Hi there.
In this lecture, we see Alexander Alekhine against Hans Jona.
In 1944, the Zurich tournament's round ten e4 from Alekhine.
We see E5 from Jonah nine South free from Alekhine 96 A Roy Lopez asks Bishop a4 these things.
So this is a Steinitz defense deferred this delay of d6.
We have f6 C3 Bishop D7 d4, Bishop e seven and Alekhine does play D5.
We have Knight B eight, Bishop C to Bishop G4 and now C4.
There is a potentially bad bishop here.
This C4 bishop in is hemmed in by its own pawns.
Can this situation be resolved later in some way?
Knight be the seven We have H3 Bishop age five.
Knight C Free Black Castles, G4, Bishop g6 Queen E2 98.
So it's a fairly closed position.
Bishop D2 86 King G2.
Bishop 87.
But there's still some attacking prospects here.
Rook H one And it looks as though if White's has some more moves, moves like H4 and maybe first H5
to stop any counterplay before G5 that's sometimes used because otherwise, sometimes G5 h5.
But anyway, Black is concerned and plays G5 h4 f6.
We have Knight D1.
This looks very logical to put a knight into F5, but we'll won't be left with this kind of bishop locked
in in its own pawn structure.
That's the key consideration here.
Rook have 793978 and now Knight F five is played.
Bishop takes out five G tanks.
Rook H7 Rook egg 197 King F one Queenie
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f4 Queen F3 King G seven.
So so far it seems as though there's this build up, but where is the actual breakthrough for White's
in this position we see H takes g5h tanks, a pair of rooks come off so knight tanks, Rook H one,
King H eight and now Rook H six.
There seems to be kind of dangerous looking, looking at f6 Queen f7 Bishop D one So what's the point
of this Rook G eight And the point here now is Queen B3.
Yeah, Black is having to concede something here.
It seems a weakness B6 if Rook b81 could play bishop thanks F4 and on eating sapphire can you see what
white can play here which is actually rather dangerous for black.
Okay.
This bishop doesn't have to be so bad after C five if D takes Queen H free.
And the problem here is actually that there's an E five break on the cards, which means that this bishop
could actually come to this classic diagonal.
So as an example, rookie E5.
And if F takes there's 9/10 e5 that's no good after F6.
No good for black hair.
If Bishop if there's no G6 winning the Queen.
But what does Black actually do if.
If Bishop takes F6, Bishop C2 and look at seven rugby sevens 96 chance.
So absolutely winning stuff.
It's just brutal.
So you can see the bishop is coming alive in some variations here.
So.
Okay.
So yeah.
Yeah.
It does seem to lead to a situation where Wayne could play C5 and then later E5 for this bishop to come
alive.
Okay, so B6 is played Queen A4, and here we have Bishop of eight.
Yeah, there are annoying moves in this position if Rook eight.
There's potentially an invasive move.
Queen D seven, which maybe Black was really concerned about for good reason here.
So this bishop fate offers a six potentially, but at the moment the rock is here.
But what about the knight folk?
So what would you play here?
So in fact, in this position and the guy actually just leaves the rook to be taken, he takes out that
pawn, giving him a potential past, a pawn in endgames.
We have Bishop takes H six Knights, eight, eight, six Queen G, seven Knight Saints, G eight King
Tanks G eight Queens, The Aycock Knights F eight Here if Queen F eight.
Just to show the end game scenarios, the Queen's could come off here.
One could play b4 with the idea of a4a5.
The king could try and come to this side of the board.
But let's have a look at this scenario of c5d tanks.
A five king Y could actually get the bishops quite aggressively like this.
So Bishop C six first thing, a seven.
So black has to play King B eight Bishop E5.
And this situation, it doesn't matter because now D six there's this dangerous pawn there which is
going to be a winning four one essentially.
So the scenarios with Queen F eight are not that great for Black.
So if eight is played, Bishop takes her four, he takes F for Queenie eight here.
