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hi everyone this is Grandmaster Eugene Perelshteyn

and together with Chess lecture.com

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

now today

I will talk about a game that I played

at the recent tournament World Open

as a matter of fact I had a pretty bad tournament

I got 5 points out of 9 and I actually lost three games

which is quite rare for me

to lose three games in a single tournament

and so I still have a lot of work to do

you know even though I'm a grandmaster

I have to analyze my games and try to understand

you know what went wrong in my preparation

or during the tournament

however I did manage to play a few good games

and today

I will talk about the game which I played as black

against a very young talented kid who is

I believe 12 years old and he's already a master

Darien Yang

and I believe he is a Gregory Kane of student

and he's really really strong for his age

so this is a very instructive game

I believe

for those of you who play the King's Indian as black

and of course if you play it as white

you should be

aware of problems that could arise in this opening

for white so let's begin

d four night of six c 4

g 6 knight c 3 bishop g 7

so far theory e 4 d 6

knight of 3 so this is the classical approach

two kings Indian castles

bishop e 2

so the main line here is e five

but I prefer to play night a six first

which actually usually transposes

and the reason why is I totally avoid this endgame

which is drosh

and not something that I would like to play

if my opponent simply wants to make a draw

so after night R 8 6 however

castles e 5 taking on e five is not as good

because white has committed the king to castling

and now all sorts of endgames are

I believe

fine for black and probably

even black can try to play for a win

in most of these endgames now

but the main line is actually after e 5

bishop e three

and so my young opponent blitzed out all these moves

in a few seconds definitely showing

that he is well prepared for battle to come

now

let's kind of step back and look at this position

from a point of view if you don't know any theory

and why would black play such a move as Night a 6

and that kind of weird way to play the King's Indian

instead of Night C six

but the main idea as you might already know

is to wait for white to play d 5

for example if white plays immediate d 5

then you play knight c 5

and this is a perfect explanation for the move

knight a 6 so you're fighting for the c 5 square

and white can't really stop black from coming to C5

so that's why Bishop e three

is strong move so first of all

white doesn't commit himself keeping the pawn on d 4

and now if black takes on d 4

Knight takes

white is doing okay

because white is gonna build a powerful bind

and if I play something like night c 5

White could fall out with either f 3

or even maybe queen c 2

and try to centralize his pieces

so my plan now is to make white play D5

or to take on E5 so basically

I wanna put as much pressure on d 4 pawn as possible

so that's my next move now g 4 hitting the bishop

bishop g 5 and queen e 8

so one more defender left the d 4 square

and now h 3 and I play f six

so

I'm actually preparing a retreat for my knight to h 6

and I'm not afraid of H takes G

F takes G because of the following line

pawn takes pawn takes knight takes queen e 7

now Knight has to go to h 3

otherwise you lose the g 4 pawn and now after c 6

we can see that

black has full compensation for the pawn

white has very bad knight on h three

completely no counterplay

and black simply is gonna play 95 96

94 and play on the dark squares

so it's clear

that black has more than sufficient compensation

for the pawn

and again

my young opponent is aware of all these little

nuances of the position

he simply drops back with the bishop

I play knight h 6 and now he plays bishop e 3 again

so this is pretty interesting

we made this little dance

where his bishop ended up back on e 3

and my knight ended up back on h 6

and the point being on f 6

so he is trying to resist

to my pressure to make his d 4 pawn move

commit to either take it on e 5 or to play d 5 again

it's in my interest for his pawn to take me

or to play d five

so that my knight on a 6

can actually get back into the game

and if I play something like a 5 now

well this is looking quite risky

as a matter of fact he can simply

take on E5

and if I do d text E

he can even maybe take on f 5

pawn takes night Bishop takes night

Bishop takes night

and now this queen d 5 check and e 5 pawn is lost

so you see

this is very risky for me to play f 5 without having

stabilize the situation in the center

so that that's my next move

night f 7 I'm getting ready to play f 5

at the opportune moment for me

and I'm improving my knight from a bad h 6 square

and now my opponent finally makes the decision

he takes on e 5

which is justifiable

because he wants to play on the queen side

and immediate play on the queen side

with moves such as c 5

are bad because after e takes d

night takes or bishop takes

