Hi there.
In this lecture we see Anatoly Karpov against Garry Kasparov in the 1994 Karpov Kasparov World Championship
match, round three.
So we have E four from Karpov.
These are still in defense.
We have 93, e6d4c takes the 419 6490 69b5, D six.
And now Karpov chooses a miracle D bind.
So C four tries to get a bind on B five and D five here.
This is a great positional choice.
We have 9f6 .12 c3a6 93.
Bishop e seven Bishop E two.
Both sides Castle B six.
So Karpov has great positional control here.
From the opening we have Bishop E three targeting B six, Bishop B seven.
And now a very interesting move.
Queen B free.
So the idea is just to try and get back to defend that B six target.
So for example, 97 and one could get a very comfortable looking position here, even though objectively
it's about equal.
White does look quite comfortable here.
But Kasparov actually had a novelty move in mind.
He actually played Knight a five.
So this hits the queen and it also looks at E four cup off here, accepts the challenge and plays Queen
Saxbe six accepts this trail of pawns.
Queen two is possible, but Black could play 9c6 and this is an even position but Queen B six, we have
nine takes E four.
There's a little bit of controversy.
You might think here.
It looks like a sense pawn has been traded for a flank pawn.
So why would Karpov do this?
Well, he does actually have a 3 to 1 pawn majority on this side of the board, and it's easier quite
often if one's king is not behind it.
So even though Black's got majority of pawns on this side of the board because the king's behind it,
it's more difficult later to use that majority in general.
So it is interesting.
Knight takes E for Bishop, takes E for Queen, takes the eight, and now Bishop takes the eight.
The thing is, if Rook eight takes the eight, tactics are super important.
Bishop B six that would folk rock and knight winning in exchange.
So Bishop takes D eight and now this does lead to a tempo gain actually because D six is neglected.
Now Rook 81 with tempo and tempo is actually it's not just for attacking chess players, it's for any
test players.
If we can work with tempo, it's kind of safeguarding us from the amazing Wolf of resources.
A very resourceful opponent, especially Garry Kasparov, has at their disposal if it's all working
with tempo of positional play.
So here attacking D six, we have D five.
It seems Kasparov is not content to play Bishop E seven in this case, Knight B one improves that worse
pace with a vengeance because now actually with Knight C free with tempo.
This is the key thing, working with tempo and then a move like be free.
We have a solid pawn structure here, free to one pawn majority and a nice fixed target on D six.
This is a beauty of a position to take it further if need B seven for Bishop six Bishop Default White
has a really nice pleasant advantage here.
So D five is played instead we have a three bishop F five and yeah, this loses a pawn essentially.
C takes D five, E takes Rook, takes D five.
But is there a backfire with Bishop E6 skewing the rook and the pawn there before we even get into that
C takes D five is interesting.
You might have thought, well, what about g four?
So there's no bishop e six later.
The thing is G four weakens dark squares.
So C takes E takes rook, takes rook here is more effective here than it was with the pawn on G two.
Because if we play, for example, King F2, then unfortunately, can you see what black plays?
Yeah.
Bishop For just winning material.
E Freeze dropping off there.
So basically, if Rook FD won instead, which is resourceful against the eights, this position, it
could end up with a slight advantage, but it's a bit of complexity we really don't need.
So C takes his plate.
E tanks.
Rook tanks.
D five.
Allowing the skewer.
But now rook dd six.
So hitting a six.
So it's still going to be a pawn up now.
So still a pawn up again for two three pawns.
It's only a one passport over here now, Rook eight.
This actually makes things worse, though, for Smurf.
If rook takes a six, Bishop takes a six.
Bishop e seven White can improve the Knights with Knight B five.
And it's a very pleasant position here.
It's a small edge at least, but that's really what Kasparov should have played, it seems, because
Rook actually makes things worse now.
It seems maybe preparation let him down here.
If this was all prepared gambit, maybe the team smarter team had expected Bishop D form, in which
case might be free is interesting.
And Bishop B six check.
And here 90 C five kind of tries to win the rook.
We have Bishop b4 but it gets to be just an even position.
There's enough play for black hair for sure.
That pawn is not really going to go anywhere if rook D one rook tanks B two This is plausible rook d2
This position is actually plausible.
Maybe free Bishop b4 with tempo rookie eight Bishop b five with tempo and this is actually rather nice
after A it's crushing.
So that was another plausible move it seems.
Rook rd one here.
This sets black some significant problems but okay, so we have Bishop C five though this is really
nifty with tempo against the rook and there's another tempo gain at Bishop B five.
So these tempo gainers improve the bishops.
They're not so loose and is protected by the knight on a free they're with tempo.
So restricting what really the opponent can do, trying to gain time for positional chess itself.
So rookie sex is played if rook takes B five.
