Hi there.
In this lecture, we see Yasser so playing against Mikhail Tal in 1993, next tournament, round 12.
So differ from Yasser so on we have 90 6c4, e69c3, Bishop B four and we have Queen C two, d5c text
d5e takes D five, Bishop g5h6.
And now Bishop takes F six.
Yes.
If someone wanted to keep the position quiet and strategical, he's playing against the tactical monster
and basically against a tactical monster like make.
I'll tell you, you do want a quiet strategical position where tactics don't have to be calculated too
much.
If Bishop H for that is a more exciting game.
But as pieces get exchanged off, there are there's less potential for being cheaper, you know, tactically
destroyed.
So so Bishop takes F6 getting some pieces off we have a free and now getting even more pieces off because
if the bishop doesn't take on C free say Bishop E seven, why it's just going to take on D five or if
Bishop A five, B four and then we're going to take on D five.
So Bishop, take C free.
Queen take C free.
We have black castling E three, Bishop F five and this offers the C seven pawn.
But yes, if someone rather wisely plays 92, he doesn't want tactical complications.
If Queen takes C seven, Black gets a lot of play here and this could end very badly.
For example, this situation blacks getting a nice small advantage and it's actually kind of scary as
well.
So that's to be avoided.
And also, you know, if we played Queen F4 trying to bail out, it's still in Black's favor.
This kind of scenario.
Plans got a lot of play here G five Rook takes Be2 Black's got a great amount of play, so it's best
to keep it quiet and strategical.
92 especially against Mikhail Tal Rook.
C eight Knight G three Bishop e six Here if C five white can take on five and then play D tanks with
a small edge.
This position Queen rd free for example, and letting black get a pawn back.
This resulting position is going to favor us.
We have about a bishop versus knight here and D five is dropping off.
So.
Okay, interesting.
So Bishop E six is tried, is played.
Let's actually there's one more thing about C five.
This position mentioned B six if 97, B four, B six, there's Bishop A six.
So this keeps control of the position of C six and here F four is possible tactically.
So if nine takes those B five, so this keeps control.
And if we get this situation as Bishop B seven, it has tactics here.
Okay.
Anyway, so Bishop E six we have B4 trying to keep C five out of the picture A five.
Now this kind of helps.
Why is playing well?
One is strong on the queenside bishop e2 with 8x8x pair of rooks.
Come off queenie.
Seven Queen C free 9c6.
And now this encourages B five with tempo.
If c6y is slightly better here, there is a small edge.
If 97 white small edge is not going anywhere, why has that nice semi-open C4 and now the a fun as well
to play with.
It's going to be a nice edge.
So 90 6b5 might D eight.
So if Queen before that is tactically possible to tap into the unprotected queen, we can take her and
then King Lee to this position.
We can actually play King C free.
And if B six rook a one.
We're getting a nice edge here.
The Knights kind of stranded on B4.
Here we've got an infiltration point to get to the seven.
Frank So 98.
Yes.
So in castles C five, B take C six and now B, take C six.
If might take C six.
Yes.
The pawn structure is dented.
That would be two isolated pawns.
So in principle this doesn't seem good.
White will have work to do.
It is a nice small edge for white and at the same with Rook.
Take C six.
It's unprincipled to split the pawn structure so badly like this and White has certain amount of pressure.
So B takes is played.
So the minority attack here has succeeded.
There's a backward pawn.
There's a potential outpost on C five.
We have Rook C one, Bishop dd seven and now actually so and improves pieces instead of the queen just
being on C free he moves the queen's a five slightly better location.
We have King eight and now Queen a seven.
So slightly better location again king of fake perhaps wants to do being able to move the bishop without
the queen dropping off.
So protecting the queen we have Bishop E six and now.
Yeah, this probing is interesting.
Queen Bee six, Queen seven, Queen Bee one.
And the fret here is Queen H seven going to age seven.
So that is addressed with King G eight, Bishop D frequent E seven, Queen C to Bishop D seven.
So perhaps the idea now is to play 96 and kind of liberate with C five Bishop eight seven checks.
