Hi there.
In this lecture, we see Roberto Peralta against Vadim Denisov.
In 1995, the Hergé installments opened round one.
This became known as the pole of We Can Z.
So let's say D4 from Paradigm.
The NSF plays 86.
We have nice have three d5 C4 nines have 693 and LC six.
So very popular nowadays.
The semi slav keeping the bishop at home on C eight.
It can be sorted out later every night.
B seven we have Queen C two and now B thanks.
Bishop e to Bishop b7 White Castles, Bishop a7 Rook d one Black Castles.
And now we have the move.
E4 d takes E4.
So we're getting a kind of broken structure.
In a way, this looks as though it might have come from a car icon.
Now Queen C7 nine, C3 C5.
So this opens up this Bishop.
This Bishop is looking better now.
It's blunted though of D5 at some cost.
White is weakening dark squares here by playing d5.
E tanks, C tanks.
And now A6 Black has a band only structure.
Now it's morphed into a Benoni basically without the bishop being on G seven.
But the fundamental structure of black has a queenside pawn majority and could use the e-file.
It's not quite like, but only actually because there isn't a pawn on the e-file.
It's its only structure in terms of the queenside.
Poor majority and black has a nice dark square grip.
So we have noit h4 if a4 this might be better to stop b5 h six.
This position looks to be about equal, so it's interesting.
White's not playing a4 actually White just plays Knight h4 G6 and again A4 is not played Bishop H.
Thanks, but that is hitting the rock and you'd think White would play A4 here but no.
Instead of Bishop H six A4 Black could claim to have a small edge.
Technically, this Knight's H4 might not be the best plan.
This position, though it looks as though it's either a tiny H4 black or equal.
So.
Okay.
So Bishop A6 Rook ain't eight Queen D to Bishop D six so Black looks comfortable on the dark squares
here with that queenside pawn majority.
There was a tactical option.
Maybe white was tempting black into based on the knight on H four, which is Knight 65.
However, after Knight 65, Bishop takes the E5 Queen 65 Bishop takes H4.
It's not the end of the world for White's this position, it looks kind of dynamic.
White has the Bishop pa black has light square weaknesses.
This position here is about even overall so okay, black's not tempted for that and plays Bishop d6
so also keeping pieces on, keeping complexity probing H two We have G which is actually a bit of a
mistake.
It seems like A5 might be more to the point.
So this is basically saying if G takes this Queen G5 mating, so if that it has to be kind of ignored
and if Bishop takes H to this position, Bishop e5 make bishop e5 bishop frame here.
This should be about even.
Yeah, it's an interesting position.
Lots of dynamics, but Geoffrey was played.
We have B5 and this does have the of kind of decentralising potentially White's position Bishop f3 b4
so we get this nice e4 square to use now Knight e4 Quincy two Knight de f6 Knight G2 and now Queen D
seven we have Knight Efraim Rook 88 There is a temptation here, a tempting move which looks actually
fairly interesting, but you would need to know what you're doing in the follow up.
Can you see what that is here?
What could Black have played is the real CD eights.
Okay.
We we could have punted Knight takes f F2 here just to bring the kings after it and now Queen H three
and this hits the bishops has kind of a tempo gainer and it's hitting H two.
If Bishop are for safeguarding bishop, at least Rook takes Efrain Bishop takes Efrain back with it
for a moment rookie free this position and black is getting D five leads to it seems an advantage for
black.
It's a very, very interesting play.
And for example here Knight G for Shank, Knight takes free.
Yeah.
There are tactics which could end up favoring black, it seems.
But yeah, it's crazy stuff, but black ends up being better here.
Yeah.
So very very interesting that night takes after already it's very, very dangerous here in this position
So Rook 88 Bishop G2 Now this weakens Afri slightly.
The idea presumably was to play afraid and embarrassed this knights on E4.
It's got no squares at the moment.
Okay, but now guess what?
Black plays for ten points.
So it's a very interesting position.
Black actually plays now nine takes F2 here King takes F2.
And yes, G4 was weakened, but it's controlled by the knight.
Still, that knight is taken out.
Rook takes F3.
Crazy stuff.
So Bishop takes E4 is played.
If King takes E3, night G4 check.
And the thing is here.
Of the king D2 nine, six, eight, six.
And actually black stands pretty well here.
There's enough.
There's enough pawns for the exchange sacrifice.
And for example, Rook have won nine G4.
Yeah, Black's got that lovely e square E5 square.
This is nice for black overall.
So anyway, Bishop takes E3 was played like G4, Shaq, King, F3.
So if King g1 Black does just simplify with Knight takes, E3 takes out D1 and this position is just
better for Black.
So Black's doing really well.
And.
Okay, so it's two pawns up.
So King three So nine takes H two was played King F two knight G for Czech King F3.
And instead of repeating a check now this gets really interesting.
This next move is super interesting.
What did you think Black Place had?
The king has been weakened.
Can we use the full force of the whole team here?
We can start too, with this next move.
Queen e6 using that pin.
Pawn for anything.
Bishop 65 Jack We have Bishop for.
Okay.
So interesting position indeed.
And here it looks as though it might have the queen for resource at various points.
So.
Or even king g4 of blacks.
Not careful.
So we have this careful move rook e8 intensifying the pressure and here one place Queen C.
It's a very very dangerous position.
This position.
If Rook E1 for example, then just taking out D5.
Yeah.
We're going to be mating if rook ac one that looks more sensible, but then we take out D5 and what's
going to have to give up the Queen.
That's not good.
Bishop H One Bishop takes the E5 is the problem.
