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hi everyone this is Grandmaster Eugene Perelstein

and together with Chess lecture.com

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

now as part of celebrating

Garry Kasparov's win in World Cup I

I would like to continue this series

and to present you a beautiful win

in Round 5 of the World Cup

against very strong Grandmaster Ponomariov

Komske is playing white and this is the knight of

so let's start e 4

c five night f 3

d 6 so panamariov is not afraid to go for the main line

night Dorf

Kamske takes the challenge

8 of 6 9 2 3

8 6

so here white can choose among different strategies

uh more positional approach such as bishop e 2 or a 4

or even g 3 more aggressive move such as f 3

bishop e 3 or bishop g five

this is the move that comes

King Floyd immediately put in pressure on the f 6

knight e 6 and f four

so this is the main line Nidorv with bishop g 5

and panamariov plays Queen b 6

the most principled move attacking the b 2 pawn

now in the past

Komsky played Knight B 3 in this position and he lost

famous game in uh in Bulgaria

in Sofia

against Topalov when he was leading the tournament

and this time Kamsky decides to take on the challenge

and plays Queen d two

which is by far the most principled move in this line

sacrificing the B2 point and you might ask a question

is this a special preparation by Kamsky

or what prompted him to play Queen D2

did he know that Panamari

Panamariov would be uh surprised by this move perhaps

or he would not take the opponent b two

and I can answer you this question quite easily

especially since the tournament is over

all credit for this goes to Kamsky's second Israeli

grandmaster Sutovsky

who is a well known theoretician

especially in sharp positions

such as nydorf and other openings

and I'm pretty sure that sotowski recommended

Kamsky to play Queen d two

and prepared him for the queen takes b 2 line

and this probably could explain

why panamariov hesitated

probably didn't expect 22

and plays a less aggressive move 96

so Kamsky wins this powerful opening battle

where panamariov

decides against the most aggressive continuation

Queen takes B2 would sharp play

and why do I say that Kamsky wins this battle

well because the positions that arise after Nisei 6

are very positional

and Kamsky's style suits these positions probably best

because he's a very positional correct

so to say player and

this is exactly

the type of position that he is looking for

so after night c 6 he plays bishop takes knight

ruining the pawn structure

and now night b 3 this is all theory

and now we have a very typical position

which arises from rouser variation of the Sicilian

white sacrifices his bishop pair for the bad pawns f 7

f 6 and h 7 and now black can't really castle kingside

so he has to prepare the queenside castle

and white of course has more space

so after night b 3 let's see what happened

Bishop d 7 preparing the long side castle

castles

castles

and now Bishop e two

with a simple idea to sometimes even play Bishop h 5

attacking the weak f 7 point

that's the next move h five

now if black doesn't play h 5

and let's say they play king b 8

after bishop h 5

White puts the so called bind against Black's position

you see that all of Black's pieces

are very very limited especially his D7 bishop

he probably has to play bishop E8

and now the rook on h 8

the bishop on f 8 are all very badly coordinated

and white can simply play in the center

and on the queen side in particular rook f 1

rook f 3 plan is very very powerful

followed by knight a 4

or moving the knight and both knights maybe

and swinging the rook over to the queen side

with decisive advantage so this is very

very bad for black

so h five does give

black some counterplay especially with idea h 4

maybe even h 3 in the future

but the pawn on h 5 becomes a liability

because the rook on h

8 has to always keep the eye on the pawn

so h 5

rook f 1

following up with the simple plan of rook f three

Bishop e 7

Rook f 3

Rook d to g 8

trying to create some counter play on the queen side

sorry on the king side and simply bishop f one

so unlike the common Nidor

where both sides are usually castled on opposite sides

there is you know whoever mates first

whoever's attack is first wins in this type of Nidor

it's very

very important to slowly build up your position

if you're white and black at the same time

doesn't have that much counter play

so he kind of has to wait and see what white will do

perfect for the style of such players as Kamsky

who you could compare it to Python

who is slowly squeezing and squeezing his prey

until his prey runs out of breath

so after bishop f 1 let's see what happened next

king b eight

well what else to do for black

you know moves such as king b 8

don't really show the aggressive

