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00:00:00Good evening, good afternoon, and good morning, depending on where you are in the world.
00:00:04We'd like to present to you a two-game series from part four of my April chess games.
00:00:11Now, this won't be something I'll be doing every day.
00:00:16Well, this will be something I'll be doing from time to time.
00:00:18Now, we are nearing the end of April, so what I'll do is...
00:00:24I can't care... Let's see how many days we have in the month.
00:00:283.30.
00:00:34Okay, what I'm going to do is...
00:00:37I'm not sure if I'm going to have time for this series tomorrow,
00:00:41but if I don't upload a video tomorrow, I'll do one on May.
00:00:46So that's what I'll do.
00:00:47So this will be either the last one or the second to last one.
00:00:51I'll just say this was the last one for April.
00:00:53If I do another one tomorrow, that will be a bonus, all right?
00:00:56So with that said, I would like to take this time to thank all the people watching this live on
00:01:02Facebook.
00:01:03I do appreciate it.
00:01:04I'll be going into depth about my two games,
00:01:08and I'll be talking about themes of the opening, middle game, and end game.
00:01:13I'll have two games that are instructional.
00:01:16What I'd like the listener to and the watch, the person, the viewer to do,
00:01:21is pay attention not just to who won, lost, or draw the game,
00:01:27but actually the quality of the moves and the reason behind this, okay?
00:01:31The idea is after each game, we should be able to look at the main points
00:01:35and to learn something from the game where we are always constantly improving the game, okay?
00:01:41Now, in this case, I played white in this game.
00:01:44It was a 10-minute game, and I played the d4, g6.
00:01:49Now, this is the modern defense.
00:01:52Normally, white will play e4 instead of d4, but it can transpose.
00:01:57So, I play e4 next, get space, bishop g7, knight c3.
00:02:01Now, the idea of knight c3 now is to prevent d5.
00:02:06e6, now I played f4.
00:02:08Now, this is kind of a...
00:02:10This can transpose, but this is a critical point in the opening
00:02:15where I can either play knight f3, I can play bishop c4, I can play bishop e2,
00:02:21I even can play bishop e3 here.
00:02:24I'm going to play for some space to see.
00:02:27Kind of make this a closed game and slow down the game.
00:02:31So, you don't just have these quick tactics, but you're going to play more of a positional game.
00:02:38So, actually, if I look at this...
00:02:40Now, it is theoretical at this point.
00:02:46The engine's not so great in the opening, but he's extremely good in the middle game.
00:02:51And also, increasingly competent in the in-game as well.
00:02:57So, anyway, I played f4.
00:03:00Knight e7, knight f3.
00:03:04And then he plays knight to bc6.
00:03:08Now, here, when your opponent makes a mistake where he doesn't get the c pawn forward
00:03:15to undermine the pawn.
00:03:17Now, yes, we have this attack twice, but you can simply just play, for example, c5.
00:03:22And then followed by knight c6.
00:03:24So, I would consider this a mistake not a big one, but sizable.
00:03:34Now, I'm going to focus mostly on moves from white's point of view.
00:03:39What I want to do is...
00:03:40What I want to do is to say, okay, I want to overprotect d4.
00:03:44Because at some point, he's going to probably want to play bishop...
00:03:49Get bishop g4 in.
00:03:51And then, also, I can play on the e3 to a7 diagonal.
00:03:57So, if you ever try c5, I'll just take it.
00:04:01So, bishop e3.
00:04:02And the engine happens to agree.
00:04:04Bishop e3 is a flexible move because I can play queen d2.
00:04:08Bishop d3 is not so great because knight b4.
00:04:11And then, when the bishop moves, he plays c5 and then knight c6.
00:04:14So, it's a slightly tempo game.
00:04:16And that plays b6.
00:04:19A little bit passive.
00:04:20I think better to castle.
00:04:23But, see, the thing is, what is he going to gain by this?
00:04:27It's a little bit slow because you've got to play b6, bishop b7, then move the knight.
00:04:32Queen d2.
00:04:34You see how white's play is faster.
00:04:35Bishop b7.
00:04:38I play bishop e2.
00:04:42Okay.
00:04:43Not terribly bad.
00:04:44Castle.
00:04:46And we have white to play here.
00:04:50Most logical, I would say, is castle.
00:04:53But you can play h4 and h5 at this point.
00:04:56So, h4 is just something to consider.
00:04:59The idea is you're playing h4.
00:05:01King is in the center.
00:05:03If h5, I'm sorry, if d5, we play e5.
00:05:07And, of course, if h5 now, we're going to play knight g5 and then possibly sack, even try to sack
00:05:14that.
00:05:15Knight h2, g4, and try to hit this h pawn.
00:05:19So, he could play f5 now to hit in the center.
00:05:23e5 and then h5.
00:05:25Problem with this setup is now you have a weak g pawn.
00:05:29So, after castle, queen c8.
00:05:34Notice that you're not getting much control of the center.
00:05:39White's going to play moves like knight g5, largely uncontested.
00:05:43And then, I suggest knight d1.
00:05:49Yeah, probably knight d1 with the idea of knight f2, g4, to h2.
00:05:55Yeah, to play g4 possible.
00:05:57Well, not g4.
00:05:57But what you really want to do is you want to be able to find a way to attack this
00:06:02h1.
00:06:04So, that's one possibility.
00:06:06Knight a4, I don't really like that idea.
00:06:08Why?
00:06:09What are we doing on a4?
00:06:13See, this is more positional.
00:06:14This is not just the engine strength.
00:06:18I would suggest rook a d1 because the rook on f1 is already good.
00:06:22And there's this idea in Don to play knight g5, rook f3, rook g3.
00:06:30And so, the idea is even if he trades it, it's okay.
00:06:33He can always come back to h3.
00:06:35And now, we do have a threat on g6.
00:06:41He plays d5 now.
00:06:44Okay, so, rook fd1 possibly.
00:06:49No, we'll just say white is clearly better at this point.
00:06:54The question is, black has to come up with a play in which he's going to undermine these pawns.
00:06:59Now, he could play d6.
00:07:03But the problem is now we've got this backward g pawn.
00:07:06So, that's going to be a problem.
00:07:08I'll have to castle.
00:07:11D5, e5 now.
00:07:12Notice we have this pawn wedge where we have to – I mean, we have this wedge into the position
00:07:17where it's affecting both d6 and f6.
00:07:20Now, he could play something like f6.
00:07:22But the problem is now, when are you going to play h5?
00:07:25g6 is going to be a little weaker.
00:07:28So, yes, even the engine thinks f6.
00:07:31Just to get some play because you can get run over in this position.
00:07:35Engine suggests g4, then queen d7.
00:07:40Rook a, e1 now.
00:07:43Notice where the rook is when you look over the pieces.
00:07:46It's eyeing e6.
00:07:49My a5 now.
00:07:51I'd like to play in the knight on c4.
00:07:54So, we play b3.
00:07:56Stops knight c4.
00:07:58Rook a, d8.
00:07:59Black will get some play, but maybe too little too late.
00:08:04After knight to d1.
00:08:05And then knight f2.
00:08:08So, black could continue with c5.
00:08:10Finally getting some play in.
00:08:13C3.
00:08:14And the thing about it is, worst comes to worst.
00:08:19We can play knight f2 to knight d3 and then swing the other rook over.
00:08:24So, the problem with this at this point is, if you play f5 now, you permanently –
00:08:31I mean, yeah, you can still play c takes and then, for example, c takes.
00:08:36The other idea with this – because this is hit twice, right?
00:08:40The other idea with this is, like – yeah, c takes d, okay.
00:08:43This is hitting being hit twice.
00:08:44So, white is still clearly better after c3.
00:08:50We can hold that stable with the pawn chain.
00:08:55We've got lots of extra space.
00:08:58He's trying some counterplay with c5 and then, with the idea of knight c6 and trying to play,
00:09:03maybe move the action over to the c file.
00:09:07Black will get some play, but the question is, once white can contest the c5, I don't think –
00:09:13and then play, like, knight d3, I don't think black's going to be very low off here.
00:09:19So, anyway, knight f5, bishop f2, so we're a5, bishop d3.
00:09:31Now, it's not easy to find the right move here.
00:09:34What I'd like to do is make this e pawn a passed pawn and then get rid of this good
00:09:42–
00:09:42this well-placed knight because it's hitting here twice.
00:09:46So, there is some tricky stuff after bishop d3.
00:09:50The idea with bishop d3 now is, if knight takes – I'll just give you a sample line, okay.
