Expose the Enemy King: Strategies to Break the King's Guard

[@amtalemadi]

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite chess channels. Great, high-quality, and informative content.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

So motivating, thank you! 😉

[@manuelfuentes4509]

Thanks!

[@Dr.CansClinic]

I am humbled to see your support, thank you so much for this!!

[@Lukas_E.]

May be a bit too much to ask, but could you please add a pgn or link to the positions shown in your videos? Often I'm wonderinh: "but what about this move?" And I'd love to try it out myself to see whether it also works or is a complete blunder. Perhaps others might appreciate this as well. Btw great video topic today!

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thanks for the feedback. I am for the moment refraining from it, also because these days it is very easy to capture the screen and import the FEN to a chess software for analysis.

[@Followurdream8828]

Thank you for the lesson ❤❤

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Always welcome ❤

[@anthonyjaglal]

An extremely important topic, that can get one very far 💯👏 when I started chess back in the 70ns didn't have books ,or knowledge of strategy ect ,so all that was obvious was to attack attack, on the king was the only idea to work with and i still won many games based on this priciple, against stronger players , you always be looking for opportunity to pounce at the king🎉 great video 👏👏

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thank you so much! Yes, it is mostly about smelling the right cues from the environment to accurately judge the success of the kingside attack.

[@rabihk342]

In the Lasker-Bauer game black didn't resign in the final shown position, the game went on a few more instructive moves.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

That is true, I just realized it as well. I guess Qd7 double attack finished the game after Black had to give up their queen?

[@gakunziwliz4526]

I enjoy ur content from Uganda Africa❤

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Greetings to Uganda ❤

[@ewbgaming529]

4:06 funnily enough you can sac the rook on g1 and it's also M5. That's what I saw first

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Nice vision!

[@Five-Star-General]

Thank you Dr

[@Dr.CansClinic]

You’re welcome 😊

[@PaulThompson500]

7:00 pawn to E5 brings queen into play and saves the day for black, Great Video 👍

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thank you! But I guess Rh3 Qh6 Rxh6 Kxh6 Qd7 double attack wins for White.

[@richardlee-shanok5578]

I really loved this video! Such great instruction and i really need to work at this aspect of my game so i really appreciated it!

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for your motivating thoughts 🙏

[@richardlee-shanok5578]

I'm also glad you mentioned the sale on your courses in one of the recent videos. I just purchased the fundamental chess calculations video! Maybe you could ask the Chessable people to make a sale bundle on your "Art Of..." Courses in the future?

[@YashpalSinghKatharria]

I am these days waiting for your videos to show up..And its so kind of you, I don't wait long to watch another wonderful one. Loved it simply. Saluting you with Indian "Namaste". Keep it up Dr Can.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Such comments really make me happy. Love to give value to people with instructive content. Namaste to India 🙏 You should also check my yesterday's video on great Vishy Anand!

[@barrynbreen]

One thing i never saw in this video til now is when he opens up with exchanges he gets the opponent creating pawn wall so nothing can get in to defend or escape. Tnis channel is gold

[@Dr.CansClinic]

The padlock pawn formation ❤️🙏

[@PizzaChess69]

Bishop takes g3 check Pawn takes Knight f4 check Pawn takes Queen g6 check King f1 is the best move Knight g3 check wins the Queen

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Beautiful!

[@alexf0101]

nice one, though it is worth noting black gives away 3 pieces for the queen, and was down the exchange to start with, so it’s not so clear. still, cool combination.

[@宇宙次佛]

Thank you so much! Dr. Can. You just opened a door for us. Thanks again!

[@Dr.CansClinic]

My pleasure! 😊

[@Vonkater]

Keep up the good work , great chess videos . 😊👍

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Glad you like them! Thanks for leaving a comment.

[@faarfirmus4131]

really enjoying this content from Ireland - great channel, keep it up, much appreciated

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Awesome, thank you! Greetings to Ireland.

[@darn0k1]

Thanks

[@Dr.CansClinic]

You are welcome!

[@adomaskuzinas2137]

1:59 instead of Qg6+ Bh3+ seems nice but doesnt work due to Bh3+ Kxh3 Qf3+ Kh4 Bf6+ Bg5 Qf4+ and theres no mate after Kh3 while Qxa8+ and Re1+ are looming.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thanks for mentioning that line!

