WEBVTT 00:00.930 --> 00:01.710 Hi there. 00:01.860 --> 00:09.190 In this lecture, we see one of the more magnificent games between Levon Aronian and Vishy Anand. 00:09.210 --> 00:13.590 So this is in 2014, Tata Steel Group, a round four. 00:14.340 --> 00:20.670 So we see D4 from level Iranian D5 from Vishy Annan's C4 C6. 00:21.450 --> 00:25.110 So you might think, well this, this isn't really an attacking opening yet. 00:25.110 --> 00:27.060 We see these masterpieces from it. 00:27.090 --> 00:30.570 It's a very solid start to the game setting up the triangle. 00:30.750 --> 00:36.030 You could call it the triangle opening, but it's usually called the Queen's Gambit declined semi Slav 00:36.030 --> 00:44.610 variation, so this bishop could actually become a hero, attacking peace through some of the interesting 00:44.610 --> 00:46.560 mechanisms Black has available. 00:46.590 --> 00:55.170 We see F3 might be D7, Bishop, D3 and now D take C4. 00:55.170 --> 00:57.060 So Bishop takes C4 b5. 00:57.060 --> 01:02.010 So giving B7 a square, giving that square to the bishop. 01:02.340 --> 01:04.020 It could be a dangerous piece later. 01:04.710 --> 01:14.730 Bishop D3 Bishop D thinks both sides Castle, Queen C2 and Bishop B seven Ivory Rook Saints, now 11 01:14.730 --> 01:17.520 Iranian plays ninth G5. 01:19.200 --> 01:21.600 So this is really interesting already. 01:21.630 --> 01:22.290 What is going on? 01:22.620 --> 01:29.490 Is it just the direct attack on H7 or is it about the maneuver 94 and maybe B4 to clamp down black playing 01:29.490 --> 01:31.530 C5 to lock this Bishop? 01:31.980 --> 01:33.690 It's about locking the bishop up. 01:34.260 --> 01:38.580 We see a very nice reaction from vishy anand c5. 01:39.060 --> 01:46.770 So as example, if C5 isn't played which seems to offer the b5 pawn, if it isn't played, if say h6 01:46.770 --> 01:57.000 one gets this dream binds with b4, this position is just much better for white that knight coming to 01:57.000 --> 01:59.910 C5 in prison this poor bishop. 02:00.630 --> 02:02.060 So that's not the way to go. 02:02.070 --> 02:04.710 So C5 now opening up the bishop. 02:05.280 --> 02:07.470 It's going to be one of our attacking pieces. 02:08.010 --> 02:15.990 And this is one of the more solid variations against the Queen's pawn opening, which in my view is 02:15.990 --> 02:18.230 well worth knowing about the Slav. 02:18.240 --> 02:21.780 It's a solid and reliable choice. 02:21.810 --> 02:28.500 Lots of gems are using it and you can see if you get bishops like this already move 12. 02:28.500 --> 02:29.850 This looks very nice. 02:31.200 --> 02:33.000 We see 1987. 02:34.650 --> 02:39.690 So here you might be wondering if Bishop St's H seven shank. 02:42.770 --> 02:43.580 For. 02:44.860 --> 02:48.770 We have 60 before he takes queen bee sex. 02:48.850 --> 02:51.820 White center has been abandoned, it seems to some extent. 02:51.820 --> 02:55.480 And we have now night g for d f thanks. 02:57.040 --> 02:58.780 Let's make sure there's no naughty business. 02:58.790 --> 03:06.400 The Queen come into h five and here we can play b4 and we get a nice position with the black pieces 03:06.400 --> 03:07.120 basically. 03:08.530 --> 03:12.940 So it challenging e4 indirectly by looking at c frame this position. 03:12.940 --> 03:17.290 White's advantage is there, but it's small. 03:17.290 --> 03:18.760 It's difficult to play. 03:18.790 --> 03:25.720 Now you might think instead of bishop takes eight so what about Knight takes B5 then actually an amusing 03:25.720 --> 03:29.860 variation here Black needs to tread carefully. 03:30.550 --> 03:31.780 Black should play. 03:31.780 --> 03:38.770 Bishop takes H to check here because this is the amusing variation of C takes D4. 