Hi there.
In this lecture, we see William Winter playing against Alexander Alekhine.
This is in the Nottingham Tournament, 1946.
Now, William Winter is a seasoned British player.
He's won the British championship on occasion and a number of great players around the world.
Check out his wiki so D4 from witty from D4 for winter but check out is working for William Winter.
So e6 from alekhine.
E4.
So this is an invitation either for NIMS or engine.
If white's going to play C4 and then we could get a nimzowitsch engine for example.
Or it's an invitation for a French defense.
One of the perks of this also is that Black could play a Dutch defense as well, avoiding the Staunton
gambit.
So that could be a thing.
The Staunton Gambit E4.
So anyway, whatever the reason.
E4 though, going into a French defence, he takes D5, he takes the A5.
We have Bishop D3 C6.
So an exchange variation of the French defence is hardly that inspiring in general.
There's a lot of draws in general.
It's a symmetrical pawn structure we see now.
92.
So 92.
I daresay.
Interesting.
But yeah, it has a potential idea of exchanging off the square.
Bishop's and Black also wants to generally exchange off these bishops.
So basically, if you think about this, the squares in the position White has in a theoretical sense
weakened like squares and black in a theoretical sense, as we can dance squares because of the pawn
placement statistically, and exchanging off those bishops would be the key themes.
So we have bishop sex and now C4 is played.
It's not possible to play bishop for here because the bishop takes F4.
Knight takes Knight takes D4.
So C4 does actually prepare Bishop F4 and given this strategic Bishop exchange possibility and the Queen
actually plays a move Queen H4, which has been used in several games since this game.
It prevents Bishop F4.
So it's an interesting move we see here.
92 Y could play G free.
And in this situation Bishop for there is actually an invitation for Queen F3, though it leads to a
situation actually where, for example, if Bishop takes F4 90 F4, this might not actually be that
bad for White's.
It's not that bad, Quincy.
For one, it's a small edge.
So, okay, it looks it looks strange to do that.
Jeffrey Crane Weaknesses.
And if we look at this position again with Bishop Sangster for nine takes, therefore this position
is also I mean, it's a bit dull though.
The queens have been exchanged off and it's still a fundamentally symmetrical structure.
So anyway, night D2 is played Bishop G4, Queen C2 and now Alekhine consoles Queenside.
He does seem to have, even though it's in exchange French defense.
He does seem to have a very interesting position here.
Relatively speaking, Monsef won and now the move G6 is played which prevents Bishop F5.
We have Bishop Ephraim now 97 and Black is getting potentially this strategic bishop exchange.
So this is actually very interesting.
So blacks getting that exchange and why didn't if my e.g. free.
To prevent Bishop F5.
That is an idea actually, why it could have done this and, you know, leave leave this bishop on the
board because it's kind of complimentary with the pawns.
It's not blocked in by the pawns.
So this situation with Bishop 37, White Castle queenside by here for example with G2 and four okay,
it looks a little bit dangerous and black is on the edge of a small advantage, but it's mostly equal
this possession.
But in the game, after castling queenside black gets in the strategic Bishop exchange Bishop f5.
So statistically there are pawns on dark squares which might hem in this Bishop We have knight efg three
bishop takes different, queen takes different and now H6 F4 and this is another pawn on the dark square.
Definitely locking in the bishop Queen G for H three Queen D seven.
It looks as though White has been subtly positioning outplayed.
Here we have Rook Ihf one and now h five as though to kick the knight from five to get a nice night
on F5.
And this is starting to look bad actually.
Knight G one It does start to look bad for white.
Okay, but how does Alekhine actually do something from this position?
So Knight F3 f6 stopping white using these key squares.
We have knight H to rook d eight Now there's something very emphatic about Alekhine's play.
We know about Alekhine's gun, which is a troubling and he's actually in a position to potentially use
an alekhine's gun on this one shared file.
But if Inanna coin's gun is an example of emphatic ness, you know, taking to the maximum the absolute
limits of a battery.
Altcoins also interested in bouncy roads of attack.
So look where the king is and the enthusiasm for bouncy roads of attack.
Add that to the toolkit or getting killer common squares around the king and you'll get this game basically.
So there's a huge emphatic enthusiasm for these elements of attack.
So the Alekhine's gun, Bishop Di2 is being constructed here with rookie sex.
This is absolutely amazing to say that from a French defense exchange operation, Black is drumming
up serious pressure now on that one file.
So rook ain't rook d one rook d seven.
So the queen goes to the base of the rooks in the Alekhine's gun and we have King D one.
This looks like a sad move to play and it should register.
If you're enthusiastic about bouncy roads of attack, why called bouncy roads of attack?
It should register quite strongly that actually this queen could potentially use this bouncy road of
a tank.
This one seems more unlikely statistically.
So bear that in mind.
Look where the king is.
Look at angles of attack, because they could be absolutely decisive.
We're talking about potentially killer checks, basically when we talk about bouncy rounds of attack.
But we've got an emphatic alekhine's gun being constructed here.
If Knight G1 was played, then Rook takes E1 Chek Rook takes E one.
The problem is F4 drops.
Bishop takes half for check at the end of it.
Thanks very much.
So King D one And then the Anakin's gun is constructed with Queenie eight.
So this is still toying white down.
The knight really can't move.
It seems that easily.
We have Queen F3.
Or is that the case?
Let's look.
So Queen F3 is played.
Now let's say the knight does move.
Actually, no.
There is actually a great thing for Black to do here, which.
Is is really interesting.
Can you see what Black actually does here?
