Hi there.
In this lecture, we see an amazing game of a player you might not have even heard of before Frank passed,
but check his wiki.
It was a fantastic British player.
He's playing against Ashcombe Wheatcroft.
This was in 1938.
City of London Chess Club Championship D4 from Frank Park.
We see Knight f6 c4 g6 G3, Bishop G seven, Bishop G2.
So d5 this is Neo Grunfeld territory C tanks 6595, 93, 99 C3 B tanks, C4, C5, E3, Black consoles,
92, 96 White Castles, C tanks d4 C tanks d4 E5.
Now here White pushes on with D5 we have 97 and now a very interesting move.
Bishop Ivory There's a lot of pressure already on black hair.
Rookie ain't Knight C C4 a queen A5 and now Queen B3 black place E4 which looks at the knight.
So here things get very, very interesting.
Guess what Frank Paul plays here.
In this position for five points.
Okay.
Thanks.
E for offering an exchange.
Sacrifice we have night 65.
So the thing is, if Bishop takes a one, rook takes a one.
This is a very difficult position for Blount.
You can see it's a weakened king, and this is readily exploited.
For example, Knight takes D5, Queen takes D5.
So here, if Queen takes the five, we have 9f6 check.
And we're going to be in a much better position there.
So say Queen takes a three.
The thing is nice.
Have sex, Jack King of 8/19 eight.
This position is going to be good for one of the Queen five.
Queen of sex.
This is a nice position to have.
So blacks under great pressure here.
And there are ideas.
Sometimes the d ones at the eight the bishops kind of locked in to be seven.
So.
Okay.
And if we look at this again, if Queen B since then, just D six actually Queen takes be free White
can insert F six check here king AFAIK dictates e seven check rook tanks e seven and just eight takes
B three.
That's crushing this possession.
Okay so Knight takes the five was played not accepting this rook rook ac1 Bishop e six and now rook
c five Queen B thinks rook b5 queen asks Knight C five And now here this gets super interesting after
9/10 E free we have Knight takes e six.
Knight thanks f one.
So what would you play in this position if I give you 5 seconds?
Pause video here.
Yeah.
Go for the soft spot f seven.
A lot of magic happens going for f seven here.
If Bishop takes F one, then Queen takes E.
This position is not so great.
Black has a lot of checks.
And even if f seven drops there blacks got actually a strong attack here building up.
So that's that's totally undesirable situation with the king being compromised totally undesirable so
blacks getting an advantage there as an example.
So yeah bishop takes F one is not doing the job because of Queen E6.
So even though there's Bishop C for I mean this looks as though it's like a loot of line right.
But because of this check, this is the spanner in the works the the fly in the ointment the issue with
all of this.
Yeah.
These checks.
So forget that g five was played leaving the night on f one.
We have 92 if Rook cafe then just bishop signs.
F1 is great for white so Knight two trying to keep the material Queen takes F seven checks.
So the king now has been compromised and there are all sorts of magical properties here which this game
demonstrates, it seems move off to move basically.
It's so amazing source of variations.
Now this weakens King position so things kick off with Bishop D5 so already there's a big threat.
Can you see what that is?
So let me test you on say queen.
Thanks B5 What would you play in this position?
Yeah, there'll be a smothered my queen G eight Shaq wrote takes nine of seven as example.
So that would be checkmate.
So there's a big fret there with Bishop D five.
Just for the records, you might have considered Bishop B2.
And this is also actually, it sounds a super strong move.
So we're threatening, mate.
And okay, Black can play rookie one check, but it's not the end of the world here.
After Bishop of one rook tanks have one weight position actually sustains this position.
What does Black do?
Any time the bishop moves, we've got Queen takes H7 mating.
What does black do?
Queen C six, check F three.
And then what does black do?
Rook g one shank We can play King H free Queen c h shank here instead of Queen C eight.
You might have asked Rookie ain't Yeah the King.
The compromised King position means that Wyatt's forcing checkmate Here, Bishop takes G seven check,
Rook takes Queen F eight check Roger And now F seven is checkmate.
So, yes, funny stuff.
So Queen C eight, check.
Let's continue here.
I now 96 blank would have to give up material here.
