13:37 No. It took a couple years. But now my stop-the-video skills are formidable.😊 What's not formidable are my skills in finding this entire line! That's a meaty bone. And quite delicious! You're spot on with respect to overcoming issues of confidence when it comes to sacrificing. Confidence is very much a process. And that process involves losing. Certainly if you habitually analyze your games, you should welcome/treasure the feedback a loss can provide. I guess eventually you'll enjoy some gains even without doing analysis. The discomfort of sacrificing is an impediment to your game. It's okay overcoming that discomfort slowly. But you will have wins too. Wonderful wins! Let those sustain you as you remain steadfast building up your tolerance toward piece and positional sacrifices.
Homework: The move is d5 to open up the e file. Black can only capture with the e pawn, since the c pawn is pinned to the queen. After exd5 we put the knight on c5 followed by Re1. I don't see an immediate win but we have an active knight and a rook on an open file opposite his king with the possibility of bringing the other rook and the queen to the e file later. The black light squared bishop cannot activate after the knight starts blockading the c pawn. The king cannot castle due to us having taken the knight earlier, so it will sit in or near the center for the foreseeable future. If he takes our knight, then our bishop will prevent the king from evacuating to f8 and the e file will be vacated right away. And if he doesn't take on d5 then we will take on e6 and subsequently target the weak pawn as well as the king down the e file
Nice to see the lead up in the Von Bardeleben game to the tactic featured in Checkmate Pattern Manual, I knew it looked familiar. For homework, I would not hesitate to play d5, then put the bishop on c5, perhaps exchange, and then put the knight on c5 and now the e-file is opened right onto the king. The ingredients seem obvious, the concrete variations are fuzzy though.
I have a original principal : "One pawn can be sacced casually, but two pawns sac needs a concrete continuation." The drawback of this is that it avoids good exsacs like Kasparov Shirov 1994 Rxb7. My thought process for the homework: (final thought is d5) Just activating the rooks is my first instinct. However, the b7 bishop looks very strong after c5, so I want to shut it down. One way is Nc5, and Bxc5 dxc5 is ok because the d file opens. If the theme of this vid was not about saccing, I'll just stop here and play Nc5. Then I thought about saccing something and found d5 exd5 Nc5 can also block the c6 pawn and Re1 Bg5 attacks are dangerous for the opponents king. d5 exd5 Nc5 Bxc5 Qxc5 still blocks the king going f8 so it is the same. I can't calculate all the blacks moves, but there should be enough attacking ideas. Then I noticed they don't need to take d5 and can play c5, but dxe6 opens up the king and white looks better.
Good video. Sacrificing material for positional compensation is scary but ultimately it is a very valuable step in our chess development. For the homework, d5 is the answer. White has better development so they should open the position up.
This is what Paul Murphy would do in any of his matches. King of open positions he was. The only (and surefire) way to development-both in chess terms and in the life in general-is challenging the status quo. To add to the training with bots bit, I think that it replaced training with coaches from the scene. Yes, it still can be beneficial to train with people but even coaches train with (and make moves based on) a machine.
I played a game yesterday and ended up having to sac a bunch of pieces because they were literally getting in the way. I won my opponents queen and had to clear out so I could checkmate easier.
I am typing this before I have even watched the video which I will do tonight, but I played a game yesterday and it came time to pawn sac and I all I heard in my head was "I need to do this to open up liiiiiinnneeesssss!" :)
13:37 No. It took a couple years. But now my stop-the-video skills are formidable.😊 What's not formidable are my skills in finding this entire line! That's a meaty bone. And quite delicious!
You're spot on with respect to overcoming issues of confidence when it comes to sacrificing. Confidence is very much a process. And that process involves losing. Certainly if you habitually analyze your games, you should welcome/treasure the feedback a loss can provide. I guess eventually you'll enjoy some gains even without doing analysis. The discomfort of sacrificing is an impediment to your game. It's okay overcoming that discomfort slowly. But you will have wins too. Wonderful wins! Let those sustain you as you remain steadfast building up your tolerance toward piece and positional sacrifices.
