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In this lecture, we see an example of gambit in perks from both sides, actually.
So John William Shilton was playing against Paul Morphy in 1857 New York tournament We see E4 from Shorten.
Paul Morphy replies E5 We have The King's Gambit now.
Paul Morphy actually just counters with D5.
He wants to be the game of chess.
Here we have he takes the E5 e4 C3 if D3 this is interesting, f6 D takes e4, Knight takes e4 have
Black could play C6 and for example this position after C takes the E5 knight bd to a5 there should
be about even this position.
So we see knight c fray though.
Let's have six d free now.
Bishop b4 This is very interesting.
Now the pressure on C3 we have Bishop d2.
If D takes E4, Knight takes e4, Queen D four Black could play bishop take C free check damage, white
structure and just castle here so Queen takes this rookie eight and if Bishop de Freed is actually Queen
H four shank so here if G freed as knight takes G free so let's say king of fun but knight G4 anyway
picking up the rook so there's advantages for black in some variations here Bishop d2 but this leads
to a very interesting move now for ten points.
What would you play
another like pawn sacrifice E3 So this means big trouble for white, basically.
In general, Bishop takes E3 black castles with some very interesting France.
We have Bishop D2 If Queen eats her rookie eights for example this position Bishop takes C three, B
takes Knight takes D5 five.
What about the pen?
Bishop This is just horrible to lose that piece if knights have free rookie eights and let's say 95
9.65 Bishop D to black has Bishop take C free here and now f6 whereas that knight going as pens so that's
just very nice for black so Bishop two was tried and we have rookie eight Schenk Bishop E2 and now Bishop
takes C free.
There might have been other ways to play this.
This is quite committal.
Bishop Take C free C six for you know trying to get more lead environments.
This position, for example, is very pleasant for black.
This would stop white castling and knight g for this position.
Black's going to get an edge after knight e free check.
There's more than enough for the invested pawns here for black to play with.
So.
Bishop, thanks.
C Free.
B Thanks, Bishop G4 And now C for this is actually an inaccuracy.
Knight F3 would have been at Sims Banner.
No, no, not a freeze, actually.
Even as bad.
Pardon me.
What is actually an accurate move here?
Well what would you play with An interesting defensive idea is actually King F2.
Well none of you found this so this kind of underpins friends Bishop thanks G4 and say Bishop takes
E to nine Saints E two Queen Saints 35.
This situation the white king can find safety, it seems, and white can navigate carefully to an advantage,
a small advantage, at least a small advantage.
But so that would be the way to play King after Knight.
Every is not so hot.
Bishop takes her free Gitex Knight takes D5.
This shattering of the pawn structure is is horrible.
White Castles had Queen f6 C4 Knight takes that for Black's doing very well here so okay but C4 doesn't
really help.
We have now c6 d takes massive mistake.
This is a massive turning point of this game, giving black a kind of numerical superiority of attacking
forces.
These rooks are still in bed that, you know, they're asleep.
So there is a superiority of forces building up around White's king if h friend instead Bishop takes
8 to 9 tenths e to c 65 c 65 black can stop white thing here with this queen e7 move for a moment.
There is d6 though and in this position with King F2 it seems White can live to tell the tale here.
So yes, that would be an interesting move.
D6 range.
Interesting.
Save the day if night.
If here instead of Queen 87, though the thing is 1965 is a different story and say why is announced
Castle this king actually one still okay here.
So this this kind of shows actually that basically free was the way to go it seems as you know a very
least, you know, one should be.
Even have this this this D sex resource plays a role.
Okay.
OC But anyway D take C six.
So this is now massively in Black's favor.
Technically, King F one is played, if only to have three.
Bishop takes her free, G takes 94.
What does Y do about this E2 pressure weight?
It's just losing material.
So King F1 but now.
Yeah typical morphing Morphy know the rooks are asleep so you know why it's got you know big problems
with E2.
This is a bit of an opera game sequence here where the rooks have celebrated.
The acts of rooks are kind of awake and these guys were asleep.
So Rook takes E to invest one of the rooks and build up huge pressure on E, So this is pretty clear
cut.
Queen B one bishop takes E to Shaq and now a bit of a king Chase Knight, G, Falkirk, King g1.
A very nice move here to make sure the the checks, the flow of checks don't run out.
So what would you play here for ten points.
The king hunt sequence now results but yeah with the rooks asleep Knight's have free track vacates d4
for Queen D for shank.
And then this position Queen have to check.
Queen takes a free check.
9286, five, check.
Queen H five is champ, mate.
Yes.
So The King's Gambit?
Yeah.
Paul Morphy counter-arguments against the King's Gambit Gambit perks.
There's also a counter gambit, basically.
So a kind of counter gambit.
You know, it's actually called the fork counter gambit.
Funny enough.
So it's still Gambit Perks just, you know, counter gambit perks.
So, yeah, we do get a lot of dangerous possibilities because there's a lead in development created.
It's like the initiative is wrested from the opponent.
So the opponents having to defend against our threats, we have a superiority of forces being demonstrated.
We have beautiful forcing moves being demonstrated for that final king chase.
So the ingredients of the gambit, though, are nicely demonstrated, in my view, in this game, and
showing that even with the black pieces you can use counter governments and I use them a lot all the
time, basically in online chess gambits and counter gambits for black to try and get those situations
where I have that lead development, I have that superiority of pieces on certain squares, you know,
superiority in numbers, and the possibility for beautiful forcing modes and variations to create beauty
after were a beautiful king chase so important ingredients to bear in minds from this game.
Multiple ingredients.
But the counter gambit element is fascinating, perhaps as well to highlight as the central one of the
central ingredients at least.
Okay.
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