the aggressiveness of Black's player

but if you really look in this position

you can't do much due to the very passive

peacement uh place peacement of black squares

the bishop on e 7 the bishop on d 7 are very passive

uh the pawn structure is quite solid

but again

you can't play d 5 or f 5 anytime in the future

so king b 8 is a good useful move

you're getting the king out of the way

and potentially preparing rook c 8

and play on the c five

white does have a lot of space

but he can't really create any plausible threats

right away

black kinda holds him off on the 5th rank

all of the squares are taken

the knights on b 3 and c 3 can't really do any damage

Knight a 4 is simply met by queen c 7

so

that's why Kamsky also plays a good prophylactic move

king b one

you see the position is very slow

play h 4 a good useful move

possibly getting more space on the king side

and maybe preparing rook h 5 in the future

and this position has happened a few times in practice

so probably both players played these moves

knowing what they were doing

and they kind of all make sense if you think about it

so the next move by Kamsky is Queen E1

this is probably the first move of the game

that we have to delve

into the position further and try to explain it

why would kamske play such a move

the queen stands on a good square

and now he plays queen e

1 on a little bit passive square

and so let's see if we can try to answer this question

why did he play Queenie 1

well I guess the first thing comes in mind is

he is keeping the eye over the h

4 square so for example

possibly rook h 3 in the future

or

night d 2 creating the square for the knight

where he can quickly jump to c 4

and then rook d 3 and the opponent d 6 is doomed

so the queen e 1 move is a little subtle

also possibly sometime in the future

move such as 95 would be possible

because after e takes d E takes d

the knight on c 6 is hanging and if the knight moves

the bishop on e 7 would be hanging

so it's a little bit of an X ray

against the bishop on e 7

as well

so I think queen e 1 is a solid multipurpose move

but I think the main idea of queen e

1 is kind of a waiting move

just trying to understand what black is gonna do next

because if you plan black

the position is quite passive

and it's very hard to find a plan

so let us think what to do if we are black

well

panamario sees that his rooks are open

and he wants to create some pressure against the pawns

and he plays rook g 4

creating some pressure against the f 4 pawn

and the same time

maybe he wants to double up the rooks on the g five

and again the next move by Kamsky A3

again very hard to explain this move

from a chess perspective what is the plan of a 3

what is the point of a 3 but I think it

it's all in line with the same

slow build up strategy that this position requires

sometimes in the future a 3 is a very good

useful move against the back rank mates

in addition a 3 is useful

keeping the b 4 square away from the knight

but probably a good useful move overall

a simple prophylactic move building up the position

that's why Kamsky plays a 3

again take a note of this nidorf very slow paced

very unusual for nidorf

so let's see what happened next

Quincy Sound

why did he play queen to 7

it's hard to explain

the queen is standing on a good square

keeping the whole diagonal in check

maybe he was afraid of night a four

for example

if even if he plays moves such as rook for example

to h 5 let's say right

is he really afraid of night a four

well I can play queen to cell now

I don't see a big deal uh huh

maybe he's afraid of now queen of coming to F2

I'm the b 6 square but even this

I don't think is much of a trouble for black

so it's really hard for me to explain

the move queenside 7 that panamariov plays

I think that panamariov was kind of

under the impression that his position is quite solid

and he has to kind of see and wait what white does

and the immediate move by Kamsky is a very correct

and probably immediately taken initiative

right away is Knight to e two

kind of unusual move you might even say

Knight is going away from looking at the center to e 2

blocking the bishop

and it's unclear why would the knight go to d 4

simply to change a pair of knights

but it only helps black

because his position is quite passive

but only deep analysis of this position

and looking at the game further

you will understand the whole sort of

idea behind this build up of Knight e 2

so let's see what happened next

so after night e 2

Panamario

probably didn't understand the idea of night e 2

and he continues with rook h 5

which is a good looking move

uh possibly he wants to swing the rook over on the 5th

uh whenever there is a chance

he's eyeing over the a 5 square

maybe night a 5 might be in

but just a good overall place for the rook for now

