WEBVTT 00:00.900 --> 00:01.830 Hi there. 00:02.070 --> 00:09.150 In this lecture, we see an amazing game of Rasheed that's meeting off against Kournikova in 1962. 00:09.330 --> 00:10.980 Sugar in tin cup. 00:11.040 --> 00:12.270 Let's have a look at this game. 00:12.480 --> 00:21.090 So this was played in Rostov on Don, which is a port city and the administrative center of Rostov Oblast 00:21.090 --> 00:23.640 and the Southern federal District of Russia. 00:23.640 --> 00:32.660 So for from this match now we have China Karpov playing C five Sicilian defense 90 F 390 6d4c tanks 00:32.700 --> 00:43.620 D four night 60 4g6 So an accelerated dragon from black Rashid as much north plays nine C free C four 00:43.620 --> 00:46.650 with the moxie bind is interesting here to try and punish night of sex. 00:46.650 --> 00:51.960 The emission of light of sex white has the luxury of setting up a bureaucracy binds here. 00:53.100 --> 00:58.710 This position, for example, is thought to be slightly better for white. 00:59.220 --> 01:02.970 It's quite a popular line just to set up the Roxy. 01:03.360 --> 01:05.880 So anyway, 93 Bishop G seven. 01:05.880 --> 01:07.590 Bishop E Free Knights have sex. 01:07.590 --> 01:09.930 We have Bishop C for Black Castles. 01:10.410 --> 01:11.610 Bishop be free. 01:11.610 --> 01:17.850 And now Knight G4 So there are interesting alternatives here. 01:18.720 --> 01:26.080 D Six permits whites play just every ruling out night G4 and this should be a small edge for white Knight 01:26.400 --> 01:34.830 85 is going into a kind of trap here with Bishop takes a seven check known as by some quarters as the 01:34.830 --> 01:41.310 fish a trap so King takes can you see what why it plays here You know 96. 01:41.310 --> 01:44.580 This is a crushing tactic Hey using the pin on the D seven pawn. 01:44.760 --> 01:52.950 So this position White's winning the queen or king size king gets mated off the queen D five shank g4 01:52.950 --> 01:56.790 shank rook g1 shank queen E for shank. 01:57.090 --> 01:58.410 The king is going to get mated. 01:58.680 --> 02:03.000 So anyway, so we have nine G4 immediately. 02:04.920 --> 02:13.410 Queen size g g4 nine tasty for Queen H for Queen five white crosses on the King side. 02:13.410 --> 02:16.290 If Bishop H six hand, this would be a big mistake. 02:17.190 --> 02:20.790 King Staunton Center can be punished here. 02:22.020 --> 02:30.480 Nine Saints C to check on Bishop takes Bishop St C free check And this isn't not not good this position 02:31.170 --> 02:35.220 where White's losing control for not much. 02:36.270 --> 02:38.670 So why is the castling here? 02:38.670 --> 02:45.420 We have Bishop f6 and now as mentioned, I've had a deep thing here for about 40 minutes, apparently. 02:47.080 --> 02:48.100 And. 02:49.280 --> 02:55.430 An excited boy went up to Chernov, who was wandering around and said, Mister, he sacrificed his queens 02:55.430 --> 02:55.910 here. 02:56.120 --> 02:56.660 Yeah. 02:56.690 --> 02:59.120 Queens Heights F6 was played here. 03:00.590 --> 03:09.920 Amazingly, if Queen Geoffrey Plank has Queen S.C. free here and 92 shake shattering White's pawns were 03:09.920 --> 03:10.790 a big advantage. 03:10.790 --> 03:12.530 And that's the question really. 03:12.890 --> 03:18.890 Queen G4 There's de sex and this position y has a small edge is plausible. 03:19.310 --> 03:21.260 Queen H Sex and violence a repetition. 03:21.260 --> 03:22.250 That's the snag. 03:22.250 --> 03:23.320 There's a repetition. 