Either in Atlanta or like to briefly introduce Garry Kasparov, arguably one of the greatest players
of all time, so a Russian chess grandmaster, former world chess champion from 1984 until his retirement
in 2005.
So he actually retired.
That is Peak Kasparov was ranked world number one for a record two hundred and fifty five months overall
for his career.
His peak racing off to a five one achieved in 1999 was the highest recorded until being sponsored by
Magnus Costa in 2013.
He also holds records for the most consecutive professional tournament victories like 15 in a row.
Chess Oscars 11.
Kasparov became the youngest ever undisputed world chess champion in 1995 at age 22 by defeating the
then Anthony Karpoff, the then champion, Anatoly Karpov.
He held the official Friday world title until 1993, when a dispute with Feedbag led him to set up a
rival organization, the Professional Chess Association.
In 1997, he became the first world champion to lose a match to computer understand the time controls
when he lost to the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue and a highly publicized match.
So he continued to hold the classical world championship match until his defeat by Vladimir Kramnik
in 2000.
I actually got to see some of that match with my good friend Alex Effluents and Costas Catriona's.
Yeah, we actually saw that match against Vladimir Kramnik and I've covered many of his games on YouTube
over the years, so very, very dynamic, aggressive, creative and also I think personally Kasparov
was helped by the advent of chess space, chess space were keen, you know, the technology of chess
space, the database, which is still used widely today by most professional players, was in its infancy
and was able to use technology really well liked across even small teams by preparing to know the strengths
and weaknesses of each opponent, you know, helped him win some symbols and stuff.
But yeah, he's following the tradition of Mikhail, opening intense preparation, treating every aspect
of the game, especially, you know, especially if you were a kind of system player like Paul Yassky,
you know, he'd research against Paulius can get an almost crushing position out of the opening.
Some grandmasters like Nakamura have noted that that quite often because just gets these huge advantages
out the opening, which nowadays because everyone has a more level playing field with chess pieces,
it's more difficult to get such a crushing opening advantages.
But because of is, you know, is absolutely brilliant in all departments of the game, it's just that
technology was one of the first technology pioneers in a way and is interested in playing computers.
You know, playing the play was also interesting and historic in its own right.
And we see how generally the computer and database revolution has also transformed chess into more scientific
discipline, where you can take your losses and look at the computer and find at least the technical
issues.
But to get more root cause analysis, it's usually good to get a coach or someone strong in you to really
tell you, look, you should have on this planet would have made the position easier to play.
It's not all about the technicalities that a computer can point out to you.
But anyway, so Kasparov, one of the greatest chess players.
Going let's have a look at one of my favorite all time games, so this game was featured at the start
of With Chess.
It's a really popular book at the time, and it has high drama during the game.
Grandmasters are slamming their fists in the commentary room because of Kasparov's opening choice.
So Anatoly Karpov against Garry Kasparov, 1985, round 16.
For me, this is one of my favorite Garry Kasparov games EFO from Karpoff.
So Kasparov Time Aggressive wants to create counterplay competitions like Pyfrom wanting to suck the
life out of your positions.
So we see my FDX the four takes 1964 96 we see might be five desex cifor some roxxy boyens you'd think
Yakupov just wants to stop and he can't play immediately and the Moxey brain kind of makes that statement.
You know you're not going to have a fun game, I'm not going to give you any toys to play with.
It makes that kind of statements.
Kasparov plays Ninety-Six we see once every eight, six, nine say free.
And now an outrageous move repeating from an earlier game in the match to many grandmasters surprise.
Kasparov repeats the five.
This was thought to be a little bit unsound, to say the least.
Kasparov himself said that with the advent of computers is this this kind of move is not really that
playable nowadays because people could find the real downsides of this move quite easily and I think
fairly unsound in this computer era and yet is subject to greater scrutiny.
So there's a general gravitation to more solid, technically correct openings.
