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In this lecture, we see Jacinta to Caravaggio against Alexander Alekhine in the 1922 exhibition game
E4 from Caravaggio we have E5 from Alekhine 9396, Bishop b5, The Royal of We have A6 Bishop a4 Knight
have six White castles and now dissects the Steinitz defence deferred so this d6 move White now volunteers
the light Squire Bishop.
Now this is quite often a great ingredient of an attacking strategy.
We have this emphatic extreme imbalance where White doesn't have a light at square bishop and we really
want to use this bishop to checkmate the opponent's king.
Basically, that would be a great use of using this pressure.
If we can get on to this diagonal and be involved in this diagonal.
Now, that's a fantasy dream, but it's made possible.
We do have the ingredients here, a key ingredient.
So bear this in mind, the bishop of our counterpart, even like the Morphy Opera game, there was a
bishop of our counterpart.
When Morphy's opponents gave them, they gave up their alliance and Morphy destroyed them on dance on
the light squares later.
So basically, yeah, we have that imbalance.
So D4 is played.
Knight takes E4.
This clears the path actually for the bishop we have rookie one and now f5d takes e5 D four and now
94 we have Bishop C5 in response.
The knight's not going anywhere here C5 protecting Knight.
If Knight takes C6, Bishop takes F to Czech Bishop takes E1.
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The Queen.
If White takes the Queen, there's nothing left to check.
And that's absolutely winning for black.
So C4 is needed and now just castling.
We have a full oak.
If three Knight G5 this position Bishop takes G5 queen thanks G5 White can play like this with b4.
And there's a point here that actually the two nights are not entirely terrible against the two bishops.
So let's say a591836 is possible.
8/8 B Queen 65 check.
And this position has a small edge.
So in fact here instead of a five though, I mean yeah, if Bishop be seven, that's a bit ambitious.
Because of 96 and losing the exchange, it's just too much.
So yeah, it is a kind of tricky scenario.
Triggered off with a three.
So just to recap, if it gives up both bishops essentially and B for this looks like a position where
Y is trying to undefined this pass pawn.
So the bishops kind of kept at bay on C eight and we can see that yeah, this is an interesting position
for white to play from move the two knights but okay F four is played.
Now this doesn't do anything for this diagonal.
This dream of this diagonal is kind of hasn't been blocked at least we have Queeny eight, Bishop E
and now Bishop six And there is a dream here of C5 and using the bishop on the diagonal.
And I've actually used this in many online games of great success.
When I've got a bishop like this, I want to use it on that diagonal and Alekhine is starting to clear
the way and look.
Look, the dream is becoming true to every rook.
D eight Queen C two now C five.
He wants to maybe push for D4 later, might be free and now C4 as possible here might be D for y doesn't
want to play Bishop takes B6 because then black will insert c takes B3.
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Hitting the Queen and being a piece up.
So the knight goes back C five point E two.
Now at least we have this potential for D4.
So bear that in mind and we have a potential focal point on G2 so our Queen could get involved at G6
For this bishop in particular, you can see that G2 is of special interest.
The E4 at some point is a special interest.
Queen C six is played.
Why not Queen G6 and one go?
Well, the engines actually prefer Queen G6 and one go and if be free H sex.
As an example, this position.
KING seven.
KING H1 and black sedan, double the pawns and A5.
This seems as though it's pleasant enough for black.
If White's careful, there shouldn't be a major immediate disaster, but black is actually significantly
better here.
The pawns have been doubled.
And in fact, you know, there's a backward pawn target here.
Black can actually play on the queenside, and the knight on E4 is just fantastic.
If, for example, Queen Lee won, you know, Black could put pressure on things and even Knight Sexy
three becomes possible for this kind of tactic.
This is just fictional just to show the bishop has really good beef.
These are big target Black's burner positioning.
But anyway, instead of Queen C6 instead of Queen G6 rather in one go, Queen C6 is played.
So this is interesting.
We have Rook 81 and H thinks Rook f1 are now king.
This and waiting around each one.
Now an alert button should be in one's head here.
The bishop is actually X-raying the king.
And we do have Queen G6 now.
Eight five is also an interesting positional move if B3 ever again.
You know we can play like this and we've kind of restrained with A5 that pawn Also we got Bishop A6
as a resource new resource which could be useful.
So bear that in mind.
But the Queen G6 was played nine e.g. one, Queen H five and now.
Yeah, this is an interesting moment of problem.
Can you see what black is first?
Then start off with if be free.
Let me test you for ten points.
What would you play?
Yeah, the game would end with Knight G free.
Checkmate.
So my times free is understandable to parry Knight G free for that.
It turns out here 92 is also another way.
Knight one to E, two to Parry Knight G free and here if a5 kanji one Bishop c6 be free.
It's a position and the bishop can actually use this diagonal with Bishop B5.
We can put our mating plans on hold and this situation is going to be kind of favorable, winning the
exchange as an example.
So what if it doesn't want to give up the exchange?
If Rook B won, then there are interesting tactics here based on this Bishop X rang.
Actually, there's there's a remarkable tactic in this position just to show the bishops also dangerous
on this diagonal, creating opportunity for itself for 100 points.
What would you play here?
This is just fictional.
