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hi everyone this is Grandmaster Eugene Perelshteyn

and together with Chess lecture.com

I'd like to show you a model game in the Marseille

bind for black

so I played it in a recent tournament

in the Mar Marchant Open in the past weekend

and I noticed this game where black played

you can say perfect game and perfect illustration

how to play the Marcy by Indus Black

so let's start

white plays e 4

c 5

Knight f 3 Knight c six

now the person who is playing black

his last name is Bartel he is quite a good player

he is 24 rated player and he plays 96

now if you are aware of my recent book

openings for black explained

co authored with grandmasters Albert and ginger

we actually recommend a different move order

the Hyper Accelerator Dragon with G6

and the reason why usually it transposes

but the major reason why

is we completely eliminate this very

very popular move Bishop b five

why is this such a popular move

this russellimo well

because usually black players

would transpose into some kind of a Sveshnikov

which is sometimes avoided by white

as well as any other type of main line

so it kind of gives white a quite a good way

to avoid all the accelerated lines

so remember

the move order that we recommend is actually g 6

but this game actually transposes after 96

d 4 takes takes and g 6

so now black is getting ready to fianchetto his bishop

and white is actually not a bad player

a master uh Benjamin Kalamor he plays C4

now after night C3 Bishop G7

this is the main line of the accelerated dragon

which is well covered in the book

and C4 is the so called Marseille Bind

so white is gonna put pressure in the center

and gain more space with the move C4

so now in the book

we actually recommend move night of 6

and only after night C 3 we play d six

as you see

this prevents the bishop e 3 move due to knight g 4

so now white usually plays bishop e 2

Knight takes queen takes bishop g seven

and in these lines

white has to lose a temper with the queen

because the queen on d 4 is badly placed

but

Bartel decides to vary a little bit

and he plays a different line of the March

of Bishop g seven

he doesn't mind getting the bishop to going to E3

and you're actually gonna see shortly why

remember both of these lines are playable

and they're kind of sister lines

bishop g 7 or knight of six

but don't try to focus on move order

the most important thing in this game is

try to understand the strategy

the strategy behind all Marseille is the dark square

strategy and in this game

black illustrates perfectly

how to use this dark square strategy

so night f 6 night c 3

so both sides are just developing

and now d 6

Bishop e 2 preventing a G4

castles castle

alright so now the plan is the following

black exchanges the knight

so knight takes bishop takes and plays bishop d 7

so unlike the other lines

where the queen usually comes to d 4

and bishop goes to e 6 this is a more subtle line

where bishop is going to c 6

and the knight is going to d seven

okay this is very important

black would like to exchange dark square bishops

and you might argue well

doesn't the dark square bishop protect Black's king

and is the whole point in this structure

well it's not that easy

dark square bishops are also good

in case white has a powerful bishop

for example

the bishop on d 4 controls all the key square

all the key squares and if we remove that bishop

then the darkness on the sorry

then the weakness on the dark squares

is even more visible so does

it's okay

in these types of position to exchange dark square

so this is kind of a known thing

so make sure you understand why in some lines

black avoids the exchange

but in these lines

black would like to exchange dark square Bishop

so rook c 1 so why does the centralizer

you know doesn't seem that why is making any mistakes

Bishop c six

f 3 and a 5 so a 5 is a very useful move

securing the outpost on c 5 and preventing future

future b 4 moves

night d 5 so again

white is trying to centralize

and now black plays a key move

this is very important

we don't wanna change the knight

we play knight d 7 we wanna change the bishops

and it turns out that actually

white already mishandled the opening

because now white cannot avoid the exchange of dark

queen bishop

because the pawn on b 2 is hanging

so white takes king takes

and this is already a big edge for black

you're gonna see shortly why Queen d 4 check

and now again once you secure the dark squares

you wanna put your pawns on the dark squares so e 5

a very powerful move queen d two

so the first part of Black's plan is very successful

complete control over the d 4

c 5 squares

bishop on c 6 is gonna

be exchanged for the good knight

and the knight is gonna come to c five

so this is extremely extremely good for black

now what did white achieve

the bishop on e 2 is blocked by his own pawns

white doesn't have as much pressure on the d file

and the knight on d 5 is playing quite nicely

but it doesn't really do anything

so white doesn't have that many plans

or that many trumps whereas black has complete

control over the dark squares

so Bishop takes knight of course

we can't stand that knight and now white has a dilemma

how to take on d 5

White can take with the queen the e pawn or the c pawn

and let me tell you that on all of these moves

black stands better in the game

white plays Queen takes let's look at some other moves

for example pawn takes

so now we wanna take firm control over the g 1

a 7 diagonal

and that is achieved with queen b 6 check king h 1

and now black has a pleasant surprise

black can immediately play knight c 5

and then go for f five pawn

break the king side so you see

black has a free hand to play either on the king side

or to try to go queen b 4

and try to go for a well for an endgame

because the pawns on b 4 are gonna be doubled

but black doesn't mind that

because a 2 pawn is really weak

and the same happens actually after E takes

queen check king h 1

and now instead of night c 5 blocking the queen

we can immediately play a five

and then black again

has full control over all the key squares

later on black can play night c 5 or play f 4 even

and try to go for the king side

attack many many plans

where is White's position is just way too passive

so let's take a look for queen takes d 5

pawn on d 6 is now under attack

of course queen check is what followed

and now all of a sudden

white is feeling a little bit uncomfortable

if king h one

the first rank

is really weak and the bishop would be unprotected

for example after queen takes b 2 in the future

or I would rather not take the b 2 immediately

because the knight is hanging

I would rather play knight f 6

and actually

played is very close to what happened in the game

