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hi everyone this is Grandmaster Eugene Perelshteyn
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and today I would like to show you how to play
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against the not so popular
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but yet dangerous opening
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Alekhine defense
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and I wanna show you one of my recent games
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actually from a tournament I played in Foxwoods
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Foxwoods Open
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and this game I think is very instructive because No. 1
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it shows you White's setup
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which is very important and No. 2
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it shows you the middle game plan
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followed by an endgame plan
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where black had no counterplay whatsoever
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and White's play was crystal clear
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and I think very instructive
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so let's start so the car
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sorry the alkaline begins after e 4
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knight of 6 e 5
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Knight d 5
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d 4 d six
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so this opening is not too popular
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but nevertheless
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usually black knows quite well the theory
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because if black chooses to play this opening
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most likely he is booked up
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and white has a lot of different options
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to play against
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this opening but I prefer to play this system
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c 4 knight b 6
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and now of course f 4
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this is called the four pawns attack
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it's very sharp and if you know your theory
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you can play this definitely for white
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but the system I prefer is actually
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based on the positional nuances
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after E takes d and here black has two options
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C takes d or E takes d well
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E takes d is actually more passive and I would I would
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I don't wanna cover it right now
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but I wanna cover C takes d
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and this is the typical Alokine setup
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where black is gonna play G 6
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Bishop G 7 and then try to talk White Center
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so
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the system I'm gonna show you is called the Veronish
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Variation named after Russian players from that city
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and
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this is actually the same system that we cover
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in my opening book co authored with Genjin Albert
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chess openings for white explained
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and this actually getting really popular
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at the highest level now for white
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so let me show you what I mean
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night c 3 g 6 bishop e 3
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bishop g 7 rook c 1 notice this is very important
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the development of the queen side
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supersedes the development of the king side
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and I'm gonna show you why
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castles b three
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so all of White's moves Bishop e 3
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rook c 1 and b 3
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is aimed at one thing and one thing only
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to stop black from playing freeing d five
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this is the whole point behind the system
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that black wants to play d 5
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and of course now it's impossible because of c 5
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there is no knight c 4
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so we took away the square for the knight
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and of course knight d 7 simply drops a pawn
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so this is No. 1
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we plan to prevent any counter play with the move d 5
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number two
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if white sorry
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black plays night c 6
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then we always have now the move d 5
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and even though the diagonal is wide open
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the bishop is shooting nowhere really
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there are no targets
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and the knight is quite nicely defended
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and notice that the chain a 2
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b 3 c 4 d 5 is really cutting off blacks b 6 knight
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and this is the key
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we're gonna play against this bad piece
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which eventually
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will cause black some serious problems
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so this is actually what happened in my my game 90
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65 and I'm gonna go
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in detail and show you how to play here
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but more typical move is e 5 and after d takes E
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d takes e Queen takes rook takes
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this position has been played a number of times
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and the key to understanding this position
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is that white has typically very good play here
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No.1
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the knight on b 6 is misplaced and after the move c 5
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black has nothing better than to go back to d 7
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and after for example night of three
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night c 6 White can play bishop c 4
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and notice that immediately
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knight g 5 is coming into the play
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f 7 is weak Knight is coming to B 5 and d 6
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and so black is really struggling to find his game
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so this is very important
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to know that this endgame favors white
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but the typical move 96
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is something that you might see often enough
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because this is a simple developing move for black
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and now after d 5 Black plays 90 e five
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so it seems as though white is behind in development
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he still has to play with his bishop from F1
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the Iron G1 and Castle Short
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but the key again
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to understanding this position is that fundamentally
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white has superior pawn chain
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and better piece placement
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so after bishop e 2 preventing I g 4
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f 4 is a serious threat
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and the question is how does black try to free himself
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for example e 6 leads to all sorts of problems
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for example after f 4
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the only move is now knight to d seven
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and after d takes e Black has to sacrifice a pawn
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for example f takes e
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Queen takes d 6
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so this is no good
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and the only way to try to justify Black's play
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is to play F 5
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and this is what happened in my game with idea
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to try to play F 4
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and now
