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In this lecture, we see Boris Spassky playing against Anatoly Karpov in their very important Karpov
Spassky candidate semifinal round six in 1974.
So E4 four Spassky Karpov uses the Kraken d4 D five.
We see 9c3d take C4 night, take C4 Bishop and 59g free Bishop g6 ninth F3, 97 Bishop de Frey E six
White Castles, nine g, F six and now C4.
We have Bishop dd six B free Karpov cancels, Bishop B2 and now Quincy seven.
So out of the opening it looks like a pretty standard position.
One actually doubles karpov's pawns.
So some structural damage H takes g We have Queen E2 Rook for eight Now here Spassky improves one of
his worst pieces nine G3 to e4.
We have Knight takes E4, Queen takes E4 and our Bishop e seven So this aims sometimes for Bishop of
six to restrain White's censor.
We have rook add one, but actually now Rook 88 rook f one.
And here Karpov takes the sting out of White's position with an interesting maneuver.
Can you see what it is for five points?
What would you play to try and get the Queen's off with black?
You just need to draw in matches basically and try and win with white.
That's generally the policy.
So if we can get the Queen's off, it reduces the danger for our king safety in general.
So Queen a five.
So with tempo hitting a two and also the queen can swing by to five.
So we have a free if D five trying to at least stop queen of 595, queen E free and black and just take
on D five Hare.
No problem.
Black's getting a big advantage there.
So a free we have Queen F five, Queen E two refusing the trade of Queen's.
So if Queen takes F five, G takes, this position is going to be slightly better for black if B for
a four for example, and then C five.
This is quite nice for black.
Yeah.
So okay, so Queen E2 though is played and now G five we have H three.
This invites Karpov to under his pawns.
If B for g four this situation is about even so if D five Let's have a look here C take C takes this
situation Black could take on D five not really a problem there taking on D five and if white tries
nicely for four, C takes D five, there might be a point with Queen B five.
However in this position 9f6 just offer B seven and after Bishop D six this should be a small edge for
black.
Yeah, these are interesting situations.
Black has certain amounts of counterplay here.
This looks okay for black generally.
So.
Okay.
So H three we have g4h tanks.
Queen takes G for D five, C takes C six.
And now this is a really interesting Carpathian move.
So in this position it looks as though we should really dissolve this pawn, right?
Otherwise D six is going to be a right.
Payne Guess what Karpov plays here, which is kind of fascinating.
It's a fascinating moment of the game.
Move 23.
It's interesting.
Accepts White's passport potential.
It leaves this passport.
So one of the considerations if we can't improve our worst pieces, we can try and make the opponents
piece as bad.
This bishop could be biting on granite if six is played, and the reason we can play a move like F6
more easily here, the light squared bishops of both sides have gone.
So borrowing from light square witnesses to play this move isn't going to be that punishing.
In general.
If we played E takes D five, there might be some trouble here.
Why is threatening Rook default of tempo and rook e four We'd have to be careful.
We can play Queen G six and this situation, it should be just a small edge for white, but it looks
a little bit uncomfortable and certainly we don't want to play a six encouraging rook d4 to e four That's
splat time with that pressure on the foam just winning material.
So it's interesting, this decision is about making a piece kind of bad in a way trying to get this
bishop blunted and D six is played so points to note if Knight takes E five, this results in a tactical
pin and Bishop dd six exploits the pin and we've got six coming if I move like F4.
So here, let's imagine this situation nine takes Bishop takes black here has Bishop takes a three that
gives black a 2 to 1 pawn majority on the queenside and D five is dropping.
So that's fantastic for black.
If Bishop takes E5, there's certain amount of good news here with Bishop DD six Black and if Rook d4
Queen and five Rook e four black takes on E five Knight F six and black's going to get the d pawn and
this should be even here if Queen C two Bishop dd six And we've kind of blunted that bishop on B two.
So this situation isn't that bad either.
For example, this situation is going to be about even we can even offer the double pawns.
It's not really exploitable here.
And there are other things going on now like blunting that.
Bishop So this is about even so, DD six is tried.
It looks as though, hang on this pawn, isn't it quite dangerous?
So Bishop f6, we have 92.
So here a couple takes the queens off and plays.
Roxy ain't like E-4.
So that God's against Roxy, too.
And the Bishop goes to D eight so it can come on to a better diagonal.
So it's trying to make the pieces superior to the counterparts.
So this bishop along this triangle is not obstructed whilst this one is going to be with F six soon,
we see G 14 F six.
So it's kind of getting a little bit uneasy for white here, this position that we have King of seven
and there's the prospect of also using the king aggressively to e sex later.