he simply loses the c 5 pawn

so another opportunity for him is to play it slow

with a 3 and b 4 but this allows me to play c 6

and transfer my knight to c 7

e 6 and maybe even f 4

where I can start my immediate attack on the king side

so after d tax E d tax E

we have reached

one of the critical positions in this 96 range

so of course white wants to play on the queen side

and his next move is obvious

c 5

not only does he want to take on a 6

at the right moment he wants to play knight d 2

knight c four

or even put more pressure on me with a 3 and b 4

and start pushing the pawn

so this is very dangerous for black

and I have to take proper measures

and I start with the simple move c six

so I take away the d 5 square from white

and at the same time I prepare a retreat for my Knight

Night t 7 night e six

and so my young opponent plays 92

a reasonable move he wants to go 94 96 so far so good

but he also had the opportunity to take on a six

right away

and we have one of the critical positions

of the variation

black has clear weaknesses on the queen side

you know with my point being doubled on a 7

a 6 and the weak point on c 6 is not helping me

and he can play queen a four

followed by 92 94 95 or 92 94

96 and really start putting pressure on black

now you might ask well how does black play

if you're only talking about all these weaknesses

on the queenside

and the plan here is the following you play rook b 8

you make him defend the b 2 pawn

and then you play f five

this is the key move to Black's attack

as a matter of fact you wanna play F4

so he doesn't have time to play an ID2 and really

if he doesn't take on f 5

let's say he plays some kind of useful mustaches

Rook f 2 d 1 after f 4 Bishop c 1

g 5 I believe Black's attack is just way too strong

because think about it I'm gonna play h 5 g 4

my queen is iron already the the king side

after night g 5 queen g 6

my bishop on c 8 is looking at the h 3 pawn

my attack is just way too strong

so that makes

white has to take on C5

and now if I play immediate F 4 e 4

94 is a little unpleasant

so I have to take G takes F

and play this position with the e 5

f 5 pawns in the bishop pair

which I think compensates

black for the weaknesses on the queen side

so this is quite interesting position

and if you are dynamic player

you would appreciate black here

but my young opponent actually plays 92

which is a quite a reasonable move

and if I play something slow like 97

94

let's say night e 6

then he can even follow up with night d 6

and now if Knight takes Bishop takes this pawn on d 6

could be real

problem for me and as a matter of fact

he can simply play later on Queen b 3

Bishop c four and put pressure and rub d 1

put real pressure on me

and this d 6 pawn is really really annoying

so this is something that I quite didn't like and

I immediately decided to go for the offensive F5

so this is very instructive

I wanna play on the king side

and start out my attack with F5

now if pawn takes pawn pawn takes pawn f 4

trying to buffer my attack simply doesn't work

because after taking on f 4

he loses the c 5 pawn

so this is actually very important

new ones that white doesn't have

therefore he has to prevent a four

so he plays f 3

so now if I play f 4

he's got a little square for the bishop for now

he's well defended

but now

my next move is to put pressure on his c 5 pawn

with queen e seven

as a matter of fact

I make him commit to either give up the light square

bishop

which you will see is very

very important defensive piece

or I'm gonna make him commit to move such as night b 3

which doesn't help white in any way

because the knight is heading towards the d 6 square

not V3 has to go to C4 and Z6

so this really really slows down white

and I can simply switch my plan and play night e 7

night e 6 and continue with the king side attack

so this queen e 7 is really strong move

I believe and after bishop takes pawn takes

so far so good this is what happened in the game

I believe my opponent finally makes an inaccurate move

he plays queen e 2

which simply looks strong

because you wanna connect the rooks

you prepare an 84 and

why is that a such a bad move you might ask

and the reason why is in these types of position

Black's attack would get really serious

and that's very important point that I have to

underscore in King's Indian positions

white has a chronic weakness

and this is his king on G1

so if I get to play f 4 g 5 h 5 g 4

it's gonna be really

really hard for white to defend against my attack

and more importantly

in this position without the light square bishop

it's even easier for black to play f 4 g 5

h 5 g 4 because whenever white exchanges on g 4

he's not gonna have the light square bishop to back up

the defense

so this makes my attack even more powerful

and if you are a King's Indian player

you should be worried as you as white

and you should seek immediate counterplay

which I believe you should have tried with Knight

c four

and I d 6 and if I play rook d 8

he can try queen a 4

put in immediate pressure on the c 6 point

