00:00To be continued...
00:07So I give you a chance to show what you're up to.
00:11So it's not my typical opening.
00:15So, and you played F4, huh? Aggressive.
00:20Almost the only way I know how to play the position, yeah.
00:24What would you do after Knight F6? How would you develop the pieces there?
00:27D6, F4, A6.
00:31No, I play A6, but I just...
00:33Oh, normally Knight F6 or Knight F3 I would answer.
00:36Of course, that's the...
00:38Okay, I just play this line and I think it's quite odd.
00:42You're right, you just develop the pieces, you did very nice.
00:47Nicely in the opening. B5.
00:49You could start with Bishop D3, you know, without...
00:52But E5 is good also.
00:54It's the same idea.
00:55I'm concerned about B4, yeah.
00:58No, that's good.
01:00That's good.
01:02I mean, the more normal move is Knight D7.
01:06They tried to play C5, but I just, I thought, okay, I'll play...
01:10This positional game, which can...
01:12It's a lousy position for Black, you know, but...
01:15But I thought maybe I can just, you know, I can play it over and we'll see what happens again.
01:19It's the...
01:21It's great fun for me.
01:22Yes, yes, yes.
01:23It's the castle.
01:24Castle, yes.
01:25Yes, the castle.
01:26And I play Knight E7.
01:30Bishop E3.
01:31Play Knight...
01:33Knight D7.
01:34Yes, sir.
01:35Yeah, you could have started with Bishop F2, by the way.
01:37Just, you know, to start bringing Bishop there, maybe.
01:41That's one of the ideas.
01:42You play Knight D4 here, yes?
01:43Yes.
01:44And I play Knight D5 and...
01:46Maybe pawn sacrifice now, still, you know, it's an option.
01:50You can just...
01:52Find it out.
01:53It's just something to think about.
01:56Yeah, but you play Queen D2.
01:58Okay, I immediately take this Bishop because it's the...
02:00And then I play Knight B6 and...
02:02You know, White is better, but I...
02:05Still, I was more comfortable because I took off this Bishop and there are no more threats of your Bishop appearing here and just, you know...
02:13Attacking the score.
02:14So now I can at least make a castle and I can, you know...
02:16That makes sense.
02:17I can stay in the game.
02:18So you played...
02:19So Bishop F2, two moves earlier.
02:21Yeah, exactly, yes.
02:22Oh, yeah.
02:23Knight B6 and you play the...
02:25Queen E2.
02:26Queen E2.
02:27Which is a very odd move.
02:28Because this is this...
02:29If you go on F2, you go on F2.
02:31So this is what...
02:32What does...
02:33Queen E2 doesn't match.
02:36You start with C3 or just, you know, Queen F2 because...
02:40After...
02:42Queen E2, so I castled.
02:45And then we played C3.
02:49Yeah, that was a...
02:50It was a...
02:51It was a right move because now my threat was Knight D5.
02:53G3 and Knight B4 just to win the second mission.
02:56The problem is I couldn't play Knight D5 here because Bishop B5 check.
03:00That's the...
03:01It's a trick.
03:02So I know Bishop B5.
03:03A B5.
03:04Queen Ace B5.
03:05Right.
03:06A loose Bishop on B7.
03:07Exactly.
03:08A loose Bishop.
03:09So that's why I had to castle.
03:10And then after C3, I wasn't sure, you know, what plan to choose.
03:14So I just thought I could just wait and just...
03:17That's what it felt.
03:18And I...
03:19I think I found an interesting plan.
03:21So this is...
03:22You played...
03:23A Knight Fd2.
03:24Yeah.
03:25A Rook Fd8.
03:26A Rook Fd8.
03:27Yes.
03:28A Rook Fd8.
03:29Now I should have just gone there to begin with.
03:31Okay.
03:32Here is a scan.
03:33This is the...
03:34Did you see that your Bishop was hanging?
03:35Yes.
