Hi there.
In this lecture, we see an epic endgame.
This is Anatoly Karpov against Garry Kasparov in the 1994 World Championship match, Round nine.
So D4 from Karpov we have D five from Kasparov C four, e693c5.
So the Tarrasch variation C takes d5e to 65.
Later, Kasparov was to switch from the trash to the Grunfeld.
He wasn't doing too well against Karpov with this particular opening, which seemed to suit Karpov styles.
So nine f6 Bishop G2, Bishop e seven both sides Castle C 390 C six.
Bishop g5c takes D four Knight takes D for H six.
The emphasis in this lecture is actually to get to the endgame.
Very interesting endgame scenario so there won't be too much analysis getting there, any light analysis.
So this is all pretty standard stuff.
We have Queen Bee, Free Knight a five, Queen C two, Bishop G four, now 9 to 5.
Rook Bishop D4.
So yes, blockade is kept on the isolated Queen's pawn IQ.
P We have Bishop C five and Karpov doesn't mind trading off the dark square bishops there and ie3 We
have Bishop E six point of note here.
One point of note default.
We can play Rook 81 This is more precise than rook FD one What?
A little bit more precise.
This position we can take on G four and 94.
We're going to be about even actually with both variations if they played accurately if Rook fd one
instead 96 Bishop 2c6 might be actually important here and then to take on g4e3 But the thing is black
has sufficient play here.
After 95 the light squares have been compromised.
E takes d4 knight a free check King G to Queen D seven, let's say D five Black has the resource 94
check which guarantees a draw by perpetual.
So if King G one of free check this position, black can carry on and it's going to be about even if
white does to take on H four, that's Queen G for check.
And we can see some of the dynamics of that position.
Rookie two is going to be very, very dangerous.
So the point of rookie two is to make sure that E two is blocked here.
So rookie two if Queen takes E to the point would be rook G six check and Queen H one chap mating.
So in other words, white has to give up the queen and black's better there So it's fascinating variations
basically.
But yeah default wasn't played so Bishop e6 so swiftly moving on Rook 81 Queen eight Queen a four rook
ed8 rook levering a6 rook d 194 So a pair of knights come off.
We have Queen A five rook C five, queen B six royalty seven.
Here.
You might think if Rook C six well, the queen could drop back and yeah, default is not really a problem
with the two rooks doubled against the day Rook.
So this position e four can be played here by white with 95 with a small edge.
Fine.
So Rook D seven was preferred for Queen seven Queen's come off.
So we're heading towards that end game epic endgame.
So h three white can't really take on Devine.
This wouldn't be a way of exploiting IQ because black has sufficient activity here in the rook and poor
landing.
So for example, rook dd rook d six.
And if rook takes to a four rotates e2 rook d seven this position is going to be about even.
So H3 was played h five So is there anything for white to try and win this a free?
You'll note that already comp off is looking deep into endgames, putting pawns on dark squares away
from the light square.
Bishop That is one piece which we can base strategy on if the pawns are on the other side of the road,
so to speak, that's going to be safer for them.
So G six.
E three by other side of the road.
I mean, on the dark square side of the road and the light squares side of the road.
So another pawn on a dark square here.
So, yeah, putting pawns away from the bishop.
King G seven.
King H two Rook C four.
Bishop f3 B five.
King G2 Rook C five pair of rooks.
Come off, Rook, take C4.
So here's a junction point worth exploring.
If D take C4, there's rook dd six.
That's the problem here.
And yeah, black's in big trouble there.
If black's going to lose a key pawn like that.
And if B takes C4 rook default this position white can play G4.
Actually, the rook supports G4 to try and undermine D5 if G5 ever comes up.
If black has to play G5 here, White's getting a small edge.
There are some prospects emerging here.
For example, dropping the bishop back.
Sometimes four F4 might be a possibility, so this is slightly unpleasant for blank.
So we just have rook take C4 here.
Rook Default.
And this is funny isn't it?
Just the option to transition the isolated Queen's born into a position where a pawns on D4.
So expand has that opportunity, but it doesn't take it king and fate.
But now it's prompted Bishop e2 and now he takes it.
Rook takes D4.
So if Rook seven Yeah, this looks to be about even if Bishop RD one bishop be free, this should be
about even for example, here's a fictional scenario and free G takes King takes.
How does White actually make progress?
It's actually a bit tricky to actually make progress in this kind of position.
But okay, we have.
Brooke, thanks for.
So now we've got this more end simplification king.
7.82 bishops.
It ain't might be for King D six and free.
So keeping the night out of E four.
So nine.
G eight.
H four.
Another pawn on dark squares.
Look at these dark square pawns.
Quite a lot of them.
It's only f three, which is not the odd one out here.
Statistically, King F to 95, 92, F six, Bishop de Frey.
And now quite a comfortable decision from small G five in a way.
If 97 white has 93 and this position should be only a small edge for white, if White's really going
to make progress, White does have some opportunities on the horizon, but you know, sometimes they
can be safeguarded generally.
So it's going to be difficult to win this.
But with G five, it changes the structure a bit and actually Karpov plays a brilliant positional continuation.
What would you play here for 100 points?
So remember, statistically, we've got a lot of pawns on the other side of the road to the opponents,
Bishop.
That's a key consideration here.
