Hi there.
In this lecture, we see Garry Kasparov against Anatoly Karpov in 1996, the World Championship match
round 16.
Let's have a look.
Evil from Kasparov.
We have a five.
Knights have 39c6.
Bishop b54.
Roy Lopez, a six Bishop a full night, I think.
So.
These moves are fairly standard in the Roy Lopez, so let's just play through them without too much
commentary here.
So we have Frank Bishop he's seven D4 Rookie ain't like BD to Bishop ain't a four age six Bishop C sitting
he takes D4 so one of the points black gets that be four square access so night before White wants to
maintain the attacking bishop so bishop be one and this also this night move also liberates the C pawn
so black hence the center hard with C5 the five now 97.
So it looks as though black gets that nice E5 square rook A3 so this prepares potential switching to
the kingside in some lines just for the attack there.
All these pieces which look to be potentially relevant for attacks.
We see C4.
So this structure does have a perk.
It has the the free square highlighted and also that's more significant if the knight pulls into D3,
you can see that.
Is this really an attractive thing to invite pieces to D free?
Well, it is a cost of the attack here.
So we see Knight D four which does mean the rook could switch to the kingside.
We see Queen f6.
Now this is putting pressure on F2, so bear that in mind because if if a knight's coming to D free,
then after will be under double fire.
We have Knight 2 to 3 night C5.
Yeah.
So black's got that D3 square as a major perk, it seems eight tanks, eight tanks and black sacrifices
a pawn there on B5.
So it's actually rather dynamic play from Anatoly Karpov.
So Rook takes a free Knight, takes A3, and Knight on the rim is dim.
But also, could it be bait?
If you think about this knight as potential bait later, it could get time for an attack.
So we have Bishop A6 another move reinforcing the free control with great authority Rook e free.
This other rook is keen to be substitute for an attacking rook on the G4.
Maybe later rook by eight and now E5.
This opens up the B1 Bishop so it's not all roses for the black's position.
D takes the E5, Knight takes e5 and now we see Knight's D free So Black is frightening Queen Thanks
f to check potentially if Black had played Knight 65.
This is actually not entirely terrible as you might think, because after Queen 65 Rook D ain't Queen
Afraid there's this thing at the end of the -- knight Be free and these pieces are looking a
bit strange.
So yeah, Rook D1 shank black could get material back and it's just an even position at the end of all
of this.
But that was technically possible.
So Knight Bd3 we have Knight G4, so this simultaneously protects F2 and hence the Queen.
So an interesting move if Queen see C2 just to see what is going on here can way undermine D free for,
you know, putting more pressure on C4 and that also protects F2 here.
So what would black do here if rook before Knight C6 wrote B6 there is actually A5 trying to undermine
D3 this position Rook e8 might be free.
Yeah, this is crazy stuff.
Knight takes B3 tanks B free.
There is potentially a knight saying C4 now.
Yeah, it has that nice pin.
The point here is look at that F2 pressure.
We can't take on C4 without being without an Iron Queen six f2.
There is Bishop A2 and it ends up this position being about even.
That's crazy stuff.
I know, but if Knight's E take C4, then just F2 dropping is bad news.
Knight tanks B after and the bishop's kind of overloaded here potentially.
So this position Rook takes B2 so Bishop tanks there's Queen E3.
If Queen g1 this position ends up being slightly better for black So complex stuff.
So Knight G4 seems like a good tempo gain and we do have actually Queen B six.
This is perhaps a critical mistake going to the queenside away from the King.
So this idea of a numerical kind of advantage of attacking pieces versus defensive pieces is interesting.
This this game foreshadows the game in 1990, which was absolutely spectacular.
This is quite spectacular in its own right because it involves the kind of bait of this night, as we're
about to see.
If Queen had five, this would have been better for black.
It seems it's a consistent strategy for black hair.
Looking at that D three celebrating D three If bishop tanks D three this pawn on defray is not too pleasant.
So for example Bishop D six hair and h5y.
It's been driven back a bit and yeah, black should have a small armchair rook for nine takes C one
queen 6c1 black does have pressure here so every supporting as example.
But yeah, this is very annoying.
This this should be benefit plan this is what should this is this is ideal play for black queen at five.
It does seem as though this sets some issues up and stops White's attacking potential somewhat and if
Rook f4 Black just takes on D5.
I mean yeah what is going it do to prove the attack here?
It's difficult.
It's a difficult situation.
Okay.
But Queen B Sinks was played though, and we have that nice rook Geoffrey now.
G six is played f King H six.
The funny thing here is night sites H six is interesting.
G takes night takes C four trying to undermine D three.
This position among other things.
But a Queen G four threatens making one.
If Queen G thinks we can actually take on C4, leaving a very nasty pen on D3 and hitting the Queen.
So this position ends up off the Czech Queen takes before it ends up being better for white.
Crazy lines.
Yeah.
If Knight tanks be to her Bishop Tanks Queen tanks me to Knight takes H six, Jack King Ash eight Knight
takes up seven Czech King G eight Queen H five has a strong idea the knight holds the Bishop White is
fantastic Knight G5 with mate France, but also the immediate.
My friend is actually Bishop H seven champagne with an F seven that is the immediate mate threat of
more significance.
So yeah.
93 blunts Bishop H seven Just to put that on the board.
Rook B free as Bishop H seven champ mate.
But night D Free.
Yeah.
We can use the slower methods potentially.
Bishop takes the three C takes the slower method Knight G five so that threatens Queen H seven, mate.
So Bishop D six, Queen H seven.
This is actually a very strong attack, as you might imagine, ends up in Black's king getting checkmated.