03:36It is...
03:37This did not get played here.
03:38Yeah.
03:39Did you see that?
03:40I saw it and moved too late.
03:42Oh, this was in the position area.
03:43No, but then you have Knight C5.
03:45This is...
03:46Because you attack my Bishop.
03:47No, I didn't see that line.
03:49That's interesting.
03:50So you attack my Bishop now.
03:52And then you...
03:56You protect your Bishop.
03:57Like your Bishop.
03:58Right.
03:59Also, you know, that's...
04:00I don't know.
04:01I wasn't sure that that was...
04:02That was working for you.
04:04It probably...
04:05I could have...
04:06I could have just, you know...
04:07It's not...
04:08It's not the end of the world.
04:09So it's only a check.
04:10Right.
04:11But this is...
04:12This is important as well.
04:13Just to...
04:14I saw a similar...
04:15That's a good tactical resource.
04:16So...
04:17You just, you know...
04:18Yeah.
04:19So like a...
04:20Like a double attack.
04:21Which includes defense and attack.
04:23But technically a double attack.
04:25Because you attack here and defend here.
04:26So...
04:27And create a threat by taking...
04:29By taking the Bishop.
04:30So...
04:31Unfortunately it didn't work.
04:32So I made the move.
04:33I...
04:34I was trying to play Rook B8.
04:35You know...
04:36Just to prepare it to...
04:37Just to defend the Bishop.
04:38But then I just thought...
04:39It's okay.
04:40I just play Rook C8.
04:41Rook C8...
04:42And it was here that I did see a similar line.
04:44Which is why I...
04:45That's okay.
04:46That's okay.
04:47That's okay.
04:48You just moved on.
04:49And now I play Knight A4.
04:50And then...
04:51Yeah.
04:52Maybe you could have played B3.
04:53So this is...
04:54Okay.
04:55This is B3.
04:56And I thought...
04:57I don't know.
04:58I can't play D5 here.
04:59I tied it.
05:00Because you play Knight F6 check.
05:01Take.
05:02He takes.
05:03And then you win the piece.
05:04Yes.
05:05Again, the piece leaves with...
05:06You know...
05:07With...
05:08With...
05:09With check.
05:10So I probably had to go back here.
05:11Which is not...
05:12You know...
05:13The...
05:14Sort of greatest thing.
05:15But...
05:16It's not maybe that bad.
05:17Because you...
05:18We can...
05:19A little bit your position.
05:20It would have been much...
05:21Yeah.
05:22No.
05:23Because when B1...
05:24Then I just...
05:25You know...
05:26I thought okay.
05:27It's time.
05:28I take you.
05:29I play D5.
05:30And now...
05:31I don't know.
05:32Maybe...
05:33But Knight C5 is not...
05:34Didn't make sense to me.
05:35Yeah.
05:36It doesn't make much sense.
05:37So because...
05:38But Knight D2 C5...
05:39At least...
05:40You know...
05:41My position is...
05:42You know...
05:43It's breathing.
05:44So I...
05:45Well here...
05:46It was...
05:47Because they...
05:48Take me as a pawn...
05:49My rook just...
05:50You know...
05:51Activated.
05:52And I like this position.
05:53But...
05:54It's not that...
05:55Terrible for White...
05:56Because it's...
05:57You know...
05:58It's too hard for me...
05:59To make an improvement.
06:00But the trick is that...
06:01You know...
06:02Now...
06:03The whole idea was...
06:04G4 doesn't work anymore...
06:05Because it's...
06:06Even...
06:07Even if you were G4 or F5...
06:08I just protect this pawn...
06:09And then...
06:10There are no threats here.
06:11Real threats.
06:12And it just...
06:13You weaken this pawn.
06:14And you have to make sure that...
06:15My plan is somehow to play B4...
06:17And just to...
06:18To attack this...
06:19This is your strong call.
06:20Yes.
