In Episode four, we are shown this position, which is actually from a real game, Vishy Anan's against
Garry Kasparov.
So Kasparov was playing black in this position.
We see we're looking for from Barfs Opponent's playing the role of essentially visually.
Armand's and Kasparov actually didn't want to exchange pawns here by simply taking here, even though
is the exchange up, this is better for black, but there's a principle here involved that when you're
winning, you don't actually want to exchange pawns, you want to exchange pieces.
And Baff plays Kasparov smooth rook be eight, which holds on to this pawn, making it much easier to
convert this to a win.
This is actually one of the absolute strongest moves.
If you check this with modern, you know, chess engines, it's actually really, really strong.
If H5 we can play Rook B6 to actually get Black's pawn.
So for example here and just safely take this pawn without basically exchanging any pawns, just take
the pawn without giving up.
Your own pawn is even better than exchanging pawns just when the opponent's pawns and leave your pawns
intact.
You can imagine if this poem is taken off the boards, then that gives Wyatt an outside passport and
the bishop also conveniently is on that diagonal.
So Kasparov, with his clever little move, Rook B.A. is expressing certain ideas in chess about minimizing
the hassle, making the win as easy as possible, not exchanging pawns when winning, and ideally just
winning the opponents pawns, but even exchanging bonds, just winning the vulnerable desex pawn, which
is a pawn which has to be supported by pieces.
It's a very weak pawn here.
And so when you have a weak pawn, also leisure, sometimes you can go around and win it.
It's not actually going anywhere.
And this pawn, being on a dance away from the bishop also means the bishop of Rome can't really get
anything in Black's position.
So this move is really quite nifty.
Just to come and hit this pawn with the right rook maintaining the defense on A7, Kasparov must have
been a bit proud of this.
And maybe they check out of computers and put it into the series.
It's an instructive game position.
OK, that's much.