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In this lecture, we see Anatoly Karpov playing against Katsu Kamsky in their 1996 Karpov Kamsky Feed
World Championship Match, round nine.
So D4 from Karpov we have Kamsky playing nine of six C4 G6, we have 93 and now Grunfeld Defense 93,
Bishop G7, and now the Russian system Queen Bee free, which actually actually coincidentally, I had
done a paper many years back on the Barnet Chess Club website about Queen Bee free.
I thought it was an interesting weapon against Grunfeld.
So we have DD take C4 Queen, take C4.
So White seems to get potentially an ideal pawn center.
Sorry.
What I meant was potentially with E4, it's a nice pawn center, but the queen is subject to tempo gains.
So we see black castling and now E4.
So this ideal looking pawn center.
But Black's idea is a six.
So we have a tempo gainer of B five and I think Catto and it's also provocative it's provoking white
to play E five we have B five Queen B3 and now FD seven.
So here Bishop E three is played, E six is another move, but it doesn't necessarily get anywhere.
Black can entertain F takes E six for example, 9g5 looks scary, but Bishop takes DD four.
Bear with this for a moment.
So here.
Black is actually looking at F two.
This justifies things.
We have, for example, Queen size E six, check, King G seven, Bishop E three.
And now Bishop takes C free check with tempo for nine of six, which hits the queen.
The queen goes back.
This is just a fictional variation.
H six Rook RD one Queen eight.
We can see that black's going to be okay in this kind of position, so it might not be the best player.
E six So Bishop E three we have C five and E six here.
This is slightly different.
If D takes E five, black gets the perks of the opening night, takes E five.
This position is nice.
Four black.
Actually, black's got really no problems here, so E six is played here.
We have c4e takes off seven rook takes F seven and it's important the queen goes back to D one.
That's the only real square of value here.
If Queen C two black's going to get control of the position with 9b6 and this tempo gain at Bishop a59c6.
It's going to be very comfortable for black.
This could be a dream position.
That same feels kind of dangerous potentially as well.
So.
So Queen rd one might be six and now Karpov sets problems so he doesn't routinely develop pieces.
He goes with the tempo gain of 95 we have rook f eight if Bishop takes e five.
This is very bad for black after D stakes.
We have a major idea of Queen takes and Bishop takes.
What is black do So if Queen takes rook takes black is lost here if knight this BD seven, E six and
otherwise Knight takes a four and Bishop takes C four.
So this is diabolical, this position.
In fact there's always an E six if Knight BD seven.
So let's imagine Queen C seven here, Queen D four though.
And they're still ideas of E six.
So Queen Tang's B six threatened if a four white is dismantling black with nine takes a four, bishop
takes C four.
This would be a very nice position for why indeed fractured pawn structure might inspire pieces.
So Rook f eight was chosen, but now the knight on E five the undermining of Black's pawn chain is more
effective.
A four We have B four.
And now the point is a five.
So undermining C four.
We have B take c three.
If Knight takes D five, white can actually just take on D five of the Queen six.
Just when the queen were bishop, take C four.
Ouch.
So B S.C four eight we have a takes B six, C takes B to bishop takes C four, check king eight and
now Rook B one, queen takes B six.
And now Cop off Apparently spent about 20 minutes on this move.
Queen rd two, which a lot of players would do routinely.
But Karpov is seeing very deep into this position and we actually get an inaccuracy straight off the
bat.
Knight BD seven It seems Bishop E6 seems to be the way to go.
If White Castle's bishop takes C for Knight, take C for this position.
Knight takes B to 96.
Should be about even, but with 97 things are different.
Rook takes B two and actually there is trouble here.
There's a lot of trouble in this position and it causes Kamsky Great concern, the potential troubles.
And he actually sacks his queen for a rook and bishop basically Knight takes E five is played offering
the queen up.
The thing is, if Queen C seven the point would be nine, F seven check.
And here rook C two.
So there's no rook takes F seven.
This is a really nasty tactical idea.
If Bishop takes then winning the Queen.
So in this position after Rook C2, let's imagine Black castles.
So after Rook, not castles.
So imagine Knight of six White Castles and let's say Queen a seven.
The Queen's not getting any rest here.
If Queen RD, seven and 95.
Ching.
We're picking up the Queen.
Let's say so Queen a seven.
But we play Knight G five.
Check here in D five and we're hitting the queen.
And what what is actually black doing if Queen B seven, Bishop D four.
And this is an enormous position for White to have and this is just a variation, but it's actually
it's very interesting.
So for example here rookie 184 let's take this fictional scenario d6e takes White can actually tactically
exploit Black's position with Bishop takes F six getting that D five skewer and here Bishop takes five,
Queen takes.
This is just a fictional variation which ends up White's winning material.
If Queen f6 trying to hide with Queen f6 F4 is strong and this position Bishop D5 is still annoying.
You know, this rook over here can be a problem.
This position is going to.
Be nice for white.
So OC this very speculative kind of position.
You could take a position in Queensland for this is played but yeah it doesn't seem to work out too
well.
Might take C4 Queen B for nine takes B six.
Queen take B six.
A five.
Let's take stock here.
