Welcome to another mega-exciting 5 minute autopairing - so he's not committing to
anything in particular just yet. Or is he going to commit to a Benoni structure
later maybe I've got him wondering I'm hoping I've got him slightly on edge. Is
he just transposing something he definitely knows?!
Maybe Qa4 here - bit of pressure on the Queen side if takes (with dxc4)
Bxc4 Nxd4 Nxd4 Qxd4?? Bxf7+ picks up the Queen is possible
He is not really doing this is he?! He's kind of released that central
tension. Can I take on a6 ?! Ra8
so Bb3 ?! He has got b5 anyway so put the bishop back. If b5 maybe
Queen d1
yeah there's a lot of noise outside I know .. you probably hear it ... the microphone is
only supposed to pick up right in front . It's one of those. But it's pretty noisy ...
It's approaching silent well
mmm let's see - Am I improving his position significantly - I think I am if I'm taking and
"to take is a mistake" - as GM Smirnov saids .. I don't want to improve my
opponent's position in the slightest .. okay let's see ..a3 there's b4 there ...
hmmm ... gonna go back with Qb3 here ... he's playing for
Bishop d5 isn't he?!
There is Qb4 maybe
well tactically it's interesting - Ra1 Rc2 Bd3 Rb2 -
Is it convincing for him to do that or is there an element of doubt?! Karpov might not find it ...
entirely clear here ... I don't know to win this pawn
if given a move I might play a3 and Rc5 and take off that Bishop before
f6 happens .. I don't want to give him a passed pawn with a a4 .. Nc3 I'm hoping
is not too fatal .. Bishop d3 coming up Nc3 - I can't see what else at the moment
Nc3 threatens Bxf3 Ne5 as long as there is no Ne2+
winning the rook in some line but ... I think Bishop takes instead of Rook takes ...
f6 .. Knight g4 Knight e3 after. Maybe King f1 tactically is a good idea. Nd7
to c5 okay f3 King f2 for the King at the end of the game or just double rooks here
behind there (the knight on c3) .. I can double rooks there they've got Bishop e2 after I think King on f2
might be good idea ... no Ne4+ wins the rook on c1 .. okay rook a1?! King f1 ?!
Maybe king f1 is that safe enough ?!
I think a knight to c5 plan would be good but it's kind of probably difficult
to achieve that to say the least ... these pawns on dark squares here away from his bishop.. I've
just stranded my knight haven't I ?! f6 there's Knight g6 - nearly stranded
the knight hmm the exchange sac here for a strong pawn looks intriguing and might
cause my opponent a headache
there's Nd7 as well no ... f6 .. no there's Nxg6 .. let's do this just
to try and cause a problem
.. a headache.. because I think I think I might have some compensation or I'm hoping that
this pawn is useful so I'm actually relying on Nxg6 on f6
Right now this knight is without squares
I have got to protect my d4 somehow
I think he's winning that pawn f6 and then doubles the rooks unless there is Knight f4 there
then Rxd4 Ne6+ (forking d4 and g7) and just in time
No there is Rc5 there .. okay f6 Nd3 ... Rd7 Nf4 ... Rd7 Ne6
okay can I take that ?! Try this way
maybe Rc4 Rb4 - I try and blockade
maybe Nb6 Nd6 .. Nb6 hes got Rxb6 - I have to Rb1 and then Nd6
he sacks the exchange back ?!
Nd6 might be better ... than anything else ... okay Bishop c4 ... Rb2 first
try and win this pawn ... do this for okay for Rxa2 ...bxe6 d5 .. got good compensation surely?!
(Iron fist of Mikhail Botvinnik shown) ...Haven't beaten a GM for a while ...
Where I picked that up as well I don't know - I've become a bit crazy ... I thought it might cause him
problems ... I didn't think it was that sound but I thought ... in terms of setting
problems ... I thought that passed pawn imbalance would be tricky because the
alternative here is just a passive position against the GM basically like
this is just ... the trend - it just upwards ... this is the decision point guys
you know you just want to accept an upward trend for GM - he is just going to
wipe you out and take your pawns ... you're going to be
'pawniless' - Do you want that or do you want to try a variation which engine says 'NO' but
the engine I presumably would find a way to totally eliminate the long-term
threat of the of the strong seemingly strong pawn ... let's see how
he's not making a good job of things it seems because the evaluation has now
dropped and dropped and it was just here it's like in actually there's a lot of
noise I'm sorry I think I'll carry on this next time. A new t-shirt next time
good conclusion for this little session today
Just King f6 then and he's better ... but he's so short on time - it's a blitz game that's what
makes it better not to have passive positions difficult to play ... he slipped
up so I'm finally doing well here. okay comments, questions, likes
appreciated ... until next time ... thanks very much