[@greatdanelegend7001]

Homework: Nf4+ gxf4 Qg6+. The king can go to f1 or h1, because if Kf3 then Bg4+ picks up the queen, and the other squares are covered by the black pieces. However, I don't see the mating blow after the king goes to h1 or f1. I thought the queen could just take and checkmate on g1 defended by the knight, but that's the knight we just sacrificed lol. Maybe we take with the bishop on f4 and start pressuring the h pawn?

[@Dr.CansClinic]

1...Bxg3 hxg3 2. Nf4+ is even stronger. Can you see why?

[@anthonyjaglal]

Great lesson

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thank you!

[@AgentSmith-w8s]

My fav sacrifice,the greek gift.Some great variations with the pawn on h4,when it gets taken the h file is open for the rook and queen battery even if it means sacrificing another piece on g5 to be taken (usually a knight)

[@Dr.CansClinic]

I am making a video on Greco and the Greek Gift originates from his name 😊

[@peterfredriksson1857]

In an OTB Classical earlier this year my opponent let me play the double bishop sacrifice by playing Nf6-d7 leaving the king's defense. I would like to add that sometimes black can, after whites rook lift, play e5 and block the mate with the queen on h6. Suddenly white is behind in material and there is no mate. Because of that it's important to check a little further before hitting the opponent with the sacrifices. Can the queen on g4 (when the rook has taken the blocking queen on h6) come in to d7 to pick up material (one of the bishops and in my game also first the knight on d7). If so go for it, otherwise maybe reconsider. 😊

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thanks a lot for the feedback. Indeed, there are many scenarios where those sacrifices fail. It is good to know typical patterns but we must calculate precisely. It is always that combination.

[@brainfellow5140]

Re: Homework - I've looked this one over at great length, and the only thing I see is Nf4+ forcing a recapture gxf4. This opens the white king up, but I'm not seeing a good mating net, it looks like white has sufficient defenders with the knights and queen to hold the position and the king can escape to the corner if Qg6+.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

You are close. Does things change if you start with 1...Bxg3?

[@brainfellow5140]

@@Dr.CansClinic Bxg3 was immediately pruned from my candidates list because it looked like a pointless capture, and just seems to throw away a piece.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

@@brainfellow5140 But then ...Nf4+ gains strength as the g3-square becomes available for the e4-knight after ...Qg6+.

[@brainfellow5140]

@@Dr.CansClinic Sorry Dr. Can, I had to go look up the game to see what Nepo did, it just wasn't quite gelling for me... it looks like the Bxg3 sacrifice seems to force a recapture hxg3 and _then_ after Nf4+ (move order again is a problem for me), the white king through a series of checks, gets coerced to a point where eventually the white queen falls to a knight fork... Bxg3 wasn't even on my radar as a candidate move, as I mentioned earlier... I still need to work on these things.

[@tonynorriss379]

Nf4+ looks very tasty. pxN is forced. Then Qg6+. The K can only go to h1 or f1. I haven't calculated the h1 line yet. But that looks dodgy given the K is trapped in the corner. There are some nasty looking moves coming in that line. So, Kf1, looking for a flight square. Then NxN+ QxN (BxN, Bd3 pins the queen and wins it) Bd3+ Kf2 (Ke1 QxN leads to mate). Then I think it ends up in a perpetual with the white K being chased around having to avoid various threats. That would be a good result for black given that black is down in material.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thank you, you are close. Can you start with yet another sac on the very first move?

[@tonynorriss379]

@@Dr.CansClinic Thanks for that. Yes, Bxp. Pxp is forced due to the threat of the K-Q fork. Then, Nf4+ px N then Qg6+ and the K can never go to f1 or h1 due to the threat of a K-Q fork. Hence must shuffle backwards and fowards between h2 and g2 to escape the Q checks. I don't think there is a forced mate though. If Q to g3 check, the king can drop back to h1 where there doesn't appear to be a forced mate so far as I can see.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

@@tonynorriss379 But it cannot go to h2 there due to ...Qg3+ ;) It has to go to f1 and allow a knight fork.

[@KikanKikan-wb1wr]

Or in minute 3.08 destuctive Sac 1.........,Rxg2 2.Kh1,Bd5 3.f3 ,Bxf3 4.Qxa8+,Ke7 5.Qb7+,Ke6 6.Qxc6+,Bxc6 7.Rxf6+,Kxf6 every white move is mate in next move Sir

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thank you!

