Hi there.
In this lecture, we learn a little bit more about the Roy Lopez.
Many grandmasters have said if you mastered Roy the pads, you really start to master chess.
And we see Anatoly Karpov from the black side of a roller.
Pettitte against Roginsky in the 1966 Masters candidates tournament Round four.
So E-4 from Roginsky and we have E five 9396 but should be five.
So Roy Lopez a six bishop a4956 White castle's bishop e seven and now Queen Ito.
This is an anti Marshall gambit move.
The Marshall Gambit, even in 1966, was pretty respected.
So it's an interesting move.
We have B five, bishop B three, D, six, C, free black castles, rook D one.
So this is a slightly unusual configuration.
Usually in the royal pairs, the queen is on D one and a rook is on E one.
So Karpov plays a five Bishop C2 and now C5 D four Quincy 7h3 rookie eight D tanks e5d tanks, E five.
Knight BD two.
And here there's an opportunity to try and get a pair of rooks off and Rook D eight is played.
So there's a slight penalty if 9f1 pair of rooks coming off means there's less attacking potential and
Black's queenside expansion would be less dangerous if White has more complexity with more pieces.
So this is an interesting move for simplification.
Knight Have one.
We have a pair of rooks coming off and now C4.
And the thing is also taking off a pair of rooks weaken slightly the D free squares.
Sometimes it might be possible to manoeuvre a knight into the D free square.
I mean at the moment it's adequately guarded, but that is one square which might be of interest later
to black.
But there's another thing about this position.
The free to free is not a pawn majority, but if we're imaginative with this, we can potentially create
a pass pawn.
Imagine the knight not being there and we go for this with b4 b free.
We could transform it into a virtual pawn majority If we had two pawns here and white had two pawns
there, we'd have much more potential for a past pawn.
So even though it's free again is free, there's a pass -- potential in this position with a bit of
imagination.
So yeah, just imagine two black pawns here and two white pawns here.
And then if we took out beta, we'd have a dangerous be free pass pawn only two squares away.
So just bear that in mind.
We see Bishop G five, Bishop E six, Queen E, two Knight B seven Knight G free.
And now, yeah, there are concerns about 95 we have G six, which is a principled move, it turns out
here.
It's also a slight inaccuracy.
That's the thing with principle moves.
Are they actually to do with the specifics of the position.
It seems more accurate is h six and if Bishop takes Bishop takes 595 blacks should be slightly better
in the game.
G six is played, but White doesn't really sniff the tactical potential of this slight weakening move
and actually plays Rook RD one.
There was an opportunity, but this is beyond most humans, unless they're like Tao or Shirov attacking
players.
Knight at five is actually rather dangerous here.
If Bishop debates Knight H six, Jack and Rook RD one this is starting to be quite dangerous for white.
And if it's got a bit of danger and if here the point of a piece like getting two pawns, but then there's
potential for G four and it starts to get quite scary.
This position, for example, is quite scary business.
And what ends up?
Technically better.
But yeah, this requires quite a bit of imagination.
There's a poor mess over here.
There's a knight over here.
These pawns kind of a kind of useful.
And there's attacking potential, which is difficult actually, to tame in this position.
So that kind of thing is scary.
But White played rook D one and we have another pair of rooks coming off the moments gone from 95 totally.
So here if a five.
Yeah, Black just takes on D one and there's nothing special here.
Black's just a piece up.
So rook tanks D eight.
So with the rooks coming off this plan, this creative plan with the free to free to actually squeeze
water out of a stone, you know, squeeze blood out of a stone.
It is possible to create a pass pawn here, even though it's free against free.
So that's a remarkable thing about this game we're about to see.
97.
This is nice for weakening on the dark square.
So getting rid of the dark square defender means F four, C five.
These these are more accessible for black.
So Black is doing very well here.
Queen 86 and now there is a fret of G five so that stops with F six.
We have you know it's.
If it's not played yet, it's too dangerous for 95.
If nothing else, if a five also nine five here is good.
This position with F six threatening Queen G seven mate is going to be in White's favour.
That Bishop is also great here.
That's great for the Royal affairs Bishop.
And if C six.
Yeah, 9g5.
And this is dangerous, this is far too dangerous because H five So there's a lot of problems here.
So for example, Queen takes H seven even though it's not mating on F seven, nine takes E six.
Ouch.
And then winning the queen.
So yeah, it's it's a very important to play to stop that possibility.
And here this is also in White's favour.
So f six important Queen E free.
So Karpov has sorted himself out.
He's put himself beyond the feet in a way before going on the attack.
But the attack is on the Queen's side.
He's put himself beyond the feet on the king's.
And now it's Karpov's turn.
a5h for White's still trying to get some sort of attack b four.
So this dream, dreamy idea of this kind of 2 to 1.
Pawn chain, if we have 2.7 is only one there, we've got a majority.
Even though if we took the whole of the free kind of fouls, it is in principle free to free.
But yeah, without this imagination for the past more, we're not going to be able to play like Karpov
here.
We need this imagination for the past pawn potential.
So H five King G seven.
Bishop D one if h six check King F 890 2957.
And if we can think in terms of passports or passport potential, even though it's outrageous, we're
thinking positioning.
We're not just thinking as a mass of variations.
We're thinking in the domain of chess.
You know what's great in the domain of chess rather than specific variations.
And, you know, that's a bit like domain driven design in programming.
You know, you think about the domain of chess, what is actually, you know, great assets.
