The games are very famous - and they made the ancient Old Indian Defense famous! I think it would have become famous on its own, but it just so happened that these games were the "big bang" that started modern chess.
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Half a century ago, with the light hand of Alekhine, it was considered an axiom that this position was hopeless for Black.
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This is not my invention. But I attacked the h-pawn so often and successfully that I think I made this technique popular.
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Do you remember when I said that it is not necessary to develop all the queenside pieces?
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The same rook takes the same bishop! I am still surprised that my opponent allowed me to realize this idea for the second time on the same stage.
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Geometric motifs are clearly visible in this combination.
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In principle, everything is already clear, but in shock White cannot accept the inevitable.
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But you know from your own experience that the inventor inevitably falls victim to his idea...
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Half a century ago, with the light hand of Alekhine, it was considered an axiom that this position was hopeless for Black.
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This is not my invention. But I attacked the h-pawn so often and successfully that I think I made this technique popular.
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Do you remember when I said that it is not necessary to develop all the queenside pieces?
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The same rook takes the same bishop! I am still surprised that my opponent allowed me to realize this idea for the second time on the same stage.
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Geometric motifs are clearly visible in this combination.
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In principle, everything is already clear, but in shock White cannot accept the inevitable.
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But you know from your own experience that the inventor inevitably falls victim to his idea...
This position crystal-clearly shows the idea of the chess game: attack the king as quickly as possible!
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The example we have considered is old-style chess. Today, grandmasters play a little differently. Let me start with a game that I am very proud of.
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I think it will be appropriate if I complain to you now. For many years now I have been fighting with FIDE. I've been trying to explain to them in every possible way: if grandmasters played 10 times faster, they would play 10 times better! Why?
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It is well known that in difficult endings the side with the better covered king always has an advantage.
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It was like a mirage in the desert! And I thought what a shame that it was not my move and the combination was destined to remain only in my imagination. It's a shame that you can't buy a turn in chess. This combination is worth a year's salary, and I wouldn't regret it! Many things in life happen only once.
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Now I'm going to ask you to listen more carefully, because this is one of the best combinations in my life, if not the best.
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Korchnoi was right: my knowledge was indeed abstract.
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The combination is really very beautiful. And you know my opinion: beauty is the most important thing in chess.
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I am somewhat obsessed with my love of chess combinations. And I never tire of repeating: you have to believe in the magic of the combination!
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The example we have considered is old-style chess. Today, grandmasters play a little differently. Let me start with a game that I am very proud of.
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I think it will be appropriate if I complain to you now. For many years now I have been fighting with FIDE. I've been trying to explain to them in every possible way: if grandmasters played 10 times faster, they would play 10 times better! Why?
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It is well known that in difficult endings the side with the better covered king always has an advantage.
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It was like a mirage in the desert! And I thought what a shame that it was not my move and the combination was destined to remain only in my imagination. It's a shame that you can't buy a turn in chess. This combination is worth a year's salary, and I wouldn't regret it! Many things in life happen only once.
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Now I'm going to ask you to listen more carefully, because this is one of the best combinations in my life, if not the best.
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Korchnoi was right: my knowledge was indeed abstract.
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The combination is really very beautiful. And you know my opinion: beauty is the most important thing in chess.
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I am somewhat obsessed with my love of chess combinations. And I never tire of repeating: you have to believe in the magic of the combination!
I would like to repeat: chess is a simple game. Its rules are simple, the starting position is the same, and all the initial moves are known. The difficulty of chess lies elsewhere: in the clash of two personalities!
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Playing Morphy's games, you always get pleasure - like from classical music or from paintings by old masters. His style is very pure, very open, very bold and sharp.
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There was another chess player whose combinations fascinated me: Adolf Andersen, the winner of the first international tournament in London.
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I am trying to explain to you the meaning of the chess game in simple words. The real life of chess pieces looks completely different. It is much wiser to start the game with moves:
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I would like to give beginners one more piece of advice. I have to warn you: it contradicts the conventional wisdom.
Therefore, there is a more subtle way to develop. You just need to move the pawns a little bit, giving the pieces space.
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Now I'm going to show you a game that I composed for my new Self-Teacher. I needed a clear example of what a good attack is and what a bad defense is.
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Playing Morphy's games, you always get pleasure - like from classical music or from paintings by old masters. His style is very pure, very open, very bold and sharp.
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There was another chess player whose combinations fascinated me: Adolf Andersen, the winner of the first international tournament in London.
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I am trying to explain to you the meaning of the chess game in simple words. The real life of chess pieces looks completely different. It is much wiser to start the game with moves:
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I would like to give beginners one more piece of advice. I have to warn you: it contradicts the conventional wisdom.
Therefore, there is a more subtle way to develop. You just need to move the pawns a little bit, giving the pieces space.
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Now I'm going to show you a game that I composed for my new Self-Teacher. I needed a clear example of what a good attack is and what a bad defense is.
I started thinking about machines, reading about cybernetics. In short, it's a long story, and it ended unexpectedly: I decided to become a machine myself.
So, pay attention. I divide myself into two: I am "myself" and I am "the machine." The idea is that the chess player himself doesn't participate in the game! The task of the human is only to manage during the game and... prepare the brain before the game. The entire mental apparatus of the human transforms into a machine and is divided into 12 subdivisions.
The most pleasant thing about working with this machine method is that there's no need to invent anything. You only need to compose from ready-made and known elements because that's exactly what inventing is, only conscious, not chaotic...
So, pay attention. I divide myself into two: I am "myself" and I am "the machine." The idea is that the chess player himself doesn't participate in the game! The task of the human is only to manage during the game and... prepare the brain before the game. The entire mental apparatus of the human transforms into a machine and is divided into 12 subdivisions.
The most pleasant thing about working with this machine method is that there's no need to invent anything. You only need to compose from ready-made and known elements because that's exactly what inventing is, only conscious, not chaotic...