00:09:57So, let's suppose black plays knight c takes d4, keeping that knight on f5.
00:10:02We can play knight takes and knight takes.
00:10:05Now, here's the tricky thing.
00:10:07Oh, wait. Oh, sorry. We can play bishop takes.
00:10:11Oh, excuse me. Sorry. I was thinking, even worse case or not,
00:10:15I think I had something like bishop takes g6.
00:10:18And if knight takes c2, we have bishop takes h7, check, king takes, and then queen takes.
00:10:23With check, and then rook ac1.
00:10:26So, yeah, you – yeah. Never mind.
00:10:33Yeah, so knight cd4 just loses. Okay, excuse me.
00:10:37Well, either way, I still – I mean, this is still winning.
00:10:41Either way, I look at it, it's still going to be winning for white.
00:10:43So, knight c e7.
00:10:46Now, according to this, he doesn't like this move, but the problem is you can't really get anything on e4.
00:10:53The knight defends us, yes, but the problem is you're not really creating counterplay.
00:10:59Now, yes, we can play c5 and stuff after, knight e2, rook c8.
00:11:03Now, I think this is too slow. I think you should just simply just play c5.
00:11:08Because the thing is, it's provoking this c4 move, so I play c3, trade, trade, and then play rook c8.
00:11:13But maybe it's transposable after rook c8, knight g3, c5.
00:11:20Okay, so we want to trade this off knight for knight.
00:11:24And here, I could have played – okay, I played the engine second by some moves.
00:11:28So, you can see I've played this fairly well.
00:11:31Now, he's suggesting play rook c3, like I was saying when I looked at this the second time.
00:11:37And then what I would do is I play a3 just after the trade.
00:11:41He can't get anything on b4, and I can actually threaten to push, right?
00:11:46So, I'm going to hit this twice.
00:11:50So, a3, you could trade this off.
00:11:53And actually, we could hit tick with a pawn.
00:11:59I'm curious.
00:12:01I was thinking tick with the bishop, but it's curious.
00:12:05Bishop h6g, h5 now, queen e2.
00:12:12That's curious.
00:12:16So, we – looks like we have like knight g5, knight h3, followed by g4.
00:12:23Or knight g5, followed by g4.
00:12:27Knight f5 now.
00:12:29Almost twice.
00:12:31H2 now, like I was saying.
00:12:34C takes, c takes.
00:12:38Bishop c6.
00:12:41So, what's the idea between bishops – okay, but then I still have a g4.
00:12:45So, bishops – it's a little bit passive.
00:12:47Like I said, white is clearly better here.
00:12:50g4 and then what?
00:12:52But I'm going to play pawn takes, pawn open up to kingside, or I'm going to kick the knight.
00:12:56So, this is clearly better for white.
00:12:59I'm not going to go into the full analysis because that's – oops, that's the job of an engine to
00:13:03go through the full analysis.
00:13:05But the thing is, you want to get a feel for the position to see where you stand.
00:13:08So, instead of c3, I played the engine that was the second best move, knight takes, knight takes.
00:13:15And then I played bishop takes, figuring, okay, maybe he's still going to get c4 in.
00:13:21So, even after b3, c4 takes and pawn takes.
00:13:26So, I said, okay, after e takes f, it is white to play at this point.
00:13:32And this is the point where you have to pause a moment.
00:13:34You feel something's going to happen.
00:13:36There's an intuition about it.
00:13:38It's like, what's the best move here?
00:13:40Okay.
00:13:40We have bishop h4.
00:13:42What we want to do is say, okay, what objective leads to best move in position?
00:13:46We have – okay, the knight on f2 – I mean, the bishop on f2 is good, but how about
00:13:52we improve the bishop?
00:13:54Well, what can we improve?
00:13:55Well, we can improve the rook on a1.
00:13:58Possibly.
00:14:01Excuse me.
00:14:02The rook on f1 is pretty much where it's supposed to be.
00:14:05We could go bishop h4.
00:14:06But my concern with that is just a one-move threat after queen d7, c3.
00:14:13Bishop a6 now on the rook.
00:14:16And then rook fe1 now.
00:14:18What I'd like to do is, white, is push e6.
00:14:21The idea is you want to weaken this pawn chain, eventually getting at one of the base pawns, g and
00:14:28h pawn, but first g pawn.
00:14:30So, you see bishop c4 now.
00:14:34Now, that's a plus or a minus because now you're blockading that c file where you want to play anyway.
00:14:40So, king h1 does become an outpost.
00:14:46Yes.
00:14:47And then you could play rook fe8 or h6.
00:14:52Either way, white's going to be clearly better.
00:14:57So, I mean, for example, you could follow it up with playing a3, like I was talking about.
00:15:03Right?
00:15:04a3, b4.
00:15:05Get this traded and play on the queen side.
00:15:07Notice we've cut off squares for the rook going on d8.
00:15:12Also e7.
00:15:15So, according to the engine, and definitely better.
00:15:19I don't know if it's clearly better, but definitely better.
00:15:22So, after d takes c, it doesn't like this move at all.
00:15:30Maybe I'm giving up the tension too quick.
00:15:32The idea now is we've got an isolated pawn on d5.
00:15:36So, we'd like to play rook a d1.
00:15:38And then worst case scenario, play like queen d3 or queen d4.
00:15:42And then, like, triple up on this.
00:15:45It'll take some moves, though.
00:15:46That's the only thing about it.
00:15:48So, d takes, b takes, rook a d1.
00:15:53Let's rook fd1.
00:15:58Well, I was thinking I want to put the f rook on e1, not on d1.
00:16:03Because, like, where is this rook going to be?
00:16:07So, rook a d1, d4, c3 now.
00:16:13Yeah, c3 is one of the considerations because after c3, he takes the pawn, for example.
00:16:24We're going to take back with our pawn, hitting this twice.
00:16:27And it's an uncovered attack on the queen.
00:16:30Now, he doesn't have to take the pawn.
00:16:32But let's say he plays bishop b6 now.
00:16:34We're on the rook.
00:16:35We just simply just move the rook over and e1.
00:16:38Now, we are controlling some squares, which is good for him.
00:16:41And then d3.
00:16:43So, that's the drawback of doing that.
00:16:46So, yes, we would have to force the issue of playing e6.
00:16:51And queen d5, hitting the pawn, defending on f7.
00:16:54We would take, would check.
00:16:57Queen would take.
00:16:59Because we don't want to weaken.
00:17:00What you don't want to do is black is weakened the back ring.
00:17:03So, that's what he's doing.
00:17:04So, I'm going to play b3 and c4 more likely.
00:17:07Black now plays c4.
00:17:09So, you say, okay, go ahead and take it.
00:17:11But actually, it's hit twice.
00:17:12So, now you have to take it.
00:17:16And then you see black has some play.
00:17:17This is not what I was aiming for when I, what I would basically need to do is I would
00:17:23need to play like 9e5.
00:17:28Or I can play bishop d4 to trade it off.
00:17:30Take, take, and then play 9e5 after that, hitting this third time.
00:17:34So, even the engine likes bishop d4 at this point.
00:17:39Bishop takes.
00:17:41C takes d.
00:17:44Curious.
00:17:46Okay.
00:17:46But then queen c2 is possible.
00:17:48Queen c3 is possible.
00:17:51Oh, sorry.
00:17:52Not queen c2 because queen takes d3.
00:17:55Right.
00:17:56Rook f e8.
00:17:56And I think the idea is we'd have to trade rooks and then play queen d3.
00:18:02Yeah.
00:18:03So, even the engine agrees.
00:18:04Rook takes.
00:18:05Rook takes.
00:18:07And the problem is here.
00:18:10Oh, okay.
00:18:11So, we can't win that pawn because the bishop is defended twice.
00:18:16Then rook e8.
00:18:17Rook e1.
00:18:18The problem is now we've got this passed pawn.
00:18:20So, engine calls its equal.
00:18:23But I think I like.
00:18:25It's a little complicated because how are we going to deal with the pawn on d3?
00:18:29So, this is not what white's after.
00:18:32What I would say after knight e1 is I wanted to put the knight on d3 to blockade the pawn.
00:18:38Same time hitting the pawn on c5.
00:18:40So, after bishop to a6.
00:18:44Instead, he suggests h4.
00:18:46It does give us the law for the king.
00:18:49But then we'd have to sacrifice the rook.
00:18:51That's very curious.
00:18:53King takes f1.
00:18:55H5.
