13-year-old Garry Kasparov smashes the Sämisch - Tbilisi 1976

you hi everyone it's Jerry let's have a look at a game from the youth games of 1976 on the white end 18 year old Armenian sim bat laputan a player who was about master strength for this game he earned his international master title in 1982 and Grandmaster title in 1984 his opponent 13 year-old garry kasparov still shy of his master rank he earned that in 1978 and as one might have expected tracked very quickly towards his Grandmaster title earning that in 1980 this game a nice window into the young tactical mind of Garry Kasparov let's have a look opening why's it is a king's indian defense in opening Kasparov would go on to play throughout his whole career variation is a mich with F 3 an aggressive system certainly can be an aggressive system this is securing the bishop post on e3 how can it turn aggressive put your bishop on e3 Queen on D to form this battery in some order Queen side castles h4 dark square bishop sustained go right after the black Kings throw it's not to be in this game it is black who goes on the offensive beginning with just a touch of pressure on the weakest Square and White's camp d4 that is a hole so some defense is necessary over that Bishop e3 may be tempting to immediately strike at d4 with e5 currently the only pawn break in the position for black it is not well-timed however 'if I've can be met with d5 and after Knight d4 this is not a good sequence not because light can win upon not a wise choice for white to give up their better bishop for that night but rather because white can play Knight to e2 and ask the knight what are you doing in my house the knight cannot be maintained and what exactly has been accomplished with this sequence by black it remains to be seen in fact black has expedited White's development and white also enjoys a nice static advantage pawn established on d5 some space 'if I've something to keep in mind just not yet in this game a six rook b8 introducing an additional pawn break EE five and now there is b5 both try and chip away at White's pawn trio from here a little bit awkward to complete development on the Kings side certainly you don't want to go to the edge with the night at the Knights favorite square is taken away with the pawn going to e2 this masks the bishop from seeing b5 maybe black plays b5 here some other order if the bishop goes here with this in mind next well the queen is not seeing d4 this may spark a Knight d7 move unleashing the bishop and only then following up with e5 and it may be the case that a knight can be maintained on d4 okay in this game we have white doesn't commit with either kingside minor piece rook b1 and then b4 looking to grab some space on the clean side certainly looks menacing it certainly looks strong for white but where is white week where is white deficient with this plan what is white neglecting kingside development black is castled white is still a three Tempe away from getting castled it is at this point where black now welcomes exchanges hits at this stage with e5 let's see how things are a little bit different after d5 Knight d4 white follows at this point with Knight to e2 but I want to highlight a nice tactic to be familiar with suppose white wants to get rid of this strong bishop this Fein Quetta Bishop still looking for maybe an attack like this what is the issue with this move it's true that white in this scenario with the rook Rd on b1 will not be going clean side it would be completely inconsistent to go Queen side here having moved the B pawn the rook on b1 okay what is the issue with Bishop to h6 feel free to pause the video okay important tactic to be familiar with Knight takes e4 hitting the Queen and opening the Queen's eyes to this check this is not just the win of upon by the game but the game well Queen takes bishop this is already a minus 3 evaluation so there is no Bishop to h6 its Knight to eat - and now the follow up c5 looking to cement this knight in there so how should white react to this might be tempting to grab on c5 and say my rooks eyes are opened and thank you so much for giving me a connected past upon at the same time black would be saying thank you for allowing my knight to be maintained on d4 it's going to be a great bother and if you ever get rid of it I too will then have a connected past pawn so what does white do white captures on c6 takes this pawn on for some recapture this variation this sequence here is giving up a pawn black is giving up upon but in the process lines files diagonals are opening up and black is preparing for a tactical shot we are at this point how to follow up from here what do we have in the game c5 creating more pawn tension more open lines B takes c5 and what to do at this stage move 16 black to move what would you do okay here we go I must admit that this is one of the first moves that crossed my mind and a quick reason I assigned for that was isn't it a good idea to demote the knight you know just force it back to its home Square no 13-year old Gary snaps the pawn on e4 still with this ID in mind I highlighted it in a different scenario with the bishop on h6 but we're seeing another instance where Knight takes on e4 is there and I also want to point out the importance of not taking on b1 first so we're gonna look back to this position here and see why taking on this square first and then taking on e4 is not good and why taking on e4 straight away is good the move played in the game what do you do well if you take with the night you lose the ruck so you got to take with the poem and now in the game comes Queen age for the reply at this stage is not best what white plays is g3 considered best is Bishop to f2 and I'm highlighting this variation because it's something that thirteen-year-old Kasparov had to have calculated he needed to know what to do in this scenario black to move what would you do and reply to Bishop f2 ok the only move here that maintains equality any other move and white would be better the only move that works here for black is to take on c3 and so we are seeing a point the main point in keeping tension between the rooks black wants to have this Bishop takes Knight move available in reply to Bishop f2 so how would play follow from here best play is liquidating like so Queens are exchanged and we enter this double Bishop ending reading as equal something that he needed to calculate was this Bishop 