Hi there.
In this lecture, we see an amazing game, one of the best of 2022.
It's Wesley.
So against Malcolm Krantz.
So this is in the Olympiads.
Wesley So playing E4, we have Ron's playing the con night.
See?
Freddy Fine.
This was a favorite of Bobby Fischer, this variation, the 2/9 variation, and the reason why Wesley
SA is playing this inspiration is to get the Bishop pair from the opening and he said as much in postgame
interview.
So it is actually from an engine point of view, also a nice little advantage from the opening.
So this is a pleasant enough position we see.
E6 Thanks Bishop.
E2 So this Bishop pair is a great example of a classic advantage instances accumulation of advantages
model accumulating the Bishop.
It's an absolute classic.
They look after each other, they're like a team.
They're an example of complementary.
If you have complementary in chess, like your pieces complement, your pawns are in harmony things
In chess generally, you won't come from entries because you shows that your your pieces are working
as a team.
They have particular roles and responsibilities which are not duplicating other pieces or pawns role.
So complementary is great sometimes.
So we have Bishop C5, Wesley So Castles, we have 97 E tanks, D five, C takes five and now Rook D
one.
So once trying to grab more central control here we have Knight G.F. six four So Bishop e seven, Bishop
de Fray, you can see the Bishop here now taking central control.
Central authority might be 892.
One is reinforcing D now of a pawn and this knight is also a potentially naughty attacking piece rookie
rookie one Why is now focusing on this semi-open file, which is a classic plan in this structure,
this Carlsbad structure as it's known, sometimes it's prone to minority attack.
For example, if you imagine black playing a6b5 later and trying to play like this, this would isolate
the a pawn and give a backwards C pawn.
So that kind of plan, though, in this particular possession, we're white.
Having the bishop here is not something to worry about too much.
We have G6 and now this naughty knight coming to Geoffrey.
So a great attacking maneuver.
A previous defensive piece is potentially attacking piece on G3.
So, yes, we're looking at this game from an attacking perspective and perhaps not so many technical
variations which don't like amplify that perspective.
We want to take an attacking perspective on this game.
We see 97 and our rookie Free White wants to kind of put more and more pressure on this file.
The amount file Black tries to liberate with E5.
And then we have Bishop H six, which does actually take escape squares away from the king.
So this one could actually be doing naughty business on the Knight Squares later.
We have E4 and it looks as though, well, hang on, isn't black winning material?
What is Wesley so done?
But actually there's a brilliant resource in this position.
Can you see what it is for 200 points as you make that 500 points, it's one of the best moves of the
year.
Let's make it a thousand points.
If you can see why this is a brilliant move, then congratulations to you.
This next move.
What do you think White plays here for 1000 points.
It's one of the best moves of 2022, in my view.
Okay.
The bishops do very well together in this position in the different roles after Rook takes E4.
What a stunner.
We have nice f a if d thanks e for There's an absolutely beautiful mate in sex.
Can you see how that plays out?
Check all checks.
Even the most outrageous ones.
Yeah.
Queen sites have seven check.
We can actually bring the king down the board.
That's a nice attacking pattern.
We're bringing the king down the board.
Beautiful tackling pattern.
Guess what?
We play here to bring the king on board even more.
Beautiful time pattern for check king.
Thanks rookie one checking every now rookie for a mate that would be an absolutely beautiful checkmate
that's avoided black plays not a feint but he's lost the key pawn right And also the rooks now ready
to double against F7.
So we have this attacking move which provokes weaknesses capital weaknesses and now yeah so white has
created weaknesses still has this lovely bishop pair black It's got no counterplay on the queenside
Guess what Wesley so plays here to weaken the opponent's king even further and get all the pieces working
as a team.
So what do we do here?
To weaken the King further, you think?
Yeah, well, it's this like doing on G if it's not going to sacrifice to help the attack.
Yes.
It sacrifices itself.
So free pawns now for the peace.
Black has got four pawns.
We've got seven free pawns for the piece.
But look at the attacking team here.
The teamwork is absolutely amazing.
Not just the bishop power.
The rook and queen are also in a battering, putting huge pressure on Black's position.
We have Queen D six, Queen G for very limited options like G6.
So yes.
What is Black doing if King ain't Shank?
We're just going to play Queen G7.
Checkmate.
So like G6 and if Queen G6, let's just have a look at this for a moment.
What would you play here?
So yeah, we just played real tanks and fake Jack and then snap off the Queen.
Thanks very much.
Bigger point.
So 96 now, another absolutely beautiful move in this position.
What would you play here for?
Ten points.
Was he?
So wins.
Another poll we've looked 65.
We have queen of sex.
If Queen 65 here, Bishop takes G6 and we're really getting to the opponents.
KING If the king ignores this one.
With King eight.
We're going to just take on air and we're frightening.
Queen A7 Champ, mate.
So this is just absolutely annoyance, fever, crushing.
So we have Queen F.
So yeah, it's so many pawns for the piece now.
It's a ridiculous number of pawns, five pawns for the piece.
And now in the midst in this possession, it's just a quiet move.
G3 is played.
Yeah, absolutely amazing.
This quiet move.
And what is Black actually doing here?
We have Bishop F eight rook out, five, Queen seven, and now Bishop C four.
Check, K9, chase.
And here, Bishop G five.
And this ends the game.
So move 28 Black resigns here.
If Queen D sex rook have sex will be crushing.
What would happen here?
The thing is, Black's queen has got very limited squares.
Queen C7 Rook have seven.
So hitting the Queen.
And here we have Bishop f6 check King J.
And we can see the Bishop Power working to checkmate.
Look at this check And mate, here.
There's nothing that can even delay putting in between.
So a beautiful attacking game, Wesley.
So definitely, you know, categorically a super grandmaster saying, you know, he chose this whole
opening variation to get the bishop pair and this was a favorite of Bobby Fischer.
So the two lines of variation use attack because it's accumulating that attacking ingredients, which
can be so great.
The bishop here, so great moves to control the center as a preliminary and great use of the pawn structure
and great use of a nice switching to the kingside to be an attacking piece.
So this game has attacking chess written all over it, basically.
And there are interesting variations behind the scenes.
I don't want to draw you into too many technical details.
I just wanted to show the power of the bishop here.
It is a classic advantage.
You know, Steinitz identified this advantage.
I would say Laskar identified, you know, more and more like micro advantages, dynamic advantages,
and saw the trade offs between them a bit more clearly than Steinitz.
But Steinitz laid the foundation with the Bishop power as a classic advantage.
It's a classic example of complementary.
So there are other complementary in chess, like having complementary pawns and pieces.
But you see how this complementary is so, you know, useful for attacking the opponent's king and creating
beautiful checkmate possibilities.
Okay, So I hope you enjoyed this game.
That's very much.