00:18:57And then a4.
00:19:00I don't know if I like this.
00:19:03No, no, no, no.
00:19:04Bishop a6.
00:19:06It's h5.
00:19:07A4.
00:19:09Queen b6.
00:19:10We're also on the b pawn too.
00:19:12The c pawn's weak.
00:19:14So, no.
00:19:15I don't like that.
00:19:16I don't even like it anyway because even if it wasn't winning, I still don't like it.
00:19:21So, bishop a6.
00:19:23What we can do is, see, we've got this going forward.
00:19:28So, d takes c.
00:19:29It was actually quite bad.
00:19:37Queen b6.
00:19:39Well, after knight e1, queen d5, here we're going for a threat on this g pawn.
00:19:48And we have the knight defending it.
00:19:53I played bishop g3 now, over-defending it.
00:19:58The problem with bishop g3 is that this bishop's not doing much there.
00:20:03So, instead, instead, it's suggesting queen takes a5.
00:20:09My concern with queen takes a5 is rook a8.
00:20:13Is it not?
00:20:14Rook a8.
00:20:16Queen goes back to d2 and then rook takes a2.
00:20:19Even queen takes a2.
00:20:22Rook takes a2.
00:20:24It's...
00:20:24I don't know if I like that much.
00:20:28Yeah.
00:20:30I think the engine's getting a little greedy there.
00:20:35Bishop g3.
00:20:36I'm not quite liking my position anymore.
00:20:40I mean, knight f3, maybe knight e1.
00:20:44Yeah, the problem he's got...
00:20:46Yeah, I like black's position.
00:20:47Black is actually better here.
00:20:50And queen d5 was a pretty good move, actually.
00:20:53It made some...
00:20:54What the difference was in this game...
00:20:56So, I had this over-defended.
00:20:57So, the queen can move.
00:20:59And the difference was I'd made a lot of good maneuvers...
00:21:03And then chipped away at the center.
00:21:05Queen takes a2.
00:21:06Knight d3.
00:21:08So, notice we've blockaded the pawn.
00:21:10We're hitting on c-pawn.
00:21:11Problem is, now he can play...
00:21:13I wonder if he can play c4 now?
00:21:18So, he took this pawn.
00:21:20Let me assess the position.
00:21:22We have six pawns against seven.
00:21:25We are preparing to play rook a1 after c4.
00:21:32So, for example, let's say he plays c4 now.
00:21:35Hit the knight.
00:21:37Rook a1.
00:21:40C3.
00:21:41Yeah, just as the engine says.
00:21:43Rook takes a2.
00:21:44Pawn takes a2.
00:21:46And then b3 now.
00:21:49Defends this pawn.
00:21:53This is very...
00:21:54This is not...
00:21:54This is not good.
00:21:56This is not...
00:21:57I mean, this is not so easy.
00:21:58a4.
00:21:59B takes a...
00:22:02I like to play like rook d1 and pick up the pawn.
00:22:06Because, you see, we can't play bishop f2 and e3.
00:22:09But, bishop f2 might be an idea.
00:22:12Because we're hitting this pawn and then...
00:22:14It's possible.
00:22:16It should be a 5.
00:22:18B2.
00:22:19So, this is how we have to analyze.
00:22:20We have to look at...
00:22:21Okay, we want to look at his threat and say,
00:22:24Okay, how can we long-term fight against the threat?
00:22:29Well, we can blockade the pawn.
00:22:30Okay.
00:22:32Now, can we connect the rooks?
00:22:33We have addressed the concern of the mate earlier after queen d5.
00:22:39You see that, right?
00:22:41The other thing in queen d5, we have a threat here,
00:22:44which is defended, but also...
00:22:46Pawn an a2, which is a good thing and a bad thing at the same time.
00:22:50We got an active queen.
00:22:53And we're also attacking the idea is takes and takes.
00:22:58Bishop g3, I'm not so sure about that.
00:23:02I'm not so sure about bishop g3 now.
00:23:08We need 5.
00:23:10I'm not so sure about this.
00:23:13Because he's also mentioning knight f3 as a possibility.
00:23:17The only problem with this is it looks like we've wasted the move back and forth.
00:23:23Rook fd8.
00:23:25I just like this position more for white, for black, has a lot much more.
00:23:29Queen takes a5, and then rook a8.
00:23:32Like I was saying, even the engine agrees with that.
00:23:35Queen c7 now hitting the bishop.
00:23:37But it's defended.
00:23:39Yeah, I don't really like this.
00:23:41Rook db8 now.
00:23:44Okay, so we're defending the bishop.
00:23:49E3.
00:23:50So that's something for white.
00:23:52This is not easy to play because it's kind of...
00:23:55You have to be very precise about your calculations.
00:23:57Rook f e1.
00:24:00I think e6, knight g5 and stuff can work.
00:24:04There is the rook takes b2 now.
00:24:08We're on the c pawn.
00:24:09We're going to have two pass pawns.
00:24:10This is a little dangerous.
00:24:12I think black's going to be better.
00:24:14It's one thing you don't want to allow that to happen.
00:24:17So bishop g3.
00:24:19Probably mistake.
00:24:21But position is difficult as it is.
00:24:24Knight d3 now.
00:24:26So we defend that b pawn.
00:24:27And we're preparing to play rook a1.
00:24:30Okay, so queen d5.
00:24:34b3 now.
00:24:35So he stopped c4.
00:24:36Which was the whole purpose.
00:24:39So yes, when we look at it, he's up a pawn, I believe.
00:24:44But it looks as if eventually that d pawn is going to fall.
00:24:48Or the c pawn is going to fall.
00:24:50Rook f e8.
00:24:53And I play rook f2 now.
00:25:02The idea was, I want to eventually play queen takes a5.
00:25:07Because it's in conjunction with knight d3.
00:25:11But of course, at this point, I can't do it.
00:25:13Because, yeah, I want to play knight takes c5 with b4.
00:25:18The idea of b4 and then move the queen.
00:25:20But the problem is, I can't do it right away because he has a threat on g2.
00:25:28Here's another idea.
00:25:30We look for different ideas.
00:25:32Knight b2 stops c4, stops a4.
00:25:36Rook a, rook a8 now.
00:25:40Bishop h4.
00:25:41Now let's see.
00:25:42If we put the bishop on h4, we are stopping the rook from going to d8.
00:25:48Trip c6.
00:25:51H3 getting some love for the king.
00:25:54It's saying black is actually winning after.
00:25:59Well, he has h6 and king h7.
00:26:03But bishops, but h3 has something.
00:26:09But he's a, it's a little bit superficial because you're a pawn down and he sees it as winning.
00:26:14But rook a8, rook a1, okay, the idea is we want to get, we're going to be, we're going to
00:26:20at some point attacking, well, we're attacking this twice.
00:26:25So c4 now, this is a critical position, okay?
00:26:29Black has the idea of playing c4 or a4.
00:26:32Now both have their pluses and minuses.
00:26:34The minus of c4 is after I take this, d pawn becomes weaker.
00:26:40Yeah, okay, the, and then, of course, if we play a4 instead now, I take on a4 now, get the
00:26:50pawn.
00:26:51Black can play c4 now, but then we, knight can go to b4.
00:26:56Or, yes, he can go to e1 as well.
00:27:00Defending this rook, playing c3.
00:27:03Well, I don't want to play c3 because he has got d3 coming.
00:27:07Yeah.
00:27:08This is still quite a bit better for black, but, so I have to c4, b takes, queen takes.
00:27:19Knight b2 now, we're on the queen.
00:27:24The idea now is, if we ever play c3, this is defended.
00:27:29We want to, we're also threatening to win on the a pawn.
00:27:32So, with the, that's the problem with a4, the, I think the a4 was better because we want to keep
00:27:38these
00:27:38two-passed pawns coming down the board.
00:27:40Now that d pawn becomes weak.
00:27:43Queen b4 now to trade queens.
00:27:47And suddenly it's queen c3.
00:27:49So, knight b2.
00:27:50Queen c3 now.
00:27:54Queen b4.
00:27:56Okay.
00:27:56Queen b4.
00:27:57Yeah, trade off queens.
00:27:58We've got the half-open file.
00:28:01And then, of course, once this queen's traded, we're going to put the rook back on f1, bishop back on
00:28:08f2.
00:28:09So, this is a plus and a minus.
00:28:11We have no more threats on the long diagonal.
00:28:14And then, white can focus on the queen's side, even doubling up possibly.
00:28:19So, that's very much plus and minus.