03:23.390 --> 03:29.810 If Queen sexy free hand, this is going to be better for for black structurally with a small edge. 03:29.810 --> 03:36.680 And so given that's the case, it will be in effect a repetition on Queen H for Bishop sex and then 03:36.680 --> 03:38.030 Bishop 87, etc.. 03:38.030 --> 03:43.850 So very interesting decision to play for a win here with Queen sex have sex. 03:43.970 --> 03:46.100 So what on earth is going on here? 03:47.750 --> 03:49.820 Well, it is a kind of weakened king. 03:49.820 --> 03:56.870 And what we know about weaken king sometimes it does create huge potential for teamwork against a weakened 03:56.870 --> 03:57.500 king. 03:57.710 --> 04:01.070 So we have to check first if it tanks. 04:01.070 --> 04:03.950 Bishop 64, there is compensation here. 04:03.950 --> 04:08.030 You can see that the team members are working together on key squares. 04:08.390 --> 04:16.880 And for example here, Knight F six check is an idea, just this position where the bishops nicely looking 04:16.880 --> 04:18.620 at all the weakened dance squares. 04:18.620 --> 04:21.560 So this position here is quite the bind. 04:22.430 --> 04:27.980 So yeah once just very comfortable have in this variation of the position of queen sacrifice. 04:27.980 --> 04:32.180 There's enough here to compensate for the Queen. 04:32.180 --> 04:37.100 It's actually much better for white because someone had once got a huge grip on the position and start 04:37.100 --> 04:37.970 winning material. 04:38.330 --> 04:46.160 Yeah it's kind of passive that black so 90 to check tries to improve the state of affairs nine times 04:46.400 --> 04:53.510 e to e takes here the knight taking time to get back to that key square so central influence especially 04:53.510 --> 04:54.620 knights in central squares. 04:54.620 --> 04:55.460 That's very nice. 04:55.580 --> 04:57.710 You have a nice knight on a central square. 04:58.160 --> 05:01.370 So here safeguarding indirectly the E4 pawn. 05:01.370 --> 05:02.450 We have rookie sex. 05:02.450 --> 05:06.800 If rook takes e4, Knight takes f6, Jack Knight takes e4. 05:07.100 --> 05:09.380 If King G seven, Bishop d4. 05:09.380 --> 05:11.120 You see the teamwork coming together. 05:12.350 --> 05:14.780 Rookie sex is about equal. 05:14.780 --> 05:18.920 So that is an interesting situation to play. 05:18.950 --> 05:24.800 King G seven Head That probably is like the best bet but rookie sex was played here. 05:26.980 --> 05:27.700 And. 05:28.570 --> 05:29.380 We do. 05:29.410 --> 05:32.620 We do actually get a similar position anyway. 05:33.190 --> 05:34.990 Okay, So we have this position. 05:36.960 --> 05:41.010 And now rook 81 d6 Rook D3. 05:41.010 --> 05:44.430 The thing is, the teamwork is building up and up against the king. 05:44.760 --> 05:57.030 Bishop D7 If H6 Knight takes F6 as possible, then Rook f3 Bishop e6 Bishop f6 Jack King Jank Rook D3 05:57.030 --> 05:58.200 is better for White's. 06:00.580 --> 06:00.970 So. 06:00.970 --> 06:01.590 Okay. 06:01.600 --> 06:03.040 Bishop Dh7. 06:06.100 --> 06:07.570 We have broken free. 06:08.140 --> 06:13.030 So building up on that f6 pawn, we have Bishop B5. 06:15.440 --> 06:17.090 So to other options work. 06:17.090 --> 06:20.510 So that seems like a move to play to attack the rook. 06:20.510 --> 06:25.010 But if rook C eight yeah Knight takes f6. 06:25.010 --> 06:28.280 This position is unpleasant to say the least. 06:28.850 --> 06:32.840 Rookie five Bishop C White has a small edge here. 06:34.010 --> 06:34.400 Yeah. 06:34.400 --> 06:35.090 So maybe this. 06:35.090 --> 06:37.160 This is like one of the more stubborn ideas. 06:37.160 --> 06:39.320 ROOKIE five So it's only a small edge. 06:39.830 --> 06:44.090 Technically, it seems if King g89 takes up six change. 06:44.090 --> 06:50.000 This is just going to be this also is this also is a good line for Black King G eight. 06:50.000 --> 06:54.650 So maybe you know Bishop if I was actually a kind of mistake making things worse. 