Hi there.
In this lecture, we see Alexander Alekhine playing against Edgar Colley in 1925, Paris Tournament,
round six.
We see d4 from Alexander Alekhine d5 C4 now Chigorin Defense named after Mikhail scoring and the adopted
father of the Soviet Chess school.
910 three Bishop G force a very interesting idea of giving up a bishop for a knight here Queen A4 is
played Bishop takes our friend now Alekhine plays e6 F3.
It seems this might actually be an inaccuracy.
G takes f4 is actually plausible if D takes C4 just to play knight C3 offering D4 is very dangerous
for black if knights f6 E3 and this is going to be pretty pleasant for White's and you might ask, well,
what about Queen 64 Free pawn isn't it?
Bishop E3 What does black play?
If Black plays Queen D seven?
Black is asking to be obliterated.
Rook D1 and this position F4 with the idea of Bishop G2 coming up is huge pressure on black and E6 and
we're just going to take on C6 and that's going to be crushing.
If black's compelled to do something like King f7, then that's pretty miserable here.
Indeed.
So anyway, but these variations, if we're being a bit more careful with Black Queen E5, Bishop G2
anyway, if Queen A5 just taking off the Queen's and White's Bishop parents good night.
B5 is actually going to win a pawn back and then Knight B5.
This is a small edge for white.
You might ask.
Well, what about castling?
Queenside here this is asking for big trouble A4 we can play.
What would you play here for?
Five points.
Yeah, we can just take on C six here and that's just wedding material.
So it shows some of the dangers here.
Basically, in a nutshell, G takes F three seems plausible and a very accurate move it seems, but
e takes Afri was played.
We have e nine C4 in our bishop before perhaps black does better actually to take on C4 in in this case
to be greedy here is more justifiable if in the case of bishop take C4 queen.
Thanks D for Bishop e Frank Windy Southern rook d one bishop sex.
I mean, this should be an even position here.
But yeah, there is pressure on black, but overall it looks as though blacks should be able to hold
on here.
But Bishop, before his plate, we have a free bishop.
S.C. Frank B tanks like G seven, rook B one Rook B ain't So what has this bishop pair against the knight
pair?
How does Alekhine treat this position?
It's interesting imbalance here.
See tanks D Five queen tanks.
D five Bishop D3 Now both sides Castle, Queen D six.
Queen C two Knight G six.
We have to move F fourth.
So this is made possible because of the pressure on h79c7 is played.
If Black does take if we look at Bishop takes h seven check, this is not worth the damage around the
king Y is significantly better here so ce7g Free Rook 58 wrote d1b6 and he fought now 95 Bishop D2 and
now C5.
It seems black's doing fairly well actually right now at five E takes Bishop takes her five C to 64.
So giving alekhine the isolated Queen's pawn, we have 97 here.
It does seem as though h six was an interesting move if Bishop h3 Knight f eight it looks as though
this is just equal, this possession it should have been.
There should be a good for drawing.
This is absolutely fine.
Black's pretty solid with that blockading knight on D5 but in the game 97 this allows a forcing move
bishop before and this is not the only good move Bishop H Fair was also good if Queen takes D4.
The point is Bishop F4 here and that's hitting the Queen and hitting the rook.
And this leads to an advantage for white with careful play here this position the car for move is Queen
C seven and what ends up with a significant advantage not king takes H free because this is actually
a actually significantly more favorable black.
Black's should be able to hold here with equality.
But okay anyway Bishop before was played not Bishop H3 and we have Queen f6 and now Bishop takes E7,
Queen takes E seven.
So giving up the dance Queen Bishop often means extra pressure on the light squares.
So one of the knights taken out of the equation to hold light squares.
So Rook goes to C one BC one we have rook d5, bishop e4, rook D7 and now D5 Queen up six and now Rookie
one.
This is a little bit naughty.
It's looking at that back row.
Actually, it's X-raying the potential of an entry on E eights.
Bear that in mind Rook B to the eight we have Queen C6 and now Queen G5.
If Queen takes C6 here D takes this position is actually favorable for white with a five.
So that's structural damage rook b one and an entry point created b seven.
This position with Rook A1 is a small edge for Waynes.
So anyway, Queen G five we have now giving up the other bishop.
Bishop takes G6 and Black is in a very dangerous position here.
H takes was played.
This is the intuitions captured towards the center, but the intuition needs to be challenged with King
safety considerations.
Black actually had to play, it seems, in a different way with f tanks not Queen takes.
We can rule that out.
What would you play here for?
Ten points.
Look at that rook naughty looking at E eight.
That's a clue.
So what would you play here?
Check all checks, check all CAPTCHAs, Check all major threats of mating.
One or two.
Yeah, we played just queen tanks D seven head.
Getting rid of that defender and rookie eight is a back row mate.
So if stakes had to be played and it seems as though this is a critical line, Queenie eight Shaq and
Rook have seven has to be played if King H.
Yep.
What are we playing?
Yeah, Queenie, back row again.
So this position, it seems the critical move here is actually Rook eight and this leads to a position
where basically off the rook here one is better, but there's a bit of work to do.
So this is certainly a position which, you know, it's dangerous to say it's D7, it's a position which
should be in a great position, but there's work to do here.
But in the game H takes was played and this is very different now.
A beautiful combination from this position is available.
Can you see what that is?
It needs a precise move.
Order.
So what would you play here?
So the double pawns around the King.
Any form of structural damage is often interesting for for mating implications.
The double pawns around the king.
Are they a problem here?
So you might want to pawn.
Video.
A great move is played here.
Really fantastic.
400 points.
It's Queen 67.
Now, if Queen takes C one, we can take on D eight with check.
So rook tanks D seven is plate.
And now what's the key check?
We need to use her.
So you either get plus 1000 points or -1000 points.
Get the right check and I hope you find rookie ain't checkers the right check, not rookie check, because
then there is a resource rookie he ain't and won't could resign So rookie check is the way to play this
and then this battery gives this killer common square H and note how the queen hasn't got C1 so this
is winning wrote the answer and now which way to take hair.
The rook again, plus 1000 points or -4000 points.
And currency is important.
We take of the Iraq not to give up the c one square.
If we took the C rock queen, c one check and black has G five to give the accent g six and this is
going to be only a small edge for whites.
So we've rook e tanks to eight.
On the other hand, c one is controlled and black hasn't got a check so can't move the g pawn and black
is in a bad way here.
Black would have to give up the queen because any other move this rook ain't meeting you know this position.
The Queen is actually stopping the king using G five there.
That's embarrassing.
So this this is an embarrassing end of game situation.
So, yes, very interesting how you think it's about the past pawn, but actually it's about king safety
in the back row using the back rank.
So very, very nice tactic.
They're set up quite early on with this move Rook Yuan.
So this choice of you know is about the pawn is about the king.
Quite often it's about the king because, you know, checkmate ends the game.
Okay.
Hope you enjoyed that one and so much.