so

this is the type of counterplay white should aim for

and here we have a double edged game

now after 94

I was actually thinking about playing

Bishop e 6

so this is a possibility I had

and now if white plays queen a four

notice it that my c 6 and a 6 pawns are hanging

but perhaps

perhaps I have time here to play Bishop h six

and now after Bishop takes h 6

white c 5 pawn would be hanging with check

so this is the trick that I have in mind

and bishop h 6 is hanging as well

and if he comes back

I can simply win the knight with queen takes e 4

so this is the possibility I have

and with this type of tactical ideas

black should have enough dynamic equilibrium

to get counter chances after moves

such as Night c four

and of course I can kind of play it slow

such as rook b eight

and if my opponent plays b 3

now I'm not afraid of queen a 4 anymore

and I can continue with my plan of bishop e 6

and getting a good attack with f 4 and g 5 later on

so you see all of these different ideas

one has to keep in mind

when playing these types of position

because as a matter of fact

this position is very dynamic

and one inaccuracy could lead to a problem

but let's actually see why

queen a 2 turned out to be such a mistake

so f 4 Bishop f 2 g 5

rook F to d 1 h 5 Knight c four

so far both of us are executing our plans and G4

so immediately I wanna

attack the king and after g 4 h 3 pawn is hanging

so my opponent takes takes

and now he's got another problem

if he plays knight d 6 after g 3 bishop e 1

he's gonna be faced with mate

there is really no defense in this position

so you see all these ideas are really really

visible and it's not so easy for white to defend

since Bishop on f two is feeling uncomfortable

and g three is gonna put so much pressure on white

my opponent decides to play king f 1

but let's take a look at why F takes G is bad

and the reason why is quite simple

without the light square bishop

the g 4 pawn is gonna be lost

queen g 5 followed by bishop takes g 4

and the game is practically over

this is really easy win for black

that just shows you how important it is

for white to have the light square bishop

for defensive purpose

so let's go back to the game king of one

so this is a correct decision

white wants to run away

so if I play something inaccurate like g 3

he can simply play bishop g one

followed by king E 1 King d 2

King c 2 and all of a sudden I have no target to attack

my only target was his weak king

and when the king runs on the queen side

I can't really do any damage

because my pawn structure is totally ruined

and it's white who dominates on the kingside

so I gotta be careful

so after king f 1

I need to open up the position a little bit more

G takes f G takes f

and now again

a move that looks kind of natural is bishop check

but what do you do after king e one

so he simply wants to play king d 2

king c 2 and if I play a rook d 8 trying to stop him

well he might as well just simply take

and trade all the rooks

and I have nothing to talk with

while my pawn structure is still totally ruined

on the queen side

so you see I can easily go

the wrong in the wrong direction here

but the correct way is to understand

what is

White's weakness here

so it's clear that one of White's weaknesses is

of course the king

but more important

the pawn on f 3 is gonna lead black to victory

that pawn on f 3 is only defended by the queen

all we need to do is put more pressure on that pawn

and White's position is gonna fall apart

like a stack of cards

so the move is queen to g 5

so I simply wanna play queen h five

followed by 9 g 5 or bishop h 3

check on bishop g 2 and finally

white will have to lose the f 3 pawn

so King E1 he's insisting on his plan to run away

but just in time Queen H5

so notice that king d 2 loses to knight g 5

f 3 pawn cannot be defended

and that prompts my opponent to play the next move

rook d 3 he thinks well I got everything defended

if black plays night g 5 king g 2

let's say bishop h 3

now simply rook h 1 or rook g 1 and really

white has no problems

because king is gonna go to C2 and quite safe on the

and be quite safe on the queen side

so again I have to come up

with the only move that allows me to play for victory

here

and it's actually pretty funny

it's the pawn on the totally different

side of the board that makes black get the advantage

the move is a five

now the bishop is gonna play the key role on the a 6

f 1 diagonal

and White's pieces are simply too crowded to stop

the bishop from doing damage so the knight on c 4

the rook on d 3 queen on a 2

this is really really unpleasant

and I actually believe

my opponent overlooked this move

and I can't blame him

because the position is not so easy to defend

and especially after a 5

this is getting really really dangerous for white

so now let's try to figure out how can white defend

so white can't really take on a 5 right

why well I can simply do

queen h 1 check

now king d 2 simply rooses the a one rook

so he has to play king f 1

and after queen f 1 takes takes bishop a six