03:38.920 --> 03:39.580 Guess what? 03:39.590 --> 03:46.470 White has hair so it looks as though the Queen should move right e to the queen. 03:46.510 --> 03:47.380 We've had the queen. 03:47.380 --> 03:49.510 There's no there's no chance to take this, Bishop. 03:49.660 --> 03:51.160 Not quite right. 03:51.160 --> 03:53.050 Bishop takes age seven check. 03:53.350 --> 03:56.530 So we can't take without allowing queen sex mating. 03:57.550 --> 03:59.560 Okay, let's establish that. 04:00.010 --> 04:01.820 So the king goes to H8. 04:01.840 --> 04:02.470 But guess what? 04:02.470 --> 04:03.610 White has hair. 04:05.630 --> 04:06.530 At some points. 04:08.310 --> 04:08.670 Yeah. 04:08.700 --> 04:10.170 966. 04:10.500 --> 04:17.460 This is naughty because Knight's details have seven check why it ends up with a clear advantage. 04:17.940 --> 04:18.810 Yes. 04:20.100 --> 04:26.130 So in other words, if Knight takes B5 had been played, the intention of vision and was surely Bishop 04:26.130 --> 04:34.260 takes H to check and then G for check which picks up the G five Knight potentially. 04:34.260 --> 04:38.280 But first we can indeed insert C takes here without any naughty business. 04:40.520 --> 04:44.260 So Queen E two, Queen 65 is benefit blank. 04:44.270 --> 04:47.870 So Knight Saxby five isn't that good if black plays correctly. 04:48.620 --> 04:50.990 But 1987 was played. 04:52.010 --> 04:56.180 It's a rich game, rich complexity and this is just the start here. 04:56.210 --> 04:57.520 So let's move on from here. 04:57.550 --> 05:01.460 Night G4 looks at H two so Black is looking at H two. 05:01.460 --> 05:03.530 Now we have F four. 05:05.150 --> 05:13.430 If nothing takes F eight, then Bishop takes H to check the queens swoops in and this is diabolical. 05:13.460 --> 05:20.560 You can see that Black's attack is absolutely direct and enormous with these bishops, the queen and 05:20.560 --> 05:20.860 nine. 05:20.930 --> 05:23.030 There's four members of the team here. 05:23.180 --> 05:27.590 That's all that's needed here because y hasn't got the defensive resource around this. 05:27.590 --> 05:28.670 KING This is just desperate. 05:28.670 --> 05:35.810 We just take that and then this this way, bringing this member of the team actually makes it even better, 05:35.810 --> 05:38.900 the attack and then we're just crashing through. 05:40.190 --> 05:41.130 So here. 05:41.150 --> 05:44.240 Yeah, this is just crushing. 05:44.600 --> 05:45.320 Amazing. 05:45.320 --> 05:51.980 So if H three here, Bishop managed to check Queen H four and you can see that nasty pin. 05:52.160 --> 05:55.280 There's a pin ingredient of this lovely bishop. 05:55.640 --> 06:01.460 And this recession with Bishop E five is basically white. 06:01.460 --> 06:04.350 Has to tread carefully. 06:04.490 --> 06:07.610 It takes F eight and now King G one. 06:08.210 --> 06:10.580 Anything else is allowing Queen takes H. 06:10.940 --> 06:14.600 For example, D takes there's Queen takes H three and a mating. 06:14.600 --> 06:21.650 But if Wyatt plays King G one, it seems as though it might actually have enough for a draw. 06:21.680 --> 06:25.550 Black should perhaps take the repetition, draw fun stuff. 06:26.600 --> 06:30.950 So nine times f eight may be is the way to try and secure a draw. 06:30.980 --> 06:32.810 It looks scary. 06:33.650 --> 06:35.900 A great deal of scariness there. 06:36.260 --> 06:39.140 So F4 was played instead. 06:39.140 --> 06:47.300 We have C takes D four, E takes D four, and now the game really takes, in my view, an extremely 06:47.300 --> 06:51.350 wild, unexpected turn here. 06:51.530 --> 06:54.170 I just couldn't believe this game at the time. 06:54.170 --> 07:01.100 Yeah, I had put it on YouTube, but I think at the time, you know, it was, it was absolutely strange 07:01.100 --> 07:01.580 for me. 07:01.580 --> 07:08.300 This game, what has gone on here for this next move to actually be effective. 