So a king in the corner could be good for endgames later, if the king has to take one more move to
get to the center.
So that's a free kick and is used.
So Bishop at five we have Bishop takes her five, nine takes her five, Queen D seven, and here we
have Knight H for the knight hangs around for potential tactics rather than going back to G three.
This is very interesting.
The knight also does still support Queen A five if e four This would be structurally compromising for
whites, this position is just equal.
So knight H for keeping the structure solid here for white knight e six and now Queen F five.
So c five is played.
We have D take c five.
And now this is an important moment of the game time pressure mistake.
Queen E seven is played it seems rook take C five.
This resulting endgame might not be enough to win.
Black can actually play, believe it or not.
G six.
Because if it takes H six funny enough, King G 790 4f5 we're winning the night blacks went in and white.
So given that's the case, if we look at 97 instead, like B six, this position is just even for example,
just to take it a bit further, we can see that blacks should be able to defend this and it should be
an even position.
So it's a time pressure mistake, which really is the decisive mistake it seems here in E seven.
If we look at this again, just for a moment, you might think instead of Queen 67, there's a tactic
here, 96 check.
This doesn't lead to anything.
Queen if queen take five, Black has adequate resources here to defend.
So.
So Queen E seven, though, is a mistake.
We have G three and now Queen D seven is played.
So the thing is, if Rook takes C five.
Then F seven and RD five are under scrutiny.
If Rukh takes five night taxi five we can take on D five.
Yeah.
Or if Queen takes, we can take on F seven.
So yes, Queen D seven is played, but now there's a really disruptive tactic.
Key move to win this.
Can you see what someone plays?
Which creates a very, very bad version of events now for me cartel.
So what do you think the key move is?
Okay.
For 100 points.
Its tactics and combinations to crown oppositional play.
See six or the opponents mistakes as well.
So see six rook see six is played.
What else?
So Rook takes see six Queen take six and they'll winning the F seven pawn We have 9g5 if d49g6 check.
And this is kind of nasty.
We have a nasty tactic here.
Can you see what that is?
You know, queen size E!
And we're winning material.
And if we look at this again.
Yeah.
I mean, it's it's crushing with Queen 66.
There's also 97 for the record, this possession, you know, the king is also in trouble.
So anyway, 95 as fight Queen at five, Queen F six.
This is unfortunate, this end game.
If Queen d64, and let's say 96, we get that tactical idea again, potentially if King H seven we can
play queen takes e six for F eight check or actually we can just do double check on this occasion to
take out these things.
So yes.
So Queen F six.
Brilliant.
End game now Queen six, G takes 9.5 blacks.
Pawns are all isolated.
King h7h4.
And the game ended here.
We have a if not a free check.
This position is just clearly banner for white.
Why it's going to be making progress here.
And that would stop any counterplay there with the pawns.
And that's justifiable.
We can support that H5 pawn and why it's going to have a fairly easy time to convert this eventually.
So, yes, a very, very interesting game against a major tactician, a legend, Mikhail Tal, keeping
counterplay minimized, seeking simplification.
And yes, it's just effective, like winning chess.
So I'll take it to the game end position.
So from the start.
Yes.
So in in this game wants to minimize the tactical potential of Mikhail Tal.
So you're trying to keep the positions quiet and strategic or i.e. pawn structure based and quiet as
well.
So the positional player doesn't want too much interference from having to calculate tons of variations.
So keeping it quiet, positional seeking simplification, seeking small advantages but steady, small
and steady, less potential for being tactically tricked or tactical cheap.
Those combinations of the opponent just kept it quiet.
And you know, it was a nice win in your hands thanks to Mikhail tells help especially time trouble
blunder.
Okay so a very interesting game so even against me can say we can play positionally like this and groins
basically this is the attacking tactical players do not like positional players like this generally
if their counterplay is minimized in such a fashion.
So the opening choice was absolutely great to have the Kohl's bad structure for the minority attack
plan.
Yeah, it's a very interesting gaming sample in my view.
I hope you enjoyed it so much.