06:55.700 --> 06:56.350 So here. 06:56.360 --> 07:09.200 Yeah King G ain't offering f6 and Rook takes this position with Queen SS is technically about even so 07:09.200 --> 07:13.640 yeah it is an interesting position of Queen sacrifice, but Bishop B5 actually kind of makes things 07:13.760 --> 07:14.390 worse. 07:14.390 --> 07:19.370 Now for Black we have Bishop C free Queen D ice. 07:20.270 --> 07:30.500 If Queen Isaacs had 97 this position offering the exchange, there is going to be a small edge for Waynes. 07:30.620 --> 07:31.160 Yeah. 07:31.640 --> 07:33.050 So Queen D ain't. 07:33.080 --> 07:37.490 We have nine sets of six at Bishop E two. 07:39.070 --> 07:44.590 If Rook takes f6, one can actually just casually play rook D1 celebrating that pin. 07:45.100 --> 07:48.010 And here you are taking out F6 taking out D6. 07:48.010 --> 07:56.020 This is going to lead to a big advantage for white Bishop takes F1 immediately here 94 Jack Bishop takes 07:56.020 --> 07:56.380 E6. 07:56.380 --> 08:03.400 This is quite a kind of vicious how the team operates for White White's better there so okay Bishop 08:03.430 --> 08:07.060 E2 was trying Knight six H7 Champ Very clever. 08:09.490 --> 08:12.760 We have King eight if King takes H seven. 08:13.750 --> 08:18.880 Actually, the key point here is not really cage free because as Bishop h5 to factor in as a defensive 08:18.880 --> 08:27.190 resource, we can't just easily make round the corner if we play Rook H free champ Bishop h5 this position. 08:28.090 --> 08:30.910 Black's actually going to get a small edge here. 08:31.240 --> 08:33.250 That would be a bad way of playing it. 08:33.370 --> 08:37.240 But Rook takes f7 here instead is different. 08:37.600 --> 08:46.390 This position with Bishop D7 Shank King H7 Bishop f6 leading to a big advantage for white in the simplified 08:46.390 --> 08:47.110 scenario. 08:48.130 --> 08:53.230 Okay, so King G eight though was played and we have a cage free. 08:53.230 --> 08:56.470 This is actually technically an inaccuracy. 08:56.470 --> 09:01.510 Again, it's very lucrative to get the pieces to as a killer common square. 09:01.510 --> 09:05.860 But it turns out Knight of Six has a lot going for it here. 09:06.250 --> 09:10.780 So for example, rook tanks, rook tanks, bishop tanks. 09:10.780 --> 09:14.200 Let's say this position rotates F seven is very dangerous for black. 09:14.530 --> 09:20.920 So that Bishop how they really worked together for the attack here, I mean, seems ridiculous in a 09:20.920 --> 09:21.190 way. 09:21.220 --> 09:22.620 Black playing so much with zero up. 09:22.630 --> 09:27.970 But if we look at this rook these seven shank, we're going to take the queen and the two bishops will 09:27.970 --> 09:33.730 be overwhelming for the rook in that situation, instead of bishop takes off seven, you might say, 09:33.730 --> 09:39.820 Well, Queen D seven, Rookie one this situation Bishop thanks F seven Shank We're winning the Queen. 09:40.570 --> 09:44.500 So it is a very dangerous situation essentially with six shank. 09:45.670 --> 09:55.470 This was a very nice move possibility if king of eight now Rook H3 is different so Bishop takes Rook 09:55.470 --> 09:58.660 can change check We're winning the Queen with advantage here. 10:00.650 --> 10:07.610 And if kinji seven is actually h five double check and mate so that's that's fun. 10:08.180 --> 10:10.690 And things protected all the key squares taken out. 10:10.700 --> 10:15.440 So anyway rule cage free we have rook five trying to blunt this diagonal. 10:16.670 --> 10:22.810 If Bishop takes F1 nine g5 rookie seven is mates there. 10:22.820 --> 10:32.930 So the diagonal if rook if I'm trying to blunt the hair 9/10 F seven is interesting and 6e5 check and 10:32.930 --> 10:33.890 this is good. 10:33.890 --> 10:42.290 97 we're winning the Queen if f6 instead you know Bishop plays E6, it's just crashing through. 