Hi there.
In this lecture, I'd like to show you an amazing game of execution.
Where it is on the counterattack.
Of course, they said the Masters of Defense have contributed as much to the history of chess as the
players of attacking style.
But you could argue, you know, counterattack, which is the best form of defense to attack, is a
kind of attacking style.
You're getting the opponent to commit, for example, pawns which are irreversible.
And this is one such example, Game 19 €50 championship.
We have Sergei Kamsky against Viktor Korchnoi, so E4 C5 and we have a Grand Prix attack version 1.0.
So no night three fastest F4 straight away.
Of Korchnoi here plays six we see 9c3 now e6e5 95 white takes on d5 e takes Quinn f3.
We have D4, Bishop C4, Bishop E7 and now already an inaccuracy F5.
It looks aggressive but it is a bit weakening.
More prudence would have been nine stage three.
So if both sides castle d6 d this should be a position where White has an advantage as example, but
with F5 it's quite committal.
We see Knight C6 so attacking E5 and the Queen moves again to protect C5 plan castles free and now Korchnoi
is able to play a very energetic counter here.
Can you see what it is at ten points?
Very energetic.
D5 So e takes D6 is played.
If Queen takes D5, we can just take on F5.
It's a very pleasant position here.
This Black is doing very well.
E5 is painfully weak.
There are pressure points.
If Bishop takes D5, Bishop takes F5 and then we get a lovely position here.
So why has overstepped things?
It seems because this position white has a lack of harmony.
This bishop and rook, they're still asleep in bed.
They're not part of the attacking team.
We have white castling Queen f6 so black is significantly better at this point.
Now another weakening move.
Can you say this is an attack or just self weakening?
It's really making things ripe for a counterattack.
There are weaknesses around the king here to potentially tap into.
If Bishop de Fray.
On the other hand, Black is better with Knight before this position.
Taking out the bishop means that this bishop without a counterpart could wreak havoc in the white position
later, for example.
So here, say with B6 as well, we can get a very nice use of the Bishop with Bishop A6 here concretely
against the Queen and Rook securing winning with zero so horrible things could happen to white there.
So anyway G4 though we have Bishop D7 Queen e2 if the free hand coming if D3 her rook ice this position
with Queen D five Knight before strong here G5 this is just ridiculously good for black so Queen E two
is played.
We have rook e8 so Black's kind of developed all the pieces, all the team is out and about and now
aiming to weaken the king to give further defines more refines and defines roles and responsibilities
to this attacking potential team.
Whilst White's team is half asleep here with the Bishop rook still in bed, we have Bishop d5.
If Knight takes E5, Rook takes E5.
This position doesn't matter about G5 looking aggressive.
Black's got all the pieces in good positions and here Bishop C6 for example.
This is just very dangerous for white indeed, it's losing for white.
There are just too many weaknesses here and you can see the whole team is looking for things like Rook,
G4 or Rookie too.
This is also crushing here.
Ouch meeting if D3 then Bishop C6 is a nasty pen and winning exchange or delaying winning exchange to
delay gratification reaps even more rewards here so we can play it like this.
And this is just really a strong position.
The free Czech rookie turtle crashing through with big advantage for black.
So anyway, Bishop D5 is trying it and now we have a great move, which is kind of weakness of the last
move.
It's neglected D free.
So guess what cautionary plays here, which kind of limits the opponent.
Team potential that only be a subset of the team involved here.
So what do you think that is?
Which limits one's teamwork potential?
Okay.
It's different.
So it's shutting down the bishop and the rook and the cost of the pawn delaying their development.
We have.
Now it takes five.
We have Rogue Taxi, five, G five.
So Wayne still trying to attack.
But we've not too many team members.
It's not all the team.
If Queen is seven, this was also possible.
Just, you know, encouraging, even six with tempo.
This position is still just to show the extent of Black's resources.
It's a position where Black ends up better because of that disconnect.
Even though blacks the exchange down in this fascinating position, blacks still doing very well.
You can see that the teams, the team of black pieces are still overwhelming for white here in this
scenario.
So it could end up like this just for the record.
But Queen D ain't waiting.
Courage F thinks by f6.
Now we have C for this just locks down further locks down white spaces opens up Bishop See five possibilities.
All the diagonal possibilities we have G6 It looks as though, Well, isn't this really scary?
Because the F seven pawn is pinned.
We have Bishop C five check King H one.
And now a terrifying looking move is played by cornering.
