Hi there.
In this lecture, we're going to have a look at a very, very interesting game from the Queen's Gambit
Netflix series, the final encounter between Elizabeth Harmon and Vasily Borg of So DeFore was played
by Elizabeth.
So you may have actually got interested in chance through the Queens game in that series.
I thought it'd be interesting to check out some of those games you may have seen there.
So this game was actually based on a real life game, even against Patrick Wolf, played in 1993.
Garry Kasparov was a contributor to that series and so really knew what he was doing.
So the actual games were based on real games.
Very, very often in that series we see CIFOR, E5, which is actually the album counts combat as actually
one of my favorite systems.
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There was actually a section in this course.
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We see it for
this is an unusual response.
So usually Detoxified is played.
But here we see the full details, see for Bishop Avery.
And actually we've kind of transposed into the Queen's Gambit, accepted for this move.
Order 94, ciphering 96, the five 97.
So we've reached by transposition the event against Patrick Wolfgang.
So a strange move order.
But we've got that.
So Bishop S.C for 96, every bishop desex queeny to D7 like get to a six bishop B3.
So out of the opening, what are the imbalances here?
Well, Black has good dance choir grabs the night on G.S. is like one of my favorite night.
Tango's putting a light on Jesus.
But in this situation we have the semillon far, which could be unpleasant for black.
There's pressure at the moment.
It looks fairly solid with the bishop supporting C7 or is this pawn?
You know, it's technically the backward pawn.
It's only pieces that can lend support to the C7 pawn.
We see B5 A for both sides, Castle Quiney, some rook, AC1 Knight five and now Jeoffrey, which keeps
the lights out, it seems for the moment.
Eighty-six Bishop Seeta, we see maybe eight eight eight ounce Brookhaven Brook eight.
So it's quite a positional game.
Oppositional struggle here.
Bishop Differe targeting the B five pawn bishop before pinning that knights making Bishop stakes.
People have impossible at the moment.
Just to put that on board, if Bishop takes B five, I can just take her white can't take losing the
Queen.
So Roadsigns eight was played instead rotates Quincy to Bishop C five.
Ninety-One Bishop.
These things might have to.
Once ancient form was paid a very sharp, dynamic, aggressive move.
So what on earth is going on here?
Why can't White take this night?
You might be asking someone who's actually played if G takes a fall.
He takes a fall.
And this situation after nightfall is rather dangerous for white.
If King ain't won, this position should be equal.
So one would be a very, very good idea if Bishop takes off all night, say Black has quinsy five chag
and this situation is actually better for black.
So this is very, very scary.
So Russi one was played.
Kwangju five, King H.
One Queen H5 now, which looks at that Afri poem if black and played like he said, we're just going
to take the Queen that happen.
Pence the Queen to create five unbanning as well.
We see Ninety-One here again.
Why is avoiding the complexities, but also, you know, the bishop's loose on a free if j'étais queen
takes a free charge and then taking on a free is great for black.
So we see her.
Ninety-One reinforcing every night takes differing defraying, different FFI, very aggressive play
from the bulk of it.
In this game 95, we see the bishop dropping back, recarve one ninety seven, queen defraying have
tanks of tanks.
And now Quink says this is quite an intense positional game.
It has to be said King, to catch seven might have free ninety eight and now 98 for hitting the Queen
Queen for the night goes to an aggressive square at five six and here actually the game was actually
adjourned here.
So we have Queen six and the Germans six.
Now, in the game that this was actually based on the eventual versus Patriot, Wolf, Wolfgang G4 was
played and that was a draw actually in 72 moves.
So Kasparov has kind of veered off now into kind of analysis, a different variation totally to that
game 96.
So we have here.
Brooke, a full being played.
So this is a very, very interesting situation indeed.
And.
Black is on, you know, black is playing and a bit of a very interesting way, we have to be free,
you might ask.
Hold on.
This night could potentially -- you're right that this night a potentially for the queen and king.
You know what?
If we stepped off the bishop.
Yeah.
Black isn't obliged to do this alone.
Might affect Jack.
Black hair could play Bishop ESX and that would be OK for black.
So we have to be frank for the moment rotates E4.
And now though we do see 1966.