and now the whole idea of night e 2 in Kamske's plan

becomes quite visible h 3 x clamp hitting the rook

the rook has to retreat rook g 8 and now f 5

and now you see the whole point behind Kamsky's

strategy the knight is going to f 4

and now it's clear that

black is in some kind of a bind

he can't really get out

his bishops are locked in and if he takes on a five

he simply ruins his pawn structure so bad

that after night f 4 pawn takes e 4 queen takes e four

being up a pawn

doesn't even seem that black has any advantage

because his pawns are just so badly placed

the knight on d 5 is gonna come if the rook moves

it's just terrible position

but maybe this is the best Panamero could do

because what happened in the game

didn't even give him any counterplay whatsoever

so again F5 is a very strong move

taking over the initiative and putting black in a bind

so panamariov decides wisely against e takes f

and simply moves the rook back

kinda admits that well

he moved back and forth a little bit

he didn't achieve much but his position is still solid

okay now what

how does Kamsky continue to get his advantage going

and simply Knight of 4

he is following up with his plan

he's not afraid of E takes F95 is gonna come in

and at this point

I would say that white has an overwhelming position

it's still very very far from winning

but the advantage is obvious

simply no counterplay for black

white can slow build up his position

the rook is gonna come to c three

it's just very very hard to play

so Bishop of faith

what else you might ask well

I don't know to tell the truth there

I don't see any good

moves and now again a very slow moving pace

Queen f 2 no time to rush

he's eyeing over the b 6 square

so that the queen can't go there

and preparing his deadly attack on the king's on yeah

on the queen side

Rook g five

well he's gotta do somehow

you know he's gotta see counterplay

what else so pawn takes e 6

pawn takes and now a very simple rook c 3 move

position is becoming almost critical

panamariov is still unaware of all the dangers

he plays rook h 6 trying to defend somehow

and now with a powerful knight d four

really the position is falling apart for black rookie 5

you gotta defend the pawn and now very nice knight d 3

xclam sacrificing the pawn but only temporarily

and now knight d four

all of a sudden

ideas such as bishop takes a 6 are in the air

the rooks

the rook on h 6 and the bishop on f 8

are just simply passive watchers

the rook on e four is a little bit misplaced

doesn't really do anything

and so

panamariov decides smartly to give up the exchange

really there is no other good way to stop the attack

at least now the attack has stopped

but at the cost of exchange

and now Queen a five

and we are entering the next stage of the game

remember

that Kamsky is not only good in this positional

slow paced games

he is extremely well versed in converting the advantage

especially in positions like this

where it's not obvious you know

what is the correct way to convert his advantage

but Kamsky is very very good in these positions

so let's see rook takes pawn

simply taking the pawn for now f five

and now

simply you wanna exchange as many pieces as possible

I'm going to the endgame so Kamsky starts with rook b 3

first exchanging a pair of rooks and then rook b three

creating some threats

so prompting the exchange of knights

so knight takes before rook takes before

and now bishop c 6 so finally

Black's bishops are playing at the cost of exchange

and now it's a matter of technique to convert the extra

change

g 4 x clamp

opening up the position some more for the rook

F takes G Rook takes g 4

queen e five

Brooke G Check so now white is simply winning

it's a matter of converting the extra exchange

king c seven

and now Bishop d 3

so again remember

the plan is to exchange Queens at the first opportunity

and then simply run with the h pawn to queen

and the next move panamariov is in despair

he's trying to misplace the queen

but at the same time

he allows this very neat little trick to change Queens

after queen G three

Queen c 5

b 4 x clamp so queen b 6 is no good

he has to play Queen d 4 and now after queen g 7

you could simply

finish and resign in this position

but panamariov plays on

he is well known for playing on in lost positions

and now the pawn runs

so e 4 Bishop e 2

Bishop f 4 rook g 6

and Tony Mario freeze on h 6

h 7 can't be stopped and if bishop e 8

then rook e 6

and again either e 4 pawn falls or h 6

h 7 and the game is over

a beautiful game by Kamsky

probably one of his nicer games from the tournament

although there were many

but he simply overplayed his 27 opponent

without giving him any counterplay

and we can safely say that Kamski is back

and he is back to stay for long

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

bye bye