00:28:211, 2, 3, 4, 5.
00:28:221, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
00:28:25So, we're up a pawn.
00:28:27So, that's the plus.
00:28:27But the minus is we don't have any more long-term threats.
00:28:31After queen b3, knight to d3.
00:28:36The idea now is, we want it.
00:28:37Now, white wants to trade on his terms.
00:28:39Where if black takes, rook is going to want to move anyway.
00:28:44We'll take.
00:28:44And then, we're attacking this isolated pawn on d4.
00:28:49So, seeing that, he plays queen b6.
00:28:51Of course, the queen's under attack, right?
00:28:55Queen b6 defends this.
00:28:57Now, rook on f to f1.
00:29:04Okay.
00:29:05We've just got to be careful that this pawn doesn't move.
00:29:07But the knight on d3 is a blockader.
00:29:10So, the idea is we're going to play rook a2 and rook a.
00:29:14Yeah, rook a2 and rook f a1 to win this pawn.
00:29:20And suddenly, the game is starting to change.
00:29:22Queen c3.
00:29:24He plays queen c3 instead.
00:29:28Now, here, when I take back, this pawn will not be able to move.
00:29:32And then, I will start attacking the pawn.
00:29:36So, queen takes.
00:29:37I think this is a mistake.
00:29:39Queen takes queen.
00:29:42D takes queen.
00:29:43Knight a4.
00:29:45Knight c4.
00:29:48Knight c4 hitting a pawn twice.
00:29:52Knight a4 was the second, the other.
00:29:55So, we have two options.
00:29:57When we have two options to look at the position, we say, which one does more?
00:30:02Well, knight c4, this rook c8 doesn't help because there's no more skewer because there's a pawn, his own pawn
00:30:09on c3.
00:30:13Knight c4 now.
00:30:15I think he has a4, is it?
00:30:17Yeah.
00:30:18a4 and then rook on f to f1.
00:30:24Knight d6 also strong.
00:30:26That's true.
00:30:27We're hitting the bishop, hitting the rook.
00:30:30Ooh.
00:30:33I like that move.
00:30:35He has to come all the way back.
00:30:37Okay, this could be, the knight on d6 is very strong, though.
00:30:42I think rook f1, uh, rook, okay, rook a3, true, yes.
00:30:47We're going to do is play our other rook with f1.
00:30:51We're going to be careful about this pawn pushing, though, because we have to come back and then blockade it.
00:30:57Bishop d5.
00:30:59Also, yes, see if we can shepherd it to a2.
00:31:02It's going to be very dangerous.
00:31:04And then I think h4 now.
00:31:06It's kind of a waiting move, getting the king, uh, to, giving it a left also for the king.
00:31:14Um, looks like bishop f8's possible at this point.
00:31:23B, rook f8 now.
00:31:27Rook e2.
00:31:29Okay, so we trade it off, and then I play rook e7.
00:31:36Then we put the rook over to f, bishop to f2, and then c5.
00:31:41The game's going to start turning.
00:31:43Um, but anyway.
00:31:45Knight c4, a4, knight d6.
00:31:48Rook eb8, rook a3.
00:31:53Next, rook ff1.
00:31:55That's possible, because we could, we could also double up on the a file.
00:32:04This is possible.
00:32:06It should be 4 now, because we're hitting the pawn on c2.
00:32:11fc1, and then play rook a2, and then the rook over.
00:32:15This is not everybody's cup of tea playing against this, but...
00:32:19e6 now.
00:32:22Okay, so knight king, can I go to f7?
00:32:27Okay, rook b6 now.
00:32:30Trying to secure.
00:32:32Knight e4.
00:32:34F takes e4, e7.
00:32:37e7.
00:32:39I'm not clear that you can hold onto this e pawn, though.
00:32:43Especially after king f7, bishop f2.
00:32:47Unless there's some...
00:32:48Okay, we're on the rook, that's true.
00:32:50Okay, even then, bishop at rook b7.
00:32:53Bishop d4.
00:32:55Okay, so we trade the e pawn for the c pawn.
00:33:00Okay, king f2.
00:33:02Maybe no rush here, because we're going to go to e3 as well.
00:33:07The drawback to Black's position here is that his bishop on g7 is out of play.
00:33:11Okay, you know, white's position pieces are becoming more active and better.
00:33:17King e6.
00:33:20Yeah, we can play bishop to take c3 now.
00:33:24a3 now.
00:33:26Push the pawn.
00:33:28And we're just...
00:33:29What we're going to do is just keep going, bringing your king towards this pawn.
00:33:34The other thing I would consider is rook a2.
00:33:38Yeah, okay.
00:33:39That's...
00:33:39See, my analysis is correct here.
00:33:43Because, logically, right, we don't...
00:33:47We want to double up and attack that pawn.
00:33:49That was the whole plan in the first place.
00:33:51And bishop f8, like I was saying, now king e2.
00:33:55Now, it's possible this could transpose, but white is gaining some momentum here.
00:34:00He's bringing his kings over to the side.
00:34:02It's the right strategy.
00:34:039a4 now.
00:34:04Hitting the pawn.
00:34:06Block hitting the a pawn.
00:34:09So, rook ec8.
00:34:129b6.
00:34:13So, rook ec8 actually loses.
00:34:16Because we got 9b6.
00:34:18I mean, why rook ec8?
00:34:21Why?
00:34:21It loses the rook, the exchange.
00:34:259b6, rook a6 we take.
00:34:27Similar to the game.
00:34:29And rook f3.
00:34:31You don't have anything that you have only the rook to defend this pawn on c3.
00:34:35And then we're going to double up on it.
00:34:36So, yes.
00:35:03So, you have to look at those forks in terms of tactics.
00:35:07You've got a knight that's blockading a pawn.
00:35:10It's hitting something.
00:35:11We say, okay, logically, where should your pieces be?
00:35:14Okay.
00:35:15We're either going to blockade it with 9a4 instead of 9c4.
00:35:22Or we're going to play rook a2 and stuff like that.
00:35:26So, knight b6, rook a6.
00:35:31I win the exchange.
00:35:33So, at this point here, the game has moved over to white winning because we're up the exchange.
00:35:41Bishop takes c.
00:35:41So, we're up the knight for the pawn.
00:35:46And he has extra pawn.
00:35:48So, that's two pawns.
00:35:50He had an extra pawn.
00:35:51So, we net one pawn.
00:35:53Bishop takes c3.
00:35:54Rook f3.
00:35:55Bishop f8.
00:35:56Rook takes c3.
00:35:57You see?
00:35:58It's difficult to hold onto that pawn.
00:36:03Bishop e6 now.
00:36:06There's bishop f2.
00:36:08The other option is to play rook a4 now.
00:36:12To prevent a4.
00:36:13But bishop f2.
00:36:18I think the idea was, so, if bishop, okay, wait, maybe this is the wrong idea.
00:36:27And maybe this is wrong because the problem with bishop f2 is he's got bishop e4.
00:36:35Bishop f2, bishop e4.
00:36:37Oh, yeah.
00:36:38Okay.
00:36:38Exactly.
00:36:40Bishop e4, we're on the rook.
00:36:42And then rook c7.
00:36:43But he's got this past pawn running down, that past pawn running down the board.
00:36:50Especially after even, so, I'm correct.
00:36:52Even the engine sees this rook b1 now.
00:36:56Rook b1.
00:36:57And then we've got even bishop e2 now.
00:37:03Right.
00:37:07I think.
00:37:14My thing is, if he plays a3, you take a2.
00:37:20How do you stop it?
00:37:22Okay.
00:37:22We have bishop d4, right?
00:37:25Right.
00:37:26He takes.
00:37:26You take.
00:37:27Takes.
00:37:28Check.
00:37:29King f2.
00:37:31Rook a2.
00:37:35A2.
00:37:38No, it's already defended, so he has to stop the check from coming down, right?
00:37:43Or rook d1.
00:37:45But I think at this point, white is winning.
00:37:49So, once I started getting the pieces over towards where they're supposed to be, and the phase of the game,
00:37:58or the phase of the game has become closed, and I just move everything over to the queen side.
00:38:04Meanwhile, blockading everything.
00:38:06It's not ideal, but it was a way to save the game.
00:38:09So, after, so yes, bishop f2, yeah, a4, bishop c5, bishop c5, rook c7, bishop e3 with any of bishop
00:38:33c1 might have made more sense.
00:38:36But even then, he can still play a3.
00:38:38No, he can't play a3.