A pass -- is a vivid like winning probability assets have.
So if we can think positionally, that's just brilliant.
But here let's see so Bishop rd one we have nine of seven.
Yeah white didn't really benefit from H six check here.
The form point here is is a bit futile.
It's actually a bit of a weakness after nine of seven.
It's just continually targeted.
But I could try and get the Queen's off and then prove that it's weak, you know, take it off later.
So.
Bishop dd 1957 we have HD HD 9295 and we can see that B free is on the way now.
And also it's, it's, you know, the bishops guarding a fork because sometimes a fork will be useful
to hit that poor B to pawn.
This is a kind of disconnected pawn in it's game.
It's difficult to defend B two.
We have B free.
It's a difficult position already for one.
If 92, let's have a look at this queenly sex free as example here, be free.
We get that ideal and then let's say 93 how is white defending B two?
So even though there is no vivid poor majority, he beats it because B two is going.
This is a fast passed pawn after this is just going to be a crushing position.
And yeah, that d free square is a disaster in that regard for Black's use, it's great for Black to
use.
So if Bishop E to be free and we reach that dreamy structure where we have a 2 to 1 in effect here and
also B2 is is difficult to defend but this position 90 6a4 Yeah.
Black's just doing really well here so we have B free C tanks, eight tanks and now Queen B 696 is also
a decent enough move, it seems.
You know, this position of might be 5c4 97 Black's getting a significant advantage here so be free.
We have C tanks, B free, eight tanks, Queen B six.
So back to the game 9gf1 is an inaccuracy.
It makes things slightly worse for white.
If 92 Queen de sex is a nice move and here it's waiting for what white to do.
Here.
Have a look at Queen C six for a moment then knight G five looking at e four.
And if every bishop F seven black just stands really well here.
So gf1 90 6c4.
So why c four that looks commit to it looks like it's weakening default even more and it makes this
2 to 1 more apparent for creating a real pass pawn if King H two The problem is one of the problems
B tanks, queen tanks then actually just e four drop.
Simply there's pressure on E for all time.
So C four we have Queen C six, Bishop C two, and now a four.
So here it comes, this 2 to 1 where it was a kind of 2 to 2 if you took those free files.
But now a passport is being generated.
B takes learn, behold, or rather behold the past pawn we have now.
Bishop take C4 cup is very tempo cautious it seems with Bishop Take C four.
Perhaps he considered knight.
Take C for this position with 92 to be interesting for white, but it's not.
Actually.
This position is rather good for black.
It's just black's got a big advantage here.
And if a five queen B five.
Yeah, that pawn is not going anywhere.
We can snap off, be free and take him with advantage.
So actually, it seems as though 1964 was playable, but Bishop takes C four.
It's dangerous for white Knight G three if Knight takes c496c for this position is going to be just
better for black.
You know, there's torture coming with the default square.
So Och Knight G three we have Bishop going back a five and now Queen B five.
So things are getting behind this past pawn potential we have now.
F four Yeah, Queen takes a five.
So a pawn up as well.
It's, it's kind of terrible.
White's position F takes e five.
It's falling apart now.
But if F five there is queen a one check and here Queen D four.
And that's going to be winning for black.
So F takes E five, Queen a one check king of two queen takes E five, 9 to 3.
So a pawn up, big past pawn created from seemingly nothing but imagination.
Queen B two is now a brilliant move.
This is actually a brilliant tactical move.
And yeah, it required great vision here because otherwise it looks as though Black's losing a piece.
Why has Black gone into this?
Isn't black losing a piece?
Yeah, but Karpov had seen this, so actually from here, Karpov had seen that the C.
Life is not really an under protected piece because 93 so black plays queen bee two so temporary a piece
sack by the past pawn is the difference now which makes things wonderful.
So be free and black is at least getting the piece back and more.
So the thing is, if Queen takes these six.
Be take two.
And it's difficult because it's going to be check against the king.
It's difficult to stop that pawn might have five check is is a try and for example here Queen G free
check queen free check check.
Black can actually get out the checks.
Can you see how in this position.
Yeah.
Bishop 85.
Then there's no checks, because thanks to the double pawns.
And then we're going to Queen.
And then all our worries are over.
After Queen's 78, we're just winning.
So anyway, 94, though, was was played.
And here be take two.
And this is crushing.
Even though the part spawns all that work to create the passport and just to lose it.
But in this particular configuration, two against two, it's still winning for black.
Tactically, now white has to resign.
If Queen takes C2, Queen takes RD for check if Knight takes C2.
Can you see what black plays?
Yeah.
Sorry for interrupting the protection of C two.
It's brutal.
And then just winning material.
If D two, C four.
And then what's going to stop C one queening if E five.
It doesn't matter, we queen.
And then here it's Czech as well, so that there's no king safety issues.
So a very, very interesting game.
Very simply played and strong by Anatoly Karpov.
It's like he did put himself beyond the feet before going on the attack, but not in the attacking mindset,
in a positional mindset beyond the feet in terms of his King safety going on attack, in terms of creating
a pass pawn.
So it's still the same principles as an attacking player, but for a kind of positional agenda.
The positional mindset is really expressed well in this game.
If we can get into that mindset like creating passed pawns on the black side of royal affairs, I'm
sure we'll all be playing the royal affairs in a much more dangerous, effective way like Karpov here.
So I hope you enjoyed this game as much as me.
Thanks very much.