Bishop H five was plausible as well sitting on the position, but it's not as fun as what Alekhine played
actually.
So this situation, there's no like break through evident, but in the way Alekhine played it.
Yeah.
He's not waiting ages for a breakthrough with Queenie eight because actually G4 is played here Queen
H five and it seems as though Black might have had a good shot here.
Black played F3, which is not so good.
It seems as free.
So the point of G three if Queen H for G tanks, f to King takes F two black could establish a nice
night on G5 at least.
And even though White's got a small edge, you know, Black could put up quite a bit of resistance here.
Black is two points down.
You might think, Well, that's incredible.
But yeah, the night could be kind of annoying.
Coming maybe later to E5 the Queen, and that could be annoying.
You know, there's possibilities.
It's only a small handful white hair.
But compared to the game after F3, we have Bishop A4.
1987 and now Bishop C to night F eight.
And guess what?
Alekhine plays here now for ten points.
So how many for the position between pieces and pawns is important.
If I'm trying to just unrestrained the bishop, we have details.
E5 if f tanks e5 the thing is f6 and here if Queen takes f6, Queen takes G4 check.
King a7 Bishop e4.
The endgame is going to be good again after white.
It takes here The end games are good for white in this situation.
For example, here.
Yeah.
White's doing really well in the endgame scenario and dominating the knight actually in this example.
So okay, D takes is played, but now D six.
This opens up the possibility for Bishop e4 only Bishop e4 two d5 so we have C5 if C6 what would you
play with White's?
You know, we just open up on this diagonal.
We've see five.
So this would be vicious.
Bishop Free shank.
Bishop E Sinks is actually really crushing because.
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What would you play here?
Yeah, let's be for black can cannot accept two pawns on the six, Frank.
This is just diabolical.
Nor can black you know D seven coming up for Queenie eight Mason So this situation is diabolical.
If we look at this with the two pawns like that, that's absolutely a winning possession with a 78 coming.
But also if a 67 threatens Queenie as well as Queenie, it's just.
And also Queenie.
Seven.
We've got mates here, so yes, that can't be accepted, that situation.
So here.
Yeah, this would be kind of winning G three.
B take C five.
Queen G one is Britain's Queen G puts an end to that counterplay and White's winning easily.
So okay so black try C five Bishop e4 Queen D seven.
And there is a weakness of the last move here which Alekhine uses expertly.
So guess what that is to kind of wave a mating that.
So what would you play?
Would you play a Czech?
Would you play it on the move?
And this is in the Art of Checkmate Course.
You'll see that decision point.
Do you play a check?
Would you cover escape squares?
Often covering escape squares is quiet, but more effective because it kind of often makes tracks so
much more effective as if they're threatening basically to make it so careful.
Decision Point for the art of Checkmate here.
What would you play here To end the game.
Okay, so not the check, but Queen H Sex and Black has to run because of the check.
Coming up, if we play the track immediately, then King G7.
So no, we want to control the king more accurately, taking out escape squares to make this chain so
much more deadly.
So black resigns here.
If King if queen takes six, let's look at Queen 66 first Bishop D5 check.
So it's kind of Boden's make pattern except, you know, a queen instead of a bishop.
So black would have to give up the queen.
And what else if King f7 her bishop d5 Shank King an f6 drops.
And with that E5 is much weaker now.
But also if the Queen moves, there's another crisscross Bishop C check.
And here actually Queen G6 check is absolutely wearing black, is totally tied down and can't handle
this situation.
It's overload.
So taking out an and queen in here with G7.
So a very interesting game showing harmony was established.
This bishop was just broken out of its chains, of its shackles.
It was liberated through these pawn sacrifices and the expert way of mating at the end with Queen H
sex.
So, yes, it was a situation throughout the whole game where Black was cramped without too much counterplay
and Alekhine was building up the pressure.
There may have been some better alternatives at some point for black, but yeah, overall a passive
game and was, you know, punished in a great style by alekhine.
Okay, I hope you enjoyed this one.
Thanks so much.