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In this lecture, we see Alexander Alekhine playing against Abraham Freeman in 1924.
Believe it or not, a blindfold simultaneous display e4 from alekhine e5 d4 e tanks.
So this is the sensor game C free.
We have e tanks D five Queen 65 C 64 nine Tough six.
So out of the opening and isolated Queen's pawn 93 Bishop b4 nine 1040 9c6 Bishop e to both sides Castle
and now there's a price of nine times Queen So Bishop thank C free B tanks.
We have B things.
But yeah, this looks as though Black Mirror has kind of misplayed this because tempo gain will increase
White's influence in the center.
Now C4 we have queenly eight D5 97 and nicely pox nine on D for Bishop B seven and now Bishop B when
we have such a thing Catto Bishop, we're looking to generally amplify that bishop across the diagonal
amplification as a key strategy.
In my view, we have C6 bishop and free C tanks.
D5 So an interesting pawn sacrifice.
Rookie one There's a lot of pressure points building up here.
We have Rookie eight So are you convinced by this pawn sacrifice?
What dynamic compensation exists here?
Well, there are amplification resources to try and amplify this bishop on B2, and with that, actually
there are threats that are carried.
Like if we can't use F5, maybe we can use E6.
So just bear that in mind tactically that there is potentially ag7 focal point here.
We have Queen D2 now Rook the eighth and now Queen G5.
So the threats, the direct threat here is actually 96 hitting the Queen.
And if F takes then bishop takes f6 and it's kind of nasty on G seven.
So that has to be parry 96 was used perhaps safe here it seems is h6 immediately if Queen G3 this does
actually look at the rook as well as g seven if Queen D seven this position should be even for example
here if a pair of rooks come off and potentially another pair of rooks come off this position.
Queen E one check queen E6 trying to stabilize f6 against Knight's H h6 and Bishop takes This should
end up with a situation even if this happens here it's about even this fetch two example.
Why has enough compensation for the pawn so King G3.
H five.
And the king is quite aggressive here with the bishop here.
So that should balance things out.
This this is still, you know, a quality.
Okay.
So anyway.
After 1986, though, so 86 wasn't played.
That was a crucial point for 86 being played.
We have now 92.5 and things are looking really dangerous now along this diagonal.
Lots of key fronts exist.
We have route.
194 was important here just to get the Queen's off.
If the Queen's come off, this shouldn't be that bad for black.
For example, here, Bishop H five, Bishop 65, Knight 67, nine and four.
Things get a bit hairy, but overall, this is also even so, that was another shot here, 94 to try
and get the tension out of the position to simplify.
H six though is a bit problematic here.
Rook takes eight check 9/10 e eight queen tanks D eight.
This position with C tanks D five is problematic for blank.
There's a potential nasty pen to exploit if bishop takes d5 rook d 197 9397 black struggling for this
pen y could now play for example CAF one if can't fight Bishop eight free and then the whole thing collapses.
This is just winning material, if not King, If a five we just play.
Knight takes nine takes and rotates.
If yeah, that's just winning material because of that pins piece.
But yeah, otherwise though, yeah, there's more pressure to be mounted with Bishop A3 so this is a
nasty position for Black.
Indeed, with that pin, the bishop can't really go back to protect the rook and things are precarious
here.
So in a nutshell that H six does seem to run into trouble.
Okay.
If we look at that again, if Queen tanks e eight, there's trouble with knight takes 86 hair check.
So yeah, clearly we're going to welcome taking on f6 if if the pawn takes the knight.
So King H seven though Knight F5 this is very dangerous for black Queen h5.
Check C6 here this position for example Queen G five.
It's very strong for white.
So anyway Brooke takes E one was tried rotates e1d tank C4.
So we've got this beautiful bishop on B2 here.
If H6 instead of D detailing for the queen could park on G3 and this is problematic if D4 bishop takes
D4, the queen on G3 is looking at b eight if Bishop thinks Queen tanks is possible here.
And if 24 nine takes H six, check Queen F four.
And here Bishop takes F6.
Cashing out is actually winning.
Endgame for white.
Yeah, fun stuff if we look at this again.
So let's look at this H six again with D four so queenside So the knight's protecting D4 for the moment
it doesn't actually matter.
We don't have to keep staring at the rook.
And this situation so mentioned Knight takes h six, Knight takes H for Queen takes d4 would be the
point and it would be fine.
Actually slightly better.
So Knight takes h six is crucial for advantage here if G tanks.
Let's look at Queen G shank and we're looking at B eight again.
Nine g6 sorry knight G four we have H three and this is great if five because if Queen takes the D4,
we're going to take on B eight and take on G for the exchange up.
So let's imagine Knight at five we can take on G for Shaq.
Queen takes H takes Bishop six.
This is better for white as well.
So a lot of transposition, simplifications and games.
They're better for white.
So anyway D tank C4 was played we have now bishop tanks, B seven, rook tanks B seven.
And we have a classic combination from Alekhine here.
It's absolutely winning this position.
We have bishop tanks and six and black plays G2.
So you might wonder why, why in this wretched pawn structure.
This is a classic tactics and combination test here.
How would you win this position?
There's a beautiful mating sequence if Queen takes F6 had been played.
Can you see what that is?
So test your combinations.
Mating patterns for 500 points.
How would you finish here?
Okay, we can play Rook e8 check.
So Knight have eight.
And the point here would be there's a wonderful point to be made.
Beautiful points.
Yeah.
1986.
Check if the king moves, we take on fate chat mating if queen tanks.
Guess what we have here?
Yep.
Run with checks Route takes a feint check.
Queen gate is checkmate.
So in the game maybe Black saw that and played g to of sex.
However, Queen H six.
Queen F eight.
What do we play?
Hands and the game at ten points.
Okay.
Rookie eight.
Yes.
We'll be amazing here with Fritz and Queen G7.
Checkmate.
If Rook if the rook is taken, Queen D seven is checkmate.
So yes, wonderful.
Attacking chess.
24 move, brilliant attacking game.
These attacking games really, for me are the spice of chess.
So Alexander Alekhine, one of the greatest players ever.
11 Aronian considers him the greatest player ever.
But yeah, we see the huge dynamic potential revealed of positions.
So yes, a wonderful game with interesting gambit play to try and spice things up to get a lot of peace
activity.
We have a bishop of our counterpart ingredient here, among other attack ingredients as well as good
central control grip.
But this ingredients amplified by the queen maneuver in particular, and the pawn sacrifice is very,
very dangerous.
This is a very dangerous situation.
Black had to play A6, it seems, and the way Blatt played it with 96, 95.
This is a wonderful attacking configuration.
A knight on F five is fought to be, you know, some grandmasters nickname it knife F5.
So like Ben Feingold.
So yeah, this is just a very dangerous situation where Bishop takes to have sex now is absolutely mating
showing the true power of a knight on F5.
Again, Alexander Alekhine is demonstrating wonderfully the functionality of beautiful looking pieces.
They're not just beautiful, they're very functional.
He can find ways of demonstrating their power.
So Bishop takes our sex a crushing blow here.
Okay.
I hope you enjoyed that.
So the game continuation.
Wonderful stuff.
Thanks so much.