Hi there.
And this is actually we see a very young Anatoly Karpov, 11 years old.
This is played in 1962 Zlatan's tournament.
He's playing against PC Genov.
So E four from Karpov, we have six, we have E five, 95.
So the Alekhine's defense here, C4 might be six d4 D six and Karpov goes for a modest small advantage
rather than indulging in for example F four.
There's a responsibility with this move.
There are weaknesses in White's position.
Instead, a more modest advantage can be attained with e tanks d6e takes D six and now there is a Shand
foul here.
Can this prove decisive?
It's a two way street though.
Can it actually prove decisive?
Four somehow.
Nine C free 96 We have a frame.
Not strictly necessary, it seems.
Maybe there's an attention tonight before.
Maybe sometimes we're better at five.
But, you know, for example, Bishop e three, Bishop a five.
This position we can just play Rook C one.
It's not such a big deal or this position.
We can play three as well.
And here H three preventing Bishop G four could be useful.
It has a small edge here, but a very interesting bishop, a five and now Bishop E three, G six and
now Bishop D Free Queen D seven, ge2.
Bishop G seven.
Both sides Castle B Free Rook 88.
Queen C two.
So here it seems as though Bishop takes a five.
Might be interesting for D five this would be quite interesting.
Off to rookie to the rook could actually go to D2 sometimes.
This is a nice advantage for white Queen C two though.
We have Bishop takes the free Queen takes the free 90 79g3c6
rook 51d5c59bc8.
Rookie two.
So White's building up on this E file.
And is this actually a winning proposition?
So we have F five.
This is creating some weaknesses.
It is frightening.
Our four pawns don't go backwards.
That pawn stops with bishop at four we have King F seven and now rook e one.
So building up on that file, it seems here might be one, might be an interesting retreat which may
be comp off in later years would have considered because the knight's not doing too much on C free as
example 9892.
This position of Knight F3 is fairly interesting.
Well it does seem to get a nice advantage.
Black can try this rookie four and why it shouldn't take there but the rook can be safely evicted soon.
So for example, this situation is going to lead to a nice advantage for white.
So the retreat might be one is pretty comp Jovian as well.
We could say rook a rookie one was played here by the young Karpov.
So rookie ain't so the early boa constrictor in infancy.
Bishop e five is played Knight B one again does seem as though it's a very useful improvement of the
piece.
Let's get the knight here eyeing these kind of weak squares in Black's camp.
But Bishop E five this has a lot of logic to it to weaken black on the dark squares.
9g8.
Funny enough, if Bishop takes a five, maybe, what would you play here for ten points?
What would be the best way to play this?
It seems as though if we get this situation, we might want to swap our E file pressure with D takes
E five for a dangerous -- as example.
This this would be leading to a nice advantage where black is kind of stuck blockading and one has good
prospects to improve the position and attacking points.
This would be nice.
So OC 19 eight though is played.
We have notes f one so here a reroute of the night.
Yeah.
The night is not this night it's not doing much.
So coming like this is interesting.
Nice f 692 night e for we have Bishop takes g seven king take g seven point F three and White definitely
stands really well here when it's able to use the outpost square soon.
Rookie seven We have b4 rook de8 and now 95 with tempo Queen eight and now kicking Black's ninth outpost
away.
So is this a winning position?
Well, G.
Frank Quincy, seven Black is under some pressure.
Queen two We have 97, and this does seem like a critical mistake here, leaving black in a world of
pain, actually making things a lot easier.
If Queen Di, how would white build up, you might ask?
It seems as though, well, white can intensify the grip on the dark squares with h for this position
we can play h five and let's say g five, because if G takes, what we can do is celebrate the dice
pawns here.
We can play like this and we can start getting more points of attack there with advantage.
So let's say G five, Queen D free.
This is just a nice position for White to carry on from.
In general, one has that knight outpost and maybe a4b5 later if Queen E seven.
Let's have a look at this scenario as an example.
Let's take this a bit further.
So we're saying that B five on the queen side could be good with that knight outpost on the five driving
things.
Yeah, say C tanks because otherwise, you know we're going to play B takes and use maybe the B files.
This position is just leading to more targets basically.
So we are putting the pressure on there.
So anyway, 97 is a very bad mistake.
Now guess what?
Comp of plays and tactics and combinations come in here soon.
OC 93 a forceful simplification so Black hasn't got time to react with night yet.
We're going to take off that rook.
So rook takes itoje leaves white dominating now the E file and this is decisive.
We see h five if King F seven, then Queen E six check and this is nasty F four and Queen F six check
and 96 folks, the Queen and the G seven square.
So that will be checkmate.
So.
So h five is tried.
We have Queen E six and points soon about to be revealed.
There's a very simple winning move in this position.
Can you see what it is for ten points?
Very simple winning move that Karpov chose.
Yeah.
Queen RD, Sex and Black is actually helpless here.
This little sweet tactic move.
What does Black actually do here?
Black resigned.
If Queen takes C takes, we're just winning the night.
And if Queen Di, we're just going to take the queen's off and rook takes e seven in Queen St.
We're just going to take on E seven.
So, yes, Simple chess here expressed by Karpov on the E file and superior space advantage on the Queen
side and superior outpost possibilities.
So there's a number of themes, an interesting night retreat possibilities.
So there's one which Karpov didn't use in this game might be one.
So the Knight retreats.
Sometimes they need to retreat to get better squares if they're not doing too much.
So the notion of improving pieces, outposts, pressure on a foul, building up pressure, amplifying
pressure and crowning tactics and combinations in this game.
So an impressive positional control game from the young Anatoly Karpov, showing us that with a shard
fall, there can be grave dangers sometimes for the opponents.
Okay, I hope you enjoyed this demonstration of a shared file being exploited in the center and so much.