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black has made what is called a chronic weakness
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if you can spot it immediately
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it's the square E6 and the backwards portal E7
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so after the move f 4 which is very strong
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black again is faced with some serious problems
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either to retreat back to d 7 or f 7
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and again there is no point than to play f 5
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or to try to play aggressively
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and try to get at least one of the bishops
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and now bishop takes
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it's okay to give up a bishop pair
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because after F takes G and I G e 2
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Black cannot stop bishop coming to d 4
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and really trade the powerful dark square bishops
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whereas black pawns are really weak
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the knight on b 6 is completely dead
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and black has no active play whatsoever
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so in just 14 moves
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take a look at the pawn structure and at the pieces
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black is really struggling to find any counterplay
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so from this point on I think
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it's very instructive to show you
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the next stage of the game
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the middle game
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which actually quickly falls into the endgame
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and how white methodically plays
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against the weak e 7 pawn
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and using the weak e 6 square
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to create
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real powerful chances in the middle game and endgame
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so after night g 2
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Black simply played the developing move bishop f 5
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which again looks normal and now I I could castle
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but I figured well
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after night d 7 Bishop d 4 knight f 6
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ideally I wanna trade the light the dark square bishops
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so why not to play Bishop d 4 right away right
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because now black cannot stop the trade so night d 7
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possibly night of 6 this is his idea Bishop takes g 7
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King takes g seven and now simply Castle
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so now my one of my knights is gonna get to D four
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with the permanent outpost
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very beautiful square
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e 6 is just one move away from d 4
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and of course the e file is open for my rook
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now this is one of those
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positions where black has one weakness
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although it's a chronic weakness
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but in chess as we all know
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usually one weakness is not enough to lose the game
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so I think
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it's very instructive to see how white tries to find
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a second front to create a second weakness
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after which Black's position will collapse
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so queen b 6 check queen d 4
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forcing the queen trade
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king of 7 takes knight takes
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by the way
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pawn takes is not something I should be afraid of
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because I can simply play either knight d 4
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followed by a 4 and really
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black cannot really justify the opening of the a file
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because it's not going anywhere
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the 9 on C3 does all the defensive job
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so after queen takes b 6 night takes b 6
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my next move is obvious Knight to d 4
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and this is very easy and crystal clear plan for white
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what's my plan play rook c 2
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e 1 rook e 3
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double up on the e file
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and then try to create a second front
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either on the king side
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or potentially on the queen side
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so night g 7
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Rook c 1 night c 5 is nothing to be afraid of
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I'm gonna play rook e 3
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double up and really the g 3 square cannot be much
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or a counter chance for black
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so notice that Black's opening is really passive
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and this is the perfect setup to try to exploit it
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so my opponent plays rook c 8 and rook e 3 knight f 8
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so he says alright I'm gonna create a defensive stand
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I'm gonna put a rook on c seven
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night on f 8 and I don't mind if night takes on f 5
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because pawn can simply recapture back
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so this is my opponent's plan
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and he is a very solid 22 player but nevertheless
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I have to find a way to break through
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rook f to e 1 rook c 7
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so far I can say that all my moves
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we have played about 23 moves are all crystal clear
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make perfect sense and I reached
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what is called the best position for my pieces
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my rooks are perfectly placed
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my knight is perfectly placed on d 4
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the only option now is to find the plan
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so let us try to figure out
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what white should do in this position
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how he should create a second front for his pieces
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well No. 1 playing on the Queen side is really tough
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playing B4 and C5 which is typical is impossible
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if I play a 4 followed by a 5
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I could probably try to play
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maybe to lure him to play a 6 and then play knight a 4
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knight b 6 and then b 4 and then somehow c 5
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but yet this is quite long and pointless
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because we have a completely wide open king side
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especially
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with the e 6 square in our hands
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the rook from e 3 can quickly jump to g 3 or h 3
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and the king can come to f 2
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g 3 h four
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so this is kind of
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hint to you to try to find the next move for
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for white and the plan
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so No. 1
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I wanna trade one of my knights for the knight on F8
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if I play 96 right away well
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he can take with the bishop
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and there is simply no weakness anymore on e 7
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and the e 6 square is gone
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white is still better
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especially after night d 5
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I'm actually gonna win a pawn
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so this is actually losing for black
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so he has to be careful and after night e 6
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perhaps
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he should take with the knight
