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hi everyone this is Grandmaster Eugene Perelshteyn

and together with Chess lecture.com

I'd like to welcome you to today's lecture

where I'm gonna go over my best game

against Irina Crush

from the recent tournament that I won

Spice Cup Invitational

it's a category 12 tournament organized by Susan Polgar

so let's begin

I'm playing black against Irina Crush and she plays D4

this time I decided to choose the King's Indian Defense

knight of six

c 4

g 6

Knight c 3

Bishop g 7 e 4

d six

and now Irina plays Bishop e 2

this is a rare line of the King's Indian

called the Averbach Variation

now typically

we see night f 3 is predominantly the main line

so let's think and ask ourselves

why does white play bishop e 2

and neglect the development of the g 1 knight

and the answer is actually quite simple

typically

when we play night f 3 and bishop e 3 later on

that allows for knight g 4 idea

but with the bishop on e 2

safely keeping the g 4 square in check

white can simply play bishop e 3 later

or even bishop g 5

and even has a choice to play f 3 later on if need to

so this is kind of very flexible way to develop

in addition of course

white can follow up with knight of 3

and can transpose to the regular classical setup

so I decided to also play

a kind of waiting move

you can say night a 6 instead of Castle

in order to keep my options open

again night a 6 is a favorite idea of mine

which I use in all types of Kings Indians

with the main

idea behind this is to kind of keep my options open

and strike e 5 or c 5 at the right moment

and just see what white is gonna do next

for example if she plays knight f three

I could play castle and transpose to the main

one of the main lines of the 96 variation

however Irina plays Bishop G5

and she's still trying to follow up with other box

type of ideas

where now if I play castles after Queen d 2

we are in one of the main lines of the Averbach setup

and again notice that I cannot play h 6 now

and it's harder for black to play E5

since I don't wanna get my

knight pinned so early in the game

but it's still playable for black of course

but I decided to mix things up

and play H6 which I think is a very

very interesting idea to

avoid playing the Averbach variation completely

so now Irina faces with some interesting choices

she could play bishop h 4 bishop f 4

or the natural looking bishop e 3

which which happened in the game

and now I simply play e five

I'm not afraid of d takes E d takes e

Queen takes d 8

because these endgames are fine for black

I'm gonna play c six

can get safe on E7 or even E8

and then simply develop my pieces

so taking on e 5 is not really good

and that really limits White's choices

because she can't really play knight f 3

because of knight g 4 and now let's say bishop c one

I can simply take on d 4

Knight takes

and take advantage of the weak king side

with my queen h 4 move

all of a sudden white has to play G3

and make all sorts of weaknesses on the king side

okay so that leaves Irina with D5

and that's what she played in the game

and now you could see that idea

night A6 paid off because Knight is coming to C5

and this is exactly what I wanted to achieve

and my next move is night c 5

now if the g 1 knight was on f 3

then knight d 2 would defend the e 4 pawn

but now it's not so easy how to defend the e 4 pawn

because f 3

and now the g 1 knight cannot be developed

or the natural looking queen c 2

would allow night g 4 in the future

or I can simply castles and continue with my king side

attack with night g 4 and f 5 later

so again this is a very interesting position

after night c 5 and

white doesn't have a sufficient answer for my night

c 5 move again

if you think about taking on c 5

you have to realize that the dark squares

are gonna be a constant problem

in White's camp I'm gonna play h 5

bishop h 6

castles knight e 8

knight d 6 and play on both sides with f 5 or even c 6

and just simply a great position

and white has no counterplay whatsoever

so taking on C5 is definitely bad

and Irina decided to play F3

I would prefer to play Queen c 2

because simply I don't like to play f 3

and limit the night on G1

and I decided to take advantage of f 3

and immediately play Knight h five

so let's take a look what happened

the night on G1 cannot be developed

night H3 simply bad due to bishop takes H3

bishop on e 2 is completely misplaced

and if you take a closer look at this pawn structure

this is very similar to the Zemish

line in King's Indian

except in the Zemish the bishop is on f 1

the knight is on b 8

and it's a completely different story

now I think it's very very good for black

I think I have at least one or maybe 2

10 p up in this position

compared to the regular Zemish

so Irina decided to kick my knight out with b 4

a very committal move on the queen

side knight a 6

gaining a tempo on the pawn a 3 and simply castles

so now you could simp

you could simply say that black is slightly better

out of the opening if you're King's Indian player

because black solved all his problems

the knight is coming to a 4

king is castled a 5 is coming up

whereas white

is not sure what to do with the g 1 knight

and another main problem is what to do with the king

castling

queenside is gonna be dangerous because of the b 4

c 4 a 3 exposed pawns it's gonna be very wide open