you could see that white is in real trouble

and he's gonna lose more than just an exchange

he's gonna lose a whole rook

because of this nice little pin

white is totally hopeless

so this is important

and

after a 5

my opponent decides to consolidate with the move

rook to c 1

you're gonna see his idea a few moves later

so now I play bishop a 6 of course

and the idea of rook to c 1 is to play knight b 1

so he found this very interesting consolidating plan

to play knight b 2 d 2

where knight is gonna defend f 3 pawn c 4 knight

and then he wants to run king d 1

king c 2 King d 1 so very resourceful move

so

it looks like black has been dominating and attacking

and if white gets to make two more moves here at night

VD 2 and king d 1 king c 2 again

he just consolidates and has a good game

so I gotta act fast

so I start out with putting the pressure

on the rook on d 1

with the move rook a to d eight

so now the problem is if he trades rooks

the point on F3 is gonna be even weaker

and I'm gonna control the default

so that therefore he plays

knight to d 2

again he doesn't mind if I take

because he can take with the queen

and later on he can even escape with the king to e two

so again I gotta act fast and first things first

paralyze the knight with queen h 1

check force your knight of 1 why

because of queen of 1 then I simply win the rook

after queen takes king or knight takes

I simply win the rook

so No. 1 I paralyzed white and this is pretty funny

look at the pieces knight of one queen of 2 rook d 3

knight of four Bishop on f 2 has no squares either

so if you really think about this position

if black makes it few accurate moves

white is gonna be in total zugzwang

so now I wanna put pressure on the f 3 point with night

g five so now Rook takes d 8

loses even faster to knight takes f 3

Intermezzo

and then I recapture the rook back and by the way

I have a still an open threat

Rook takes rook and knight takes f three

and he can't play rook c 2 d 1

because the knight on c 4 is simply hanging

and all of a sudden

this is getting into danger territory for white

now what about rook c 2 c 3

well in this case

I can win pretty easily takes takes takes

takes night of 3

and white basically just collapses here

for example king v two 94 check Bishop takes after

and then after E takes d

this is simply winning for black so let's go back

and try to figure out the last move for white

so after an I g 5

my opponent decides to play Rook d 2 c three

he could have played the rook to a 3

but if you think about it

the pawn on a 5 is not in any danger whatsoever

because of the pawn on f 3

so this is quite important

so now let's ask ourselves a question

this is a very critical moment of the game

what's White's next move

and it's not gonna be easy to find it

as a matter of fact

he probably has to play something like b 3

a 4 and maybe rook c 2 or something like passive right

well in that case

all black has to do is find the winning plan

so if I double up on the d file

that seems like a reasonable move

but doubling up on the d file in itself doesn't win

but what else is out there

so let's kind of pay attention to the king side

my queen on h 1 is paralyzing the knight

the knight on g 5

and queen on h 1 are putting pressure on f 3 Pawn

bishop on a 6 is doing a lot of damage

Rook on d 8 controls the open file

and the only two pieces

which are not in the action are the rook on f 8

and the bishop on g 7

uh huh I mentioned the bishop on g 7

if the bishop on g 7 were to come to h four

and especially

if I can trade the knight on g 5 for the bishop on f 2

White is gonna either lose a queen or get checkmated

so therefore the winning move is bishop f 6

it's these quiet moves that usually win

in positions where your opponent is fully paralyzed

you just bring one more piece into the game

and he has no defense whatsoever

against the very simple plan

Knight h 3 Knight takes f 2 and bishop h four

and this is pretty funny

so after 31 moves with most of the pieces still intact

the position is resignable

because simply there is no defense

and my young opponent actually resigned

and this also shows how stronger player he is

that he doesn't play until he is

you know

one move away from checkmate or losing the queen

he actually realizes that

there's nothing he can do in his simple design

so I think this game is very instructive

because it shows key points in King's Indian

No. 1

Black's attack works

when the pawns in the center are fixed

No. 2 Black's attack worked here even stronger

because white lost an important defender

the light square bishop

this is the key defender in the King's Indian

and of course

I think the most important mistake for white is to

kind of lose track of time with the Queen

e 2 move which is a little bit of an accuracy

but you could see how quickly black

got into a powerful attack

and virtually

white was on the defensive the whole game

and that didn't help him at all

so I hope you Learned

quite a few things from this uh

game and good luck to you all and play some good chess

thank you bye bye