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and then play something like king of faith
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and after 95 retreat back
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so again white has advantage
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but how to break through not so easy
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so the key now is I play night C 2 b 5 first right
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so the rook has to go to d 7
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and then now I play night B six
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so here what
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black cannot take me because after d takes E
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he's simply gonna lose
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and of course
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I'm gonna trade the knight for the knight on f eight
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so by the way night g 5 is a threat
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so he plays king f 6
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Night takes Rook takes
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using a small tactic that I can take the pawn on a 7
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because of rook a 8
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but now the second night comes to d four
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so the first part of my plan is done
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I traded the defender the knight on f 8
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now it's the good knight against the bad bishop
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so let's see what happens next
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my opponent plays a 6
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and I'm not really afraid of the move b five
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king f 2
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rook f 7
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and now notice that the king from f 2 is gonna be 3
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h 4 but before I do that
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now again white can trade to favorable for rook endgame
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and this is one of those things that you have to
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kind of calculate ahead of time
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because a lot of the times rook endgames are drawish
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so I played king g 3 h 5 because g 4 is gonna be weak
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and now this allows me to execute a mini combination
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Rook e 6 check exclaim
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he cannot take because after pawn takes
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he's gonna be down a piece
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so king has to go now Knight takes bishop
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he has to take with the pawn
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otherwise
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he's gonna lose the e 7 pawn and simply king to h four
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and now there is no defense from king takes h 5
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or king to come into g five and simply penetrate
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on the king side
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well at this position
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you can say that black is completely lost
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but since it's a rook endgame
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even playing down a pawn
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black can still try to find chances
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so I have to be very careful
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so
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my opponent correctly opens up the queen side with b
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five
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c takes B a takes B
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I pick up a pawn and now rook is 7
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so rook is coming to c 2 and now I play king to g 5
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rook c 2 rook e 2
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cause I don't wanna let the rook
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loose on the second rank and now rook c five
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and here I simply pick up the pawn on e 7
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Rook takes d 5 and again if I try to be
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try to simplify as much as possible
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such as rook takes king takes
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it's probably winning for me
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but remember any rook endgame down a pawn
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especially if you give your opponent some kind of play
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would not be so easy to win
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like in this position
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even if I play a 4
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for example maybe b 4
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it's not so easy for me to break through
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probably after rook a 2 I should be able to win
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but what about No.1
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I have to calculate moves such as rook d 3
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a 5 takes a 6
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now Rook a 3 is probably losing because I taken a 7
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so that one I can calculate until the end
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but what if he simply plays oops
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rook to a 5 again
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go figure how do you prove that it's winning position
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now the H pawn has to run and probably win it
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but nevertheless
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always always try to find easier ways to win
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especially if your opponent has a weak king
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so in this particular position
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I spotted something way ahead of time when I played
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king to g 5
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the weakness of his king
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and the really passive position of the rook and f 7
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so now I don't trade the rook
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I play rook to e 8
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and my opponent is actually in time pressure
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he plays b 4 which looks quite strong
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and then another quiet move
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Rook 2 to e 6
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and it turns out that oops
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my opponent's king is actually in a mating net
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from which there is no defense
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so my last opponent's move is rook to d two
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and almost reach time control move 39
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yet he can resign after rook g 6
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check rook h 6 check rook to h eight
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and now there is simply no defense from rook 6 to h 7
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mate
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so you see instead of playing on a rook
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endgame up a pawn by trading the rook on f 7
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it's always important to try to find
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faster ways to win
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especially if your opponent's king is weak
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so here this is already over and my opponent resigned
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so looking over this game
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it's clear that black
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never got any counterplay from the opening
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so Alekhine was completely harmless
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and pay attention to the setup of white pawn structures
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a 2
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b 3
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c 4
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d 5 No. 1
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developing the queen side
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this is a prophylactic approach
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so that black cannot play d 5
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and No. 2 once I traded the bishop on g 4
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it was just a matter of technique
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centralizing your pieces doubling up on the e file
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and finding a way to break through
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opening the second front and easily winning the game
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so I think this is very instructive
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and I hope you learn
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how to play and beat the alkaline defense
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thank you very much bye bye
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