Hi there.
And this is actually we see a classic Capablanca game playing against Harry Golombek in the Margate
tournament of 1939, Round seven.
So DH four from Capablanca, we have 956c4, e69c3 Bishop before Queen c2d5c takes d5e takes D five,
Bishop G five, C six.
So this is the Carlsbad structure, which isn't that bad, but it is prone to a minority attack later
with the minority of pawns attacking the majority of pawns.
So I like this.
But the outpost square is C five quite often, which is useful as well.
If we can isolate this c pawn and the a pawn, we get a nice useful juicy outpost square on C five and
maybe a seven this week as well later.
So E three we have Knight, BD seven, Bishop d3 H six.
Bishop H four.
Black Castles Knights F eight.
Rookie eight.
Capablanca Consuls.
Bishop E seven.
Bishop G.
Free Knights F eight.
There are some tricks to be aware of here.
If King Knight's there is actually a little trick.
My complaint, which is awkward to say the least.
Can you see what that is for?
Five points?
Yeah, we can play night be five.
So we're friends thing to folk the rooks and if C takes we make the queen Bishop C seven That's fun
if B five.
Yeah.
6b5.
Still the same principle.
Checkmate in the queen, so to speak.
If it's h59, 65.
Still the idea of checkmate in the Queen and if it takes g396e7 check is inserted.
So there are some dangers.
So Knight AFAIK addresses those dangers with H three and that's come from Lincoln.
Preserve that kind of horrible bishop on this diagonal.
We have knights, sorry, we have Bishop E six as well as Yeah.
If he wasn't played this position does have some resources, you know like taking on G three and then
a six.
The minority might not be completely winning here.
As an example, black could set up a fairly solid position with that Bishop Power.
So, you know, we can't really just treat the minority, take it in isolation.
The dancing bishop would be quite nice there for black giving equality.
So yeah, free.
We want to keep this dancing.
My Bishop So in the event of 9 to 5 we can just tuck it away on H two.
So Bishop E, six A, B one, knight H five and it is tucked away now.
Bishop h2g6 90 5g7 and I'll be four.
So the minority attack minority pawns is trying to attack the majority, trying to create structural
damage.
Bishop F5 is played.
If 97.
Yeah, we can play big five.
And for example here, if C five, we get a different kind of advantage here going.
So say this position we could play B six for example, and get a small edge.
We've got at least ab7 target.
There might also be 92.
We don't have to routinely play B five.
So this position by delaying B five here, it's slightly different.
So, for example, Bishop takes 85, getting the bishop hair, getting rid of Black's dance square.
Bishop gives us an advantage in a different form here, which may be more significant.
So that's something to bear in mind.
We don't have to always routinely play the minority attack.
B5 So Bishop F5, we have a fall here.
Yeah, and this is a nice way of exploiting C five If b5 Bishop DD six we can see that we're going to
do that damage here.
And even if things get exchanged off, this will be really nice for white, for example, then we can
use the C five squared or even make sure black's not getting C four and try and chase away the knight's
on B six.
So say this position we get a different advantage transformation into a nice like Queen's pawn with
advantage for white hair.
So a four though was played Bishop takes the free queen, takes 90 7c1 knight takes E five.
So black's trying to simplify, but White still has this nagging edge in the position.
If a six hair 95 and this position with Queen D 290 5a4, we get a really nice position.
We can prepare b five like this and then we are going to get really great fruits of a dominating position
here with Queen three.
That output score is enough and white can play from here.
It's very, very pleasant.
So Bishop dd six is played.
Yeah.
One of the problems with A6, it just invites a nice outpost on C5, which is difficult to dislodge
because blacks make at 96.
So Bishop takes the six, queen takes these six and now B5 is played here we have C takes B5.
If rook ACA one could take on C six and infiltrate actually this position we can try and actually win
material this poor isolated pawn together with the knight on C five.
There's a wealth of different advantages here.
Then we get this big pawns pawn.
So yes.
So C takes B5 trying to dissolve the pawns.
Queen takes P 596 if B six we have the invasive rook C six and here knight C three.
This position we're taking out D five.
Yeah.
The problem with Black's C text is D five has been compromised.
So yeah.
One it's just clearly better here and one it's threatening not to have six check.
The knight is holding the rook but where thinking like have six check.
So here we have six check and 97 check 95.
We've just got a huge advantage here.
Generally speaking, we're dominating the C file and if we dominate, we've got Quincy seven coming
out and all sorts of nasties, so it doesn't really matter about A2.
Okay, so we have Knight E six being tried, nine C free.
So pressure on the poor D five pawn rook idea and Capablanca does their take on B seven We have Queen
A free, but now nine times D five.
Yeah, this is pretty bad.
Black doesn't really want to offer two rooks for the Queen.
The Queen can give herself up to rook sale with this nice center we have.
Queen takes a two.
And in fact, this is nuanced here.
So Kempf is just one pawn up, but he realizes something about this position.
There is another technical downside of the position might be for taps into that because the queen is
out of squares.
Queen goes to 84 F rook ab8.
Yeah, we're just taking on a two.
That's just winning.
So Queen A four.
But now 1986, the queen is out of squares.
This is a particular downside of the position.
So forget structure.
This is about trapping the queen.
Now, Black actually resigned here, moved 29.
This is a crushing idea to trap the queen.
If Rook DC eight, we just play 97 check and take on C eight.
But otherwise, if Rook Phi, we're going to trap the Queen with Rook one.
Where's the queen going?
Blaming.
So if the queen has to take.
Yeah, it's hopeless.
Her So yes, 96 ended the game on move 29 The structural damage led to actually D5 being weak on this
occasion in this example game and in black trying to recover some material balance or try and get some
compensation after this.
You know, the Black's Queen excursion is a dangerous game.
Indeed.
After 9/10 five, the queen is prone to being trapped in this position.
It's a very, very dangerous game to take on a two in its own right now.
Of course, you could say, well, Queen takes a two was with tempo.
Yes, but a tempo gainer is answered with a tempo gainer getting the queen here.
And this is absolutely decisive.
So a very interesting side effects of the minority attack.
It's often side effects are more dangerous than the structural damage in its own right.
We can't just claim a win if the opponent's structure is compromised.
We have to win somehow.
Finding the amazing downsides of the opponent's possession, like trapping the queen, is very nice
for winning games or chat, mating or winning material in other ways.
But yeah, the side effects that are created, the confusion, the overloading, the overworked ness,
the awkwardness, all of those piece issues can become side effects when we do a minority attack.
So this was an interesting example.
I hope you enjoyed this example of Capablanca in 1939.
Very much.