Hi there.
In this lecture, we see Alexander Alekhine playing against Frank James Marshall.
This is in the 1925 Baldwin balls and two months round.
17 D4 from Alekhine.
We have noise of sex for Marshall C4 and now D5.
This isn't very popular nowadays.
This is the Marshall variation.
It's it seems very provocative.
White Place seats 65 and we have 1965 and 94 and the light just goes back.
So it's very provocative.
In the opening, Bishop de Fry is played by Anakin.
If E5, we get a kind of alekhine defense, basically it looks a little bit alekhine esque alekhine
defense flavor to this, and White should have a small edge.
But there is a responsibility here associated with these pawns, and Black does seem to have, you know,
good pieces and prospects for undermining here.
But Bishop D4 is actually rather interesting.
It sets a little trap.
Black played e5 If Queen takes D4, I hope you can spot what we play.
Yeah Bishop be fun.
Check and we're winning the Queen.
If 96 doesn't matter, we're taking the queen that Knight's pinned.
So E5 is played, which is interesting.
Black is trying to weaken white on the dark squares.
It's quite an aggressive move.
We have details in our knight G4.
And here an inaccuracy by Anakin Knight free.
It turns out here the perhaps pedantic looking check moving a piece twice.
Why would this be any good?
It is actually the best move in this position.
For a start, if C6 we just take the Queen's off and we're looking forward to castling on the queenside.
This position stopped using G4 and we've got pressure here being built up.
After we castle queenside, we stand significantly better even though the queens are off.
That's the way to go.
And you might ask.
Well, hold on.
King's Cross.
What about 97?
Yeah, we're taking on G4.
What about Bishop D7 Interesting here.
There's quite a crushing move If you ever get this position.
This is probably a trap worth knowing.
You've actually caught the opponent in a trap here.
If they really played this line, what would you play here for?
Ten points.
There's a devastating move here, he says, kind of disconnecting the bishop from G4.
So if Eph tanks, we can actually just play Queen takes G4.
Funny enough.
I mean, you've also got Bishop takes the seven check and Queen takes G4, but we can use this route
because the Queen H five check and then Queen takes B5 check.
Very nice.
And here if Bishop takes B5, the point here is he takes seven check King takes and now not Queen takes
the act because there's bishop before check.
We don't want to do this.
It's not winning the queen because bishop before take.
And we have to bring back our queen on Queen's Gambit taking No.
The point here would be Queen B free check to pick up B5 with a big advantage here.
Non-controversial.
Big advantage.
So, yes, it's worth perhaps knowing about Bishop B5.
Check here.
It looks as though, well, we're moving a piece twice, but there's huge benefits.
But not a three was played by the Queen, which actually leaves blank with especially after Bishop G5
a decent enough position from the opening.
Now, if White Castle was again, it's not really much to write home about here.
This position for white, it's only a small edge and the Queen's coming off.
This isn't really that desirable at all from an attacking player perspective.
But anyway, Bishop G5 was tried.
Bishop e seven, Queen Bishop takes E seven, Queen St C7 9c3 might C takes E, five 9/10 and now Queen
take.
So it has to be careful not on autopilot if white castles Queen takes h two is an embarrassing checkmate
Alekhine will never live that one down so h free lance f six We have Queen D to Bishop D seven and now
Queen E fray, which is nice.
Controlling D4 preparing perhaps for as well.
We have Bishop C six white castles, queenside black castles, kingside and now F4.
We have Queen sex and we have some mobility here with these pawns.
So E5 we have now rookie eight Rook one rook 88 and F five.
This looks like a very dangerous attack.
Queen A7.
Queen G5.
Yeah, These pawns.
It looks as though the attack is just flowing towards Black's king.
Now, here 95 is played, which is a mistake to hold on.
It seems Queen F eight is needed, which is based on tactical nuances.
If E takes f6, rook takes e, one, rook takes e, one loosens D three that can be taken that bishop.
And that's even if we look at this again now instead of it takes f6, Queen H four is better.
95 F6 is super dangerous.
Looking at age 7h6 Bishop C to this position Rook takes the rook takes the 8fg7 and you see the Queen's
looking at D eight her king takes B takes.
This ends up being better for White's of the Queen f6 six checking e six.
This is much better for white and that protects C three hits the hits F seven.
That's crushing.
So anyway so even basically on Queen F eight, Queen H four would be the move not taking the knight.
So 95 was played and we have f6 here Queen F eight and now really brutal Bishop C for Knight C three
and what's the point?
What would you play here to gain big advantage.
Okay.
Rook takes the eight.
He's played very good.
If B takes, then Rook takes D1 check.
Rook takes the one black, hands the resource queen a free check.
And in this position as the annoying bishop E4 check.
And this is going to save the day for black because of Bishop G6.
That check saves the day.
You know black's not getting mated on g seven.
Bishop takes h takes.
There's nothing here E6 because G takes queen sex, there's Queen E7 and it's just fizzles to a rook
and ending which is just equal.
So yes important to have accuracy here with rook takes the eight so we have rook takes the fg7.
So looking at the rock here we have Monk takes a to check if a move like Queen before then Queen takes
the eight.
Check this position we can go back to F6 and it all runs with check for a checkmate or queen.
J is checkmate.
So Knight takes A to check King B one, Queen eight.
But now what does that the queen do here?
He's interested more in the king, not just winning a battle, winning a peace battle of some sort.
No.
So what are we playing here for?
100 points.
Yeah, we want to pass through the kind of dining of death.
You know, the kings on Jay pierced this open.
Bishop e Vasek has played now, King A1, this is good.
Also, Rook takes E4 was winning with the right follow up Rook D1 check not king.
Thanks A2 That's embarrassing for a mate there, but actually King C to here Rook C one check.
There's actually queen take C one that's just winning for Y after he takes.
This is just absolutely winning.
So that's the way to go.
But.
King One is nice.
F five If F takes E6, Bishop takes E6 check.
And the point is here, Queen takes the eight check.
And the point here is Queen D for check and things are falling off winning advantage for white.
So F5 is tried, but now the lethal looking seven shank rook d5 and a really nice move here.
What would you play here for?
Ten points.
Really nice celebrating those two advanced pawns on the seventh rank.
Well.
Yeah.
We've gone to Queen of Sex here.
This is very nice.
Well done, Queen, if you've done that.
So, Queen.
Is the big fat queen of seven.
And now we've got two brilliant choices.
I mean, there's brilliant choices here.
Basically, one of them, at least two great moves by E ends the game very neatly.
So Queen saying the point would be Bishop takes the five check and then the bishop has to take.
Really?
And then That's horrible.
That's checkmate.
So brutal in the end Queen of sex.
So yes, Queen F seven, eight crushing stuff.
Indeed.
And you know, we've got choices here.
Actually, we could play Bishop Tang's D5 as well, pitting the queen, and then he ain't, you know,
just choices.
It's an absolutely winning position.
So anyway, I hope you enjoyed this one.
What a crush.
In the end, it seems as though the pawns had mobility from the opening.
That seems to be the big problem from the opening.
So alekhine, you know, keeping the tension in the possession, keeping the queens on.
And he has a point to keep the Queen's on and try and use the central pawn mobility to sort of get a
vicious attack pointed in the direction of the king here.
It seems to naturally flow quite smoothly, actually, if we look at this game.
In summary, yes, it looks as though it was a very smooth game.
Okay.
I hope you enjoyed this one.
That's very much.