10:42.740 --> 10:51.800 So this is a crush here with big advantage for white so okay rookie five was tried I only have four 10:51.800 --> 11:01.190 Bishop takes off one if rook H five instead 9f6 check and we can take our H five and go back to f6. 11:01.190 --> 11:09.080 And this position is going to be very nice after Bishop takes F7 that smashes through exposing the king. 11:09.080 --> 11:14.180 So 9597 champ, for example, winning the queen. 11:14.180 --> 11:21.950 But why is first thing rookie seven checkmate that was black do horrible positions so okay Bishop takes 11:21.950 --> 11:31.730 F1 king takes F1 slightly Monica It would have been 9g5 actually leaving, you know, forgetting the 11:31.730 --> 11:34.400 rook zero eight ain't getting the recapture. 11:34.670 --> 11:37.760 If Bishop takes seven, check Rook seven check. 11:38.150 --> 11:41.330 Bishop d5 threatens Rook have seven champ mate. 11:41.480 --> 11:43.610 Check this position. 11:43.820 --> 11:51.680 Knight Afraid this is quite vicious of the knight takes e5 rook h6 check winning the Queen winning endgame. 11:51.680 --> 11:53.800 Here is the winning endgame. 11:53.810 --> 12:02.750 So anyway King takes F1 was played Rooks yet which helps White's cause Rook e7976 Change this position 12:02.750 --> 12:09.590 with 98 that's mate there that's not helpful for black to be Checkmate like that Rook H five. 12:09.590 --> 12:14.390 There's no F six check Knight takes h5g tanks, rook tanks H five. 12:14.390 --> 12:16.190 This position Rook eight seven. 12:16.190 --> 12:18.950 You can see the teamwork and potential is amazing. 12:19.190 --> 12:25.700 So the rook in the two bishops are really combining well so this situation if bishop e6 that's amazing 12:25.700 --> 12:34.340 that being woven and say this position Bishop E6 check king F3 Yeah it's going to be make there if off 12:34.340 --> 12:41.450 the king F2 instead of king If rook takes Z to shank we can just ignore that this position is still 12:41.450 --> 12:46.130 going to be good for Rook and Bishop against Queen, but one's got so many extra pawns now. 12:46.130 --> 12:47.990 This is a winning position for white as well. 12:48.440 --> 12:50.270 So fun stuff all round. 12:50.270 --> 12:58.820 So Rook C ate that was played when Bishop d4 slightly inaccuracy F takes e5 is good because this position 12:58.820 --> 13:02.930 might have six check rook h seven check rook seven is mate. 13:03.350 --> 13:10.820 As example, if queen takes f6 here he takes one has the advantage here clearly bishop up from pawn 13:10.820 --> 13:11.390 as well. 13:11.750 --> 13:18.980 So yeah that would have been that would have been pretty crushing it seems these lines with after e5 13:19.010 --> 13:23.810 if D takes e5, what would you play here for 100 points? 13:26.970 --> 13:27.450 You know, rock. 13:27.450 --> 13:30.870 The refrain is the key move here, which works well. 13:30.870 --> 13:33.120 And now Bishop takes E-5. 13:34.350 --> 13:41.790 And this is embarrassing for black because, you know, this Rook H3 is collecting the queen. 13:43.410 --> 13:48.460 This position is just an easy one position for white, the simplified scenario. 13:48.480 --> 13:52.590 So anyway, Bishop D4, we have B5. 13:55.360 --> 14:06.910 So that does offer a rook C4 or sometimes if rookie's 796 check 98 if rookie 596 Jack White takes this 14:06.910 --> 14:12.430 position is dangerous for black that coordination is very strong here with the two bishops and the rook. 14:13.480 --> 14:22.210 So B5 we have knight G five rook C seven If rook takes G5, we have rook eight Checkmate. 14:22.210 --> 14:23.800 So rook seven here. 14:24.250 --> 14:28.570 And then the final combination to get a winning endgame position in effect. 