Hi there.
In this lecture, we see a very good example of dance Grab grip.
This is Anatoly Karpov against Judit Polgar in the Norris Tournament of 1994, round six.
So E four from Karpov, we have a Sicilian defense, and now a fun killer moves C for the C, free Sicilian.
We have E six or the pin variation sometimes called so default d5e tanks d5e tanks, T five and L,
19 three, nine C, six and our Bishop B five here.
There's a bit of a controversial move from Judit Polgar.
C four which actually does weaken the dark squares fundamentally.
Putting pawns like this means that the adjacent dark squares are a bit weaker.
But also it gives the possibility that this bishop might be exchanged off for an undermining move later
with B free and free.
So this is a very interesting position.
If Knight have sex, perhaps Judit Polgar didn't like the kind of standard isolated Queen's Pawn and
wanted to do something different here.
So for example, this situation, blacks under a little bit of pressure.
White has a small edge here.
So so C4 is quite committal.
We see 95 queen bee sex.
And Karpov doesn't mind giving up the light square.
Bishop Black's night square.
Bishop isn't that active in this position?
It hasn't got too many targets and we have white casting quite rapidly now.
Bishop de and now be free.
We have c sex be free.
So it's already a little bit uncomfortable for black here.
If Bishop takes e5d takes this position with bishop, a free is very annoying.
So for example c5b takes C four details.
There's Queen dd sex and C five is under pressure.
That's better for white.
So och we have C tanks be free eight XB free.
And now 97 here.
Bishop free.
So a strategic bishop exchange to try and amplify the dance square weaknesses in Black's position.
We also have a structural target on a seven to play with as well as well as the C five square as a nice
output square we have Bishop takes E five, D takes e five, bishop e six here if C five.
Can you see a good move for white for ten points if this happened.
You know.
Mike Camp may be forever trying to win that D Foursquare.
And if C takes Bishop takes before Black is inconvenienced here can't cancel just yet.
And a move like Queen B free.
And this position Bishop takes E seven and just try and exploit the king in the center unable to castle
It's a nice advantage for white.
The D4 square is also nice for white to use with a knight later.
So Bishop Essex was tried.
We have Queen RD for not minding at all these change of queens confident that the small advantage is
actually enough to win here if the Queen's took off, exchanged off if not so 95 was played.
Let's have a look though.
Queen takes D for C takes this position.
Bishop c5f tanks RD takes and let's say a five for one is just doing really well here.
The default square is nice.
The A five pawn can be probed further if Queen takes be free, then White has Bishop takes e seven,
king takes seven and Rook takes a seven.
Maybe the most accurate way of playing this with the king in the center here we can play Quincy five,
Shaq Knight, BD two And Black is facing a lot of difficulties.
We can keep the Queen's on on this occasion and start to use the Aflw for a big attack.
So that will be a huge advantage for White.
So 95 was tried.
We have Quincy five not wanting to help Black's structure, just keeping the pressure on here we have
h five.
If Queen takes be free, then queen take six check and we just take on eight.
And this Jack is nice to throw in.
After this e takes these six, we can take on h eight.
So h five is tried 92 and F six.
So this is an attacking attempt to get not just the king to have seven, but a G for attack potentially.
E text, G text.
We have bishop before this now has the media France of Queen B six because that pawn is pinned.
So we have King F seven which protects the rook and also gives the possibility of route G eight now
rook a four.
So this has some interesting possibilities, not just piling the pressure on a seven, but maybe sometimes
this for Frank is useful.
We have Queen Tank C five, Bishop take C five and now a six.
If a five rook for one.
Yeah.
What is black doing about the A five rings?
It's just dropping off.
It's a disconnected pawn and white can address the counterplay here easily with King one if the rook
wants to infiltrate King if one secures the entry points and this position is just hugely better for
white.
So A6 is played and we have free if there's any inaccuracy from Karpov in this game, it's free.
It seems Rook fa1 is very difficult for black.
This position, for example, is going to be very, very difficult without any controversy.
With F3, Judit misses a chance.
H4 is played that helps.
White actually.
I mean the perk of F3 is to be able to play King F2 but there was a move, it seems.
D4 This is a very dynamic move and for example, if C takes DD four, there is a way of trying to get
some counterplay here after Rook 88.
So for example if rook if the Rooks double Bishop d5 and this is.
A little bit dangerous for rookie, too.
So there are some interesting possibilities here.
So say rook takes a six, rook takes six work, takes a six rookie two and black handsome counterplay
off to 93 with G2 being vulnerable.
So this would be.
This is Black's best chance that was missed in the game.
Essentially, it seems to fall.
If we look at yeah this I mean it's looking at B France activating the bishop.
If we look at c 493 this position the G file is useful with Knight on E three.
So this position H for G for Rook five and here actually black can get some play with bishop takes g
four and this p sac is worth it.
After Rook f5, the rooks can conspire against the king and there's a bit of play.