00:38:41So, bishop e3, a3, that's the problem is I'm too late on this rook c7.
00:38:49Looks like a2 is next.
00:38:57A2.
00:38:59Looks like that's defended twice.
00:39:03We have to a7 now.
00:39:06Mark a3, bishop d4,
00:39:13takes a7.
00:39:17Bishop c7.
00:39:23Says a sequel.
00:39:26Not going to be easy to play this,
00:39:28because white doesn't have this easy c4, c5 stuff.
00:39:34But that was an idea I had later on.
00:39:36So,
00:39:38Injun thinks this is equal.
00:39:39So, this is,
00:39:42yeah, bishop c5 was off.
00:39:50Rook c6, bishop b4.
00:39:52Okay, that's good.
00:39:53Rook a6.
00:39:54Yeah, bishop b4, you have to look at what's going on, man.
00:39:58Oh, right.
00:39:59So, rook c6, bishop b4.
00:40:05Yeah, so bishop b4 is a good move.
00:40:08You have an uncovered attack on the rook while attacking the bishop at the same time.
00:40:13So, I think after rook c8, we exchange it, and then I'm going to play rook c to a3.
00:40:25Right, take, and then play c4.
00:40:28So, rook a6, you exchange it.
00:40:31Yeah, exactly.
00:40:32Rook c8, a3.
00:40:35Bishop b7, c4 now.
00:40:39This pawn is, we want to get this pawn up eventually to interfere with the bishop's defense of the pawn.
00:40:48And also, we can play, like, king f2, king e3, king d4 type stuff.
00:40:57So, I think at this point, it says white's winning.
00:41:00We'll see how this works out, but rook a5 now.
00:41:06King f, yeah, no.
00:41:08King f2 should be played, not rook d1.
00:41:12Why rook d1?
00:41:13Oh, well, because rook d1, king e8, though.
00:41:18Or even bishop e6, not the pawn.
00:41:22Okay, I see why, because I was thinking, okay.
00:41:26C5, rook takes, rook takes pawn.
00:41:29I'm up the exchange.
00:41:30Maybe rook comes down.
00:41:32I'm thinking, okay, rook d1 wasn't bad.
00:41:38King f2, I kind of like this idea more.
00:41:43Because you can't really stop.
00:41:44The king needs to come into play.
00:41:47King f2 seems to be a move I was missing in the game anyway.
00:41:51Yeah, I like king f2 more.
00:41:54I don't think rook d1's a bad move, but I don't think it's the best move.
00:41:58Like, king f2, I think it's just, like, when we talk about endgame and planning, we want to bring the
00:42:03king out.
00:42:04We want to centralize it, because if we look at this, right, we have a pawn on c4 that's not
00:42:09being guarded.
00:42:10So, we want to bring this king all the way to d4 to guard it.
00:42:13And then play stuff like c5, king c4, or...
00:42:19Yeah, so, king d4 and c5.
00:42:24Those things.
00:42:26And then we want to play c5, king c4, king b4.
00:42:31Right, rook has to move.
00:42:32We win the pawn.
00:42:34And even if we give up the exchange, right, we still have this passed pawn.
00:42:39And now we have four.
00:42:40We have an extra pawn.
00:42:43Right, so, if it's rook against rook, but I have an extra pawn and a better king.
00:42:47This might be winning.
00:42:48King f2, rook c5.
00:42:50We're on the pawn.
00:42:53Now, rook d1.
00:42:56Yeah, we have king e7.
00:42:58That's true.
00:42:59It's defending the bishop.
00:43:00Now, rook c3.
00:43:02Problem is now c3.
00:43:03On a3 now.
00:43:05a3, rook a1.
00:43:08Rook a5.
00:43:15Right, c2.
00:43:18Rook c2.
00:43:19Ooh, okay.
00:43:20I can see the problem now.
00:43:25Yeah, and after this exchange, well, so maybe it moves a rook over.
00:43:28I take.
00:43:31So, maybe, yeah.
00:43:34So, we want to stop a3 at this point.
00:43:41Let's see.
00:43:41Let's see if he plays a3 now.
00:43:43What do we play?
00:43:44Rook takes a3.
00:43:45Rook takes c4.
00:43:47Then?
00:43:49Oh, then rook a7.
00:43:51Yeah.
00:43:52Rook a7.
00:43:52I like that move.
00:43:54Rook a7.
00:43:55Nice.
00:43:57Yeah, because now this bishop can't move him attacking it twice.
00:44:00How does he defend it?
00:44:03We have rook takes f4, but so what?
00:44:06King e3.
00:44:10And then what?
00:44:13He has rook d5.
00:44:15We have rook e4.
00:44:16King f3.
00:44:18King f3.
00:44:19You can actually take the pawn, but then I take.
00:44:23Yeah.
00:44:23So, and then we take, take, take.
00:44:25The f pawn, the h pawn.
00:44:29Where's the check?
00:44:30You don't have any more checks.
00:44:31This is just winning.
00:44:33Straight out winning.
00:44:36So, yeah.
00:44:39Rook d1, bishop e8.
00:44:42Little passive to play the bishop back, so we play rook d5 here.
00:44:47So, this is still winning.
00:44:48Rook a6, c5.
00:44:52At this point, I want to get this pawn rolling.
00:45:01I want to get the pawn going, but it, objectively, it seems as if king f2 is better anyway.
00:45:08But here's the problem is, well, he still has bishop c6.
00:45:13That's true.
00:45:14Bishop c6, rook d5, rook d6.
00:45:17Pitting the bishop, and then.
00:45:19So, king f2, just, yeah, just objectively, king f2, yeah.
00:45:24So, everything is telling me king f2 at this point.
00:45:28Rook d6.
00:45:31Right.
00:45:32So, we're going to, um.
00:45:38D6, not king f3.
00:45:40Not king e3.
00:45:42D6, okay.
00:45:43Sorry, the stop, bishop c6.
00:45:45Okay, rook d6.
00:45:47G5.
00:45:48And the pawn.
00:45:50Pawn takes.
00:45:55Curious.
00:45:56Okay.
00:45:57F takes g, rook to b7.
00:46:00The idea is now rook b3 or the check.
00:46:04Problem is, if you play the king up, he's going to give check.
00:46:07And just trade the pawn moves.
00:46:08Then you've got to play rook b6.
00:46:10But this is probably still winning for white.
00:46:13Rook to c3 now.
00:46:17Rook c3, a3.
00:46:21I can't play a3 because it'll just take, right?
00:46:25Okay.
00:46:27So, just take that, yeah.
00:46:30So, what am I missing?
00:46:33C, rook a7.
00:46:38E3.
00:46:43Okay, what's wrong with a3 now?
00:46:52This is the thing I want to see from this position.
00:46:55Look.
00:46:55Okay, rook d1.
00:46:56I got the idea to get in front of the pawn.
00:46:59Push up c6 now.
00:47:01And rook a1.
00:47:05He's going to get the g pawn.
00:47:06But I'm going to get the a pawn.
00:47:09Rook versus bishop.
00:47:11I've got to pass pawn.
00:47:15G7.
00:47:16Hitting the pawn.
00:47:18King f4.
00:47:19Yeah.
00:47:20So, we're attacking the f pawn.
00:47:22Defending the e pawn.
00:47:25And so, what?
00:47:25He gets the g pawn.
00:47:26I get the a pawn.
00:47:28King g6.
00:47:30The idea of king g6.
00:47:31Looks like.
00:47:34And I could take here.
00:47:36But even king takes f5 looks decent at this point.
00:47:42Because his next move probably is king g6.
00:47:45Hitting my pawn.
00:47:50But it's not.
00:47:51Everything's defended.
00:47:52Maybe that's not the issue.
00:47:54Rook a3 is more.
00:47:56Like, this a pawn is more important than that f pawn.
00:47:59So, maybe that's the point.
00:48:02Let's say king f5.
00:48:03He still has bishop g2 and rook a3.
00:48:05So, in this.
00:48:06And then I think.
00:48:10I think there's also this bishop h3 stuff.
00:48:12And king comes back.
00:48:13And then maybe this gives him some tempos.
00:48:19Rook a6 now.
00:48:20And we've cut off the king.
00:48:22The idea is we put the rook behind the pawn to push the pawn.
00:48:25And this should be winning for white.
00:48:27We also cut off the king after rook to a6.
00:48:30So, attacker, you want to cut off the opposing king.
00:48:35You have a passed pawn.
00:48:36You want to put the rook behind the pawn to push.
