However, in this lecture we see an amazing game between Boris Spassky and David Bronstein.
This was in the 1960 USSR Championship Round 16.
So Boris Spassky.
Was the 10th world champion holding title from 1969 to 72.
He was known mainly for his loss to Bobby Fischer in the 1972 match, but he was a fantastic attacking
player and one of the few grandmasters to play The King's Gambit.
We see E4 from Spassky.
Bronstein plays E5.
Bronstein himself was very close to becoming world chess champion.
He held Botvinnik to a draw in a match.
He just.
And yeah, he's like an uncrowned king of the game.
So, yeah, just just bear that in mind.
David Bronstein is another absolute legend.
So here we have a King's gambit from Spassky.
It's accepted.
So David Bronstein takes from that.
Therefore, we have nice F3 and you can see potentially on a good day, the King's Gambit might actually
get a foul pressure and F7 might be more sensitive than usual because we'd be hitting it not just from
this kind of diagonal of death, but from the fan as well, potentially as an f7 soft spot issue, among
other things.
So The King's gambit is a very dangerous weapon of choice.
D5 is played three times.
The five bishop dissects C frame.
So this is a very interesting move without pushing the pawn, just developing the knight first 97 and
now D4.
Hare Planck consoles Bishop D Frame 97 White castles and H6.
Now here things get really, really interesting.
It looks as though there's like zero question F seven along the M4.
It looks absolutely ridiculous to have Seven's weak.
And also from this angle, how things change in this game.
It starts with night E4.
So this is very, very interesting.
We have 965 and now C4 and all of a sudden one of the gates is open of the bishop takes her free of
rook is now more clearly X-raying f7 and another gate is opening.
The diagonal is opening to F seven.
This is a conspiracy against F7.
Here we have Bishop seven and now Bishop C2.
And in fact, it's not just this diagonal, it's this diagonal which is an issue potentially for black.
We have rookie ain't.
Being played, which does weaken the F7 square.
That is a weakness of the last move Queen defray.
And now.
E two is played.
Okay, So we have a critical point.
Move 15.
And this next move is really iconic, but also flawed, which makes it in a way even more iconic.
It can be discussed and people with modern engines say, oh, no, really?
Okay, so this next move of 96 is actually an inaccuracy, but it's only with a very fine line indeed
that Black couldn't survive this move of 96 technically Queen tanks E two has a lot going for it here.
If we look at this position, those gates that were closed, you know, we do have this, we do have
this, it's more evident, have seven exposure and for example, with nine f6, i.e. one white would
be French, then 9/10 f6 check here crashing through.
So let's say Bishop E6, let's say Queen D3 and all of a sudden hold on, this is menacing for Knights
X and Queen H seven.
What is black do here?
It's a really tricky.
Position to navigate.
If you know, if the night moves, sure, the night of sex might be out of the question because the
night tags.
But what about 96 hitting the rock?
And, you know, we get very, very dangerous scenarios emerging because if the queen lands in H seven
but let's stick to the game is complicated enough as it is.
Let's stick to this analysis.
G 695 This would be a dangerous situation.
Because.
Let's say it takes queens.
Sorry, Rook takes this position once French saying things like Knight takes G6 here.
If Bishop f5 y can actually just crash through.
Can you see how.
One can crash through here.
We've rotates our five.
So here, Rook G4, check.
And this is just it's just horrible.
If taking the check and then we do get seven like that and yeah, if Bishop G five, queen size five,
this is just crashing through this position and take out the rook and then come back for more like this
absolutely menacing situations.
Rookie eight being a fractions so you can see that there's a lot going for this plain vanilla queen
takes E to her.
This is objectively the way to go but not as as physically pleasing as what happens here.
By the way Bishop G4 Queen differing let's say this position why does best to not take on E4 about playing
95?
This is vicious.
And
as an example, Bishop 85, Queen 64.
This possession once just crashing through as ways of crashing through here.
And it's going to be in big trouble.
It's just pretty nasty.
This this is a cute chap making hand Queen size G7.
Jack Bishop C check rotates e4 Route 65 Chat mating.
There's cute stuff there.
Definitely cute stuff with Queen takes two to investigate.
So anyway in the game though.
Yeah, we have this 96, which seems very, very dangerous hitting the rock.
Findings plunge into H7.
We have to fight.
This is a mistake which makes this game iconic.
There's only one route for plants to survive, but it's a crazy route that has to, like, be greedy
with eight.
F1 which takes one of the attacking pieces away and then play Bishop takes D6.
So we have this critical position here where now C takes Britain's Queen H ain't mating.
So C takes to give the king an escape square check.
Checking E seven now rookie one black has to play 95 because if King f6, we just swoop.
You know, we're just coming in to munch pieces, for example.
No problem.
So 95 of the Queen, 67 Bishop E sinks D takes D tanks, 96 e5.
Check this position, for example, should be equal.
So yeah, if black plays like that, black can equal be equal.
Yeah, it's it's, it's hairy stuff, to say the least.
And even if we follow this through, by the way, because it looks as though how can we say this as
equal, even this resulting position and this is this is refinements.
Let's clarify this Bishop be free would have the gigantic threat of rook saints e e6.
So say King, the Seven Rook, the one chap black has to go back to seven.
So that is the way for black to the fans here, being able to take back with the king.
So in other words, White gets this kind of repetition.