I always enjoy reading your comment, Jay. Thanks again for your insights. Stopping the video skills may correlate with your ELO, keep stopping!
Homework: The move is d5 to open up the e file. Black can only capture with the e pawn, since the c pawn is pinned to the queen. After exd5 we put the knight on c5 followed by Re1. I don't see an immediate win but we have an active knight and a rook on an open file opposite his king with the possibility of bringing the other rook and the queen to the e file later. The black light squared bishop cannot activate after the knight starts blockading the c pawn. The king cannot castle due to us having taken the knight earlier, so it will sit in or near the center for the foreseeable future. If he takes our knight, then our bishop will prevent the king from evacuating to f8 and the e file will be vacated right away.
And if he doesn't take on d5 then we will take on e6 and subsequently target the weak pawn as well as the king down the e file
Tal also played d5! exd5 Re1! was his move!
Nice to see the lead up in the Von Bardeleben game to the tactic featured in Checkmate Pattern Manual, I knew it looked familiar. For homework, I would not hesitate to play d5, then put the bishop on c5, perhaps exchange, and then put the knight on c5 and now the e-file is opened right onto the king. The ingredients seem obvious, the concrete variations are fuzzy though.
Thank you! Tal also played d5! exd5 Re1! was his response :)
youre examples are always on point and actually really helpful. I really enjoy your lessons!
Glad you like them! Thank you for leaving this kind comment and interacting on this channel.
13:48 Nxh7 is this also best move in this position???
............If Qxg4 , Nxf6+ (Forking)...............After this variation white will be 1 pawn up
I have a original principal : "One pawn can be sacced casually, but two pawns sac needs a concrete continuation."
The drawback of this is that it avoids good exsacs like Kasparov Shirov 1994 Rxb7.
My thought process for the homework: (final thought is d5)
Just activating the rooks is my first instinct.
However, the b7 bishop looks very strong after c5, so I want to shut it down.
One way is Nc5, and Bxc5 dxc5 is ok because the d file opens.
If the theme of this vid was not about saccing, I'll just stop here and play Nc5.
Then I thought about saccing something and found d5 exd5 Nc5 can also block the c6 pawn and Re1 Bg5 attacks are dangerous for the opponents king.
d5 exd5 Nc5 Bxc5 Qxc5 still blocks the king going f8 so it is the same.
I can't calculate all the blacks moves, but there should be enough attacking ideas.
Then I noticed they don't need to take d5 and can play c5, but dxe6 opens up the king and white looks better.
Good insight! Tal played d5! exd5 Re1! :)
Good video. Sacrificing material for positional compensation is scary but ultimately it is a very valuable step in our chess development. For the homework, d5 is the answer. White has better development so they should open the position up.
Piece activity is king
King: hold my beer
This is what Paul Murphy would do in any of his matches. King of open positions he was. The only (and surefire) way to development-both in chess terms and in the life in general-is challenging the status quo.
To add to the training with bots bit, I think that it replaced training with coaches from the scene. Yes, it still can be beneficial to train with people but even coaches train with (and make moves based on) a machine.
We can indeed learn tons from Morphy.
6:40 after we sac on c7 deflecting the queen then Rxe6. Can we??
I played a game yesterday and ended up having to sac a bunch of pieces because they were literally getting in the way. I won my opponents queen and had to clear out so I could checkmate easier.
Congratulations! Piece of wood should be cleared.
I am typing this before I have even watched the video which I will do tonight, but I played a game yesterday and it came time to pawn sac and I all I heard in my head was "I need to do this to open up liiiiiinnneeesssss!" :)
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Open up those llliiiiiiiiiiinesssss! You are a grrrreat student!
Dr. Can keeping the great videos coming in 2025!
Doing my best! Thank you :)