Hi there.
In this lecture, we see Anatoly Karpov playing against Michael Franklin.
I've actually played Franklin a few times in rapid chess back in the day, so very interesting player.
And he introduced me to the London system.
He was a great London system fanatic.
So this is the 1972 Hastings tournament around 8e4 from Karpov.
Franklin plays C five.
We have niter 3a6c free.
So this is very interesting against a six in particular.
This is a very interesting move.
One shouldn't be in a rush here actually to play what's what seems to be a standard move D four because
of the C tanks D four knight takes DD four black can play e five with a good game basically and can
get, for example, an improved pin variation sometimes.
So there are interesting options for Bishop B for so against a six.
It's not a good idea to play a routine of D4.
So Karpov is aware of that and play C three.
We have d5e tanks D five Queen 65, so D four, E six, Bishop E three.
So we're in an interesting situation here where Karpov is playing with now an isolated Queen's pawn.
It seems a favourable version.
Black has more weaknesses than usual with the early a six.
So we see nine, F six, 9c4.
And what has this development?
Tempo Queen A five.
Bishop d39c6.
A three.
Bishop e seven.
Both sides Castle, Queen C two We have Bishop D seven and now B for the Queen goes to H five.
Now it can be a tactical vulnerability on H five.
This could be a tactical downside in its own right.
We see 92, which gives the idea that already the Queen could be harassed with a four or knight g free
rook for one was interesting, but Bishop dd six looks a little bit scary potentially.
Queen D to this position.
For example, with 94 nine takes E for Bishop takes e for Bishop e81 can challenge that bishop though,
neutralize that bishop and this should be a small edge for white hair.
So, for example, Bishop Sykes, Queen Sykes, Queen H six, because one is potentially threatening
a move like G four and trying to trap the Queen potentially.
I know the Queen's got HIV, but it seems to be, you know, a dangerous position of the Queen's got
H three.
Then there's G five.
It starts to look dangerous for H seven as well.
So we have in this line Queen H six.
This situation ends up being slightly better for white.
If Knight takes the four, we can take on c a allow.
This exchange for bishop takes b 7 to 2 one majority.
So yes, just to get a flavor of things.
So 92 though was played.
We have 95 if Bishop D six had this position, seems actually as though it should be about equal.
But 95 was played Bishop D to Bishop D six and now 93.
And you might find this fascinating, this next move Bishop takes.
Jeffrey, how would you take on Jeffrey?
What would be the positional move here for 100 points?
Yeah.
Composto is actually f to g frame.
It looks anti positional.
You don't want to take horns away from the sensor because it's like weakening central squares.
But there are dynamics here and also there are dynamics with this h pawn.
So I'll just show if h takes g three, the thing is nine, five six and it's horrible to think of the
G four.
We've got a kind of pin now on the knight, which we can't really do anything about.
So even though the pawns are neater, we've got some problems here and black should be absolutely fine.
So we can play Rook c five here to hit the Queen, Bishop D five, B five and och, we can challenge
the bishop and then up just being in an equal position.
But Black has set themselves up with nice parking air around our king.
So these problems are solved with f g free.
Yeah.
It's the requirements of the position really.
We have Rook, AC eight.
The Queen gets out of the way.
Queen Bee two We have F six, H three and now G five.
So there is an issue with the Queen being shown up here.
If Rook C seven white can actually play a dangerous move.
Queen Bee one And looking at H seven is quite painful here in relation to G four as well.
So what does Black actually do here?
If h six we can play Bishop G six.
If g six we can play g four.
And where is the Queen going?
If King H eight we can play G four And if Queenie eight we can take out H seven.
So Black reacts with G five.
This does create weaknesses around the King, this vacuum of weaknesses.
And yeah, this is important for creating tactical possibilities.
This vacuum.
G four So you could say it's like weakness, provocation with the isolated Queen's pawn right now.
So here after Queen h6a4b58x8x, so this B four aiming to destabilise black central control and relieve
the pressure on D four And now we see Rook FC one wrote eight rook C 598 and here H four is played.
It looks as though blacks under strain.
Now Bishop E4 was also an interesting move.
So for example seven Queen Bee free this situation rookie one rook f eight for example, could take
on D five here take on a take on D five.
Black's getting dismantled.
So yes H four is interesting as well.
