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hi everyone this is Grandmaster Eugene Praveshtine

and welcome to today's lecture

now today I have something special

I have stumbled upon a very beautiful game

played just recently a few days ago

at the Montreal Invitational Chess Tournament

and I call this game the jewel of Kings Indian

because this game illustrates perfectly

almost like a

you can say a moving painting

how beautifully black can play in The King's Indian

and actually

the attack resulting in a very beautiful checkmate

so this game is played um

by two very strong players

by Russell Rossmond from Canada

against fellow countryman

who actually now resides in New York City

Pascal Charbonneau

so let's start knight of 3

knight of six

c 4

g 6 so

white is

employing what is called the anti Grunfeld setup

so with knight of 3 and c 4

after knight c 3 bishop g seven

instead of d 4 d 5 which is now the Grunfeld

White plays the e 4

and of course if black wants to play King's Indian

he doesn't really care about the move order

but this is something to keep in mind

if you wanna avoid the Grunfeld

this is to the way to play for white

so d 6 d 4 castles

Bishop e 2 e 5

so we're now in the classical King's Indian

and after castles 96

this is the so called classical main line

now after d 5 Knight e 7

the most popular move these days

for white is undoubtedly d four

and

some people say

this is why Castro stopped playing Kings Indian

because before

really started to create problems for him

but now we are facing the modern world

everyone is armed with rip cords with latest databases

chess engines

and now every single position gets scrutinized

including this one

and thanks to famous King's Indian players

such as Roger Bove these days

black has found a new way to play for the attack

if you recall

Night H5 is probably the most popular move here

and the most recommended choice

but here Pascal Charbonneau plays night to E a

he basically says

well yes you are ahead on the king on the queen side

you're gonna play C5 I give you that

but you know what

my attack is gonna roll no matter what you do

and even if I have to give up the whole queen side

attack on the king

is much more important than positional chess

so this little move

Nighty 8 prepares for the long battle to come

so of course c 5 and now f 5

black immediately undermines the e 4 pawn

and starts the pawn storm on the king side

now wife has two ways to play this position

uh Russell Rosman played Knight to d 2

with idea to set up a very thematic buffer

with the move f three

with idea to try to prolong and stabilize the center

and shift the knight on the queen side

where white clearly dominates

well probably Knight d 2 is

not for those who are very aggressive players

it's more for positional players

I would actually prefer maybe an IG five

with idea to wait

for black to play h 6

and to play knight e 6 at the right moment

and this is very thematic by the way

give up that knight for the bishop

and now the e 6 pawn is weak

yes I agree

but black has tremendous I mean

white has tremendous compensation

in terms of the bishop pair

pressure on the center the D5 square and so forth

so black has to regroup

and this really takes the sting

out of the future attack

so 92 is a brave move

because white is gonna be facing huge pawn storm

on the king side

so let's see how black should play

so night e 8 is only a temporary move back

now night f 6 Black's attack is in full swing

he's gonna storm with the pawn

of course white wants to play knight c 4

so he cements the center with f three

and Pascal doesn't wait around

he immediately plays F4 and of course

why wait the king is already on the king side

and if you recall from my earlier lectures

on this opening

white has a chronic weakness

and the chronic weakness is his king

because black is gonna play g 5

h 5 g four

play night g 6 and attack the king so to say for free

where is white is gonna play on the queen side

but remember checkmate is more important than material

so let's see what happens next 94 so far so good

both sides are playing according to theory

and now nothing to worry about

Pascal simply plays G5

so if white try tries to do something fancy

takes takes 9 b five

well this is something black is not afraid of at all

first of all black can simply drop back to E8

and everything is defended

and really white has to prove

what that the N R

N B 5 is actually doing is actually helping what

so that's why white continues with his pressure a 4

so he wants to play Bishop a three

play b 5

and put really powerful pressure on the pawn on d 6

well the beauty of the King's Indian

is that Black's plan is almost always universal

and again in this position Pascal plays night g 6

the night is really gonna help on the king side

Bishop a 3

well now what

well now simply rook f 7

this rook lift is very useful

because now you prepare bishop f 8

and rook can go to g seven

B 5 and now d 6 is really hanging so Pascal says

well I don't mind taking on C 5

I'm gonna win a tempo because Bishop has to recapture

Bishop takes and now H5

so white sort of made breakthrough on the Queen side

but so what even though the d 6 pawn is gone

the attack is still very powerful

black is gonna play g 4 on the next move

so you see how this is very thematic

and very powerful plan for black

now white continues with his plan a 5

by the way d 6 is nothing to worry about

because black can simply drop back to f 8

and pin the pawn on d 6

so and the bishop on c five is not defended

so Russell Rosman is playing according to plan

to simply dominate and destroy Black's queenside

well Pascal says I don't care about my queen side

I wanna checkmate the king G4

this is getting very exciting B6 G3

both sides are completely ignoring