But here, you know, Noisey five, who could analyze this?
Who could who could refuser with analysis.
So Karpoff, he took D5 so eatings well, trying to break that positional boin.
So it's kind of metaphorical for that whole stylistic clash as well.
This game kind of breaking the point of positional domination with tactics and dynamism and, you know,
sacrificing at least pawn it the night before.
We see Bishop Itou here.
Bishop CIFOR is interesting resample Bishop G for the bishop could actually drop back and invite an
exchange of bishops as an example.
And you know, this this would be tricky for black to actually do anything to too much, you know.
So in fact, this this is actually a.
A variation that they have between each other as well.
Of course, both Moscow, 1985, just round 18.
So this situation where they agreed a draw.
So Bishop CIFOR, Sequoyah is the alternative.
Bishop, if the bishop doesn't get as G4, if Bishop DCX, then why could Castle and this should be
a small edge for why.
So just holding up the five pinning that night should be small anyway.
But we see here Bishop Itou and something very, very interesting about this position is about to occur.
So this move Bishop C5 five, it's no longer played nowadays because of Bishop IFPRI, this Bishop C5
and maybe takes the five here is thought to be a little bit on the equal side.
This position supposed to be equal, but the Queens are also, you know, a lot of the fun and excitement.
The game is not there.
But Bishop Seifi, we see white castling, it seems if Bishop Avery, this does set up some issues for
Black of the Queen, a fourchette.
This is the points to take away this aggressively to release the pressure on D5 and in fact, why it
ends up with a small edge here.
So anyway, in this game won't just ignored that bishops.
If I didn't play Bishop Kifri and we have black having a fairly active position, active, aggressive,
so black Castletown and Bishop afraid if rook e one as the example Bishop five 394 is interesting.
So that night PERTZYE on defrayed, this is an interesting position.
So anyway, Bishop Afri was played.
So similar idea concettina the light can actually perch on the fray and it was described as an octopus
in bats for chess openings.
So this really, really has a dramatic effect of the Bishop G5.
We see Reykjanes queen, the two blacks in the driving seat of this particular move, especially Queene
to if ninety-four to try to improve these like seemingly awkward knights.
This situation might actually be, you know, about equal centralising.
White's position is OK, but we see actually because of Queen Bee two, there's some problems being
set here, then it doesn't come to see four.
So there's no it's kind of a knight on the rim is them, as they say, is this knight particularly them?
Yeah, a little bit.
It's a bit awkward.
You know, seats has been taken away as well, you know, because of this pressure on C two.
So we see Rook eighty one and now ninety three.
And this is the so-called octopus knight.
So the octopus knight spreading its tentacles in all directions, so described in battles with chess
openings.
It's a very, very powerful central knight and it gives a lot of difficulties for the white position
and a major concern tactically as before, as well as a both of these guys both of these nights before.
So we see how AB one
and the game continues with a six for now before.
And these knights seem to become very, very awkward indeed.
After a fall, Bishop desex.
And this position, believe it or not, was the position that Kasparov had during home preparation.
Can you imagine this position at moving scene, because both had during home preparation?
This is the level of cooperation at this level.
But with the advent of things like space, helping chess players, you know, technology itself can
help flatten any biases and weaknesses in anyone's play.
You know, you can do a lot of research and get very, very interesting positions and know that it's
fairly safe to a certain level, at least, you know, from a technical perspective.
So we have here a situation where commonplace, Bishop Jeoffrey, we see Rusia and these nice.
Yeah, without squares, without any decent squares.
It's a very, very interesting position indeed.
Be free G5.
Yeah, just increasing black seems to have a point.
And this is why having a point seems black has a boyens on this position.
Bishop Tastee six, Queen 66.
And now Jeoffrey --'s don't go backwards and there's some weaknesses occurring now 97 was of his interest
in making his pieces just even better.
More central central control was really expressed in this game in a vivid manner.
Relative central control.