We have Queen g7h tanks.
F tanks.
Now this does fragment a bit Black's pawn structure like E six is its own island.
Single island not able to be supported by fellow pawns we have now Knight takes G five and this looks
unfortunate to lose G five, of course.
So Knight B seven, Rook one.
This was an interesting moment where actually Cop Off is in a kind of position where maybe a more dynamic
player like Tao would consider sacrificing to really amplify the weaknesses.
There is a more attacking move here.
It seems more more accurate in can you see it for ten points?
Yeah, Route 65 actually gives us rookie six.
So opening up that six rank and black's in grave dangers here.
So rookie a bishop takes h seven check rook G six and we're going for it here.
So this situation is very dangerous for blacks.
King opened up.
So for example, here, let's take it further.
Rook age seven and rook takes B seven if we look at this again.
So why is this so dangerous again?
So what if h six?
Well, there's rook G six.
So yes, that was interesting actually to play Rook takes DD five for that six frank use.
But anyway Rook S.C one we have nine F4 and our bishop takes F4, rook takes F4, F3 and Queen takes
G4.
So black is threatening, Rook takes free.
But the thing is Copperplate Bishop E two There is there is here an interesting move in 95.
Let's have a look at 95 for a moment.
Black does.
Let's say black plays Queen H four.
We can take on D seven.
And this this isn't a big problem.
This isn't probably what Karpov was worried about.
Yeah, 95 looks like.
Really?
It's just -- Queen and Bishop.
If Queen G seven, we look at Rook C seven, there is Queen G three, which does provide a threat or
two against White Queen E three check for rook H for mating sometimes example rook takes these seven
Queen E for each check and rook h4 is checkmate.
So one has to tread carefully with Queenie to here, but it's still better for whites.
So that protects the free square.
If Bishop Bishop takes age seven, check.
And actually, we can play Queen Li to here and here.
This is possible.
Black's king is just far too exposed.
If, as example, Black tries to win the Queen on DD to rook her free check shows how exposed the King
is that the king is just going to get mated here.
And this is just desperate.
The king is going to get mated.
So OC 95 was actually an interesting alternative to the game as well.
Bishop E2 is played.
We have 98 and now Rook C5 does have this rook G France.
So that vacuum is causing black some issues.
No F seven protecting G five Rook A three We have Queen G seven and now rook a seven.
So this sets some problems up for black.
This rook on seventh lot pressure and black cracks under the pressure here with Bishop Ian Black had
to play Queen G free for example Queen G free.
This situation with Rook G for Bishop D 1% G two and after Queen f2 one it should end up with a small
edge.
But it is a limited edge.
It's a limited advantage, but one is slightly better overall here.
But in the game with Bishop eight, that's a huge mistake.
Can you see what Commonwealth plays?
Yeah, it is a kind of weakness of the last move.
It's.
It's activated the pin on the night, which means now for ten points.
Yeah.
Rogue five exploiting the pin tonight.
So winning the queen.
So Queen takes G 596, G five, minus six, G five.
And now energetic play here.
D five.
So frightening, mate And Black resigned here.
If E takes D five, we're mating.
If rook have seven, Queen E five is strong because it hits by eight and G five.
Yeah, there's no there's no match for the queen here.
If rook takes a seven, queen takes B eight and it's hopeless if this position D six more materials
dropping off.
So, yes, an interesting game.
An eye opener for the seemingly anti positional moves like F takes G free for me, but it shows that
not everything is about pawns.
Just because you're a positional player and positional players can play with dynamic structures.
And against a six, default isn't a particularly good move.
In fact, check out the master databases online.
It's only in the casual database.
Is D4 still played routinely.
But yeah, black gets near equality if you play D4, so C4 is one of the better moves here.
So that's an interesting opening finesse as well.
So we're going into this isolated Queen's pawn situation.
It's fascinating to see comp off with a structural weakness and he gets into the spirit of it later.
So with tempo gains and attacking the king, but there might have been more emphatic ways of playing
it.
It shows attacking players have that mindset, finding amazing resources to the opponent's king.
But a positional player might be more reserved sometimes, and we see a little bit of evidence of that.
That might be it might not be his total cup of tea this game not not aligned totally to his positional
style.
So anyway, interesting game.
I hope you enjoyed it so much.