uh potentially on the queenside

so it's quite difficult to play as white

so Irina played Queen d 2

a logical move keeping an eye on the f 4 square

and potentially preparing the bishop d 1

n I g 2 plan

and I simply play king h 7

a kind of waiting move

and a useful move in the future to defend the h 6 point

now Irina plays Bishop d 3

with idea night G E 2

and of course immediately night f 4

I'm not afraid of Bishop takes

pawn takes

because this is the dream position of any black player

in King's Indian

my G7 bishop is just dominating the dark squares

and the move that I expected is bishop c 2

followed by maybe g 3 just trying to keep

my knight out and solidify the position

but Irina is a very brave chess player

she's not afraid and she plays castles

right into the crossfire of potential

attack on the queenside so a very very brave move

now let's take a look at Bishop C2

and try to understand why Irina didn't like this move

well I do have this idea queen G5

and now if G3 night G2 check

so you see the idea Queen has to take

and Queen takes E3 simply gives black

a very good advantage

because there is no longer dark square bishop

for white

but g 3 is of course a bad move

and maybe even king f 1 is playable on this position

with idea to play g three

and now it's unclear what to do with my queen

because G3 is coming up I might just go back

and wait for G3 to move and now just go back again

and basically my next move is gonna be F5

so again the king is a little bit uncomfortable

um even on the king side because F 5 f 4

so again I would prefer yeah

I would probably prefer black here

but it's not that clear still

what's gonna happen later on in the game

so

but it's a different approach and instead of Bishop C2

Irina played Castle

so there are several approaches now

to my play

I could simply take the bishop and go for F5

this of course allows N I g 2

and I do have the two bishops

but the position remains kind of solid for white

and potentially h four

g 4 might be an attack or a little annoying attack and

but no problem it's probably playable for black

but somehow I I wanted more from this position

I just felt that the knight on g 1 and the king on c

1 are just so misplaced

and they just wanted to rip open the queen side

even if it cost me a pawn

so that's why I played C5

a very

interesting approach to opening up the queenside

I'm almost forcing white to take

because b 5 is simply bad

I'm gonna go knight b 8

a 6 and open up the a file and of course c 5

I mean f 5 is coming up in the future

so white takes pawn takes and now bishop c 2

so the pawn on d 6 cannot be defended

but I don't really care

and I continue my plan of opening up

the queen side as much as I can

so again C5

and now Irina decides to play B5 which is a good move

it's really hard to keep any more

tension on the Queen side

for example even if B takes c

this is simply bad because of queen a 5

and the a 3 pawn is now in trouble

and uh

there are really no other good alternatives besides B5

so I play an 8 B8

and I just gonna go on d 7

and now I have a nice open square for my queen on C 5

on a five

so this is you could say

critical position in the game

and now Irina has two ways of winning the pawn

one is queen takes d six

this is what she played in the game

but the other one

the one that I actually missed during the game

is Bishop takes C5 which is

I think even a little bit stronger

and actually when I played

night b 8 I did see bishop takes c 5

and I calculated this line

that maybe I can simply sacrifice an exchange

and then try to trap the rook on d 8

with either night d 7

or bishop d 7 and then bishop f six

but actually I analyzed this further

and in all of these line white is actually much better

if not winning

due to some beautiful resources

so for example 97

95 night e 6 and rook e 8

and all of a sudden

the knight on d 5 does an excellent job of keeping

the rooks very safe on e eight

and really I'm in some kind of zugzwang now

because I can't make any progress

I can't trap the rook

and I'm down an exchange and a pawn

so this is simply bad

you might consider Bishop d 7 with idea Bishop f six

and now there is this beautiful resource

so for example knight d 5

Knight takes e takes d and you think

well you just win a rook

or win an exchange back after bishop f 6

and the beautiful resource is d 6

double x clamp this is truly an amazing move

and it turns out that white is winning now

because of this move

if bishop takes bishop e 4 and my rook cannot be saved

if I don't take the rook I cannot stop bishop e 4

and if I play bishop e 5 well

this simply opens the squares

for the rook rook e 8 or rook c 8

and white is completely winning

so you see this beautiful idea d 6

and white is winning in that line

so taking on c 5 is bad

and the correct move here is bishop e six

I sacked one pawn I'm not afraid to sack another one

as long as I open up the queen side

and I have plenty of counterplay for my pieces

now g 3 temporarily pushing the knight away

because now the knight cannot go to e 6

and it's a little bit misplaced on h 5

and now simply bishop takes d six

of course I can play Rook e 8

however after c 5

it's not clear that

second two pawns gives me enough counterpoint

but the correct move here is Bishop takes c four

sacrificing the exchange and in this position

I do have enough compensation for the exchange