H takes G6, which positively invites using the F seven pin pawn of Queen six G6.
Why would caution play in such a way?
There is an option with G tanks F six and G takes a seven shank.
You'll note that G eight is amplified, but it's not quite enough.
So in fact, here we can just take the rook.
There's no rook g one if b4 time for Bishop B two we have rook 65 with the idea that if Queen 65, Bishop
c6 if B take C5, we just get marvelous position with Bishop C6.
And then you know where is once attack We can play even rook default with a frets on the queen immediately
that's crushing And here you know this is just a crushing position.
So okay, we have a G6 though, which invites Queen sized G6, so really provocative.
But there is one move and one move only here.
So of course, noise, precise calculation kind of reassures he must have been reassured by his calculations
here because you wouldn't play this otherwise, because it looks as though, you know, plants get mated.
So guess what?
Move which triggers a massive counterattack here for 100 points.
What move is played here for that counterattack?
It's a fun one.
Queen takes up sex, the king is weakened.
So in theory, we can try and get a lot of roles and responsibilities for our pieces.
On this backfire, we have to have sex.
If Queen takes offence.
Yeah, we're just taking on sex.
Taking on key to this endgame is just hugely favourable to us, this position.
We're just simplifying and getting a winning endgame.
So Rook saying f sex rookie one check.
So this is a really interesting position Rook takes D5, believe it or not, is also a possibility.
So here Black's pieces are really quite dangerous.
So here, for example, Black's still got a huge attacking potential.
Bishop C6 check, rook G4 check.
And the Queen is going to be one at some point here.
So for example here Bishop D free check rookie to check Rook six check Without the Bishop and Queen
helping Black's team members will recoup the material with interest.
So rookie one Centeno was played King G2 Rook g1 one King, F3.
And now the point is definitely not Rook G6 here.
Because Rook takes G6 and White's winning.
No, this is a counter-attack against the king.
Rook have one.
Czech king G2.
If King E4, we just play rookie eight check.
And if rookie is six Rook Sorry Bishop takes E6 is crushing with the idea of bishop and five double
check and mate So king G2 and now we have Rook takes f6 queen in four so the whole black team comes
swarms over White's king.
Now once we can king if Queen h5 instead Rook have five queens before we can take out D5.
A lot of material for the Queen, so.
Okay.
And if Queen Alfred has to continue this for a moment.
Rook G5 check, we can see Rook g1 is checkmate.
So, yes, beautiful stuff.
And if she takes the free hair.
Bishop, thank you for.
Of course.
So Queen all is tried Rookie eight C takes different in desperation.
If Queen takes C for rookie to look at the black pieces.
Just working very well as a team to checkmate the king there.
So C takes different C takes different still of lock and key on these pieces.
Black could have played rook takes e4 her and this position is favorable as you might suspect for black.
So this position plants got the advantage as well.
So C takes D free though letting white have the queen for a moment.
More queen takes D3 Black wants to checkmate to end the game of game ending downside to checkmate with
these pieces.
The white king King Geoffrey Bishop have to check King G to rook g1.
Checkmate.
Brutal stuff.
What we're seeing in many, many vector cautionary games.
If you study caution on games, counterattack games, you can find classic counterattack games.
Know Google kortschnoi counterattack chess games.
Com you'll get lots of counterattack game examples.
But you know, this is a classic for me.
It's not in so many collections, but it's pretty clear that White was encouraged to attack and the
expense of committal pawn moves, irreversible pawn moves, creating king safety weaknesses around the
king.
Weaknesses around the king do kind of further make it more precise.
What roles and responsibilities your your team of Pacers can have covering escape squares crane checks.
But there's also limiting the opponent's teamwork with that D3 free move dislocating White's position
preventing ordering development.
So yes, the team imbalance was pretty clear here.
Black always seemed to have a large number of team members, but unfortunately, like taking his position
to the brink of seemingly grave dangers.
But through tactics and combinations, he could prove this vacuum of weaknesses will backfire on the
attacker in this game.
Example.
So yeah, and on fun of counterattack, letting the opponent come at you to weaken themselves.
And you could argue, you know, Tigran Petrosian is a little bit like that through strengthening his
position, not doing much.
And opponents can sometimes self-destruct against that as well.
But Korchnoi kind of being provocative here to, you know, in a more literal way to get the opponent
to weaken themselves.
Okay, I hope you enjoy this game.
Example The great Viktor Korchnoi had so much.