So funny stuff, different ways of mating there on 9/10 B2 so we have actually G six and now Bishop
takes H sinks.
Queen thanks be to Queen Afri and now 97 is played here.
If queen takes a fright, why not take this night?
One can force a draw here with a sex track.
So, for example, here Bishop takes a faint rook takes her rook G4 King G seven, Knight H five.
Check.
We can force a draw here after Queen have sex.
So this position.
Queen B2 when G5 check Bishop takes the three nine takes nine of six Czech.
So even though one is material down this is a of perpetual.
If ever black decides instead of King G seven King H ain't then Queen 86 is checkmate.
So that's a drawback perpetual there.
If Bishop takes H six Hare nine Saints 86.
This is too dangerous.
19 seven Queen B one is desperate.
We can just ignore that actually.
So this position is massive.
Queen Bee B2.
Queen G4.
Queen F thinks Rook f 395 This ends up just being better.
For once this position.
95 Jack Caffrey.
Yeah, this is just Bennifer wines.
So here, for example, we get behind that phone, and it's a bear ending.
It's about running.
We got loads more pawns, so.
Okay, so in the game, 97 was tried.
Bishop takes her faints, King takes her faith's king H two and now rook B frame Queen D four.
And still it seems challenging for it should be about equal here Queen takes H free Queen takes a free
hand this position nice H six defending the mate on F somewhere 97 to 85 Queen f6 has the of D six which
then takes an escape square and frets and swings like Queen H eight.
So if Queen beater which now frightens potentially Knight's G four check to get the Queen's off if d6
knight G4 this is going to be banner for blank.
So if White does something about that though with Rook takes G6, this situation is very different and
it seems as though White gets an advantage here.
So this position White is getting into a better end game.
So yes, fun stuff.
We have Rook B free Bishop tanks, differing C tanks D free queen A4 Now in this position, a huge mistake
is played by Karpov.
Karpov took on a free hair.
It's a difficult position if D2 19 six Queen F six Queen thanks D to Queen D six.
You know, this is interesting because.
If Brooke takes a freelance queen bee for check and dissects and then cleanly winning that rock.
So say queen dissects hair.
See to why it has an advantage here.
But in the game.
Yeah.
Queen takes a free is a big, big mistake.
So even though why is a piece down hair whole Bishop Black's king has been it seems severely compromised
and we have nights age sex being played.
It is very, very dangerous for blacks.
King safety.
We have Queen E seven now.
If a5 rook tanks g sex is strong and just dismantling with night takes F five whites attack is too strong
here.
If king G seven queen sex f seven check and just mating.
So Queen E seven was tried, but now things proceed with forcing moves.
Can you see the first forcing move for ten points?
Yep.
ROOK Thanks.
G6 So the threat is actually rogue G8 meeting.
We have Queen E, five F, King e8d6 is strong, taking away King Escape Square.
It's got to be winning because, you know, G ain't So if Black wants to give up the Queen, it's still
no good Queen have seven queen takes be free picks up the rook So Queen E five was tried but now rook
g eight check King ye seven.
And guess what is played here which is super strong.
Check who checks.
Okay.
Bounce Revell, ten points.
The sex check.
So now kinky sex is played.
If Queen takes those five check, Queen takes these six check and G for check.
And we're going to be meeting the king soon.
So they'll be checkmate.
So King E six, we have rookie eight check King D five Rook Saints e5 check.
Knight takes E5 and now D seven.
This is overstretching the black resources.
So if Knight takes we have Queen takes up seven check and I'm picking up the rook.
So rook B eight was played Knight takes F seven and that's a nasty amount of pressure on E5 and the
diagonal.
If Knight takes F seven, Queen tanks B eight and he just queen ing and that's absolutely winning.
So yes, I thought I had a look at this game a few times and my initial impressions.
This foreshadows the 1990 game in the same opening with same ideas, but that was much more spectacular.
This I had a hard time convincing myself about, but it shows chess can be a messy game.
Black does have, you know, plans on D3.
It's just a fact of life.
We're giving up stuff to get stuff.
It swings and roundabouts.
So even though it appears quite a messy game, you know, the tempting taking on afraid was was played
at the wrong time and and the evaluation just shoots up to about plus nine On the key mistake that Karpov
made It's fascinating to consider that a seemingly bad night on the rim you know being taken as bait
makes sure that the opponent's resources are away from the king.
So that is a fascinating subsection, at least of the game, which I appreciate more personally in an
aesthetic sense.
How this taking on a phrase so bad for black hair.
It's just plus nine for white hair.
So, yes, it just shows, you know, a bishop down.
But we have resources around the opponent's king and the opponent's resources.
So it's like an end clause, we're saying, and not just resources around the king, but opponent resources
away from the king.
We want to get that mathematical superiority of attacking versus defending pieces for the opponent's
king.
And we have that here.
So it's kind of demonstrated that, yeah, this is just a huge attack for White in this possession.
It just seems like a massive attack potential.
So, yeah, fun stuff.
It's very, very interesting that this is such a crushing position after the debate has taken on a phrase.
So there is a it's chaotic.
And that's one reason why it's perhaps if the staff was influenced by Anakin, looking at Anakin, examples
might be a little bit simpler.
Maybe Anakin's opponents made more basic mistakes and not so sophisticated as Anatoly Karpov, who was
an extremely strong world champion.
Indeed.
So yeah, this is high level chess between the two in 1996 showing that the attacking player can still
be a player of the might of Anatoly Karpov.
Okay, I hope you got some points from it.
I enjoy that bit and so much.