00:48:38Like a battering ring.
00:48:40Okay.
00:48:41So, c5.
00:48:44Probably not best.
00:48:45But you want to be able to get this pawn rolling.
00:48:49Rook a5.
00:48:50King f2.
00:48:52King e7.
00:48:56Oh, sorry.
00:48:57King f2.
00:48:57Rook b5.
00:49:00Now, king e7 looks better.
00:49:02Because you want to get the king towards.
00:49:03I was thinking king e7.
00:49:05King e6.
00:49:06But then there's rook d6.
00:49:07That's true.
00:49:09Rook d6.
00:49:10And followed by c6.
00:49:11Possibly.
00:49:14Rook to c3 now.
00:49:17Let the rook behind the pawn.
00:49:19If he plays a3, we take.
00:49:20And he's already defended.
00:49:22Rook to a5 now.
00:49:25Rook to d2.
00:49:30After a3.
00:49:32We play rook a2.
00:49:34Which will.
00:49:35That will fall.
00:49:36Maybe he wins this pawn.
00:49:41Actually, no.
00:49:42We blockade it.
00:49:42Then play king e3.
00:49:43King d4.
00:49:46Right.
00:49:47So, white's still winning after.
00:49:49Rook d2.
00:49:51White's not going to.
00:49:52Black's not going to be able to get this pawn through.
00:49:54Because immediately it's going to get blockaded.
00:49:56Rook a2.
00:49:57So, h4 now.
00:49:59Stopping g5.
00:50:04Rook c3.
00:50:05Which is better.
00:50:08H4.
00:50:09Rook b2.
00:50:10Check.
00:50:13King g3.
00:50:14Bishop c6.
00:50:16Okay.
00:50:17I see the.
00:50:17Now I see rook d6 now.
00:50:21Here's a curious move, guys.
00:50:23We have two options.
00:50:25We have rook takes g2.
00:50:26Check.
00:50:28King h3.
00:50:30Here's the problem.
00:50:31Here's the problem with playing rook takes.
00:50:34Winning this pawn is because now I have the rook and the bishop both attack at the same time.
00:50:38So, what can happen at this point is I can play rook takes pawn, bishop takes, and then king takes
00:50:43rook.
00:50:43So, bishop b8.
00:50:48Little passive.
00:50:50Now I play c6.
00:50:54Rook b4 now.
00:50:57c7.
00:51:00c7, he says.
00:51:02Because the rest of these moves, once I've settled this, when it's just rook against rook, it's going to be
00:51:08a draw.
00:51:10c7, what I want to do is get.
00:51:12I'm starting to play c8.
00:51:15Rook c4.
00:51:16Rook d8.
00:51:18Takes takes.
00:51:20Give me 7.
00:51:21Oh, yeah.
00:51:22And I missed the obvious move here.
00:51:27It was.
00:51:30Yeah, rook ad.
00:51:31Actually, you can play rook a8, but rook this.
00:51:39Although, I guess it's not going to matter.
00:51:41The check, and he's going to play king h2 anyway.
00:51:45Yeah.
00:51:52AD4.
00:51:59He suggests rook ad4.
00:52:01Something interesting.
00:52:03I'm not sure why I thought.
00:52:06Because I saw the check.
00:52:08I played king h2.
00:52:13Okay.
00:52:14Check over bishop here.
00:52:21I must have thought he was going to win this g pawn.
00:52:25And because the rook was already, the bishop was already defended.
00:52:29Meanwhile, also, that might have been what I was thinking.
00:52:33So, I gave up the exchange.
00:52:35Gave back the exchange.
00:52:36King takes.
00:52:37And then rook d4.
00:52:38Thinking at some point, okay.
00:52:40I'm going to build a bridge with king f3, king e3.
00:52:43And then, once this.
00:52:45I think I should be able to.
00:52:47Once I have this blocked off.
00:52:48I should be able to play g3.
00:52:51But then he has this g.
00:52:52Maybe he'll run out of moves.
00:52:55G5 stuff.
00:52:58But I think from here.
00:53:02D4.
00:53:03King of favor.
00:53:04D8.
00:53:05Yeah.
00:53:08Kd4 was one of the good moves.
00:53:16Anyway.
00:53:17Most is not very consequential.
00:53:19Because.
00:53:21There isn't really much to do with this position.
00:53:29Especially now.
00:53:30He has even less.
00:53:38Like.
00:53:40Yeah.
00:53:41You have king d4 here.
00:53:42But.
00:53:45Also, king e2.
00:53:50King d4.
00:53:52Looks a little better.
00:53:53Because we get the king closer.
00:53:55Up the board.
00:53:56King e2.
00:53:57Looks passive.
00:53:57King d4.
00:53:58But then he still has a check.
00:54:01King d4.
00:54:02Okay.
00:54:02Six.
00:54:03Maybe.
00:54:05Yeah.
00:54:06The thing is.
00:54:06The thing is.
00:54:07The rook's going to.
00:54:08The rook can move wherever.
00:54:10It's not going to do anything.
00:54:13It's going to be difficult.
00:54:15To force an exchange.
00:54:16Because we'd have to give a check on this file.
00:54:18And meanwhile.
00:54:19He checks the king.
00:54:20So, yeah.
00:54:23Consequential.
00:54:24I don't think.
00:54:25I think anything's going to happen from this position.
00:54:30So, we've got to draw out of this.
00:54:32Let's look at some main ideas from this game.
00:54:34Okay.
00:54:35The main idea of this game was the transposition first.
00:54:39After d4, g6.
00:54:40I've played for.
00:54:42I can play for c4 or e4.
00:54:44E4 is more flexible.
00:54:45In terms of.
00:54:46How I can play it out.
00:54:47Because if I play c4 now.
00:54:50I have more of a king's indian type setup.
00:54:52Versus e4 is more of a perc.
00:54:55Subtle difference.
00:54:56But it is.
00:54:57And then what do you.
00:54:58When you do this.
00:54:58You play knight c3.
00:54:59Just stop d5.
00:55:00So, I had this move order.
00:55:02And the other thing is.
00:55:03We have to be clear.
00:55:04What kind of game do we want to play?
00:55:06A positional game with knight f3 to control e5.
00:55:08You want to play f4 to get more space.
00:55:11And lock down the game.
00:55:12And then play on either side.
00:55:14And I thought f4 was more flexible.
00:55:16Long term.
00:55:1897.
00:55:19So, the thing about this position.
00:55:21If you play black.
00:55:22You want to play your c pawn forward.
00:55:25Before moving the knight to c6.
00:55:27Okay.
00:55:28Bishop b3 of course.
00:55:29We want to over defend the pawn.
00:55:31b6.
00:55:32Queen d2.
00:55:33Notice we can play.
00:55:35At some point b5.
00:55:36And trade the bishops off.
00:55:38We also can play like.
00:55:40Preparing rook d1.
00:55:41With like some d5.
00:55:43Or e5.
00:55:44Quite flexible.
00:55:45But should be two castle.
00:55:48Here's another opening idea.
00:55:49This is a big thing.
00:55:50Is you can play h4 now.
00:55:52With h4.
00:55:53The idea is.
00:55:54You want to play h5.
00:55:56Trade this off.
00:55:57And then play castle queenside.
00:55:58And play on the h5.
00:56:01So, he plays f5 now.
00:56:04And I play e5.
00:56:07Engine agrees.
00:56:09And here we can play.
00:56:11There's things like knight g5.
00:56:13Right.
00:56:13So, the d5 can't move forward.
00:56:15Very well.
00:56:17Also, long term.
00:56:18The pawn on g6 may be weak.
00:56:20Like.
00:56:21King will have to go to h7.
00:56:24So, with the rook on that same file.
00:56:27Long term.
00:56:28That may be bad.
00:56:30And then.
00:56:34At this point.
00:56:36When he finally got c5 in.
00:56:37Finally getting some counterplay.
00:56:39Finally getting his pieces better.
00:56:42Is the problem.
00:56:43He's got some holes on b5 for one.
00:56:45For two.
00:56:47Knight on e7.
00:56:49Besides defending on f5.
00:56:50Isn't really best.
00:56:52When you have this type of position.
00:56:54What you want to do.
00:56:55Is just keep the position.
00:56:56The center solid.
00:56:58And then what you want to do.
00:56:58Is just keep playing on the c5.
00:57:00We know nothing is going to happen.
00:57:01Over on the.
00:57:02The king side.
00:57:04Because we've got this.
00:57:05We've got the knight on f5.
