Hi there.
In this lecture, we see an amazing game of Rasheed that's meeting off against Kournikova in 1962.
Sugar in tin cup.
Let's have a look at this game.
So this was played in Rostov on Don, which is a port city and the administrative center of Rostov Oblast
and the Southern federal District of Russia.
So for from this match now we have China Karpov playing C five Sicilian defense 90 F 390 6d4c tanks
D four night 60 4g6 So an accelerated dragon from black Rashid as much north plays nine C free C four
with the moxie bind is interesting here to try and punish night of sex.
The emission of light of sex white has the luxury of setting up a bureaucracy binds here.
This position, for example, is thought to be slightly better for white.
It's quite a popular line just to set up the Roxy.
So anyway, 93 Bishop G seven.
Bishop E Free Knights have sex.
We have Bishop C for Black Castles.
Bishop be free.
And now Knight G4 So there are interesting alternatives here.
D Six permits whites play just every ruling out night G4 and this should be a small edge for white Knight
85 is going into a kind of trap here with Bishop takes a seven check known as by some quarters as the
fish a trap so King takes can you see what why it plays here You know 96.
This is a crushing tactic Hey using the pin on the D seven pawn.
So this position White's winning the queen or king size king gets mated off the queen D five shank g4
shank rook g1 shank queen E for shank.
The king is going to get mated.
So anyway, so we have nine G4 immediately.
Queen size g g4 nine tasty for Queen H for Queen five white crosses on the King side.
If Bishop H six hand, this would be a big mistake.
King Staunton Center can be punished here.
Nine Saints C to check on Bishop takes Bishop St C free check And this isn't not not good this position
where White's losing control for not much.
So why is the castling here?
We have Bishop f6 and now as mentioned, I've had a deep thing here for about 40 minutes, apparently.
And.
An excited boy went up to Chernov, who was wandering around and said, Mister, he sacrificed his queens
here.
Yeah.
Queens Heights F6 was played here.
Amazingly, if Queen Geoffrey Plank has Queen S.C. free here and 92 shake shattering White's pawns were
a big advantage.
And that's the question really.
Queen G4 There's de sex and this position y has a small edge is plausible.
Queen H Sex and violence a repetition.
That's the snag.
There's a repetition.
If Queen sexy free hand, this is going to be better for for black structurally with a small edge.
And so given that's the case, it will be in effect a repetition on Queen H for Bishop sex and then
Bishop 87, etc..
So very interesting decision to play for a win here with Queen sex have sex.
So what on earth is going on here?
Well, it is a kind of weakened king.
And what we know about weaken king sometimes it does create huge potential for teamwork against a weakened
king.
So we have to check first if it tanks.
Bishop 64, there is compensation here.
You can see that the team members are working together on key squares.
And for example here, Knight F six check is an idea, just this position where the bishops nicely looking
at all the weakened dance squares.
So this position here is quite the bind.
So yeah once just very comfortable have in this variation of the position of queen sacrifice.
There's enough here to compensate for the Queen.
It's actually much better for white because someone had once got a huge grip on the position and start
winning material.
Yeah it's kind of passive that black so 90 to check tries to improve the state of affairs nine times
e to e takes here the knight taking time to get back to that key square so central influence especially
knights in central squares.
That's very nice.
You have a nice knight on a central square.
So here safeguarding indirectly the E4 pawn.
We have rookie sex.
If rook takes e4, Knight takes f6, Jack Knight takes e4.
If King G seven, Bishop d4.
You see the teamwork coming together.
Rookie sex is about equal.
So that is an interesting situation to play.
King G seven Head That probably is like the best bet but rookie sex was played here.
And.
We do.
We do actually get a similar position anyway.
Okay, So we have this position.
And now rook 81 d6 Rook D3.
The thing is, the teamwork is building up and up against the king.
Bishop D7 If H6 Knight takes F6 as possible, then Rook f3 Bishop e6 Bishop f6 Jack King Jank Rook D3
is better for White's.
So.
Okay.
Bishop Dh7.
We have broken free.
So building up on that f6 pawn, we have Bishop B5.
So to other options work.
So that seems like a move to play to attack the rook.
But if rook C eight yeah Knight takes f6.
This position is unpleasant to say the least.
Rookie five Bishop C White has a small edge here.
Yeah.
So maybe this.
This is like one of the more stubborn ideas.
ROOKIE five So it's only a small edge.
Technically, it seems if King g89 takes up six change.
This is just going to be this also is this also is a good line for Black King G eight.
So maybe you know Bishop if I was actually a kind of mistake making things worse.
So here.
Yeah King G ain't offering f6 and Rook takes this position with Queen SS is technically about even so
yeah it is an interesting position of Queen sacrifice, but Bishop B5 actually kind of makes things
worse.