14:28.600 --> 14:29.590 Can you see what that is? 14:29.590 --> 14:32.020 If you check all the checks, what would you play? 14:35.950 --> 14:37.450 It's a simple, fun combination. 14:37.780 --> 14:39.640 Bishop takes seven check. 14:40.030 --> 14:41.510 Before we get into that. 14:41.530 --> 14:46.060 Bishop takes E-5 also seems to do quite well. 14:46.060 --> 14:53.110 So this position is known, winning the Queen with an advantageous position. 14:53.110 --> 14:59.320 But the thing is, if rotates then as rook h eight check and I'm winning the Queen and this is twice 14:59.320 --> 15:01.600 advantage but similar patterns. 15:01.600 --> 15:04.930 Bishop takes f7 here, Rook takes f7. 15:04.930 --> 15:10.480 So yes rook H eight check k move King takes of King G seven instead. 15:10.480 --> 15:12.120 Well, we're just taking on D eight. 15:12.130 --> 15:14.770 This position is is good for white. 15:15.130 --> 15:25.030 So once got a big advantage here lights up so much and continuing to munch things so King takes H Knight 15:25.030 --> 15:28.270 takes F seven king eight seven 9/10 D eight. 15:28.450 --> 15:32.200 So this is just a winning simplification now. 15:32.410 --> 15:36.160 So why has two extra pawns and nine Bishop better than Rook generally? 15:36.160 --> 15:44.290 Okay, one extra pawn, but it's still kind of lost for black hair and the game ended here if it continues. 15:44.290 --> 15:48.430 So black resigned generously, perhaps if a6 C3. 15:48.640 --> 15:49.450 So you might wonder. 15:49.450 --> 15:56.350 Well, the thing is, it's a technique win actually, so it's not a false checkmate, but it was brilliant 15:56.350 --> 15:57.040 earlier in the game. 15:57.040 --> 16:04.450 But this kind of situation, if we had to this scenario, the nine bishop kind of starts with material 16:05.050 --> 16:08.230 hand you know black's pawns are going to start to fall off. 16:11.710 --> 16:16.810 So if they don't fall off, if if Brooks is someone you might think, well, hold on to that --, 16:16.870 --> 16:19.060 then there's like a five check winning the rook. 16:20.050 --> 16:21.420 So Bishop takes B six after. 16:21.430 --> 16:28.750 If King thinks, say, Bishop G5 check, we get a situation like this where the king comes up to the 16:28.750 --> 16:33.160 D5 pawn, then Black's overloaded, starts getting dismantled. 16:33.160 --> 16:38.170 So it's a technique win essentially in the end, and it was generously kind of resigned. 16:38.470 --> 16:41.320 So yes, an amazing game. 16:41.320 --> 16:50.080 One of my favorite games of this and of perhaps the end possession caused it to be not so celebrated 16:50.410 --> 16:56.440 generally as it might have been, but the positional queen sacrifice aspect for me stood out. 16:56.470 --> 17:02.200 So I really enjoyed, you know, I did a YouTube video, I think before for anyone else, really on 17:02.200 --> 17:02.620 this game. 17:02.620 --> 17:09.460 It really struck me as an amazing but for most people I spent quite a few years ago anyway. 17:09.460 --> 17:13.990 So it's just an amazing concept, this possession or queen sacrifice. 17:14.200 --> 17:22.420 So this is kind of one of the more double edged swords of ingredients for the notion of attacking the 17:22.420 --> 17:22.990 opponent's king. 17:23.170 --> 17:31.120 If you give up your queen and you think the overall trend is upwards from this position is an example 17:31.120 --> 17:36.910 of the weakened king, which one of the more magical aspects of this course you see it time and time 17:36.910 --> 17:37.600 again. 17:37.840 --> 17:45.370 A weakened king kind of encourages the attacking plants are really make use of all the team the fully 17:45.370 --> 17:53.860 like no spare piece every piece employed in some role supporting role controlling key squares role either 17:53.860 --> 17:57.970 supporting other material covering key squares or doing the killer checks. 