This tactical idea of Bishop C doesn't work so well because of 96.
So Bishop takes a six, nine, six, eight.
This position leaves white with a nice advantage.
It's much easier to exploit the pass born here in this two minor piece scenario so rookie six is played.
We have b4 and now Knight B seven If knight be free Bishop f to Rook takes a sex bishop takes a six
rook tanks B for rookie one is strong hair.
That back row is a major liability.
And say G six rookie eight check king G seven, rookie takes eight.
It's just the major liability.
The back row which echoes actually it foreshadows echoes what's going to come next in the game later.
So Bishop F to Bishop E seven we have 9c2.
So the threat here is on those of discovery on a 2.3 X with Bishop D five protecting that bishop by
moving it.
But another tempo game Rook rd one and it seems to go into a skewer.
But Karpov has this under control.
Guess what he plays here for 100 points.
Yeah.
Route 37.
And it's got a simple idea behind it that actually we pressurized e seven.
So we're threatening rook tanks and rook tanks.
E seven Rook dear is played.
If Bishop takes C2, rook takes e six getting the bishop back with interest.
So here Bishop dd 7e6 We're being weak.
We can afford Bishop C five to sort out our back row issues and here black will be in some pain in this
position.
It has a big advantage there.
So, okay, Rook d a is played, but now here rook takes e six so trying to win that bishop on e seven.
If rook takes B seven, this is plausible as well, actually.
Rook D one check.
There's 91 saving the day for white.
This position leads to an advantage for white as well.
So yes, that is possible.
So anyway, rook tanks e six was played, which is great as well.
Rook takes D seven.
If bishop takes E six, we're just playing rook tanks e seven here material up.
We've always got 91 if D one check as example.
So Rook takes D seven and here though contemplates just a great move which sorts out all of Black's
threats and is still with tempo.
Can you see what it is for 500 points.
Really nifty move here.
Leaving black in a world of pain.
So it's more of a pawn down, but off the rookie one.
So safeguarding the rook means Bishop 67, is on the cards now.
So what does black do if the rook leaves?
The protection of the Bishop White will take because of Black's back row weakness.
And here, for example, Rook RD, one check.
91 Big advantage.
Any king of fate.
That's rookie Checkmate immediately.
So Rook C seven was tried, but now again with tempo and it ends the game tempo winning move ends the
game for 100 points.
What would you play here?
So yeah, there's a big reassurance layer when we do temperatures, even if it's attacking chess or
positional chess, gaining tempo, gaining moves on the boards by force, limiting the opponent's replies
means opponents can't be that resourceful.
You know, sometimes tempo gaining is not you know, you have to look at what's happening in the position.
Sometimes you have to assess the positions.
It might be negative to try and gain tempo, but here Bishop risks crushing.
End of game.
If Rook takes C2, Rook takes E seven and the back row is a big problem.
It's a really big problem.
If G six rook takes B seven piece up.
Thanks very much.
If Knight RD six we play Bishop C five and one is black, do check King F two.
There is a check.
But now if we're careful, what would you play here for?
500 points.
Don't lose 500 points.
There's a possibility of losing 500 points here.
Yeah.
King E one, not King G free.
This goes into a workable configuration,
potentially.
And in fact, we can we can do much better than 95.
We can actually play Rook take C five first.
So it's like winning a whole rook with the check.
So, no, we actually play King E one and this leaves black in big trouble.
Check, check.
King E two.
No more significant checks.
And if king for a rookie is checkmate because the knight being penned beautiful stuff if that carried
on.
But the game ended on Bishop six.
I thought this was a magnificent example that we want a positional mindset, but we we also want to
know what positional players in practice like Karpov, like Adams actually do.
And if they gain tempos, it would be a big omission not to kind of emphasize that tempo.
Gaining as part of positional chess, like in this game, really made the whole thing much smoother
and more elegant of a game.
More control was added, in fact, to the game, and positional players are about control.
And if we can control the game with tempo gains, that's really good.
Like this beautiful game.
And this was a really critical match.
It was a match in which Kasparov nearly got completely demolished by Karpov but came back in the end
and then the match was abandoned.
So it ended in a big controversy.
But this was just in round three of the 1984 World Championship match.
So there were immense amount of draws later.
But yeah, this was absolutely Karpov made it look easy and looked like a strong favorite with this
win early on in the match.
Yeah, but it's the tempo Express trains.
The tempo usage to my mind is very instructive and a great reminder.
You know, positional chess can make use of tempos for sure, just like attacking players can make use
of tempos.
So winning tempo, winning time on the board.
So in the extreme example, imagine you have two moves in a row.
Often you can win from loads more positions.
So winning tempo is really key and we see a lot of tempo gainers in this game.
Okay, so much.