Hi there.
In this lecture, we see a theme bogoljubov against Alexander Alekhine in 1922 Hastings Tournament around
ten.
So let's have a look.
D4 from Bogoljubov and we see Alekhine playing the Dutch defense.
We have C4 nine times six and now Finn Cato is signalled G3 E6 and the bishop is Cato Bishop.
B4 check.
Alekhine likes slightly weakening the dart squares and here after Bishop d2.
Yeah.
Bishop.
Thanks d2 Czech 1982.
Of course, Black has also weakened their dart squares.
It's a bit double edged.
96 Knight Geoffrey here if D5 Black could play 97 this position D Tanks D tanks nine GM free 96 should
be about even.
There's no big problem here.
Okay, so.
Of the night and three instead of the five.
We have both sides castling d6 Queen B3, King H eight, Queen C free and now a clever tactical move.
A liberating move is played here.
Can you guess what that is?
If I give you 5 seconds pause video and it does kind of highlight amplify that you know, the dart squares
like D2, you know, it's a bit weaker than usual without having the bishop on C one.
So this move is interesting.
It's E5, so E3 is played here because if D takes D tanks, White can't play, Knight takes E5 because
Knight takes E5 and lo and behold D two drops.
So there's a subtle impact on the dark squares shown there in that variation.
So E3 we have a five and now B3 and they'll queeny eights with the f pawn on F5.
One perk is the Queen can provoke weaknesses, it can support Bishop H3 and maybe can support G5.
It's a dangerous looking queen, a free Queen h5.
We have H four now here.
Alekhine played Knight G4.
It seems that there might be some mileage actually with modern engines checking.
This might be some managing A4 actually, if nothing E1, let's just take this as an example.
Black could build up a straightforward attack here, even if A4 by the use of G5 here.
This is building up a straightforward and kind of dangerous attack which is leaving black with a potentially
large advantage.
This kind of situation Black's in a glorious place now on Knight G5 H six Knight H free, you might
think.
Well, hold on King's Cross and I have for the key move here would be Queenie eight not Queen f7 because
that means F3 and and the rook would be X-raying This is actually the rook would be X-raying The Queen
batter is actually Queen eight in inspiration.
And here in fact G5 again is useful D5 and then this position is going to be an advantage for Black
in a different form.
Plants got a lot of light square pressure and White's pieces are kind of locked in black overall was
is better they're slightly but anyway E4 was an opportunity but knight G4 was used we have nine G5 Bishop
D7 F3 knights have sex and now for white volunteers light squared weaknesses and that kind of locked
in position anyway now so black is significantly better positioning on the light squares in particular.
You know, this pool is poking into light and squares.
This bishop is kind of blunted.
We have rook hefty one, I think.
Knight Frank, D5.
Yeah.
Black doesn't have to go for a G5 plan here.
White is kind of well equipped for that, but D5 we have f19, E seven we have A4, which weakens B4
now.
So not only as white we can g4 now B4 is weaker and 96 would be two knight before the knight occupies
a nice square.
Bishop H1 and now Queenie eight.
So it seems as though.
Hold on a sec.
What's going on here?
Is there a square attack on this side of the board?
Kind of, yes.
We have Bishop.
Sorry, we have rook G2.
And now guess what?
Alekhine place.
So this queen is a very flexible at first, you know, it's like tangling up White's pieces, her congestion,
and they look rather silly.
I mean, this is a defensive posture.
It's like, okay, but on this side of the board D take C4 now is played wonderfully.
Switching attention B take C4.
If Queen takes C4, there's an energetic B5 available.
For example, this position, Queen c1951 is in a very passive way.
Bishop takes F1 and it's kind of getting very difficult here.
For whites.
Indeed, this kind of scenario is very, very nasty.
If King takes F1 the resources like Queen B five check and this is this is becoming unpalatable, this
kind of thing hitting Ephraim before it's so unpalatable.
So it's there's a lot of dangers there.
And if Rook have 293 forks Queen and Rook.