If you look at the awkwardness of the Knights and like it's like you're told to put the knights towards
the center and sort curb of one of the greatest positional players of all time, because knights like
this away from central control.
And look at Kasparov's knights who are supposed to be the more dynamic, aggressive tactical player
with his knights, much more central right now.
If you contrast just the knights in this scenario is a remarkable contrast in terms of the battle for
the central, you know, four squares that I talked about and most beginner courses and the extension
of those four squares, we could extend the four squares a bit like this and a bit like this.
And yeah, look at the relative central control of both sides here with this month on the differe.
So we see a free eight five eight eight things queening too, and just drops back these things.
And then this point isn't taken.
We see actually for most of binding move instead with ideas, you know, sometimes of just getting a
dreaded form pawn, even if this kind of pawn can come to age five and age for this, this would be
a dreaded dangerous form.
Paul AHJ is an option.
Very, very dangerous stuff.
So we see actually queenly to King G7 and that does kind of imply that any form, form, form, pawn
open in the hole, the rook on H.H. will help the Kings just vacated and protect the Aztecs against
Queen taking Afri.
This looks a rather desperate move.
It weakens the King significantly.
We see Queen 66 six offtakes and now Queen before Jack Black really dominates the center.
This is amazing.
Central domination.
No offense and look how vicious this actually is concretely now with this knight swinging by to Central
Square to Ninety-four.
Basically, it's such a powerful central position in relation to the opponent's pieces that the gravity
of it creates King's safety implications almost by default.
As vicious ideas now of using the Stargell using F2, we see compe of doing a desperate measure.
Now clean takes differe and now tactics dominate for Ben Knight.
Have to check Rup after taking off that queen rook after two.
But now Queene free and wins back row is very vulnerable.
Here we see Rook takes the fray now simply.
Yeah, the back row is exposed.
The downside is really underlines with this next move.
Can you guess Wexpro of plays her if I give you five seconds.
Pause Viniar.
OK, see one yet doesn't mind giving his queen back.
Here we see might be two if Rook takes every rook takes the one chag just crashes through.
Look at this position.
Further material loss will result from White's, for example.
This position was that night on BE1 going nowhere with we exchange up here.
So it might be two is played and we see now a crushing blow queen have to kill a common square on E
one to come down to a one like D to rook takes the one chac weakening Black's weakening White's background.
Rookie one check.
And here comes Roslyn's an absolute shocking crushing finish in this position.
You know, EF1 Roadsigns AF1 Bishop takes AF1 things from would be Chamique as an example.
So Kasparov supplanted the Python style of Karpoff, Karpoff based his on the likes of Tiger Chosen
and Capablanca, you know, the positional players.
It's like there's this battle at the top level between the more positional players and the more dynamic,
aggressive tactical players.
There's this continual battle and competition for that young, dynamic, aggressive Garry Kasparov.
And this is one of the pivotal games, the iconic games, in my view, with the octopus noise that I
heard about from getting my copy of bats for chess openings at the time, which was one of the it's
one of the 20 at the time books to get four openings.
So this was a game early on, previous game highlighted game.
And what I like about it is the high drama, you know, the grandmaster slamming down their face that
Kasparov repeated this seemingly very, very controversial pawn sacrifice to break that binds the liberation
of Black's position, the creation of active possibilities.
And it was, in a way, wine without the counterplay after the central control, almost by default,
the gravitational pull of this enormous central control cranking safety implications for why, leading
to just weakness of the witness and why its position just getting destroyed, exploding.
So, yeah, a pretty dramatic game.
One of my favorite games, Garry Kasparov, is certainly a player.
You should study the greatest chess player of all time, many argue, although Magnus Colson has time
to disprove that.
But in terms of domination over his peers, you know, Kasparov has huge domination over his powers
and left at a time when, you know, still no one in the world.
OK, so.
I enjoyed that and maybe check out Gary's POV as it was.