00:57:06Block hitting any.
00:57:07F5 push.
00:57:08So, what we want to do.
00:57:09Is to say.
00:57:10Okay.
00:57:10Let's keep the center closed.
00:57:13Right.
00:57:14So.
00:57:15It was better to play c3.
00:57:17Right.
00:57:18You can see the rook c7.
00:57:19And then we want to be able.
00:57:21After this.
00:57:21If he trades.
00:57:22Right.
00:57:23We want to be able to play b4.
00:57:25And then support.
00:57:27Playing b4.
00:57:28And support.
00:57:29Playing b4.
00:57:30To stop anything on c5.
00:57:31And then c4.
00:57:33That's the idea.
00:57:36You see.
00:57:37After all of this.
00:57:39Now.
00:57:40With these trades.
00:57:41With the bishop e on f2.
00:57:44Right.
00:57:45His piece is a little bit clumsy.
00:57:47Not doing much on the c file.
00:57:49Now.
00:57:50We're going to go for the.
00:57:51Notice.
00:57:51We have this opportunity.
00:57:52To play for the g4 break.
00:57:57And here.
00:57:57When we get a position like this.
00:58:00What we want to do is think about.
00:58:02How can we improve the position.
00:58:04Well.
00:58:04Essentially.
00:58:05We can look at c3.
00:58:07As a possibility.
00:58:09Although.
00:58:10We really don't want to open up the position.
00:58:11At this point.
00:58:13Notice.
00:58:13The biggest difference is that.
00:58:14The rook.
00:58:15Or the bishop was on c6.
00:58:17Where he didn't.
00:58:17He didn't have any play on the c file.
00:58:18Right away.
00:58:20What we want to do is.
00:58:21Look at a piece.
00:58:22That's worse placed.
00:58:23Now.
00:58:23There is something to be said.
00:58:25About the bishop on f2.
00:58:26Because.
00:58:26This idea of taking on c5.
00:58:29But then he takes back with the pawn.
00:58:31What he wants to do.
00:58:32What white wants to do.
00:58:33Is improve the piece.
00:58:34That's worse placed.
00:58:36And also take away squares.
00:58:38From his opponent.
00:58:39So bishop h4.
00:58:41Queen d7.
00:58:42Now we play c3.
00:58:45Notice.
00:58:45With bishop h4.
00:58:46It's more forcing than c3.
00:58:49And now.
00:58:49After bishop a6.
00:58:51Now we've got a piece on e1.
00:58:53We're going to put our other rook on c1.
00:58:55Or d1.
00:58:57And after bishop c4.
00:58:59Okay.
00:58:59We're just playing king h1.
00:59:01Why?
00:59:02We're going to prepare this g4 move.
00:59:04At some point.
00:59:05Putting a rook behind it.
00:59:07So he got out of the way.
00:59:08So the rook could go there.
00:59:10Okay.
00:59:11And then we have this.
00:59:12When he goes to.
00:59:12Push on d4.
00:59:13What we want to do.
00:59:14Is he said.
00:59:14Okay.
00:59:15Can we undermine the pawn.
00:59:17This idea was c3.
00:59:19Now.
00:59:21This is what I was thinking.
00:59:22In the game.
00:59:23I thought.
00:59:23Well maybe this wasn't going to work.
00:59:25Because.
00:59:26After d takes c.
00:59:27Right.
00:59:28Queen takes c.
00:59:30Is that good?
00:59:31Because now the c pawns.
00:59:33But then we have an isolated pawn.
00:59:35Over an a5.
00:59:35And c5.
00:59:37And we're attacking a 20.
00:59:38So we've got something.
00:59:40And it's a discovered attack on the queen.
00:59:43So yes.
00:59:44Well it is an equal position.
00:59:45After queen to b6.
00:59:48We certainly have something going.
00:59:50I mean.
00:59:50We can play rook d7 now.
00:59:52Double up.
00:59:54So queen b6 is a decent move.
00:59:56For sure.
00:59:57But then we're also walking into a pin.
01:00:00So.
01:00:01Yes.
01:00:05So I like c3.
01:00:06C3 is a good move.
01:00:12It's queen d5 now.
01:00:13We've got to be very cognizant about.
01:00:16How are we going to defend this pawn.
01:00:18Notice it's defended twice.
01:00:20It's defended only twice.
01:00:21The bishop's in the way.
01:00:22Notice how bishop h4 would have been better anyway.
01:00:24By the way.
01:00:29So.
01:00:32Here we put ourselves in a position where.
01:00:36Our piece is a little bit awkwardly placed.
01:00:38We should have already been attacking on c3.
01:00:41So.
01:00:42Even now.
01:00:43Queen a5 is tricky.
01:00:45But.
01:00:46You need to calculate.
01:00:47Okay.
01:00:47After queen a5.
01:00:49Rook a8.
01:00:51Well.
01:00:51Engine's suggesting bishop h6.
01:00:55Rook a8.
01:00:56Worst case scenario.
01:00:57We come back to d2.
01:00:59It's not that big of a deal.
01:01:00Fine.
01:01:00He takes on a2.
01:01:02And then what?
01:01:03Fine.
01:01:04We play c3.
01:01:06Notice.
01:01:08Rook is defending the queen.
01:01:10So after takes.
01:01:11We can take back.
01:01:12Also.
01:01:12We're hitting the bishop on.
01:01:14Sorry.
01:01:14We're hitting the pawn on d4 twice.
01:01:18So.
01:01:19Although white.
01:01:19Black's probably slightly better.
01:01:21Because of this extra.
01:01:22Like space in the center.
01:01:24And.
01:01:24Things like.
01:01:25As in.
01:01:26You know.
01:01:27Like.
01:01:27Okay.
01:01:27This bishop's better than my.
01:01:28My opposite color bishop.
01:01:30There is some play with.
01:01:31With relocating the knight over to d3.
01:01:34Explode.
01:01:34These pawns.
01:01:35Are they.
01:01:36Are they strong?
01:01:36Or are they overextended?
01:01:37That's the question.
01:01:39So after bishop d3.
01:01:41We need to.
01:01:42Knight d3.
01:01:43Notice we have this.
01:01:44So we.
01:01:45We blockaded the pawn.
01:01:47We say.
01:01:47Okay.
01:01:48We want to attack the.
01:01:49The pawn on.
01:01:50That's on the base of the chain.
01:01:52And at the same time.
01:01:53We're attacking.
01:01:54And we're sorry.
01:01:55Defending.
01:01:56Pawn on b2.
01:01:57This opens an opportunity to play.
01:01:59We're getting one.
01:02:00Okay.
01:02:01So that's something.
01:02:02We put the knight on e1.
01:02:05Yes.
01:02:05To over defend it.
01:02:06But then.
01:02:07Once we have.
01:02:08A piece in position.
01:02:10We say.
01:02:10Okay.
01:02:10Where would this.
01:02:11Piece people at best place.
01:02:13Well.
01:02:13We'd like to put the knight on d3.
01:02:17So we go there.
01:02:18Queen d5.
01:02:19Notice he is going back and forth to the queen.
01:02:22Now b3.
01:02:23Look at free.
01:02:23Now.
01:02:24When we look at options.
01:02:26Okay.
01:02:26When we looked at our main options from our game.
01:02:28We noticed that knight b2.
01:02:34Knight b2 was a little better.
01:02:36Because we could stop c4.
01:02:38Right.
01:02:39C4 we take.
01:02:40Okay.
01:02:40We'd have to give up the exchange.
01:02:42Meanwhile has to move the rook over.
01:02:45Then we get this bishop back.
01:02:47We want to get our bishop better placed.
01:02:49Right.
01:02:50So we don't have rook t8.
01:02:52Bishop c6 now.
01:02:54And then h3.
01:02:55We're going to be playing g4.
01:02:56We're going to get our king out.
01:02:58So we notice things like that.
01:03:00And then when he overextends.
01:03:02When we.
01:03:03When they get in the thing where he overextends herself on c4.
01:03:06We just have to calculate.
01:03:07Okay.
01:03:08If I take on c4.
01:03:09Right.
01:03:10Queen will take.
01:03:11What's our.
01:03:12How are we going to continue this work?
01:03:14We know that.
01:03:15That pawn on d4 is now isolated.
01:03:18We want to continue it with a tempo on the queen.
01:03:22Knight b2.
01:03:23See.
01:03:24Queen c3.
01:03:25We trade it.
01:03:26Notice here we have good options.
01:03:29When we have two options.