So Capell further simplifies and you might think, well, how is this going to win 93, Bishop B one,
B four.
So that locks the position on the queenside one pawn holding to a Capablanca principle.
So that could have been one pawn holding to in a theoretical sense if A3 wasn't there.
So that's a good positional decision.
We have g tanks H four.
Now this is actually a bit controversial.
If King E six, King G two.
Bishop the free.
It seems as though how is White actually going to ever get into the black position?
We would need an entry point.
So that's a key consideration here.
Entry points.
Now, Black play G takes H four.
So what would you play here for 500 points and why?
You have 500 points and why this is the star iconic move of the game, in my view.
It's a positional pawn sacrifice.
92, believe it or not.
The thing is, the nights more agile, the night can really torture various forms, especially the isolated
-- later.
So this is a great investment if G takes H four.
The thing is, how does the white king ever infiltrate the black position?
You know, E five, F five that's can be covered by the Bishop G five.
There's no h4h for stopping or entry into position, you know, otherwise we would have been able to
attack frontally.
H five So there's no entry points into the position except with a temporary -- site.
G two This looks potentially quite risky.
This is a German analysis though, so this isn't a normal kind of time control game.
This is in the German time after move 40 so heavily analyzed h takes g free check is played if h free.
Let's have a look at this.
4h2 king g two.
You can see that we've got great prospects.
We can win if we win H five and then we're going to be a pawn up and we've got great options to get
further progress.
So advantage for White if Bishop F5, we're going to play nine times h four and we've got H four potentially
for our king.
So our king could come to H four.
It's about entry points.
And this position you might think, Well, how do we make progress from here?
Let's continue.
G four.
H Thanks.
King Thanks.
Let's continue.
We get a square here.
We've got King of five coming up, so we get king of five looking at F six and then King E six.
We've made an entry into Black's position and here black's going to start crumbling.
So h takes g free was tried.
King takes G3 king e six and already there's an idea that at least we can get material back.
Can we?
Yes, we can.
Now, on four check.
That is a really accurate move as well.
Actually, if King H four had been played, then let's say Bishop G six for King a59 takes D five.
Well, white should only end up with a small edge here.
This is going to be a bit trickier and even worse.
You know, if King F5 this is even more accurate, actually, because here if King takes H five, can
you see what resource black has?
Yeah.
Bishop E four.
Yeah, ten points if F times this is just equal.
Yeah.
There's the pawns are going to be mopped up.
It's going to be an even possession.
So 94 is very important.
We have King F5, so the king's occupying the F5 square so there's no such tricks as Bishop E for emerging
here.
So Knight takes H five, King six.
If Bishop E four here.
This is different actually, because we take an F six, king of four, King E five, and this is actually
technically winning for white.
If we get in this position, we have 94 check King, C2, King D four and we don't mind sacking here
on D two and if King be free, you know this position just in time, we're going to win with 95 later.
So okay, we have King E six and for King D six, King G for Bishop C to King H five.
Bishop D one.
King G six.
So offering a free.
We have kinky seven.
If Bishop takes a free king, take up sex, Let's examine this continuation.
So this is an ideal where restraint the pawns and I might have opportunities to hop in to see five soon.
So as example, this is just a fictional continuation where blacks under strain and white can basically
use zugzwang eventually to win this.
So a bit messing around, but let's have a look.
So we get a position like this where there's strain on the black position and something's going to fall
off.
It's a zugzwang, you know, Bishop is something we can take on Be7 and take Black's cracked hair.
King Be6 we can take on D5.
So yes, that's an example of being zugzwang in that Knight versus Bishop ending.
So King E7 was tried, but now Knight takes the five Czech King E six 1937 check can be seven, Knight
takes a six, Bishop takes her free king takes up six kingly six King Our five king D five king f4 with
ten Bishop H one protecting the pawn king C4 9c5.
Bishop C 693 Yeah.
This knight can just torture the bishop here.
Bishop G to 95 check King C free and now Knight G six.
We have King C for 97.
So support is given for D five.
Potentially there should be 7.55 Bishop G 296 check and this wins that other pawn Knight takes B five
King F4 and now Knight D six.
There's too much to handle here.
The bishop can't handle it.
Kasparov resigned.
That moves 70 if Bishop H one King D free Bishop D five.
This position.
Yeah.
It's just too many pawns to handle.
We can play a four to get going here.
And this position we're going to get going.
So yeah, a fascinating endgame star moments for me is that positional pawn sacrifice?
Who would have thought?
We need to sometimes think about entry points into the opponent's position?
So this was an absolutely amazing iconic move in this end game.
Highly celebrated.
So yeah, it's a very interesting aspect of endgames, that slight advantage of the Knight versus bishop
here, because the bishop hasn't got any targets, hasn't got any juicy targets at all.
The knight's got great Outpost Squares like C5 to play with potentially, and giving the king some entry
points into the black position is important here.
So a very instructive and game.
I hope you enjoyed this and got some instructive points and remember this iconic moments.
So sometimes yeah, our biggest opportunities in chess, most spectacular are when we don't auto recapture.
Sometimes we lose something in the position and you know, our pawns are like our own blockers.
If we had a pawn in a block on King getting access to H five.
So a very, very interesting dynamic pawn sacrifice deep into an endgame here.
I hope you enjoyed this and so much.