07:08.300 --> 07:11.690 So what is this next move which shocked me and the chess world. 07:11.690 --> 07:16.070 So in general, so for 200 points blank to play, what would you play with Black? 07:20.640 --> 07:20.860 Okay. 07:20.970 --> 07:22.830 This is crazy stuff. 07:22.860 --> 07:28.080 It seems you know why it's shot down this diagonal, but they won't shut down this diagonal. 07:28.380 --> 07:35.040 This pawn seems unprotected on D4 with White's adventures and Black plays. 07:35.040 --> 07:36.660 Bishop C5. 07:36.690 --> 07:38.250 This is incredible move. 07:38.610 --> 07:44.040 We have Bishop E too, so if D takes note, take C five. 07:44.760 --> 07:46.140 So we're looking at D free. 07:46.140 --> 07:51.930 But the other aspect of this is that there's this check and here Knight takes the friend. 07:51.930 --> 07:52.530 Look at this. 07:52.530 --> 07:56.790 Both knights are converging on F2 a bit like the other version we saw with white. 07:56.790 --> 07:59.970 Both both nights now four black are converging on F2. 08:00.180 --> 08:07.710 And if we get this situation, basically black has a small edge here. 08:08.040 --> 08:09.600 Ends up with a small engineer. 08:10.320 --> 08:10.860 Okay. 08:10.860 --> 08:14.670 It looks, you know, Black's pieces look great, but it's actually a small edge. 08:15.000 --> 08:23.430 And if instead, say, Bishop E to Queen D four check, nine F to check. 08:23.910 --> 08:26.370 And this is a funny situation. 08:26.460 --> 08:35.910 Either White's allows, you know, a smothered mate pattern which is clearly undesirable. 08:36.600 --> 08:38.520 White has access to F2. 08:38.700 --> 08:42.990 Don't play the smothered mates when one white can actually take the knight at the end. 08:42.990 --> 08:46.350 But if the thing is about this position. 08:54.320 --> 08:57.080 On Brooke takes after the queen takes. 08:58.960 --> 09:03.130 How does y defend G2 to her? 09:03.700 --> 09:06.040 And the back row is weak as well. 09:06.130 --> 09:08.470 So this is just the delay tactic we take. 09:08.470 --> 09:11.920 That means we'll get mated with Queen H7 if we're not careful. 09:12.550 --> 09:14.260 So yes, we take that. 09:14.260 --> 09:16.690 And here Bishop G2 is mating. 09:16.960 --> 09:18.610 So yeah, it's all fun stuff. 09:18.610 --> 09:20.050 So essentially. 09:21.640 --> 09:21.930 Yeah. 09:21.940 --> 09:23.890 Huge, huge, hugely fun stuff. 09:23.960 --> 09:32.050 White could, it seems survive but black has the edge if nothing takes a fight here, you know, after 09:32.050 --> 09:33.300 the C5. 09:33.520 --> 09:34.630 So anyway. 09:40.080 --> 09:43.380 We have the move bishop to. 09:43.950 --> 09:47.490 And now things get even more crazy with special effects. 09:47.910 --> 09:48.580 Guess what? 09:48.600 --> 09:50.280 Vishy Anand plays here. 09:54.350 --> 09:57.350 Yeah, 95. 09:57.380 --> 09:59.030 It's really creative stuff. 09:59.030 --> 10:03.950 But, you know, if we look at it, actually it looks as though the Rubenstein Immortal might have been 10:03.950 --> 10:08.320 an influence over this game, the way it's been played with the bishops pointing at the king here, 10:08.330 --> 10:10.340 why it's got some disconnection issues. 10:10.340 --> 10:12.080 The knight's kind of on H7. 10:12.080 --> 10:13.310 It's a bit weird. 10:13.430 --> 10:19.160 We have Bishop takes G4 if if takes E5, Quinn takes D4. 