So essentially it's a rook and bishop for the Queen and what seems to be a potentially dangerous past
pawn, however.
Okay.
However, white Castles we have a for now cop addresses this past pawn rook one we have Bishop F5.
Now, if a free one can just go queen, be free.
And if Bishop f5 White can play a very important move here.
This is good for managing pass pawns without being mated.
What would you play here for?
200 points.
This is a very important positional test actually, because tactics are essential to the positional
player.
What would you play here?
Of course.
Positioning.
We want to get rid of Black's past and that's the positional goal.
But we need our implementation to be spot on.
We have to play a move like H three.
This would be the least weakening.
Or maybe, you know, h for to be considered.
So if rook takes a free rook ab eight.
You know, this, this is if we don't play H three roller, if we if we don't play H three, what happens
is rook a b A and look at this.
Black's got the B one square that's end of game.
So yes, H three safety points.
And now it's very different actually.
If rogue FBI.
Can you see what one has here?
Fantastic resource for 100 points.
Yeah, one would have Rook takes a free.
And the point is, rook takes be free.
Rook takes eight.
Jack Bishop eight.
We have Bishop H six.
And this is very nice for why we're absolutely winning here with Bishop H six.
We're going to be mating the Black King and Summer Asians were pretty soon.
So, for example, King Rook takes off for his mate.
So, yes, there's a great tactical point here that basically.
On a free the -- is potentially doomed.
So queen be free H free.
But in the game Bishop five was played and now H for so this does more than H free.
It also potentially is a form -- later for h six.
So we have e sex if fba here the same idea holds rook takes a for so this back row of black is leading
to the disaster here to Bishop H things if Bishop f sex.
The thing is the here Bishop G five and this position white play rookie free and everything's held up
this is great for white so e sex is tried Bishop F4 and now Bishop E for Bishop D six so won't controls
stockings control more and more of the position Queen be five Bishop C six here If Bishop takes D for
you might ask there's Bishop E five check and then we take off the dart square bishop and we can snap
off e four as well.
Take only six firsts is more accurate.
So Bishop C six we have Queen before, so one dominating on the dart squares and the blockade square
is a dart square as well.
King G ain't rook free.
And here Kamsky plays a crazy looking move.
It really is a huge blunder of the game and his whole concept of like two pieces of the Queen is lost
here with rook sayings.
It seems black could be quite stubborn with Bishop D5 So as an example, a fictional continuation.
Clearly he doesn't want to give up in principle, hence pawn.
But if we look at this kind of fortress here, it's not entirely clear how white actually wins.
So this is just a fictional example where let's say we go for G4 to try and rip things open.
So basically say we get a position like this, it's still not clear how White wins this position.
White still has work, and White definitely doesn't want to exchange off any more.
If Bishop takes H six, White's advantage would be absolutely minimal here.
So yeah, if Bishop e free, Bishop free again.
It's not clear how whites going to win this.
So this is a very important junction point of the game where Bishop D5 giving up, not having too much
pride in the pawn you're letting it go for a fortress.
Might have been the way to go, but we've rook a six now.
Very different.
We have Queen C four, so this hits a six pins, the bishop hits e6x round the king and of course an
I on a four and x ray c eight.
So it's a vicious move.
Queen C four we have rook C, a eight.
And now picking up this pawn, there's no fortress anymore.
The fortress possibilities are blown apart.
And now White's making even more progress, getting rid of the defensive bishop.
And this means now this position that the form pawn strategy to amplify Dart square weaknesses would
be very useful.
Black doesn't have now a dark square bishop and white can try and tap into the dart squares so h five
And also it shows this blockading move is also not just defending but attacking potentially so black
they're not take on h five Bishop e8 was played if g takes h five rook g free check and this is just
mating.
So Bishop e eight we have H six rook 6 to 87 and now D five.
Slightly inaccurate, but towards time control rook free would be a beautiful move to celebrate the
form pawn so a free can you see what White has here?
Totally winning.
Yeah.
Check all checks, even the totally outrageous ones.
We would have Queen h h check here.
King takes rook f a is checkmate.
So d five, though.
A bit of an inaccuracy.
Rook b7d6.
It doesn't matter.
Its advantage isn't going away in a hurry.
Rook a And now finally rook free.
And yeah, this is absolutely crushing.
End of game plan resigned if a free.
Yeah.
We still have Queen h h and Rook f eight.
If Ruk have seven, we can just take on F seven king.
Tanks.
We have Queen E seven check and Queen G seven, mate.
And here if Bishop takes, we have Queen D seven and that form pawn is really worth its weight in gold.
So Rook Geoffrey White's on the rampage on the dark squares.
Now it's irresistible.
So a very interesting game.
Karpov beating the Grunfeld defense.
So there was an opportunity.
Yeah.
Kamsky wasn't completely crazy to do the queenside.
There was an opportunity for an interesting fortress style position, but you have to give up the pride
of his.
One of the prides of his position that that pass pawn, it seems in the variations but very very interesting
positional control and how Karpov came back here for the attack on the dart squares.
Okay I hope you enjoyed this game.
Got some instructive points.
Hence you much.