Capablanca explains his revolutionary move

you hi everyone is Gerry I have a nice game to share with you between Asif Bernstein playing on the wide end and the great josé raúl capablanca this one was played many moons ago 1914 and is a game I recall first reviewing as an amateur player and being drawn to it primarily for the final tactical move only later revisiting this game as a much more experienced player master level player did I acquire a far greater appreciation for it primarily because of the great explanation kappa blanka gives to a particular move new idea or train of thought one that would have an influence on future chess greats such as Bobby Fischer so in short as an amateur the final tactical move overshadowed the wonderful explanation given by kappa blanka to a particular move so let's dive in and see how this one plays out and well let's see how this one strikes you d 4 by Bernstein the chess machine replying with a d5 we have a Queens gambit declined and ok the minor pieces are flying out black going forward with a queen side fianchetto a slight change in the structure and now Queen to a4 this is preparing a light square bishop exchange white is already anticipating a structural shift white is anticipating in eventual hanging pawns structure a d5 c5 structure and typically when playing against the hanging pawns you do well to seek peace exchanges and that's usually a good way to show that the hanging pawns are a liability so that's what we have LightSquared Bishop is gonna see five white goes forward with an additional minor piece exchange a bit of a debatable move as white is giving up the bishop for night but okay after D take C B take C this is where we stand hanging pawn structure these guys will require the support of the black pieces and we're also working with two minor pieces of piece castles Queen b6 white has no interest in the Queen exchange you could go for this but apparently did not want to even allow the rook to see along the a file so instead white ducks Queen to e2 and now here's this new idea by kappa blanka this new move see for this you know immediately as soon as I see that c4 move I think you just gave light that d5 square but there are also positives connected with this c4 move and I do best at this point to simply share Kappa Blancas explanation for the move c4 he says White's plan from the start was to work against the weakness of blacks hanging C&D puns which must be defended by pieces the general strategy for such positions is for whites rooks to occupy the C and D files attacking blacks hanging puns while blacks rooks defend these pawns from the rear the awkward position of blacks Bishop at7 rendered it useless except for the purpose of defending the pawn on c5 it is against such strategy on the part of light that the text moves c4 is directed by it the defensive bishop becomes an attacking piece since the long diagonal is open to him and what is more important whites be pawn is fixed and weakened and becomes a source of worry for white who has to defend it also with pieces and thus cannot use those pieces to attack the black hanging pawns the fact that the texts move opens the d4 square for one of the white knights is of small consequence since if white posts a knight there his attack on blacks d5 pawn is blocked for the moment and thus black has time to assume the offensive I just find that to be a wonderful explanation and this idea this train of thought had an impact on as mentioned Bobby Fischer he's not the only one but I've included in the description to this video a wonderful game that supplements very well Kappa Blancas explanation here regarding the hanging pawns in this c4 move so feel free to check that out especially if you happen to be a chess instructor reviewing this video right now and you want to discuss the hanging pawn structure this is a must this is definitely something to share so continuing here we have exactly this pressure against d5 it's defended Knight to d4 so as kappa blanka pointed out you could post a piece on d4 but now there's less worry about defending the d5 point directly so it's like you could do one of the two but not both at the same time you can either occupy Defour with the knight or attack a d5 directly with the rook but not both meanwhile this B pond has some pressure on it it's a bit more of a static point and well also also kappa blanka pointed out that the bishop can now become an attacking piece with c4 now and he has a couple options he's exerting pressure on the c3 Knight b3 is the follow-up rook on a to c8 shop choppin now we have a passed pawn C pawn this is an equal position but yeah it's white it has to be a bit more careful and black already having this passed pawn and there's this four versus three majority that white has but this definitely is something that white white is focused on right now how do how to make sure that this guy doesn't get out of control Bishop takes Knight rook takes now Knight to d5 c3 just two steps away rook to see one in trick to c5 this is an even position and there's a little bit of back and forth right here and now this is where White is kind of going in the wrong direction Knight to b5 rook to c5 and Knight takes pawn is a serious blunder as we will soon see better for white at this stage is to simply return to the d4 square and come up with something else sneaked in a flight square soon hopefully but yeah at this stage white goes straight in for this capture of the pawn which allows this final tactical sequence this final key blow in the position and it follows with Knight takes Knight rook takes Knight rook takes rook rook takes rook and quick pop quiz to you there's just one move black plays from this position and white throws in the towel and this is a position I believe multiple tactics books yeah they share this position and yeah it's a really good one so if you'd like to go ahead pause the video what would you play here as black okay there is wealth really for both sides a an issue with the back rank neither side has a flight square after Kappa Blancas move 29 Queen - B - that's the ball game white throws in the towel why well Queen takes Queen runs into mate what other variations to consider clean here defending the rook allows Queen takes rook and mate right around the corner just two other quick variations Queen - well let's try this one first rook c2 can be met with queen bee one and then you simply pick up the rook and then soon the Queen and lastly if let's say Queen c2 couple of good things to do you could take the Queen and if she's taken back give mate or you could simply force mate after Queen to c2 with Queen a1 and after the Queen block we play rook d1 and that's going to be mate so as mentioned I thought that as an amateur player this was really cool but only later as a much more experienced player did I have a much greater appreciation for that little dialogue that little explanation regarding the hanging pawns and that key c4 move so anyhow feel free as usual to leave any feedback to this one let me know what your thoughts are and I will catch you in the next video that's all for now take care bye you

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Id: y9NSJOYC3_Q

Length: 9min 52sec (592 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 08 2017