after bishop takes f 8 and simply Queen takes f eight

the king is wide open a 3 pawn is hanging

and I'm gonna open up the position with a 6 later on

should be plenty of compensation for the exchange

and white has to play precisely here

in order not to get in trouble

so let's go back

Bos never used 51bce0c785ca2f6808

so after Bishop takes c 5

correct move is Bishop e 6

and the move that Irina played is Queen takes d six

now of course

queen a 5 hitting the knight and the pawn king b 2

and simply knight d 7

and I'm quite happy with my position

black is down a pawn but I'm gonna play knight e 6

knight d four

and open up the queen side with a 6 later on

where is white

doesn't have any attack at all

and still lacking the development with night g 1

rook h 1 I didn't even consider move such as night 6

g two because it's only helping white

for example

bishop takes c 5 and bishop is gonna go to B 4

simply good position and my knight is misplaced on g 2

so correct moves 97

and now I think Irina started to play a little bit

uh out of plan

she couldn't find a good plan and she plays Bishop D3

it's unclear what was the idea of this move

and another reason why I like this position

is that it's really hard to play

as white because it's clear that I'm gonna play 96

94 potentially a six later on

all these weak squares and the king is wide open

and white really has to consolidate

and play very carefully in order not to get in trouble

so maybe it's better to play simple queen d 2

knight e 6 Knight d 5 and of course I don't wanna trade

I'm gonna go back to d 8 I'm gonna play knight d 4

but at least the powerful knight on d five

would keep my attack

would delay my attack at least for a while

so maybe that's what she should have played

but after bishop b 3

I play knight e 6

and now I'm getting dangerous initiative right away

and now I think she should have played maybe night g 5

and again Irina keeps on the wrong path

and now she plays queen c 6

sort of helping me to put my rook on the b 5

and I play rook b eight

and what probably happened

and that she didn't realize that Rook takes the 7

loses after simple takes

takes rook d 8 attacking the queen

now queen to 6 and rook d 3 and this was my main idea

and now all of a sudden

white really has no defense

and white is completely lost

all of my pieces are coming through

there is no defense

so I played Ruby 8

and now Irina plays finally 95

alright

so now it's time to open up the Queen side even more

I play a six

a very useful move

a 4

a take B and C take B

and now

of course 94

this is exactly what I wanted

now all of a sudden this 94 is a key

in all of my attack

of course you can't really take the knight

because now you can open up my bishop on g 7

which is really deadly

so Queen c 7

trying to exchange Queens

and I have a very beautiful move queen a eight

where my queen is doing quite

quite fine

and White's queen on c 7 is a little bit misplaced

and so Irina prepares a retreat with Bishop d two

and in this moment

I already spotted a very beautiful combination

starting with the move rook bisel

so she has to play queen a 5

going queen d 6 is way too dangerous

the queen might get trapped

and rook a 7 forcing queen c three

and now the answer the key here is

how do you break through

on the queen side and get to the king

the pawns on a

4 and b 5 are keeping the king quite safe

and it's not so easy to break through

but the beautiful combination is to finally

open up the queen side for good

by getting rid of the pawns

one pawn at a time Rook takes a 4 xclam

you might think that

wait didn't I just blunder that 97 is Intermezzo

hitting my queen

because of course bishop takes a 4

queen takes a 4

it's simply bad

hitting the rook and the pawn on b 5 is gone

but no 97 I did see

and now simple queen a 7

bishop takes a 4

now queen takes a 4

is no good because the knight is defending the pawn

and Queen takes his self

and if you take a closer look at this position

you realize that although black is down an exchange

it doesn't matter because all of Black's pieces

are so much better than whites

and the white skin is so wide open

and notice that the knight on g

1 and rook on h 1 are still simply watching

the king getting slaughtered

so knight b 6 is coming up

so I really anticipate that with rook a one

Night b 6

and now finally

night h 3

so you see

it took 32 moves for that poor knight to develop

and I'm continuing with simple development of my pieces

Bishop piece 6 preparing night c 4 and rook a eight

now Irina was on top of everything else in time trouble

but her position is already so bad it's hard to defend

she plays rook e 1

and now I finish the game off in style

with the rook a 8 hitting the bishop

bishop c two

night x b 5 hitting the queen

Queens Queen e 3 loses to night c 4 fork

so really the only move was queen d 3

and now finishing touch c four

and white can resign if queen e 3

then c 3 check bishop takes knight check and it's over

so after C4 Irina resigned and uh

really there is no defense

so I hope you liked this game

I think it's very instructive

attack in King's Indian on the queen side

and most importantly

you have to understand when to sacrifice pawns

and

why it's important to sacrifice pawns

for opening up the king and piece activity

thank you very much and I hope to see you all next time

bye bye