and looking at their own side of the board

the only problem is that king

is feeling a little bit in trouble

because now what happens if white plays let's say H3

and this is one of those examples

where Black's attack could get really

really fast so first of all

black can play knight h 4

with the idea to play knight 6

g 2 and queen d seven

or rather Bishop takes h 3 and queen to 7

so there is no rook h 8 rook h one's move

but I might even ask

why not immediate Bishop takes h 3 and queen to seven

so you see how all of a sudden king is really

really feeling awkward

so if king g 2

knight h 4 followed by checkmate after king g 1

queen takes h 3 really there is no defense

and if white plays something like rook a 2

good idea to control the second rank again

black can play knight h four with idea G2

and really powerful and deadly attack

so this is just an example

of the things that white should worry about

so he plays King H1 thinking that well

I'm not really afraid if you take on h 2

I don't have to capture back

and for example

the pawn on h 2 is gonna serve as a little

hiding spot for the king

so the queen doesn't get to h four with check

but in this position Pascal plays tremendously strong

he plays bishop f 8

so the idea of this move

is to try to change dark square bishops

and at the same time

try to get the queen into the game

so the bishop takes a fate

Queen takes a fate

and now the queen is participating in the attack

so of course white

wants to avoid the trade of the dark squared bishops

and he plays Bishop G1

which actually turns out to be

maybe the first mistake of the game

but it's really hard to predict what's gonna happen

because if you didn't analyze this position at home

it's very difficult to know what to do

perhaps B take C and after Rook takes

now draw back to G 1 although

I'm not sure if this is gonna

make much of a difference

because black can still play the same as in the game

so what is there is to worry about for white

it looks like there is no mate and you know

anytime soon

but white has immediate pressure on the queen side

he's gonna take on c 7 play d 6 Knight d five

but the beauty of this game

and I call it the jewel of the King's Indian

is that Black's attack is simply unstoppable

knight to H4 xclan

all black wants to do is just sacrifice the knight

on g 2 play rook g 7 and white is gonna be hopeless

this is unbelievable

for example if knight takes e 5

you're only helping black

rook g 7 threatening knight takes g 2 or g takes h

and again move such as h 3

lose on the spot

after bishop takes and queen c 8 or g 2

this is really terrible

so

after night age 4 White can try

white can try to defend

and he has really only one potential hope

but I think even if you put it on the best computer

it's gonna be very tough to defend here for white

in the game white went down totally

fast after rook e one

and black simply plays according to plan

Knight takes g 2

King takes g 2 and a quiet move of g seven

again

this looks like not the big deal

but in reality why it's totally hopeless

the problem is the king is the chronic weakness

all you have to do is open up a few files

allow your pieces to jump quickly on the king side

and White's whole army is simply a standby watcher

he can't help the king look at the queen

look at the rook look at the bishop on e 2

the knights

there's nothing white can do to save his king

so Russell Rosman played I believe uh

night takes E5 and after G takes H taken with the king

is kind of hopeless

I can play night takes E4 followed by queen h 4 mate

so but in the game he didn't really improve either

he plays King H1 and now a nice finishing touch

this is really beautiful move a picturesque move

night takes e 4 why because if you take on g 1

that allows white a breather to trade rooks

but now this is a tempo move

because you open up the way for your queen

so if bishop takes pawn this is mate

king cannot take the pawn because of queen h 4

and any capture on e 4 pawn or knight

results in this beautiful checkmate with the queen

this game is truly unbelievable

and perfectly illustrates Black's simple

yet very effective attack

and I can call this game the jewel of the Kings

so you might ask well where did white go wrong

and we can try to look in this particular position

and see if white can play something better than Rook E

1 so

I did look at this position

with the strongest engine in the world Rybka

which is considered to be much better

than other engines these days

especially the latest version Rybka 3

and I really couldn't find such a you know

very well defensive setup

uh for white for example

if white takes on g 3 and plays queen e 1

Black simply plays rook g seven

what I did Bishop a h 3 and now if Knight e 3

I can still play Bishop h three

and this is the beauty of Black's attack

that you can never take on h 3 for obvious reasons

I can play g 2

and if white tries something like rook a two

then this beautiful combination

and queen d 7 wins on the spot

there is no defense against Queen h 3 mate

so

white can try to defend with the move f 4

but things are really getting crazy

and I think Bishop c 5 really seals the deal for black

because everything

especially once the knight on e 3 is gone

everything falls apart for white

so you can look at this position with Ripka as well

but it's really hard to defend this position

so again there are no clear mistakes from either side

this is a very clean game

very beautiful victory by Pascal Charbonneau

and I hope you're gonna

especially if you're a King's Indian player

you're gonna learn

quite a few important lessons from this game

the attack is so powerful and so beautiful that it just

you know once you start it

it's gonna go by itself

thank you so much

and I hope you enjoyed today's lecture bye bye