01:03:30We have to weigh the options.
01:03:32Does knight c4.
01:03:34Is knight c4 a better play?
01:03:36Okay.
01:03:37Knight c4 attacks the pawn on a5.
01:03:39Well can it move?
01:03:40Yes.
01:03:42But.
01:03:43So after knight c4.
01:03:47A4.
01:03:48Knight d6.
01:03:49Remember we have this.
01:03:50We're attacking that bishop.
01:03:53Knight is very good on d6.
01:03:56And then rook a3.
01:03:58Remember something.
01:03:59We want to.
01:04:00Double up on the a file.
01:04:02To win that pawn on a4.
01:04:04So instead we have rook f.
01:04:06Rook ff1.
01:04:08This should be 4.
01:04:09Rook fc1.
01:04:11F6.
01:04:12And then e6.
01:04:14We do not want to trade.
01:04:15Trade that pawn off for the f pawn.
01:04:17So we saw that.
01:04:18Okay.
01:04:18You can move the rook.
01:04:19We trade this off.
01:04:21Say okay.
01:04:22That's not so great.
01:04:22Now we get the bishop in.
01:04:25So even if he takes now.
01:04:26Look what happens.
01:04:27His bishop is out of play.
01:04:29We relocate the bishop.
01:04:31We win the pawn.
01:04:31And we double up.
01:04:33So that's what it was.
01:04:35Now.
01:04:35When you see.
01:04:37Let's say you have that knight on a4.
01:04:39When you see an opportunity.
01:04:42When you have that knight on a4.
01:04:44Basically you're looking at b6.
01:04:45Say okay.
01:04:46We want to know when we can play c5 or b6.
01:04:50We want to weigh that option.
01:04:52Or if he plays rook cb8.
01:04:53We can take the pawn on c3.
01:04:57And then we can follow it up with.
01:04:59Because the pawn is already guarded on c2.
01:05:01Followed up with a move like rook b1.
01:05:04Etc.
01:05:05So we can see.
01:05:07Look at our tactical opportunities.
01:05:09We put the piece on where it's best placed.
01:05:11And say okay.
01:05:13When we have an opportunity.
01:05:15We'd like to play it on b6.
01:05:17But not right away.
01:05:18When is the best time to play it?
01:05:20Okay.
01:05:21So he moved the rook on the wrong square.
01:05:24Right.
01:05:25And then knight b6.
01:05:26So you see.
01:05:27We have to be tactically alert to see we have a fork there.
01:05:30Takes.
01:05:31Takes.
01:05:32And rook f3.
01:05:33Notice.
01:05:34Now.
01:05:34Because his bishop is out of play.
01:05:37Right.
01:05:39So we have this bishop here.
01:05:42And bishop e6.
01:05:43Right.
01:05:44What we want to do is relocate.
01:05:46So we need to understand that if we have pieces on back square.
01:05:48Relocate it.
01:05:49And think okay.
01:05:50Where is the best square for the piece?
01:05:53Okay.
01:05:54So we can.
01:05:54Of course it continues on.
01:05:56And I made the mistake bishop c5.
01:05:58What we don't want to do.
01:06:00We want to say okay.
01:06:01Again.
01:06:02Where is the best square for the piece?
01:06:05Well.
01:06:08After a4.
01:06:10If you play bishop c5.
01:06:12He's going to.
01:06:12He's going to hit attack at another time.
01:06:16Make things difficult.
01:06:18Now I was fortunate to have this bishop e4 move.
01:06:22Because we're attacking the queen.
01:06:24The rook.
01:06:24But.
01:06:25As a general.
01:06:26We want to put it on a better square.
01:06:28On e3.
01:06:30Okay.
01:06:31We keep this diagonal.
01:06:32But we'd like to get.
01:06:33We'd like to get the bishop.
01:06:35On a good square.
01:06:36While maintaining that c5.
01:06:38So just keep improving the pieces.
01:06:40You don't have to try to win in a couple moves.
01:06:42Just keep improving.
01:06:44Now when we do have things like this.
01:06:46We have to weigh our opportunities.
01:06:47We play bishop d4.
01:06:48Or bishop e4.
01:06:49What's the difference?
01:06:50Well.
01:06:51Bishop e4.
01:06:52Sorry.
01:06:53Bishop e4.
01:06:54Just saying okay.
01:06:55Fine.
01:06:55I want to trade.
01:06:56Well.
01:06:56He plays bishop e4.
01:06:57I take.
01:06:58He takes.
01:06:59Versus bishop e4.
01:07:00I'm attacking both at the same time.
01:07:02Notice that.
01:07:03His rook is on pre.
01:07:05Because it's not defended.
01:07:07So we have to be alert to those opportunities.
01:07:10And then one of the things is.
01:07:12When we look at a position like this.
01:07:14We want to think about.
01:07:15We have to consider that.
01:07:17We need a rook behind the pawn.
01:07:20We don't want to rook in front of the pawn.
01:07:22That's usually.
01:07:23We want the rook behind the pawn.
01:07:25So we can push it.
01:07:27Okay.
01:07:27So.
01:07:29Rook c1.
01:07:30Rook c3.
01:07:31Looks dangerous.
01:07:32Because he can push the pawn.
01:07:35But.
01:07:36Let's see.
01:07:36I didn't even.
01:07:37But you have to consider.
01:07:38This other rook is defending it for now.
01:07:41Okay.
01:07:41It's opposite color.
01:07:42His bishop.
01:07:43And his other king is cut off.
01:07:45So it's okay.
01:07:47The check doesn't help him.
01:07:48Because I can play king f3.
01:07:50Well not king f3.
01:07:51Because he'll play bishop c4.
01:07:56Sorry.
01:07:56Sorry.
01:07:59Yeah.
01:07:59King g3.
01:08:02Right.
01:08:02So king g3.
01:08:03He plays rook b3.
01:08:05He'll play the rook over.
01:08:06And now we're threatening the pawn.
01:08:07So we just have to think.
01:08:09Okay.
01:08:09Make sure we don't put a rook on that same file.
01:08:12Diagonal.
01:08:12Do a blunder check.
01:08:13We say fine.
01:08:14We can go.
01:08:15Even to e3.
01:08:16It's possible.
01:08:18Or even g3.
01:08:20Weigh the two options.
01:08:21If I go to e3.
01:08:22Can he come down.
01:08:24And skewer the pawns.
01:08:25If I go to g3.
01:08:26He can attack it.
01:08:27But there's no.
01:08:27You see.
01:08:28Just weigh the options that way.
01:08:29Now the other thing about this position is.
01:08:33We want to consider.
01:08:35That we'd like to get king f2 out sooner.
01:08:38Because when we envision the position in the end game.
01:08:42We want to get our king active.
01:08:43So what we want to do is you want to consider.
01:08:46Okay.
01:08:46If we go back another move.
01:08:48Right.
01:08:48Earlier on.
01:08:49If we had our king in the center.
01:08:52Right.
01:08:53So instead of playing c5.
01:08:55We'd like to bring out our other piece.
01:08:57Just like in the opening.
01:08:58We want to bring out our pieces.
01:09:00Right.
01:09:01Now the advantage of having on c4.
01:09:03Of course.
01:09:03Is that we don't have bishop e5.
01:09:06Now he has bishop c6 and stuff.
01:09:09But then we have rook c5.
01:09:11Okay.
01:09:11So king f2.
01:09:12We want to get our king towards the center.
01:09:15Supporting the pawn.
01:09:16And then coming all the way to b4.
01:09:18To win this pawn on e4.
01:09:20Or we can try to just put our pawn up.
01:09:23And just support the pawn with the king.
01:09:26Etc.
01:09:26So king f2 is a major partner.
01:09:28Of the game.
01:09:29Okay.
01:09:29So keep that in mind.
01:09:32Those are just some main ideas.
01:09:36Now.
01:09:37Let's talk about.
01:09:40Let's see how we're doing here.
01:09:42Let's talk about our next game.
01:09:46Okay.
01:09:49Let's do this.
01:09:51Let's go to our second game.
01:09:53Because I'm going to close this one.
01:09:55I'm not going to close it.
01:09:56No.
01:09:56I'm sorry.
01:09:57Let's go to our second one.
01:10:01Hold on.
01:10:02Make sure that's being shown.
01:10:04Wait.
01:10:04This is not being shown.
01:10:05Right?
01:10:06Oh damn.
01:10:08Hold on.
01:10:11Let's do this.
01:10:13For now.
01:10:16Let's do this.