So to be fair to Judit Polgar was away.
There's often a way to get a little bit of counterplay, even when positioning under pressure.
So this would have been a way to get a situation where endgames might actually lead to a dynamic equality.
And this is just to be fair to Judit Polgar, that it seems as though h p was in inaccuracy.
So default would have been the way to go to activate things.
So just to recap C takes and then here this situation, yeah, it's, it's getting a little bit tricky,
basically.
In this position, there is one or two key moves with the same basic idea for black.
How would you play this with black in this position?
So the defined bishop looks pretty good.
It's protecting C6 at least.
Black has the file here with files.
We want to create entry points.
Generally, we do actually have a key move or two.
Can you see one of them?
Yeah, we can.
If we let a six go with black with rookie free or rookie six would do the same for doubling the rooks
as example.
If a six goes, then black will have a bit of play here and enough to equalize.
So yes, this is not too convincing of the rookie free.
So that night is an issue basically which for white holding the rook for just one moment.
So if g4h tanks.
Appetites.
Black has possibilities like rook d free hair counterattacking against the DD to night.
So that will be interesting as well.
So yeah, this, this was a missed opportunity here for a bit of play with rookie free.
So let's go back to the game.
So in the game.
Tho rook, the rooks pile on the poor backward pawn.
So we've got quite a few pluses in the position.
A dark square kind of grip which I originally called Dart Square strangulation on YouTube.
When I covered this game many, many years back, I didn't really emphasize Black's dynamic points,
but I think just to be fair, it's useful to emphasize both sides resources.
But here the dart square grip, the backward, a pawn being tortured, this is not a good sign.
Pieces going backwards bishopsgate if d for in this situation c four and there's really nothing for
black, there's not enough time to do anything here after a six falls if rook as the annoying rook a
seven check.
So if the king moves, we've got all sorts.
We can just exchange rooks if nothing else and then take on DD four or here, just take on D four of
the King interrupts G2 so this will be highly unpleasant.
So Bishopsgate is trying king F2 complex, getting everything he wants without any hassle.
Basically he's got complete control of possession B for rookie eight might be free.
There's no real time to exploit any entry point idea.
There's no entry point here for the knight.
The bishop controls everything and in fact, Black's best pace is challenged.
Black's getting a terrible bishop now in view of the bishop moving and 95 or other possibilities, this
is getting horrendous.
A five bishop eight Black's completely positionally lost at move 26.
This is just tragic.
And Judit Polgar was over 2600 feet at the time.
If Bishop c eight we're just going to take on C six, as you might suspect in 94, and it doesn't really
matter about the opposite kind of bishops.
This is just a crushing position.
So Bishop eight we have Rook for two, a two, rookie six, and now we're nudging him with Bishop a
seven, and the rook goes to a terrible place, making things worse.
Rugby five.
It is subject to potentially being harassed later if this knight can be shifted with with G four, you
can imagine a knight coming to default would be extremely unpleasant.
So basically if Rook be eight, let's say Bishop c five here and black's got nothing to do, we play
Knight, be free, we play G four.
We established a knight on D four.
It doesn't matter about the check.
There's King G one, but let's imagine this position.
We get a dominant position or even a bishop on D four.
We just get a hugely dominant position and we're threatening things like C five to just to exchange
off the defender.
It's just horrendous for black.
So if Knight be free, this is another way where we can see this idea of getting rid of nudging.
Black's best piece is going to be good and trying to get control of default there.
So Rugby five though, makes things worse.
We have Knight be free and now Bishop be seven, which uses up a square of the rook.
This looks pretty tragic.
The rooks are really getting self trapped here.
If rook be seven then we can just play Bishop C five But with the luxury of rook takes a six coming
up and Black hasn't really got play.
White's got a seal on D four here and an almighty grip.
So Bishop B seven we have g4h takes H takes rookie eight and now G for 96.
And yes, now the rook is completely trapped up the night before.
This is end of game.
Yeah.
Move funny free if Rook eight we can just simply just take the exchange nothing flash and bishop d4
protects our C free and it's just going to be a very pleasant position to play from here.
This bishop has got limited scope.
We can even consider an exchange attack later just to make further progress if needed, or just use
the E phone.
Sometimes it's just the dominant position.
So 94 ended the game.
So a positional kind of tragedy for Juliet Polgar in this very prestigious the Norris Tournament round
six.
So basically there's a few positional themes going on, Dark square kind of strangulation, dark square
grip representing control of the possession until one key moments.
If you're up against the positional player, you've got to identify that key moment for maximum counterplay.
And it wasn't.
So it became like a one way game, basically after the undermining and the Strategic Bishop exchange.
Why it had too many great things going on in possession.
Black's best piece was prone to be driven away to give away at the default square.
So a lot of interesting positional themes coming together.
The overall impression of this game is complete control domination, but it didn't need to be necessarily
a completely one way street game.
So I hope you enjoyed it.
Got some instructive points and so much.