so in the game white played rook f two

and now all of a sudden

the rook on c 1 is unprotected

so queen takes b two and now rook d 1

so white is anticipating that the d 6 pawn will fall

and probably

white is trying to wait for black to play rook a 6

or some kind of defensive move to throw in even c five

but black correctly evaluates the position

again full control over the dark squares

and we can even give up the d 6 point for the d 2 point

so knight f 6 queen takes d 6

rook f d eight

now by the way

can you evaluate Queen takes d eight

because queen sometimes is better than 2 rook

so let's take a look

and rook take so is this good for white or no

well in this particular position

this is not good for white

you lose the a 2 pawn

the rooks are completely uncoordinated

the bishop on e 2 is stuck

and black is really a few moves

away from getting the knight to f 4

d 4 and this is really

really bad for white so in this particular example

this is no good

and white correctly retreats with the queen

so the next stage of Black's plan

is to try to exchange queen

and go for a very good endgame

so he plays Rook takes d 1 check

well actually first he plays b 6

he wants to throw the queen of the c 5 square

forcing queen b 5

now Rook takes d 1 check Bishop takes

and now he could take immediately on b 5

but he plays even stronger queen d four

now the bishop has no better square

but to go somewhere on a 4

and now a simple move rook d eight

look how powerful Black's position is

it's not even clear where white went wrong

in the opening

it's just that complete domination on the dark square

on the dark squares is what matters

so 97 95 is coming up

Queen a 1 is really unpleasant

so white plays g 3 good idea to go king g 2

and try to hold off any threats on the first rank

so g three

so now the queen is perfectly placed

the rook is perfectly placed

we gotta bring the knight into the game

and look at that nice outpost on c 4

so 97

and white really doesn't have that many options

but tries to exchange it Queen d five

95 Xclam

queen takes and now rook takes d 4

by the way pawn takes is also possible

but for example it could easily be blocked

such as after d 3 rooks here

and then king marches to e 3

and what did we achieve

it's really hard to win this position

so I really like the rook takes d 4 move

that should be fun

so now we have ourselves an endgame

and again a very

very instructive endgame

it's not so easy to win without a plan

so let me give you a few moments here

to figure out the plan

how do you win this endgame

you have the full control over the d file

the knight is perfectly placed

the bishop is completely misplaced on b 5

yet White's position is quite defensible for now

so what to do next

and the right plan to go after the weaknesses

which is the a 2 pawn

and how do you go after the a 2 pawn

the key here is to put your pawn on a 3

the a 5 pawn you put the a 5 pawn on a 3

which would be quite easy

because it's very hard for white to play a 3

to block you after rook d 3 position is really

really unpleasant

so you can start with a 4

but actually like rook check first

this is what happened in the game

king g 2 and now a four

so what you do now

well actually in the game

I'm sorry he played a 4 first

and actually this is transposition after rook b two

a 3 because white really can't play a 3 himself

after rook d 3 the pawn is lost

so white just has to kind of stand here and wait

go back and forth so he plays rook b 2 a three

rook e 2 and now

the next part of the plan is to put the rook on b 2

which could have been with rook d 1 check first

or now rook d 1 check

so now again this is the next

stage of black splint

why do we want to play rook d 1 check

very very simple

we want to put a rook on b 2

so rook d 1 check king g two and rook b 2

we wanna put the rook on b 2

after which

white would be completely and utterly paralyzed

none of the pieces would be able to move

and really

even now white kinda has to go back and forth

I don't see any active plan for white so okay

white says so what

so you put the rook on b 2

I'm just gonna go back and forth so he plays king f 2

rook b 2 and now he plays

simply king g three

so white just goes king g 2 King g 2 King g 3 king g 2

king g 3 so how are you gonna win

I might ask you well

now the final stage of Black's plan

the final stage of Black's plan is really really cute

so let me show you this first you play f 5

you wanna create some more weaknesses point x

point x rook d 2 and now once the rook is on d two

by the way what happens after king f 2

well if you notice that after king f 2 f 4

all of a sudden why doesn't Zook's one

yep why doesn't complete zugzwang

and after pawn takes pawn takes

really king e 1 and king f 1 are the only options

and this is easily winning so for example

let's let's take a look at some some of these moves

king of 1 for example

so after king f 1

we can simply play Knight d three with ID a night c 1

and the game is over the pawn is lost so for example

rook g 2 check

now either night take rook takes a night c 1

or king b 6 followed by a night c 1

really white has to kind of go back and forth

and this is dead lost position

and if white plays king e 1

let's figure out how do we win in this position

well I think there is again more than one way to win

there is transfer the knight

to d 4

so for example knight b three

you cannot take the night

because of this well known pawn break

and this is really cute

and it came back the night before by the way

very similar to what happened in the game

okay and if we go back

white played rook d 2

alright so now

this is perfect illustration of the finishing touch

f 4 x clamp

pawn takes pawn takes

white has to go back

and now the game is practically over with one move

can you see this combination

knight b 3

this is amazing

and this perfectly illustrates the

final touch on the beautifully played game by Bartel

and so now of course

white can resign or he played for two more moves

takes and a two queen

so he actually

played amazing game and completely without any flaws

you can say for black

although white really didn't put up a fight

but you could see that how strategy

the dark square strategy worked perfectly in this line

so Marseille bind is again a very positional opening

and you have to understand why

and when to trade dark square bishops

how to use the C5 Outpost to your advantage

and how to play in the end game

as you see

all of these things were clearly shown in this game

and actually

I talked to Bartel and asked him to give me this game

because he read my book

and actually enjoys the smart positions for black

and I hope you will too so good luck to your chest

and I hope to see you all next time

thank you bye bye