And here there's Queen H five Champ mate if Knight C free.
What would you play in this position?
This is just a variation, but it's for one.
We can drag the king down the ball.
This is a major pattern.
Queen free, queen sack.
But we're dragging the king down the ball not too far.
Bishop c h ach.
And for example.
Here.
Bishop E7 is checkmate.
It's just too dangerous.
Yeah.
This is a very precarious position indeed.
If King G5 here, there's a very cute check to make use of.
What do you think?
That one is a cute chap, which also potentially takes the escape squares out of the equation.
Okay.
Four.
Ten points, huh?
Yeah.
F six, Jack.
So on King Tanks, we have Bishop E7 checkmate on King H for the pawn is taking out G5.
We have Bishop takes G3 checkmate on George six we have bishop and fight to me.
So yes, basically the one king is doomed here.
So going back to that king H for this Bishop E7 checkmate.
The white king is doomed in this variation.
When Knight C4 is played because of Queen E Fray, none of the game has a similar dragging down the
king, dragging down the ball pattern of the Queen C four.
So that's a clue.
So what would you play here?
It's not too much different, is it?
So, yes, I hope you can use this at some point in one of your games.
It will be a brilliant game if you can pull it off.
So this pattern of bringing the king down the board sacrificially Queen E3, we need to use sacrifices
to influence the opponent's pieces to bring the king down the board.
So Rook takes every check here.
King takes G4, Bishop c h ach King G5.
So in the game, a very precise check was played here for 100 points.
Can you see what the very precise check in this variation is?
Okay.
Very precise.
Play H six check.
Now, before we get into that, you might be tempted by F6.
It looks convincing, except it does have an Achilles heel in the variations.
Sure, if King tanks, we have Bishop E7, so it looks convincing so far.
King H six, Bishop Jack and mate.
But what about the legal move King H for?
Yeah, This isn't so convincing.
G five chat King H five is good enough.
And if Luke Cage, a rookie five to go to five, guess what?
White plays and we can resign after this next move from Wayne.
You know, queen for.
What do we do here?
Yeah, we've sacrificed our coin looking very unsound.
It's a rook up here.
So, yes, in the game, the very precise age, six check is played.
And this is absolutely wonderful, because now there's a mechanism here.
If let's first have a look at King H four, then we have Bishop E seven.
Checkmate.
So King takes H six, dragging the king down the board.
And there's a beautiful mechanism here.
Okay.
Rookie five shutting the doors behind the king for Bishop murphy to be an unstoppable mate.
France, whatever.
When it does.
It's an unstoppable champ, mate.
Wow.
High precision stuff.
Bringing the king down the board.
Choosing the right checks is key.
Yeah.
If you have a similar situation when you've sacrificed your queen, you've got to make sure you can
guarantee a checkmate.
You've got to look at all of the moves of the king.
And if F6 is not working, you've got to think about other things.
I just want to make a cautionary note here.
So sometimes brilliant sacrificial attacks, they do create beauty.
But the downside is if you don't have absolute high precision, certain nuanced changes of position,
like here, the Queen's not looking at G6.
That's the kind of upside potentially, because in some regions the Queen might be sacking on on G6
if we're not careful here, the Knights protecting G3.
So it makes for different checking sequences to to kind of fit the exact details of the position.
So checks in one variation might be completely inappropriate in another.
So in this main line of the game, F6 becomes inappropriate and H6 is the move.
But if we go back to that other line with Knight C Frame with the Queen on G6, you'll note that while
I'm going to note hit you, that actually we get a situation where, hold on, why didn't in this variation
with bishops the hack, why didn't this mechanism work here?
So this is a key safety point.
Why didn't the mechanism of H6 work here?
Because if we play like this, why has Queen Thanks, G6, Jack.
And what's going to be winning here?
Yeah.
This is not a clear checkmate.
Now.
So my complaint 94 and why it's been so up, we don't want to be in the situation because of these little
details of position.
We've played this sacrificial attack.
And don't blame me.
This is a bit of a section.
If you can bring it off.
It's like this could be a creative work of art.
And, you know, you can increase your Twitter followers, social media followers sharing this game
out, but it could backfire on you.
You've got to have high precision checks based on the exact details and placement of the opponent's
pieces.
This is a warning as well.
There is a downside in, you know, the practical results.
And obviously, if if if like you're a professional player, you know, the professionals, they would
absolutely need to make sure, you know, prize money might be at stake, that everything is working
correctly in all variations, appropriately so.
Factoring in the finances of where the pieces are is absolutely key here.
You might really the result might be absolutely important.
But, you know, if you want to create a creative masterpiece, which might be talked about hundreds
of years later, this pattern of bringing the king down the board is one of the more spectacular attacking
patterns.
So with that aside, so let's return back to this position now.
So safety point, I thought I should emphatically kind of demonstrate the safety point.
We've got to get the right checks, guys.
Absolutely.
Get the right checks.
Okay.
So let's continue now from this position, brief discussion.
So here we can actually choose to bring the king further down the board, guarantee it.
The king is on the sixth, then shut it out from returning to the fifth.
So a beautiful mechanism indeed to be aware of.
Maybe by analogy, if you're in games where you bring down the king, make sure you get the right checks,
the guarantees of checkmate.
Otherwise you might just sacrifice your queen for nothing.
So yes, there is a risk, but there's a huge creative rewards.
These aren't just points for your your club or online or for tournament.
These are beauty points, creating something absolutely beautiful, a work of art on the chessboard.
And that's why it was called the poll of We Can Z OC That's a much.