Rookie one And we're back to playing King D seven.
If Black varies by the way, with King C7, then Black's in huge trouble here.
Queen C Franschhoek.
This is actually lost for black, this resulting scenario.
So here if rook takes e6 rook, the aint is mating and if f takes 95 is crushing even though white's
the exchange down.
This is a crushing scenario.
So here check rook d seven shank.
You know there's a king Hunter White White's winning the queen.
That's absolutely winning.
And so 97 might if 8697 check.
Quincy five check.
This is mating.
So it's very hairy position where black has to go for a draw, basically.
So just to recap here, that's the absolute fine line, tiny fine line that Black has to navigate.
It's crazy stuff, but otherwise, why it's frightening to rip black to shreds where things go.
There are lots of things basically, including night G, six check and one check.
So this this queen check to put the queen to drag this night back here is the is the way to go.
Yeah but yeah this resizing position black actually has to play King D seven anyway so you can understand
why engine computer says no to this whole thing because of E takes F one.
So anyway, back to the story though.
If A is played, which is a mistake and okay, so game on White's play and this is absolutely gorgeous
stuff now so are like a James Bond film on similar positions towards the end actually.
So yeah so in this position what would you play with White.
So remember before it seemed like a distant really strange dreams get get any access to F seven All
of a sudden we do have access to F seven and we're hitting the Queen here.
We're offering a rook.
Okay, he takes F one check, rook takes F one, and now Bishop F five is played, F King takes F seven.
The variations are now beautiful.
After 95 check Queen H seven Knight takes Bishop B free check and actually blacks getting mated.
Ouch.
Yeah.
Beautiful stuff.
Just let's see that again.
King takes up 795 check.
The key thing is we've got these two attacking diagonals.
They both seem to be in some sort of orchestra on this occasion with Queen H seven being used to take
out an escape square of the king, which is leading to a beautiful checkmate.
So wonderful stuff.
So anyway, Bishop F5 was tried.
That's taken Queen D seven and now just Queen a four
with big frets.
Big big France
including 95.
So.
And remember, you know, he says things like Bishop, be afraid.
So we have Bishop f6 Knight free two E5 87 and now Bishop b3.
Bishop takes e5, Knight takes E5, Czech King 87 and Queen E4.
Check his plate and Bronstein resigned.
So this is a similar position that was in a James Bond film from Russia With Love.
I recommend that film.
Great film.
Slightly different position.
So in that game.
McAdams was playing chess.
The actor was Peter Madden, the actor.
So Adams against Bronstein from Russia With Love.
I love James Bond.
Okay.
But anyway, so in this final position, so you might ask.
Hold on.
Let's clarify this.
If G sakes, what happens here?
What does it play?
So test your combination skills.
Now, it's a bonus here.
Okay for ten points, what would you play?
Okay.
We knock out the defender, takes our fake brutal queen, takes G6 Jack, and we can win the queen of
sunshine.
That's absolutely winning.
And we're frightening.
Queen, sex, age, sex mating here.
It doesn't matter about this check, you know?
KING You have to.
Okay, So that's one line.
And if Rook takes a feint, queen, takes G6.
Check king Ancient queen takes H six, check.
Queen H seven and 96 is a juicy checkmate.
Yeah.
Okay.
What a game.
Yeah, It's an iconic game.
Very, very iconic game.
And so, so iconic.
You know, they use some of these most iconic games of chess in films sometimes.
So wonderful stuff.
And showing the dangers of the King's gambit today.
You know, we're too much of a computer says no generation.
And when we look at our online blitz games, the Kings game is kind of a really dangerous weapon of
choice.
And funny enough, my YouTube analytics actually showed my Kings game at playlist to be one of my most
popular playlists for Is Good Fun four five minute live commentaries on the Kings Cross YouTube channel.
It's a lot of fun to be had with the Kings game.
I may do a dedicated course to the Kings game at some point, but you can see the gambit.
Perks are absolutely delicious ingredients for the attacking player.
Boris Spassky had a certain level of faith in the King's Gambit and was able to beat the legends Bobby
Fischer with it.
So for us players just playing casually, for example, online, I would say it's a very interesting
weapon of choice.
It's got a huge, rich, dynamic potential.
And what's intriguing for me about this game is that there's a point here where you think, how on earth
does one get anything going at all against F7?
This is all like locked in some distant cupboard several miles away.
How on earth do we get access with the F4 or this diagonal?
But the magic happens with this knife for the magic of giving up a pawn there, the pawn is getting
in the way.
It's a restraint.
It's like a, you know, a straightjacket.
There's pawn on the attacking diagonals.
So giving it away with this idea of C4, essentially C5, it's ingenious.
If the knight went back, you know, C5 or 96 C5.
So 93 is unlocking this door as well.
You know, it's liberation of the rook, then liberation of this diagonal and also the choice of diagonals,
you know, the choice all the time of diagonals to attack on.
It's a remarkable transformation.
This structure, the dark square pawns are complementary to the square bishop here.
So beautiful threats emerging here.
Absolutely beautiful threats emerging.
Yeah.
Wonderful stuff.
So E2 96, wonderful stuff.
But yeah, that fin puff is only what a supercomputer could play to draw.
Really, in a normal game against Boris Spassky.
Most people are going to lose from this position without foul.
So.
Okay, I hope you enjoyed this answer so much.