Now for Black we have Bishop C free Queen D ice.
If Queen Isaacs had 97 this position offering the exchange, there is going to be a small edge for Waynes.
Yeah.
So Queen D ain't.
We have nine sets of six at Bishop E two.
If Rook takes f6, one can actually just casually play rook D1 celebrating that pin.
And here you are taking out F6 taking out D6.
This is going to lead to a big advantage for white Bishop takes F1 immediately here 94 Jack Bishop takes
E6.
This is quite a kind of vicious how the team operates for White White's better there so okay Bishop
E2 was trying Knight six H7 Champ Very clever.
We have King eight if King takes H seven.
Actually, the key point here is not really cage free because as Bishop h5 to factor in as a defensive
resource, we can't just easily make round the corner if we play Rook H free champ Bishop h5 this position.
Black's actually going to get a small edge here.
That would be a bad way of playing it.
But Rook takes f7 here instead is different.
This position with Bishop D7 Shank King H7 Bishop f6 leading to a big advantage for white in the simplified
scenario.
Okay, so King G eight though was played and we have a cage free.
This is actually technically an inaccuracy.
Again, it's very lucrative to get the pieces to as a killer common square.
But it turns out Knight of Six has a lot going for it here.
So for example, rook tanks, rook tanks, bishop tanks.
Let's say this position rotates F seven is very dangerous for black.
So that Bishop how they really worked together for the attack here, I mean, seems ridiculous in a
way.
Black playing so much with zero up.
But if we look at this rook these seven shank, we're going to take the queen and the two bishops will
be overwhelming for the rook in that situation, instead of bishop takes off seven, you might say,
Well, Queen D seven, Rookie one this situation Bishop thanks F seven Shank We're winning the Queen.
So it is a very dangerous situation essentially with six shank.
This was a very nice move possibility if king of eight now Rook H3 is different so Bishop takes Rook
can change check We're winning the Queen with advantage here.
And if kinji seven is actually h five double check and mate so that's that's fun.
And things protected all the key squares taken out.
So anyway rule cage free we have rook five trying to blunt this diagonal.
If Bishop takes F1 nine g5 rookie seven is mates there.
So the diagonal if rook if I'm trying to blunt the hair 9/10 F seven is interesting and 6e5 check and
this is good.
97 we're winning the Queen if f6 instead you know Bishop plays E6, it's just crashing through.
So this is a crush here with big advantage for white so okay rookie five was tried I only have four
Bishop takes off one if rook H five instead 9f6 check and we can take our H five and go back to f6.
And this position is going to be very nice after Bishop takes F7 that smashes through exposing the king.
So 9597 champ, for example, winning the queen.
But why is first thing rookie seven checkmate that was black do horrible positions so okay Bishop takes
F1 king takes F1 slightly Monica It would have been 9g5 actually leaving, you know, forgetting the
rook zero eight ain't getting the recapture.
If Bishop takes seven, check Rook seven check.
Bishop d5 threatens Rook have seven champ mate.
Check this position.
Knight Afraid this is quite vicious of the knight takes e5 rook h6 check winning the Queen winning endgame.
Here is the winning endgame.
So anyway King takes F1 was played Rooks yet which helps White's cause Rook e7976 Change this position
with 98 that's mate there that's not helpful for black to be Checkmate like that Rook H five.
There's no F six check Knight takes h5g tanks, rook tanks H five.
This position Rook eight seven.
You can see the teamwork and potential is amazing.
So the rook in the two bishops are really combining well so this situation if bishop e6 that's amazing
that being woven and say this position Bishop E6 check king F3 Yeah it's going to be make there if off
the king F2 instead of king If rook takes Z to shank we can just ignore that this position is still
going to be good for Rook and Bishop against Queen, but one's got so many extra pawns now.
This is a winning position for white as well.
So fun stuff all round.
So Rook C ate that was played when Bishop d4 slightly inaccuracy F takes e5 is good because this position
might have six check rook h seven check rook seven is mate.
As example, if queen takes f6 here he takes one has the advantage here clearly bishop up from pawn
as well.
So yeah that would have been that would have been pretty crushing it seems these lines with after e5
if D takes e5, what would you play here for 100 points?
You know, rock.
The refrain is the key move here, which works well.
And now Bishop takes E-5.
And this is embarrassing for black because, you know, this Rook H3 is collecting the queen.
This position is just an easy one position for white, the simplified scenario.
So anyway, Bishop D4, we have B5.
So that does offer a rook C4 or sometimes if rookie's 796 check 98 if rookie 596 Jack White takes this
position is dangerous for black that coordination is very strong here with the two bishops and the rook.
