in the center.
And if you think about it, this is a variation of the Boden's mate with the queen is substituting for
a bishop.
Well, it's also God in curse capes where says.
It's just it's just a made pattern with bishop and queen.
So really, really nice.
I think that's what makes Alekhine really fun to me because his play has emerged, it seems, from beautiful
mating combinations, and that's one of my absolute favorite type of combinations.
In general, they are, you know, war ending combinations, not just battle ending combinations like
winning material.
So, yeah, this whole game is fantastic for this build up for this mating combination, in my view.
I hope you've enjoyed it as much as me.
So we see some of the mechanics involved here ripping open the king cover and care scape squares ready
to pounce.
Okay, that's very much.