2f to move at this stage right here how is it different if black first exchanges rooks and only then takes on e4 and then gives the Czech well Bishop 2f - there is no Bishop takes Knight and while Queen efore queen takes e4 at this stage may seem tempting there's a way out for white by simply castling Knight is defended and this bishop is indifferent is defended indirectly Queen takes bishop would be met with a nice skewer Queen takes Queen thank you for the rook with Czech and only then will I take your Queen if you lost count White's up a rook with this variation so how important it is to keep this tension keep white in a state where this Bishop takes Knight move is available Knight takes e4 crushing move well the best move I should say Queen h4 in the game what was played not bishop f2 g3 and only now do we have rook takes rook King to f2 now whether or not Kasparov still had this position in his calculations did he work this one out I don't know this next move there's an only move here that maintains an advantage for black every other move and white is winning what is the saving move here what is the best move for black in this position note what's going on first of all Queen is hit rook is hit what are you gonna do about that black to move what would you do okay here we go best move move played in the game rook to b2 what you should be looking to do in this position as black is move your queen get out of harm's way and throw a check but there's no good checks no no no I mean what do you do no good checks they're all covered rook b2 says you take my queen I take your queen that's what happened in the game suppose the Queen takes the rook well now we see the power of this dark square bishop if Queen takes rook Bishop takes Bishop check and there's no good solution for white I'll just show a couple variations this one's simple if King G - it's a matin with check and checkmate and if King goes back home we would have Bishop takes Knight and then Queen takes pawn crushing one of these two will fall no saving them this is not working that's a pinned bishop so any other variation not really keep in mind if you're not taking the Queen right now black is up the exchange so what is played pawn takes Queen rook takes Queen it's getting simplified we're inching it entering a technical phase now it certainly was tactical there in the middle game it's a technical phase now King III rook c2 King d3 how to react at this stage another pop quiz in this ending what would you do black to move okay here we go rook takes night and then pawn takes pawn why is this best well consider an alternative right if you play rook be one light replies and wins a point let's say the other variation is to give up a point give up five get three give four this is what we have in the game to this simplified position where it is clearly better for black materially balanced but positionally superior why better structure better bishop right a nice pond island of three all-white ponds are isolated black has the better bishop black has the initiative throwing the first punch also throwing light on their heels has to crawl up into a ball has to defend efore more pressure on e4 more defense and a nice follow up rookie 5 and mobilizing the pawn and something more there's now some lateral movement targeting these half-dead pawns what do you do here in the game a 4 this allows f5 move played in the game King daddy - it's true this prevents f5 f5 is not good here but there's rock h5 and these pawns are falling and this one is going to follow it's check so what is played a four f-five going so white tries to get some activity Brooke b1 Bishop takes e4 this is a passer and it runs fast rook b64 rook takes a f3 Bishop f5 looking to get here push the pawn through check King 2 D 2 f2 nearby and rook to e1 Bishop e2 prevents that but this Bishop has responsibilities so black just tries to deflect it Bishop to g4 you take my bishop I get a queen white gets out of the way rook to e1 behind the pond and a nice interference move on this move 36 Bishop to f5 once more bishop can't take and what are you doing about f1 equals queen next no good solution so what's tried is a5 couple ways of many ways to win from here this one seems very clean what was played in the game is Bishop takes Bishop just a little bit of calculation after rook takes pawn it appears that White's going to get one of these two necks but that's not the case after rook to f1 white resigns my bishop I take your rook and if you take my rook I take the rook so white is not going to win a piece this is completely winning for Team black now I did carry it out I was a little bit curious of what would the cleanest approach would be in this ending I want to have a look at this the the variation I ended up going forward with ended up into some pawn race both sides cleaning it should never get to that point I was thinking to myself I'll just run up here and you only ever move the bishop here once a seven to a eight is actually a threat but absolute cleanest in my opinion is to get the bishop immediately on the diagonal not just to stop the pawn but to stop the white king from even thinking about hunting the c5 pump this one key move kills all counter play on the spot a nice wall is formed and from here it is smooth King just vacuums up the H pawns and yeah pick your favorite way to Queen at that stage anyhow didn't get to that point after rook to f1 white resigned so very nice play it's true the setup that white went with rook B 1 and B 4 wasn't optimal but still a nice illustration of how to chip away in the center open lines diagonals and that Knight takes e4 move something to certainly be familiar with in multiple scenarios so if we have a look at tale the tape on this game see how accurate they're playing at this age thirteen-year-old kasparov not bad right looking at the inaccuracies mistakes and blunders we have three and accuracies one mistakes zero blunders by team white and thirteen year-old Gary Kasparov one in accuracy no mistakes no blunders average sent upon loss for each 21 and 12 anyhow as usual feel free to leave any feedback to this video in the comment section below I hope you enjoyed it and maybe took a thing or two away that's all for now take care bye you

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Id: tBcZVSZlck4

Length: 18min 20sec (1100 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 03 2019