But we have actually got bishop, the phrase resource.
If Queen 63 C4 and the Queen has to leave the bishop on E3 and in this position is just great for black.
Look at all the potential here.
White's ready tied down.
Okay.
And we could even consider just winning the exchange if we want.
But just leaving white paralyzed is also pretty good.
So.
Okay.
Anyway, noise tree free though, leads to a situation which is very, very bad.
So guess what black player said.
What does play here?
Okay.
He does actually open up the bishop.
The dream is really coming true now.
The bishop is starting to get a view on the King Sea tanks.
Sea tanks.
And why it makes this a total, unmitigated disaster.
By playing Bishop takes D4, it makes things a lot worse.
Bishop G one had to be played, and in which case in this position, G5 five is interesting.
If tanks H tanks, we could try and use this pawn to fork the rooks.
But g4 e seven.
It's a very tricky scenario here.
If we look at Bishop takes D4, Czech rook takes D4 road takes d4 G takes H3, we can see the damage
being done to White's king.
Bishop text e4 964 Black could end up crashing through like this with Rook.
It's just a very, very strong position.
I woke up.
This pawn isn't that significant.
So let's say E seven.
Let's go E seven.
Black has to tread a bit carefully here and play D3.
If G takes H3, this is a different scene altogether.
Bishop takes D4.
Czech rook take.
Bishop takes D4, Rook takes the E4, H takes G2, Czech Queen G2 B eight.
There's enough for White's do here taking out that rook and rook g1.
This could just go into an equal end game with simplification like this.
It just goes into a rock and pawn ending.
So black has to be careful.
This would be just about equal.
But with D3 in this scenario.
So this is where best play with Bishop D1 with D3 here.
Queen St C4 G Tanks A3.
This is very different.
Rook takes F8.
And we can see that this position of the G tanks H free, there's no G five.
You can see the power of these bishops that that one that bishop is really seeing the kingpin in the
every night rook takes D three 9/10 F4 is just it's going to be a crushing 95 check from the bishop
wins the queen next.
We could even slip in a couple of checks first and then when the queen.
So yeah, there are fascinating scenarios essentially with Bishop G.
One.
This is the only way for White to play on in this position.
So basically in a nutshell to try and use the e pawn to try and hijack these diagonals off the G5.
So yeah, G5 has some costs associated with that.
But overall it's worth playing here.
So this this is a critical attacking pattern.
Where are kings getting exposed?
But if we play our cards right actually accurately, we're okay.
But this didn't happen.
So White just basically capitulated with bishop tanks.
D form makes things a lot worse and they're going to just take us on D4.
He's got a combination.
He's in combination mode, in combination mode.
So 964 is just as a disastrous but I don't want to spoil the combination just yet.
We have rotates the E4 964 Now here's the key move which is often used for many puzzles.
We're in a checkmate puzzle now, basically.
So what would you play here with Black?
So this is the culmination of this bishop.
A bishop about a counterpart pointing at the king basically through x ray.
How do we celebrate this?
How do we amplify the mating pattern that might exist?
Mating patterns?
What would you play for?
200 points?
Okay.
The beautiful queen.
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The dreams really, really coming true to its full extent.
So if White just ignores this, fine, we're just peace up.
No problem winning.
So G tanks ain't free.
And the point is here.
What would you play?
Which check?
Think carefully.
Okay, I have to check.
Double check.
The king has to move because it's a double check.
Kings have to move on a double check.
King G want Knight takes H three is checkmate
glorious A glorious celebration of the bishop without a counterpart.
You can see that ingredients picked up in the opening phase of this game and how it can be a vicious
tactical ingredient as vicious as a form pawn, in my view.
Love the form balls.
But yeah, it's one of my favorite concepts and is also another one I've observed heavily in studying
neural network games that sometimes and the neural network engineers are often prepared to sacrifice
one or two or even three pawns to amplify a bishop of our counterpart.
Now in this game.
Yeah, there was some very interesting moves and the bishops working together in many variations.
So we see that, yeah, this general plan of trying to liberate the bishop across the diagonal is one
that I've won so many games with as well.
It's like people are oblivious to this part of evaluating positions.
The more classic thing talked about is having the bishop pair.
But yeah, Bishop without a counterpart to me is a fantastic, glorious, exciting attacking ingredients
and the whole plan, you know, liberating.
Later, with the fall, we're setting the scene for a liberation with the fall.
So it made this significantly worse because, yeah, the Queen's looking at Queen saying free these
outrageous forcing moves.
Even if they don't work here, they demonstrate the pressure that White is up against and has to continually
calculate these crazy forcing moves.
And if White slips up, then all of a sudden this crazy forcing move is working in a key position.
It's working here.
That's another thing about attacking chess.
This awareness of concrete forcing moves, you know, there's going to be a slip up somewhere.
Actually, you know, it could work out.
So you've got to be on the lookout all the time for checking out your forcing moves, not to miss that
golden opportunity.
So Queen takes sanctuary.
Anakin is not missing the golden opportunity at all.
Here He plays it with spectacular checkmate to be celebrated many, many years later.
This nice, cute checkmate combination.
But it's the build up we're interested in, Winston and the ingredients.
We want to see the magic behind this kind of thing.
How it's actually arranged.
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