Hi there.
In this lecture, we see the so-called Polish immortal.
This was Luxembourg against me on night off.
So night off is the same person as the Sicilian night off.
So E4, C5 and three d sex this position with sex nine C3 a6 the Sicilian night off.
So yeah, someone to check out in Wikia.
It's not just this name variation.
He is actually a brilliant player in his own right, one of the strongest in the world in his era.
So let's have a look at this game.
It started actually with D4 from Luxembourg.
We have a Dutch defence C4 f69 C3 e6 F3 and now D5 going for a stonewall formation.
E for a slight inaccuracy here, it's not contesting the E5 square.
So one downside of this structure is the E5 square y could have played Bishop F4 and if Bishop de sex
just not mind the double pawns.
If Bishop takes F4, the idea is just to clamp down on E5, but in this game it's a casual game.
E3 was played and inaccuracy C6 Bishop D Free Bishop D six Both sides Castle Knight's E2 might be seventh
and now mistake White plays Knight G5 going for the E6 pawn.
A better move would have been b free and actually after 94 Bishop b2 White logically clamps down on
E5 here and maybe you could say it has a slight edge here.
What engine C You know, white's absolutely fine with a small edge, but Knight G5 is actually a bad
mistake.
So guess what Black plays have.
Och, it's an unprotected piece and it's actually just left h two weeks of the last move.
Bishop takes H to check.
Now King H one is played because if King takes H to Knight G for check and we just take out that night.
So fun and games begin actually from here because Nietzsche four is played in this position.
F four if one indulges.
Knight takes E six, then Queen H four looks quite terminal.
So Knight G for a bishop takes G free check Queen H to his mate.
So yes, that looks as though it won't do 9g5.
That's just delaying things.
We can just take that out and then go back for more with a strong attack.
So this is a very strong attack winning position here.
So, okay, so basically f four was played.
Queen E eight.
G Free.
Queen H five.
And now King G two.
The thing is about this.
Is that?
Hold on.
Is this backfiring because of Rook H1?
So we have an interesting situation from the perspective of our attacking course.
We've got some resources near the king, but we want absolutely best resources.
Then the king, our bishops not really that threatening.
So guess what?
Black plays here to continue the attack.
So for 100 points, what would you play in this position?
The imminent threat is real quick one.
So we want our absolutely best resources around the king.
That's kind of my motto from 1989, winning Lloyds Bank Junior.
Absolutely.
Best resources can be put in place here where Bishop G.
Try and get the queen very near to the king.
Now, there was another way of playing this.
Actually, the king is on the square.
And funny enough.
It looks impossible for this bishop to have an influence.
This is an alternative way of playing it.
We can actually try and clear out this diagonal sometimes in the stone.
Well, this bishop is surprisingly dangerous as an attacking piece.
The so called bad bishop instead of Bishop g1.
Just for the record, detailed C four and then here f6 inviting White's play to take on E6.
But that would open up this file.
So say why it doesn't take on E6 C5 clears the whole diagonal now and this would be very bad news if
this bishop stepped in.
So B6 taking now with the bishop B7 you can see that this is actually rather bad news if Bishop B7 happens.
So that's another way of getting resources logically near the king, even a resource you wouldn't expect
whatsoever.
You know, this bad bishop on C eight can actually have an influence logically not physically near the
king but logically and squares of the king.
So anyway, Bishop G one though is very very interesting.
Knight takes is played if King takes G1, Queen H two is checkmate.
If Rook takes G1, Queen H two and then Queen F2.
So you can see yeah resources around the king cooperating and IT team for checkmate in that so Knight
takes G1 is played and we have a brilliant continuation now Queen H two checking a free so you can see
the Queen is cutting off key escape squares and one should be very excited as an attacking player in
the land of combinations.
Here we're in a basically a nice combination phase of the game.
So how would you proceed the attack here?
The Queen is well placed controlling escape squares.
We want to bring more kind of team members into the attack now to try and get checks whilst the king
has been locked down a bit.
So this next move for 100 points, what would you play?
Okay, it's actually E5.
So now D tanks is played.
If Bishop D2 funny enough E4 check, Bishop takes E4 check.
We can do something absolutely amazing here in this position.
The short cut the game and actually secure that night on G4.
In some rotations we can actually do this D five check, which is actually a defense of the G full night
F tanks.
And here we've got f tanks E four and that is actually double check and mate and the bishop holds g.
If we look at this again, if D tanks e5f takes e4, check nine takes E4, we have 96, E five and that
is checkmate.
So yes.
So why tries here immediately D takes E5 and now some of the same mechanisms.
This, this is really a hero bishop here Knight D takes E5 protecting g4 so f takes e5, Knight takes
E5 King F4 and the hero is blunted.
But we have Knight G6 check which liberates potential for the f pawn to liberate the bishop now.
So F4 you might think, Well, what exactly is going on here now?
Well, one point here is if G tanks f4 weakness of the last move we pounce into H four Knight is actually
mate, but alternatively also we can actually make with 9095 as well.
That's the checkmate as well.
So the queen is doing a, you know, a fantastic job of the escape square.
So that's one beauty of resources around the king.
But sometimes you do need other members of the team to help participate after.
So it takes F4.
So in this position.
Yeah, there's an absolutely wonderful resource.
What is that resource?
So this so called bad bishop, is it going to be the hero here in some way?
In some strange way?
It is, actually.
I'm going to show you now.
200 points.
That's the clue.
We have Bishop G4, Shaq.
Now, unless Y wants to lose the Queen, that's absolutely winning for black hair.
So white took but now E5 Shaq.
So this makes sure that the Afro is controlling every escape square because have tanks.
So we've got escape squares now covered by physical pieces and logical pieces taking out escape squares.
Well, h three for the queen in particular, but the rook is also taking out these escape squares.
Let's put these in green showing.
So all the escape squares kind of taken out.
And we just need another member of our team now to deliver the final checkmate.
These these pieces are beautifully placed.
So what member of the team is that now?
An unsuspecting.
Little member of the team plays the chair, mate.
Can you spot it?
Yeah.
Ten points H five, champ, mate.
Yeah, it's.
It's a fun one.
Clearly, White got in big trouble for a mistake.
Move.
It's like a casual game.
Positionally.
Also, this.
This is this.
I mean, this is.
It could have been replaced with be freed up with a much better move.
But it's instructive because it seems as though there was almost a backfire of pieces being trapped
because of this king, too.
It's amazing, the two key, you know, major solutions here, Bishop ji one, as an absolutely amazing
solution.
But also even the idea of getting this bishop on this diagonal is pretty instructive.
But yeah.
Bishop g1, it's beautiful how certain pieces there the King, they they take that role, that team
role of restricting escape squares and other members of the team are coming to help also take away escape
squares or deliver the final checkmate.
So the bishop, which is usually a bad bishop in that stonewall, playing a pivotal role here, putting
the king in a bad spot for 95, which means that everything's locked down for the final checkmate.
So really instructive attack.
I enjoyed this one and so much.