Roxy one we have bishop b six, a pair of rooks now come off and now King E six.
So the king sits nicely on E six here and he for now a five, trying to fix down White's pawns.
Black could have played King D five here, by the way, just to provoke a friend and just go back potentially
to E six or play a five here, but a five.
We have bishop a free and now rook the eight.
So cup of wants to be able to play a move like Bishop D four and B five.
But he doesn't want rook C seven to be interesting at all in advance.
So he doesn't want that to be that interesting.
So protecting the pawn in advance looks a little bit strange.
If Bishop is to show Rook seven, this should be just even this position.
So.
Rook B eight Bishop So rook C for Bishop D four and now F four is played.
If King G free black's going to get an advantage with B five.
That's a backward pawn target.
Now on B free.
And here King D five, the king can come out aggressively and this position might be six.
Black's going to be winning here in fact.
So one has to tread a little bit carefully.
So f four So White's pieces are kind of strains protecting that possible and it's nicely blockaded.
We have here g six if B five in this situation it's slightly different.
Eight takes rook tanks, there's a five check and here of King D 590 C free check, which would compel
Bishop take C four and this ends up being even so, g six is played to prevent a five.
One of the perks of that.
So knight g free.
And now it looks as though Hold on, isn't there an E takes F4?
Yes.
Karpov does play that kind of little tactic to exchange off Knight for bishop so we simplify here.
Now actually this natural recapture might actually be a bit of a mistake.
King takes G free.
It seems as though White had rook e for track check and then rookie seven to try and tie black down
first, then take and it should be even here.
So this is a very different scenario to what we get in the game.
At least White's trying to tie down the black pieces in the game.
Yeah, King G is different.
Let's have a look this again.
So we're saying here, you know, Rook the eight but what if King C six this position G five is interesting
so here trouble pawns It's funny but here if we have B five check taking on B five rook takes G free.
This should be about even as well.
So in the game, King takes G free though.
And now we have Rook C eight
and it's pretty different here.
You know there's ideas of rook C free check.
If so, rook D Free is played to defend against that if rookie fall check here to go with rookie free
against rook C free check because then taking on be free hence a free one.
It hasn't really got time for this rookie seven in this case because of that rook C free check.
So if the rook has to go back, it's a very different scenario where black has got much more active
pieces and it's slightly, you know, it's better here, significantly better.
So that's interesting.
Yeah.
So rook d free we cg5
Bishop b2 So this is like restraining pawns on both sides of the board, like Michael Adams does as
well in his games in endgames generally.
So B six we have Bishop DD four and now Rook six.
This pawn looks to be in danger.
Bishop C free so it can actually be taken off now of course, but Rook C five is played.
If rook takes DD six, black's should be slightly better here.
This position is B five.
This is interesting.
So here, for example, this is going to be slightly bad for black.
So but Rook five was played.
We have King G two, Rooks 8b5 in this position doesn't really do much check.
And Bishop takes a five here, King G free after that check.
And this situation should be about even black hand.
Dynamically sacrifice the piece and it gets to be a dynamic quality because of the past pawn, but nothing
more.
So Rook eight we have King G3 95 and now Bishop takes E five, F takes five, and now B four.
This is an inaccuracy.
It seems.
It seems as though King F2 should be a situation which this end game is durable.
This should be all this end game.
So take this situation because white has got this Capablanca principle.
One pawn is holding two and it turns out here it's going to be about even this position.
So before we have now, yeah, this is now going in Black's favor after F4 Rook default and the king
comes out to E five.
This is quite painful.
Now, Rook d18 takes b4.
This is misery now for white rook be one and now rook free check King of two rook d free d seven.
Yeah if rook takes b4 rook 66 Black's just better here d seven We have rook takes 37 This endgame is
just winning for black after rook d6 king e free rook d free check kicking the king back and now getting
behind this pawn rook A Free rook tanks B six rook tanks a four end of game.
So Spassky resigns if king for two, as example.
Let's see, we can make progress with King F4 and we're going to be two pawns up soon.
This threatens my good nuance in Rook.
One mating.
It's two pawns up.
It's going to be a conversion from here.
So, yes, an interesting game with some interesting moments.
So for me, the standout moment of this very high profile game is playing this E5 learning won't have
a pass pawn because there's other factors to try and blunt the pieces.
Well, the bishops get superior minor pieces and trying to wrap around the passport with the king using
that e six square layer.
It's rather nice once the Queen's have come off this kind of thing, it shows the duality of past pawns
that they can be a potential liability as well.
So a very interesting game showing the liability aspects of a passport.
If it's safely blockaded, then there are opportunities to put a lot of pressure on the opponents.
Okay, Thanks very much.