[@GaryWalters-tk2lp]

Thank you for a superb lesson on sacrife, some beautiful examples. Homework, I think I'd opt for and I'm not sure if it wins but here goes, black to play, Bxg3 to eliminate the defender of f4 (royal fork) should he recapture hxg3, then we play Nf4+ anyway forcing gxf4, kings now naked so Qg6+ I think the only square the white king can go to is h2? Otherwise either we fork the white queen and king with our knight or pin it with our bishop, so white Kh2 Qg3+, Kh1 Nf7+ forcing the white queen to capture our knight, we can then recapture with our queen! I doubt I've got this correct but it's in the spirit of the episode and I think even with just a queen and bishop against a rook bishop and two knights we still look okay, well I think, the only other defence I could see initially for white was after we capture with Bxg3 was Nf1 and that one I'm afraid is beyond me

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Beautiful!! You got it right! 1...Bxg3 hxg3 Nf4+! followed by ...Qg6 and ...Ng3 won the white queen. But Naka hold that endgame with White anyways :) That was Black's best option in the initial position, as Ra3 was coming otherwise.

[@GaryWalters-tk2lp]

@@Dr.CansClinic thank you so much, I'm just amazed how your teaching method makes each principle retainable for me, I can watch game after game but within minutes I can't remember the main points that have been shown but somehow you have a way of locking the process in place for me, truly amazing how your able to do this but very much appreciated, thank you.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

@@GaryWalters-tk2lp Thank you. The uniqueness of this channel is that we want to improve the quality of the "encoding" so it becomes retainable.

[@mudsi01]

Homework: knight F4 check forking the king and queen. Pawn on the h3 has to capture. Queen check on g6. If king moves h1 then I don’t see a good continuation. If king to F1 then, bishop h3 check, knight captures. Queen captures knight on h3 with check, king moves to e1 then bishop g3 check. King moves to d1. Knight f2 check. And I can continue chasing the king to c2. Queen check from f5 and’s then I’m lost… So starting with knight check doesn’t work. Bishop takes pawn seems like the alternative, pawn takes bishop it open the forking possibility between king and queen.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Nice! You are on the right track! ...Bxg3! is the correct first move. Then we continue with your Nf4 idea. Can you see the follow up from there?

[@Beery1962]

For the homework, I'm thinking Nf4+, then after takes, Qg6+ but after the king retreats, I'm stumped. Do you sac the other knight and go Be4 or something, to force a queen sac?

[@Dr.CansClinic]

You are close! Have you considered starting with a bishop sac on g3 first?

[@Beery1962]

@@Dr.CansClinic Ah! Now I see it! If I have it right, the knight gets a royal fork at the end. Is that right?

[@Dr.CansClinic]

@@Beery1962 Absolutely!

[@laurenslaterveer3554]

I remember seeing the first game while studying vukovics The Art of attack in chess!

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Absolutely, I also referred to that book in the video.

[@pwcrabb5766]

Final puzzle answer Black knight to f4

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thanks, but what happens after gxf4?

[@manuelfuentes4509]

Echo comment below except that it HAS BECOME my favorite KZbin chess channel!!!

[@Dr.CansClinic]

So motivating to hear that, thank you so much ❤

[@rnelson2226]

Classic - The queen is in Yakutsk in Siberia and the white pieces are sleeping.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

I love my classics.

[@briandwi2504]

There was a lot to digest in this video. One's calculation needs to be spot on or you end up losing a piece and there are often lots of moves available for your opponent and hence it can be risky. Homework. Given the lesson, I thought Bxg3. hxg3 then I was thinking Qg6, but it seemed this was going nowhere. Then I thought Sam Shankland! Nf4 Royal fork but gxf4. Then Qg6 with check Kf1 is forced and then a Royal fork! What an amazing line. That was fun! Great stuff doctor, love your engaging lessons.

[@tonynorriss379]

I looked at that as well. But there is still a pawn on h2. So the royal fork doesn't work due to pxN. I don't think there is a forced mate here. But, I think it ends up with a perpetual. That is what Can alluded to in his comment I think when he talked about the resource that gave "Nepo an OK position".

[@briandwi2504]

Ah, I missed that! I got overexcited! Thanks for your reply, much appreciated.@@tonynorriss379

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Beautiful!! ...Bxg3 hxg3 Nf4+ followed by Qg6+ followed by Ng3 forked the king and queen. The h2-pawn is no longer there in this line! Retained image calculation mistake that is!