10:19.160 --> 10:21.110 Shaq Quinn G one. 10:21.110 --> 10:22.850 Shaq is a smothered mate. 10:22.880 --> 10:29.360 If D take C5 Queen D for Shaq Knight have to check and we're back to this g to fame. 10:29.750 --> 10:35.570 How how does y defend G2 or the back row you know, Bishop referee the back row, you know, Queen F 10:35.570 --> 10:35.930 one. 10:35.930 --> 10:42.170 So, you know, for example, like this it's impossible to defend And if C6 Yeah, we're just taking 10:42.170 --> 10:42.320 that. 10:42.320 --> 10:43.760 It's just delay tactics. 10:43.910 --> 10:44.780 It's just delay. 10:45.200 --> 10:47.540 Okay so interesting. 10:47.540 --> 10:54.290 So we have actually Bishop takes G4 chosen, but now Bishop takes D4 checking each one, Knight takes 10:54.290 --> 11:03.200 G4, Knight takes F8 and there is a cheeky frat here of Queen H seven, which is actually useful, but 11:03.200 --> 11:09.050 a non casual move is played in this possession which seals the white king's fights. 11:09.050 --> 11:12.050 This G2 pawn is actually pens. 11:12.050 --> 11:13.130 Absolutely. 11:13.130 --> 11:15.290 And this looks like such a juicy move. 11:15.290 --> 11:16.070 But you know what? 11:16.070 --> 11:23.670 Sometimes in chess we need delayed gratification of Queen H for okay, we'd like to plant, you know, 11:23.750 --> 11:24.320 nice cookie. 11:24.320 --> 11:24.980 We like to play it. 11:24.980 --> 11:25.640 Give me the cookie. 11:25.640 --> 11:26.600 Give me the cookie. 11:26.630 --> 11:31.310 But, you know, we we want to be masters of attack in this course. 11:31.460 --> 11:33.500 So sometimes delayed gratification. 11:33.500 --> 11:39.710 Look at the delayed gratification or the effect of delaying the move under better circumstances. 11:39.710 --> 11:48.710 In chess, we want to sometimes get the best possible circumstances for a certain lucrative thing, 11:48.710 --> 11:51.320 get the cookie on better circumstances. 11:51.470 --> 11:55.640 Maybe it's a zero sugar, zero fat cookie in the future. 11:55.640 --> 11:57.740 You can have loads of them without getting fat. 11:57.740 --> 12:01.490 Better circumstances for the delayed gratification. 12:03.140 --> 12:09.470 It's like me with these courses, you know, work like crazy for these courses. 12:09.470 --> 12:12.380 I don't just release them after like a day or two. 12:12.650 --> 12:13.130 So. 12:13.130 --> 12:15.110 Yeah, I know, I know, I know. 12:15.110 --> 12:16.160 These are amazing courses. 12:16.370 --> 12:20.090 I delay the gratification because I want to give you the best possible insights. 12:20.420 --> 12:23.780 And one of them is actually the notion of delayed gratification here. 12:23.780 --> 12:31.310 So what do we play here with Black, which is important for making Queen H for much more lucrative under 12:31.310 --> 12:32.780 better circumstances. 12:37.680 --> 12:37.930 Okay. 12:38.070 --> 12:39.400 F five was played. 12:39.420 --> 12:40.950 It's a really nice move. 12:41.460 --> 12:42.720 Really, really nice. 12:42.750 --> 12:45.510 It's like, what is White's position? 12:45.510 --> 12:48.270 These guys are just irrelevant now. 12:48.390 --> 12:49.560 This section of the board. 12:49.560 --> 12:51.570 Well, forget the pawns, the pieces. 12:51.780 --> 12:53.310 What are they doing? 12:54.750 --> 12:56.520 If we did play Crunch for. 12:56.550 --> 12:57.710 Give me the cookie immediately. 12:57.720 --> 13:01.010 Quinn, age seven check is the rude thing that Black does. 13:01.020 --> 13:01.420 These. 13:01.470 --> 13:03.390 These are not the right circumstances. 13:03.390 --> 13:05.440 And in fact, we've just fluffed everything up. 13:05.460 --> 13:09.570 The Queen's coming off is tragic in general for the attacking player. 13:10.590 --> 13:18.260 This is just even so f five delayed gratification for Queen H for we have night G6. 13:19.560 --> 13:23.310 What does white do if I mean 96 is the stop Queen H four. 13:23.310 --> 13:29.460 So if H he Queen H four and you can see that pins pawn, we're threatening Queen St's h three check 13:29.460 --> 13:29.970 here. 13:30.330 --> 13:33.300 So Queen D D3 have to check. 