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In this lecture, we see Alexander Alekhine against César Morosi in 1951.
The blood tones we have deformed from Anaconda five from Rossi c4 e6 9c3 Knight f6 Bishop G five Bishop
E7.
So the Queen's Gambit declined.
Orthodox Defense.
We have a free night bd seven nights f free Black Castles Rook c one.
So this wants to try and catch detail in one go.
Not that black will play D takes in one go, but black will play another move which might not be ideal.
So H six is played Bishop age four and now C6 so this is not ideal.
And now the bishop moves.
So not mining detailed C4 hair at all.
We have a6y consoles D tank, C4, Bishop tank C4.
Now C5.
This is a very logical play from Black A4 Queen A five, so that's logical as well.
Queen E two And here it seems as though Y is being saddled with an ice queen's pawn.
C tanks D4 and Queen does play.
E takes d4.
We have Knight Be6, Bishop D free Bishop D seven.
So Black has a potentially nice blockade on the D five square and you might wonder about these possessions.
They seem a bit fragile.
We see 95, which kind of weakens d4 a bit more.
Actually we have rook after eight not Minding Knight takes these seven at all.
If it takes these seven I mean let's look at this Black has a lot of pressure on D4 and a beautiful
blockade square and even the possibility maybe of taking out A4 at some point or Queen H five.
I mean there are various possibilities here for Black, but it looks as though it hasn't got much attacking
potential.
So Alekhine actually creates a position with interesting attacking potential through the concept basically
of trading off material for king safety, the opponent's king safety, your own material for king safety
and isolated material.
Isolated Queen's one, which is going to tie way up to try and defend this.
We have A4 anticipating a potential sacrifice of this pawn.
So this is really a nice attacking move and attempt.
It might not be theoretically all that correct.
We have Bishop E so D4 looks to be hanging.
So this is a critical junction point.
Now the decision here is maximising win probability based on attack.
Alekhine's move is offering the deep Knight G4 to try and create some damage around the opponent's king.
If Bishop F2 is plays, let's take this as an example.
Black could use the lovely blockade square.
And what does white have here?
You know, this doesn't seem very nice.
It's not in harmony.
The pieces in pawns are not in ideal harmony here, especially this bishop on the same color as this,
these pawns.
And for example, Knight C for Queen 87.
Bishop Geoffrey Black does have a slight edge here.
I mean, it's not completely busted, but it seems more comfortable for black.
So anyway, Knight G4 though, is very interesting.
Black should have kept very calm here.
Black kind of accepted this virtual gambit of Alekhine taking on D4.
And so there is an exchange of structural damage around the opponent's king instead in this position.
Knight B5 would have been interesting.
So, for example, let's take a violent attempt.
1986 check G tanks.
H six, F five.
This isn't such a big deal.
Black does have resources like Queen B six, not just hitting D4 but also supporting E6.
So F takes Queen takes E6 is the safest.
Try and get the Queen's exchanged off here.
So I'm taking on D4.
This position can go back and and look at the four here and it ends up being significantly better for
black.
Maybe a bit of inconvenience, but not too much.
This is overall it's going to be better for black, this position, this type of position.
So okay, you know Knight B five was better.
Knight takes G4 doesn't really work because the bishop tanks E seven and the rook and hanging.
And the thing is here for example, there's B4 and you know the Queen's could come off, Bishop takes
the eight that's just winning material for White's.
So yes, that doesn't look.
Too promising at all these kind of situations.
And there's also, you know, additional situations if if the route moves, there are resources like
bishops C five, for example, for B for potentially trapping the queen and with the knights still hanging.
You know, this this kind of thing doesn't look very clever for black.
So, okay, so no takes G4 is out is terrible, but Route 64 is also not entirely grain.
We have Bishop takes offense.
This is an interesting situation now.
Structural damage has been incurred 94 hitting f6 rook 88 here.
If we look at F5 for the moment, what happens here on F5 you might ask?
Well my F6 check and here Queen F3 looking at D4 Queen thanks A4 say why it has resources here like
Bishop takes a five which should guarantee a draw by perpetual.
The king is exposed somewhat and for example King G 7.85 check and then going back big Frac Queen St
H six.
So the king doesn't want to be drawn out.
And so this this is likely to be just the drawback perpetual check in reality.
So anyway Rook 88 was played Knight takes f6 check.
So King Safety has been affected by sacrificing that D pawn.
And when we talk about trade offs between material and king safety, the four major elements many chess
websites agree on for evaluating any position king safety material, pawn structure and piece activity.
KING Safety material are very interesting trade offs to trade off your own material to reduce the opponent's
king safety, like in this example.
Now, if King G7, what would you say is a good move in this position?
There's actually a very powerful move in this position.
Again, we can further trade off material potentially.
So for 100 points, what would you play in this variation?
This didn't happen.
King F8 was played, but here, what would you play?
Okay.
F five would be actually rather strong.
Yeah, it's it's just it's very, very dangerous.
Tanks D free tanks check.
And then queen tanks.
D free.
Yeah.
It's, it will be very, very dangerous for black to take on f6 here.
So the king is being pulled open somewhat and.
Okay, so.
If we take this a bit further as well, though, if King F eight, F takes E six, it takes F seven.
There's another nice, cute, fancy variation I want to show you.
So if black doesn't give up a rock, say Black doesn't give up a rock here with Rook.
If, say, black plays queenly sex.
Can you see what knock out black hair in this position?
We quite convincing.
Yeah, well, we've got choice.
We can even play Queenie ain't.
But actually even more correct.
Is Queen four even more accurate?
