Hey there, in this lecture, we see an amazing position where it seems as though hold on a sec.
Are we not losing King's Cross?
We're pulling down one, two, three, four.
We're pulling down.
But I'm teaching you chess, not accountancy.
OK, we're a pawn down.
And in chess, the object is to make the opponent's king so never be disheartens being a pawn down and
all the faults that might be negative that entered your minds.
When someone threatens you with, say, attacking your queen, your first instinct is to move the queen.
Right?
Isn't that the first instinct to move the queen away?
Well, you won't be changing the situation much.
If you move the queen somewhere, you'll still be a pawn down.
But sometimes when you're faced with a threat to do the duty of checking the forcing moves as a very,
very high priority.
So even if you're threatened with something which seems terrifying, do the work, take the forcing
moves and the work is fun.
Forcing moves is very, very high priority because sometimes you can ignore threats.
Your findings can let you reveal that actually you can ignore the fact that the opponents make, you
know, otherwise it's like you're becoming subservient to the opponents.
France, you don't want to be playing all the time in a passive way, just responding to the opponents.
France, sometimes you can ignore the threat.
Sometimes you can make a big difference.
Sometimes you can play a brilliant combination and just wipe them out by force.
So here, let's play.
What would you do in this situation if I give you five seconds, pause, video, check all your checks,
even the seemingly totally outrageous ones.
It looks as though hold on a sec.
Do we have at least a theoretical downside?
Well, I'd call a theoretical downside.
The king does seem a little bit restricted.
So is there a kind of back row?
Does it have to be backroad?
Could it be backfill?
Might that fall back?
Pardon Texas.
As long as the king is checkmated, that's the key ingredient we're looking for, for the king to be
checkmated.
The specific way King is checkmating.
We don't have to be fussy about that.
Chamma is a checkmate.
So is there a way is there a way, a means of doing this?
If you prioritize the following moves, check all your checks.
Capturers and frat's have made some one and two.
What can you see in this position?
I'll give you five seconds to pause the video.
OK, and don't listen to the just take her expose the king even more.
And it's a kind of Atholl checkmates pattern.
We just play this check.
So our queen is doing the job of restricting the opponent's king.
And we've got in this kind of krsek, the only thing they can do here is this that be very desperate.
We just take there and it's checkmate.
OK, so instead of being the back roads, it's a backfills.
It's the AFO.
The King's being checkmated.
So well done if you found that one.
So there's a few kind of lessons within this lesson, really how you handle threats on the chessboard.
Look around.
You don't always have to respond to the opponents threats.
Sometimes you can make a bigger threat.
Sometimes you can totally ignore their threats and sometimes you can play a crushing combination.
Just knock them out.
OK, so like here, Rook takes a free.
So the queen wants to be there, doesn't want to move away because it's doing a great job now in restricting
the opponents.
King So hey, we deliver that checkmate.
It's wonderful stuff isn't it.
I hope you're starting to see how beautiful chess can be.
OK, and so much.