So okay, we have B take C for just letting the A4 pawn go instead.
Yes, it's unfortunate.
We have F2 Bishop 80 79d So now the attack on the light squares continues.
B five 9193 And it looks as though.
Hold on, come on, get the poor man.
Rook takes a five.
We have a fantastic concept now coming up it starts with b4 Rook takes eight and guess what the fantastic
concept is here in this position.
What would you play in this position?
Okay.
We've white spaces kind of huddled up, beating sea free.
Yeah.
Beats even not just taking the rook on eight beating BTC free rook takes eight.
And the point is the magnificent point is actually C two.
And how does white stop the queen?
White takes off on F eight, King H seven.
And we have a marvellous imbalance.
Now see one queen in check nine to have one knights e, one rook, two queen.
Thank C for.
Wrote the eighth and now Bishop be five.
Britain's Queen tanks F1 mating.
So we have rook Saxby five necessary Queen B five and why it's kind of paralysed here we have G for
once trying to get some something going like a free check.
Bishop Tanks, E tanks, G tanks, F five and L Queenie two once in a kind of zugzwang here the five
are now just waiting, saying, Well, why don't you play now after King James?
This is highly problematic, this position, to say the least.
We have h57 again waiting.
And now e4.
This is, this is very, very painful.
If a move like if the rook moves, then there are very painful options like knights e4 and what's happening
there if ever takes there's Queen G2 so it's kind of stuck here and tries e4 Knight takes e4 nine take
for Queen say C4 six that's taken F6 that's taken Rook Ditto.
Now another great move is played.
What would you play here which greatly simplifies the position.
I mean, Black's doing fantastically well here anyway, but this move is marvellous.
Okay, for ten points.
Queen E two.
Yeah.
So this actually simplifies that.
KING After is needed, he takes this this ending.
KING Upon ending is just one.
King G seven.
King E two.
King F seven.
King E three.
King E six.
King, You know, D five.
Check.
And that's the end of the game here.
It's just easily one if.
KING The four.
King of five.
This is just an easy one.
KING Important thing.
So, yes, it really is a very interesting attacking game where we saw in the opening the exchange of
the dark where bishops, which actually kind of helps this F5 liberation, and we get this kind of aggressive
situation now where E4 was possible here, it does seem, but it came up anyway, white just compromising
the light square control here.
So I think it's kind of been tested with his occupation here of the center.
And it's a marvelous switch the other side of the board here.
But first, using the B for weakness.
So there's an accumulation of advantages.
Basically, the true monsters of attack, they accumulate advantages quite often.
And the attack, you know, it doesn't have to result in a checkmate.
It can just result in positional advantages, you know, magnifying, amplifying positional advantages.
But this B5 is a real thing of beauty here.
What happens here?
Giving back the pawn for B4?
This is like a high class simplification.
Actually, if you think about it with, you know, getting this kind of situation now and the imbalance
is here, you know, because why it's so tangled up Bishop B5 on the light squares is so strong that
the exchange has to be given up.
And here, you know, once in a kind of just tied up, hugely tied up here.
And yeah, any, any surprise moves like night G4.
I just met you know quite easily with 19 G4 because this is another dangerous pawn here.
This would be diabolical with the knight holding F2.
So yes, it's just one, it's really kind of huddled up and these kind of moves showing that once in
a kind of zugzwang.
So, you know, very, very painful stuff.
There's always if the right moves, then there's always a knight G4.
Let's put on board Night G-4 here.
And what?
The rook can't even go back there without losing until losing the return flight.
STS Queen G2, as mentioned.
So, yeah, it's a very difficult position.
So 9/10 E for hair.
And this is just these boobs are just desperation.
So.
Okay.
So it just leads to a situation where even Queenie, too, is a simplifying to a king and pull ending
a winning king, important ending.
So a magnificent game, highly celebrated, an iconic game.
I hope you enjoyed this one.
So let's go back to the let's go to the final position.
So D5 here White resigning Alekhine at his best in this game.
Okay, that's so much.