06:21I want to make sure that...
06:22It...
06:23It falls one way or another.
06:24So...
06:25And...
06:26So you played...
06:27You played G4 here, yes?
06:28Yep.
06:29Yes.
06:30Which is...
06:31That's the bad move.
06:32That's a bad move.
06:33And...
06:34And I played Rc7.
06:35Yep.
06:36Just...
06:37Solid move.
06:38And this is...
06:39Engage one.
06:40And I was asking...
06:41At any point...
06:42If the bishop takes B5...
06:43An idea...
06:44Okay.
06:45Knight C5...
06:46I played here...
06:47That's what...
06:48You know...
06:49I thought...
06:50Take on B5...
06:51I can make an intermediate move...
06:52I'm not sure...
06:53I can...
06:54I can simply exchange...
06:55You know...
06:56Queen B8...
06:57Knight C7...
06:58Queen C7...
06:59Two pawns...
07:00For Bishop and Knight...
07:01If it's an end game...
07:02It will be winning...
07:03Because two pawns...
07:04Right.
07:05But...
07:06We have...
07:07Queens...
07:08And...
07:09On the board...
07:10And also...
07:11I have squares...
07:12For my...
07:13For my light pieces...
07:14So I think...
07:15Position is pretty bad for you...
07:16Because...
07:17You have no...
07:18You have no counter play...
07:19So this is...
07:20It makes sense to me...
07:21Pushing these pawns...
07:22It's a dream...
07:23So it's not going to happen...
07:24So I'll start...
07:25You know...
07:26Doing other things...
07:27Like...
07:28And...
07:29Okay...
07:30With pawn on G2...
07:31Maybe...
07:32You could hold...
07:33But with pawn on G4...
07:34This is...
07:35Bust...
07:36It's really too weak...
07:37So that's why...
07:38You were right by...
07:39I saw you were...
07:40You were...
07:41Your...
07:42Your hand was there...
07:43I was right...
07:44Almost there...
07:45You look at his pawn...
07:46So...
07:47But then you just...
07:48You made the right move...
07:49Queen E1...
07:50I played Queen B6...
07:51And now you have to play Rd1...
07:52So Rd1...
07:53And then A3...
07:54And just...
07:55You know...
07:56And hold it...
07:57Push it back...
07:58And...
07:59And...
08:00So you made a mistake...
08:01You played B3...
08:02Here...
08:03Because now...
08:04Now I can go B4...
08:05And now I'm just...
08:07Uh...
08:08Weakening your...
08:09Your stronghold in the center...
08:10If you take here...
08:11I go with knight on D3...
08:13Queen E3...
08:14I just simply take here...
08:15And this knight is very weak now...
08:17And eventually we'll change it...
08:18You know...
08:19And it's...
08:20A3 for instance...
08:21The knight C6...
08:22And...
08:23Doesn't look good...
08:24It doesn't feel good...
08:25Because...
08:26Yeah...
08:27Because I have strong pawn...
08:28And you have all these weaknesses...
08:29And...
08:30And then you played F5 here...
08:31Which is...
08:32F5...
08:33And I played knight D3...
08:34And that's okay...
08:35Lost in time...
08:36The only move is Queen H4 here...
08:37But then probably after Rc8...
08:38You know...
08:39Then you can play F6...
08:40I play Bishop F8...
08:41But...
08:42It's...
08:43It's an illusion of the attack...
08:44Because you don't have any more pieces here...
08:45Just to create threats...
08:47This pawn is hanging...
08:48And everything here is collapsing...
08:50So this is the...
08:51It's like in...
08:53My favorite Sicilian...
08:54So that's why...
08:55You know...
08:56You're here...
08:57And I'm going there...
08:58From there...
08:59So it's the...
09:00And it's...
09:01But anyway...
09:02It was a good game...
09:03Thank you very much...
09:04What an honor...
09:05You definitely...
09:06Thank you...
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