Of the bishop thanks be to.
Rook tanks.
B2 How does Black defends Queen G7 or Queen IV?
It's very difficult if Queen we play queen of things.
If Black has to give up the queen.
This position is also very, very good for wine.
So actually that was a viable option as well as Bishop D5.
Just for the record, just in case you're wondering, the position is so good here already that these
two choices are very good.
Okay.
So here after Bishop defined black plays age sex scene, you can see there's further weaknesses creeping
around creaking around the king, around the king here, weaknesses.
So if instead though say nine have free Chang was played.
Queen takes her free.
Queen Sanctuary five.
The thing is a seven check and then white can actually win.
The black queen would knight D six check.
So this is undesirable for black, to say the least.
So.
Six.
And now we get this power move.
Can you guess?
Bishop B2.
So it's difficult for Black Rook is plain.
If Bishop takes B2, Queen H7 in checkmate so Rook G is played.
But now an amazing move which keeps a whole load of pressure on black.
Can you see what that is?
Five points.
It's Queen 87.
So why is there a whole load of pressure made in tact here?
Well, the queen holds the rock.
If H takes, the Queen can bounce the age free bouncy rounds of attack.
And that's going to be checkmate.
The bishop's pinned.
If Rook 88, then Bishop takes G7, and then we win D eight.
Thanks very much.
And that's, mate.
If Rook, if a bishop takes G8 this position, Queen 62 is good.
Because of the Queen saying SB5.
And this is really quite an amazing thing about this particular position.
Do you think there's a force mate here?
It looks as though sites like the exchange down.
Why would there be a forced mate?
Well, the weakened king here is significant, believe it or not, forced by insects.
Bishop takes G7 back.
Now, if King takes G7, there's Queen D four, check, Queen D, eight check, Queenie, seven shake.
And it's just driving through to a checkmate.
If Rook takes G7, you might think, Well, that's safe enough.
Surely.
Queen D eight check, Queen F six, check, Queen F eight check.
And the Queen and I a vicious, incredible.
These variations.
Incredible.
So actually, Queen a four was tried, but now this is unbelievable.
This what is coming up next.
So why don't you think white should play here?
You can either gain a thousand points or lose a thousand points.
Okay.
1000 points for Bishop 87, losing a thousand points for rook tanks B7 your own one's own king.
Safety needs to be factored in.
Queen D one check and as a killer common square.
You know that's great teamwork for Queen F1 champ mate just with two members of the team delivering
a checkmate there.
So Bishop, be free.
It's absolutely amazing.
Move night takes pee free because there's something very, very funny about this position, to say the
least.
It starts with of seven check.
And in this position, what would you play with White.
So for 500 points.
So the queen hasn't got access to any check square.
And it looks as though we're in a kind of horrible self pen.
Okay, I'm about to reveal Rook five.
Yeah.
Offering the queen now Black ignores the Queen.
Actually, with Queen A5, you might think, what on earth is going on here?
So the lights.
On the queen.
The thing is.
So let me show you this.
Queen takes these seven.
What is white play hair and why is it mating?
We played 95 Shaq.
So we're using that absolute pin and then we've got another absolute pin emerging here.
We use that one.
Rook takes h6.
Checkmate.
So Queen five was tried, but now, instead of taking the Queen, what does one play?
Which is more incisive?
Forget taking the queen.
We're not materialists on this course.
We're we're king hunters.
We want to make the king.
Okay, 100 points.
You know, Brooke, since age six, champ forcing move and black had to resign if Bishop takes H six,
Knight G five is double check.
And mate, the bishop controls ain't changed.
So this is double check and mate absolutely wonderful stuff.
So this is it's regarded by some offers as one of the greatest attacking games of all time.
And I think it's very nice for showing in the theme of a weakened King position.
This is like for me, it's a very insightful game for the weak in King position.
How even in some variations the exchange down Black's still getting mated.
So funny stuff in this game.
It's worth perhaps reviewing from time to time, showing how the pieces seem to increase in value basically
based on a weakened King position.
It's like, yeah, even the exchange down, they seem to be much more valuable in certain variations.
The pieces.
But yeah, phenomenal stuff.
I hope you're inspired by this game and so much.