17:57.970 --> 18:01.900 The other piece pieces just flow into their roles here. 18:02.590 --> 18:04.150 So yes, this pawn was immune. 18:04.150 --> 18:06.430 I mean, let's just look at it without too much analysis. 18:06.430 --> 18:13.570 Now just look at the team effort of these pieces, coordinating and coordinating against key squares. 18:14.410 --> 18:17.050 And it's you know, nothing is not stuck. 18:17.260 --> 18:23.440 They're all awake, They're all wide awake and they're all doing stuff, great stuff. 18:23.440 --> 18:30.650 So even the pawn this for pawn, these pawns are kind of getting things out of the way for this final 18:30.650 --> 18:31.660 little combination. 18:31.660 --> 18:34.810 So really, it really is an amazing example. 18:35.600 --> 18:40.120 It didn't end in checkmate like some other chess match in off games, but it's still a winning possession 18:40.120 --> 18:41.650 and, you know, generously resigned. 18:41.650 --> 18:46.990 But the brilliancy of the middle game here really struck me when I first saw this game. 18:46.990 --> 18:49.120 What a beautiful, interesting concept. 18:49.360 --> 18:54.820 And there are some interesting quotations. 18:55.950 --> 19:01.290 About this meeting of, you know, nobody sees combinations like Rasheed. 19:01.290 --> 19:08.310 And this match of Mikhail Botvinnik said that so great credit from Botvinnik this method of is the greatest 19:08.310 --> 19:09.720 master of the initiative. 19:09.990 --> 19:11.340 Lev POCHOWSKI. 19:13.930 --> 19:18.220 His games revealed the beauty of chess and make you, you know, love. 19:18.220 --> 19:24.910 In chess, not so much the points and high placings, but the wonderful harmony and elegance of this 19:24.910 --> 19:25.690 particular world. 19:25.690 --> 19:29.440 Yeah, the piece is in teamwork, elegant teamwork. 19:29.860 --> 19:35.180 I think Mikhail Tal said, You know, Reggie, message was special. 19:35.380 --> 19:38.650 It was a virtuoso of complementary chess. 19:39.130 --> 19:41.350 David Bronstein Yeah. 19:41.380 --> 19:47.860 Before, though, Spassky won the 29th USSR Championship in Baku in 1961. 19:47.860 --> 19:54.210 So a year before this game, the best known game in that tournament occurred in round 15 between Mickelson 19:54.430 --> 20:00.460 and his Much of To Love won the brilliancy prize for his tactical masterpiece, earning the nickname 20:00.460 --> 20:01.810 Evergreen Rasheed. 20:01.840 --> 20:09.430 Years later, Tal told the journalist that this loss was the happiest day of my life due to the beauty 20:09.430 --> 20:10.810 of his opponent's play. 20:11.530 --> 20:13.360 So yes, Rasheed is better. 20:13.370 --> 20:17.200 Inov is applied, definitely. 20:17.200 --> 20:23.700 I have analyzed, you know, a few games over the years and he always basically impressed me. 20:23.710 --> 20:25.990 I do have a YouTube playlist. 20:26.230 --> 20:33.250 I'll try and revisit some of those analysis of games and continue to evolve this course with examples. 20:33.250 --> 20:38.500 You know, he's one of my favorite attacking players and he's not like an official world chess. 20:38.500 --> 20:43.450 I mean, it was restricted an opportunity, it seems, by evidence if you check his wiki. 20:43.450 --> 20:46.840 But what a brilliant tactician commentary player. 20:46.840 --> 20:53.230 And he shows that great harmony, that beauty, that teamwork of pieces when there's a weakened king, 20:53.230 --> 20:58.420 especially how the pieces can really conjure up amazing combinations. 20:58.720 --> 20:59.380 Okay. 20:59.410 --> 21:00.550 Hope you enjoyed this one. 21:01.600 --> 21:07.120 And and I hope you are inspired by the game example and so much.