So B5 we have knight G five rook C seven If rook takes G5, we have rook eight Checkmate.
So rook seven here.
And then the final combination to get a winning endgame position in effect.
Can you see what that is?
If you check all the checks, what would you play?
It's a simple, fun combination.
Bishop takes seven check.
Before we get into that.
Bishop takes E-5 also seems to do quite well.
So this position is known, winning the Queen with an advantageous position.
But the thing is, if rotates then as rook h eight check and I'm winning the Queen and this is twice
advantage but similar patterns.
Bishop takes f7 here, Rook takes f7.
So yes rook H eight check k move King takes of King G seven instead.
Well, we're just taking on D eight.
This position is is good for white.
So once got a big advantage here lights up so much and continuing to munch things so King takes H Knight
takes F seven king eight seven 9/10 D eight.
So this is just a winning simplification now.
So why has two extra pawns and nine Bishop better than Rook generally?
Okay, one extra pawn, but it's still kind of lost for black hair and the game ended here if it continues.
So black resigned generously, perhaps if a6 C3.
So you might wonder.
Well, the thing is, it's a technique win actually, so it's not a false checkmate, but it was brilliant
earlier in the game.
But this kind of situation, if we had to this scenario, the nine bishop kind of starts with material
hand you know black's pawns are going to start to fall off.
So if they don't fall off, if if Brooks is someone you might think, well, hold on to that --,
then there's like a five check winning the rook.
So Bishop takes B six after.
If King thinks, say, Bishop G5 check, we get a situation like this where the king comes up to the
D5 pawn, then Black's overloaded, starts getting dismantled.
So it's a technique win essentially in the end, and it was generously kind of resigned.
So yes, an amazing game.
One of my favorite games of this and of perhaps the end possession caused it to be not so celebrated
generally as it might have been, but the positional queen sacrifice aspect for me stood out.
So I really enjoyed, you know, I did a YouTube video, I think before for anyone else, really on
this game.
It really struck me as an amazing but for most people I spent quite a few years ago anyway.
So it's just an amazing concept, this possession or queen sacrifice.
So this is kind of one of the more double edged swords of ingredients for the notion of attacking the
opponent's king.
If you give up your queen and you think the overall trend is upwards from this position is an example
of the weakened king, which one of the more magical aspects of this course you see it time and time
again.
A weakened king kind of encourages the attacking plants are really make use of all the team the fully
like no spare piece every piece employed in some role supporting role controlling key squares role either
supporting other material covering key squares or doing the killer checks.
The other piece pieces just flow into their roles here.
So yes, this pawn was immune.
I mean, let's just look at it without too much analysis.
Now just look at the team effort of these pieces, coordinating and coordinating against key squares.
And it's you know, nothing is not stuck.
They're all awake, They're all wide awake and they're all doing stuff, great stuff.
So even the pawn this for pawn, these pawns are kind of getting things out of the way for this final
little combination.
So really, it really is an amazing example.
It didn't end in checkmate like some other chess match in off games, but it's still a winning possession
and, you know, generously resigned.
But the brilliancy of the middle game here really struck me when I first saw this game.
What a beautiful, interesting concept.
And there are some interesting quotations.
About this meeting of, you know, nobody sees combinations like Rasheed.
And this match of Mikhail Botvinnik said that so great credit from Botvinnik this method of is the greatest
master of the initiative.
Lev POCHOWSKI.
His games revealed the beauty of chess and make you, you know, love.
In chess, not so much the points and high placings, but the wonderful harmony and elegance of this
particular world.
Yeah, the piece is in teamwork, elegant teamwork.
I think Mikhail Tal said, You know, Reggie, message was special.
It was a virtuoso of complementary chess.
David Bronstein Yeah.
Before, though, Spassky won the 29th USSR Championship in Baku in 1961.
So a year before this game, the best known game in that tournament occurred in round 15 between Mickelson
and his Much of To Love won the brilliancy prize for his tactical masterpiece, earning the nickname
Evergreen Rasheed.
Years later, Tal told the journalist that this loss was the happiest day of my life due to the beauty
of his opponent's play.
So yes, Rasheed is better.
Inov is applied, definitely.
I have analyzed, you know, a few games over the years and he always basically impressed me.
I do have a YouTube playlist.
I'll try and revisit some of those analysis of games and continue to evolve this course with examples.
You know, he's one of my favorite attacking players and he's not like an official world chess.
I mean, it was restricted an opportunity, it seems, by evidence if you check his wiki.
But what a brilliant tactician commentary player.
And he shows that great harmony, that beauty, that teamwork of pieces when there's a weakened king,
especially how the pieces can really conjure up amazing combinations.
Okay.
Hope you enjoyed this one.
And and I hope you are inspired by the game example and so much.