13:33.300 --> 13:37.260 And this this position, it's like hopeless. 13:37.260 --> 13:40.020 How does y actually protect G2 here? 13:41.010 --> 13:42.510 No one's getting mated. 13:42.600 --> 13:45.840 So 96 is tried, but now Queen f6. 13:46.650 --> 13:46.950 Yeah. 13:46.950 --> 13:48.570 We don't need necessarily age four. 13:48.570 --> 13:53.520 We can actually use other squares and we have h three. 13:53.520 --> 13:54.930 I mean, what else? 13:54.930 --> 13:55.590 Hair. 13:58.290 --> 14:03.390 It's it's very much a big problem this this whole possession. 14:04.020 --> 14:05.840 So he's tried Queen size G6. 14:05.880 --> 14:07.160 Queen E two. 14:08.010 --> 14:08.060 Yeah. 14:08.130 --> 14:09.600 Because if H takes. 14:10.140 --> 14:12.070 G for Queen H six is checkmate. 14:12.090 --> 14:13.620 The bishop is covering the escape square. 14:13.620 --> 14:15.120 So Queen E too. 14:15.180 --> 14:23.010 But our Queen H five with the huge front of Queen H three, we have Queen D3. 14:23.460 --> 14:30.160 So if Queen SACS e six, King h7y can try and disconnect the bishop from G two by here. 14:30.180 --> 14:31.950 Rookie eight is strong. 14:32.400 --> 14:37.620 And here we've got a whole different ball game where Rookie two is crushing. 14:37.830 --> 14:40.920 Can you see why if Queen takes B seven, what would we play here? 14:43.510 --> 14:44.480 Check all checks. 14:44.500 --> 14:45.790 Bishops covering the escape squad. 14:45.800 --> 14:49.480 So we should be excited for our final chat mate combinations. 14:49.480 --> 14:52.270 If we've got an escape screens covered, we play queen tights. 14:52.480 --> 14:53.260 Free check here. 14:53.750 --> 14:54.880 Range to his main. 14:54.970 --> 15:02.440 So anyway, Queen D three was tried, but now there's an absolute beauty of a move to finish off based 15:02.440 --> 15:04.930 on this really amazing pen. 15:05.140 --> 15:05.950 So guess what? 15:05.950 --> 15:10.120 That is a beautiful tactic is played in this position. 15:10.330 --> 15:12.760 What is that tactic for 200 points? 15:17.980 --> 15:26.230 Okay, so this connection tantric disconnecting the queen from free man to resign. 15:26.230 --> 15:29.650 If Bishop takes every, you know, queen takes then queen sends you to. 15:31.270 --> 15:32.340 If queen takes every. 15:32.350 --> 15:33.420 This is rather desperate. 15:33.430 --> 15:34.390 Yeah, it's. 15:34.390 --> 15:37.240 It's not good enough, this position. 15:37.240 --> 15:40.540 You know why it's not going to survive this? 15:40.540 --> 15:41.080 Yeah. 15:41.140 --> 15:44.860 We're just going to be quietly mating after gobbling up some material. 15:45.400 --> 15:48.010 Okay, So, yeah, the game ended on Bishop. 15:48.010 --> 15:51.460 If there's no real defense here that exists. 15:51.910 --> 15:57.550 And actually, you know, I have to say, you know, I'm revisiting this game and some other absolute 15:57.550 --> 16:06.760 iconic games for you, iconic attacking games, this semi Slav variation, I would say I have to recommend 16:06.760 --> 16:07.180 it. 16:07.270 --> 16:13.330 It's a lot more solid than direct attacking openings like the Kings England defense, which have gone 16:13.330 --> 16:14.410 out of fashion. 16:14.530 --> 16:19.470 It's amazing what this triangle start does if we get bishops pointed at the opponent's king. 16:19.480 --> 16:22.330 Isn't that a dream for us as attacking players? 16:22.330 --> 16:28.180 So, yeah, a truly inspirational game and iconic example of the use of the Queen's Gambit declined 16:28.180 --> 16:28.720 semi slam. 16:29.350 --> 16:31.000 Absolutely amazing stuff. 16:31.450 --> 16:32.610 I hope you enjoyed it. 16:33.940 --> 16:34.750 Thanks very much.