So heading for that, Queen eight, you know, checkmate.
So, och, they're very dangerous situations.
Basically, if the King's brought out here because of five and peeling open the king like this is just
there's a wolf of attacking potential here in this kind of situation.
See black hair plays Bishop takes F seven because if rook takes the three, we can rule that out and
think Queen, that's pretty nasty.
So Bishop takes seven.
What do you think is a really strong move in this position?
Not many pieces of black garden e seven hair.
That's a clue.
So there's a way of actually getting into E seven with the queen.
Can you say, well, that it's 100 points.
Potentially with great effect, we can kick off with tanks f seven tank sacrificing material around
material for the opponents.
King Safety here rook have one check and once we get in Queeny seven, that's devastating.
Then we've got killer common squares while nice cool killer common squares like not their bishop 87
and the Queen 97.
So King Jane Queen 87 one be checkmate.
So just to recap that, let's have an action replay.
King comes out play after takes E6 check from the rook E takes F seven is devastating because there's
nothing really covering the entry point E seven.
It's only the king and we can actually get that entry point with check or we've checked while these
pieces are just frozen in time.
We're getting all these tempos and these pieces are just frozen.
They're like statues.
So, yes, coming back to the game, then King F8 was played and we have 97 check.
And here.
Yeah it's it's incredibly.
Dangerous hair.
This is very interesting.
But there's also, you know, F5 is also interesting for rotates f tanks this position with E seven
check we can win material, lots of material and also do a forklift.
So this kind of situation is diabolical.
For black.
We just winning, not zero.
So.
Okay, nice H seven check.
The king went to E seven.
So filling that was safer rather than this side of the ball where there's all sorts of things going
on, like potentially rook lifts or the queen coming in with Shaq.
There's a lot of dangers there.
So.
Okay, so we have King E seven and now F five offering the DX Free Bishop.
This is absolutely amazing stuff.
Rook 8d6 is played.
If Rook takes the free here, there's simply F six actually getting the king to disconnect the rooks
and then we can take on D three with big advantage.
So Rook 8d6 was played trying to keep the rooks protecting each other.
We have now b4 this is trying to get access to E5.
So it's interesting an echo of what we've seen previously.
Trying to get access to to squares with the Queen is very important.
So Queen thanks b b for that weakness of the last move.
It seems like these micro details, they're super significant.
Okay, so this is.
Very, very tricky.
On a move like Queen D five.
Well, queenly five.
Concretely, there's there are ways of breaking this position.
So here a key move would be Rook c five.
That is one of the best moves here just to win the queen.
Basically, Rook takes the three.
We could take the queen off here, take on E6, and this should be very pleasant for white.
White overall is doing very well here.
So Queen H for check.
This is just a fictional example and we could start checking the king and winning material.
So this is thought to be clearing up here with advice for my career advice for white.
So anyway, so Queen D five wasn't trained.
We have Queen St before, which relinquishes E5 and pounces into E5, not worrying about the D three
Bishop and Black plays 97 hand.
If Rook takes the fray, can you see acute checkmate.
In basically two gentlemen to two.
Quick.
One, two.
There's.
I'm about to reveal.
Let's try and work out the quick checkmate.
It's Queen F six, Jack.
And that drives the king away from the F eight square.
So that's a new opportunity to use a new resource.
Fate is checkmate there.
That's pretty cute.
So 97.
Yes, 95 was actually more solid and perhaps just an even position, actually.
Yeah.
It's very rich games with resources for both sides by 95.
Yeah.
It seems as though this might be stable enough for black, but 97 was played queen and now a total disaster
Move is played Rogue takes the frame.
This shouldn't have been played.
80 takes is not so hot either.
This position is going to be better for white.
One's going to be winning material as an example.
But Rook C6 is stubborn.
This becomes a bit murky.
It is possible for White to get an advantage, but, you know, it's a lot of work.
You know, this kind of thing.
And once just a pawn down by engine suggests this is slightly better for white.
But in the game we have a total disaster move.
Rook takes the phrase, So this is fun.
So why on earth is this winning for white?
Can you work out?
Tactics are really important tactical combinations for the masters of attack.
So I hope you can work it out here.
This is quite rewarding, in my view, to work out the false checkmate.
Okay.
It's actually I'm about to roll that f6 check.
You might wonder.
You know what?
What about King Lear?
Can you see what happens on King The eight?
Yeah, we can actually take on here.
Taking the King away from Kate.
And she is actually checkmate.
The pawn is holding King Escape square E seven.
And in the event of night tanks have sex, that weakens F-8.
Weakness of the last move we have queen takes and fight check
sorry queen sex things check this this is the absolute most incisive Forget using our fight here we
take on sex so basically not too many moves.
There's only kingly seven and that runs into night, I think.
Checkmate.
So yeah, it's a very interesting attacking game.
It looks as though Alexander Alekhine, he's played the Queen's Gambit not in the style of Capablanca
for sure.
He's basically used the pawn as a kind of gambit pawn trying to invest material into damaging the opponent's
king safety.
So letting D4 drop and black, you know, taking this does incur some risks and has to play more precisely
in general.
And the precision required is often too much for human opponents.
So here yeah it's just really, really tricky position here it starts to be but especially with these
nice little moves like before.
So in some reactions, we're going to be winning the Queen Queen if I'm wrong.
C5.
But now there's this Queen is now invading on these dark squares away from the glare of the specialists
on the other side of the road.
So these dot square entry points become the source of disaster here, basically.
Yeah.
Fun stuff.
I hope you enjoyed this one as much as me and so much.