So if black recaptures, we get to see that mighty folk to the tactics that were igniting.
So wake up.
The tactics are igniting her if she takes no effort.
Jack would Woolfolk Queen and King.
So Black has to take on ESX details, but now there's a concession, a small concession.
This passport is dangerous, postpones a major winning property.
They are something to behold, like form pawns, pawns, pawns.
You're creating a major wind.
Obviously, when you have a passport, there's a massive excitement behind passports, queening, you
know, potentially.
So Seatmates has made eighty-seven.
It's only one theoretical step from queening.
We see D5 being played if 95 instead then Rockefeller.
And, you know, it doesn't actually matter about Jeoffrey this pawn because it's going to be queening.
This is no problem.
For example, queening here.
Yeah, this is this is a problem because the Queen's pins that we take them, we actually just when
the rook as an example.
So, yeah, this is really, really scary.
And also, by the way, you know, Queen takes Jeoffrey check is not really cutting the mustard.
So it's not really effective because this pawn potentially queening the king would move and the chase
will eventually run out.
So the checks would eventually run out.
So essentially black, actually.
Played D5 here and now we see in this position a move which is very, very interesting, Bishop C5,
we see Queene eight now Queen Afri Marquise six is a mistake.
But it's a difficult position, you know, if King gains, then, you know, black is actually fine.
But with Queen C6, I won't spoil the resource before supports the bishop.
There's an amazing resource coming up after Quiney eight.
And here Berghof offers a draw.
But Beth declined the draw and plays this check now after King, age eight, plays a brilliant move
to celebrate the passport.
I wonder if you can spot what move that would be to try and make this passport queen.
If I give you five seconds, pause the video here.
OK, it's actually Quintet's F sex, yeah, and now rotates threatening have eight track, so we have
Quizno's five.
It looks as though it's got lots of checks potentially.
If Blackard tried rookie to check, then CANF one and this situation with Rook of eight is very, very
powerful.
The pawn queens and there's not enough checks for black.
So we have Queen H5 now Rook FHL King seven and actually baptized to Queen Hair.
OK Ruki to check and the king goes to F1.
This is the strongest Hlophe in the position of King H1 then quintets and free track and then quickly
to checkmate.
So Baff had to bypass this king's safety issues counterplay.
You have to manage those quite often.
So King F1 is the safest mode by far.
We have quintet's a free track and it loses that rock and in fact the tracks are about to run out of
the rook.
Have to quiney for Czech Kingdom to Berghof resigns here with the comment.
It's your game and offers is king and respectful hug after.
So yes, that was the final clash between Elizabeth Harmon and Vassili Borg, of who she had feared
throughout the series.
So in the final game, we do actually get a Queen's Gambit accepted by transposition originally and
Albion Council Gambit, one of my favorite openings.
So, yeah, very, very interesting game.
These games, you know, in the series are really, really interesting to study for not just beginner,
but intermediate and advanced class.
There's no holds barred in game selection.
Quite often in films you have very, very razor-sharp games ending in checkmate quite rapidly.
Or we're just opening traps leading to checkmate by hey, we have a pretty serious mortal game being
used.
Patrick, Wolf, by the way, actually be spun off in a similar once.
Yeah, a bunch of American up and coming up and coming players play off.
Patrick Wall was one of the winners there.
Also, you know, vastly, Aaron Schock has basically spun off on occasion.
So golf has also shown great respect to two of his opponents that he must have admired, that they could
beat him.
So they're pretty decent.
He's like showing respect to both of those players.
So that's the eventual Chucky as he's known in the chess world.
So, yeah, a very, very interesting modern game to choose in the series.
And it does show a few features of winning chess like this passport combination.
So this wonderful coincidence, a queen sacrifice to liberate that passport, to unlock it.
So, yeah, a very, very nice combination in the end.
And the checks, you know, you have to know when they run out, they run out here.
OK, I hope you enjoyed that.
And I do hope you watch the Queen's Gambit Netflix series to inspire you.
I'm watching it several times.
It's just so well-made.
It's one of the best chess series I've ever seen.
Chess films generally, if you can think of it as one big film, it's one of the best I've ever seen.
OK, and so much.