So why it has got enough support on E one.
But there is actually munchy freedom.
And the thing is, if rook takes E6, rook takes E6 Rookie one there's no E4.
This has actually improved itself from F five to E4 and there are horrible threats here, especially
where the king is things like F5 and nine F2 check.
So there are horrible threats here.
If Queen are afraid 97, this knight could improve itself potentially to fine.
But also look at Queen B five here for a moment holding D5 up and then F5.
This situation what would be the plan with that huge knight on E4 Black could play for some pawn breaks
like C5 and then ramp up the pressure.
So for example, like this, Black's definitely transforming to an advantageous position with that huge
knight on E4.
So anyway, Queen F3 is played, but now, yeah, the emphatic ness about bouncy Rhodes of attack with
the pawn hanging.
What do you think would be a nice move?
How can you give a clue?
So black to play.
What would you play here?
Okay, so 95 is played.
And this does reveal this Czech possibility.
So a huge enthusiasm for bouncy Rhodes of attack for checks basically you know wanting these checks
and be free is played to try and shut down that diagonal if queen tanks D5 which looks as though well
hold on A5 is hence we do have rook tanks e to here and in this position actually there's something
rather painful about this for why even though why it's taken that night there's actually.
Night, Jeffrey.
And what does won't do if as a symbol, as an example, Rook g one, then there's actually rook takes
DD to check here whilst the queen's away from the king and there's a lust for that killer common square.
You know, there's an enthusiasm.
Maybe lost is the wrong word for that killer common square E two we get an E to square and this drives
a strong attack here.
This position was there for dropping off my f one now threatens Queen D one.
This is too slow to do anything to the black King.
So a full 92 check.
And then this is vicious.
If you look at this position, that's mate or king a one.
This is just very vicious check winning the queen.
So, yes, it seems as though let's just recap here.
Rook takes E to Queen Geoffrey.
There is a move 95, which might be a little bit more tenacious.
Rook takes G2.
And here this position just taking and just undermining the Knights with gee five, not taking the knights.
This this seems to be the strongest knight C4 G4 and this force is actually a winning pass pawn.
So Queen G6 looks really annoying this position.
Yeah.
The thing is, the past pawn super strong here.
It's just a winning pass pawn.
So yeah, there were very interesting variations which stem from Queen thanks to E5, but they seem
in a nutshell, to give Black amazing opportunities to get into the light squares generally or even
in some situations.
Other stuff happens, but B4 is played.
So is this the end of the story for this diagonal?
Is it?
What would you play here?
It's not the end of the story and the crime actually plays nicely for yeah, he wants to break open
this diagonal, this Jack, this huge enthusiasm for the chase.
The bouncy Rhodes of attack leads to the chase.
Show me the chase.
So Bishop C one is played.
If B takes C, I'll show you the chase Queen A four check.
Bishop A three check, rook B six check.
And this is leading to a checkmate.
So that's why we need to be interested, acutely, extremely interested in these bouncy roads of tank
to the king.
If Queen takes D5, her 1982 king takes D2, we crash through on E two thanks to the Queen's gun.
That construction very powerful killer common squares, supported squares.
So okay so Bishop C one was played knight C e free check.
Bishop takes E3, Knight takes E, Jack Knight takes E, free Rook takes E3, Queen F2.
And now, yeah, this is like why it's so passive.
Here we have this very aggressive, logical move now, now that the Queen's neglected d free guess what
we want to play?
It's logical.
Queen B five.
We want to get into that square.
So, yes, we have no one trying to defend these three.
But this is at the cost of the sea pawn, and this is actually taken root thanks to E, seven, Bishop
Tang, C, e, seven, Queen E one, which attacks two pieces.
It seems.
But guess what?
Annacone plays it, which is nice.
This isn't.
He hasn't fallen into a trap.
Yeah, for ten points.
Yeah, he just plays King D7 with the King protecting because there's a weakness of the last move here,
the F one rook.
So F five is played.
Yeah.
One doesn't want to allow queen size F one check on Queen St C3 to put that on the board.
That weakness of the last move and it's just horrible that G2 is going to drop, etc..
So.
Queen f f2 is played and we have g five hair with the same mechanism we're going to take on f one if
Queen ee free Rook e1 and our rookie for this gets a nice hook now a hook on d free King d two and our
Bishop d six which is nice for bishop are four so King C three, Bishop four.
And here White resigned once tied up in knots if King B to Queen B for as example.
And here black could simplify with bishop.
Take C one check, Queen C three check and actually just take out a pawn and bring up the king to D
five.
That would be nice.
You know, this is a winning here.
It's all falling apart.
So amazing game because it shows that how amazingly strong and the kind played this to get winning chances
from an exchange variation against the French defense.
I mean people are put off playing the French defense nowadays you know John Piggott from Barnet Chess
Club who became like I am he was saying he switched to the Sicilian defense because he didn't like people
playing the exchange variation.
But Alekhine infuses energy here based on the strategic bishop exchange possibilities.
So in early 96, to get in this only Queen H four to prevent bishop and four So the strategic battle
seemed to be laid to one when he was able to get his own bishop exchange and he made the free bishop
look like a kind of prisoner in the pawn chain.
So a lack of harmony here of the white pieces and that Knight's really great.
But to take this to the maximum on, on this file and these diagonals is that is absolutely a beautiful
demonstration of how to play with the pieces, you know, to play for the win from the exchange French
which which is not usually good for creating winning chances.
So yeah White was thoroughly outplayed in various ways.
I hope you enjoyed this game as much as me.
Thanks so much.