Hi there.
In this lecture, we see Michael Adams playing against Ludwig Sandstrom.
This is in 1993.
The 17 boys Bad Masters open round seven, So E four.
And Sandstrom plays a Sicilian defense and he plays actually, there's a silly insufficient cough.
So I kind of like this variation with black, and it's been revitalized by Magnus Carlsen using it in
World Championship match recently.
So we have E5.
This is the traditional way the Sicilian kind of goes.
Bishop g5a6 93 is sometimes played, but here Bishop takes six immediately.
So quite often a three is played and off to be five.
There's two options taking on F6 or 95.
But yes, Adams actually commits to Bishop takes F6 six immediately, so the Queen can't really leave
C seven without 97 check.
So we're transposing into a mainline version.
Anyway, we have B 595.
So we arrive at this position and it's interesting, there's an interesting dynamic potential with the
black position.
Black has the bishop hair and the G fold and I have a lot I've had a lot of fun with this myself in
over the board chess and online sometimes.
So here Adams plays C three.
We have Bishop G seven.
So you might wonder one question here.
What about appetites?
E for Y actually has the strong bishop text B five had.
This is actually rather good in this position.
So for example, eight takes Knight takes B five black go really badly wrong as example with Bishop
A six because then there's knight BK seven check king D seven and Queen G four is mating.
Oh dear, that would be absolutely terrible.
So black can do better with Bishop E six but then Knight BK seven, Shaq Knight takes eight.
Black has to tread carefully here.
If Queen takes eight, Knight B six, check wins the queen.
If Bishop takes the five, Queen takes the five.
This position white gets more than enough compensation for the piece.
This is actually rather good for white.
The queen protects a two there.
So that's overall very good for white.
So for taxes not to be recommended, we have Bishop G.
Seven's good so far from black.
He takes her five, Bishop takes F five, 90 C two, and now 97.
Perhaps Safer would have been just the castle here.
This looks like a thoroughly trodden position in this.
RESNIKOFF And it should be a small edge only for white, but Black played 97, and now Knight take seven.
And now King takes E seven.
Black should really play Bishop, Take two.
This is Knight.
It's actually rather dangerous.
And to take it out here, this leaves one only with a small edge But King takes was played and in fact
now might be for the knight could have also gone to E three.
But yeah looking at that D five but also C six sometimes from B four is an added perk.
If it was on E three short, the added perk would be F five and D five.
But bear in mind the knight's looking at C six.
We have King of eight, Queen three, Queen C eight, Queen D five and now Queen Bee eight.
Protecting D six.
Here.
Queen eight is possible actually.
And if White tries to win the D six pawn, let's say this scenario Queen takes D six check.
It's not so bad.
Believe it or not, after Rook H six Black does have the bishop hair and Black's position is kind of
freed up.
It's not entirely bad for black.
I mean, there's dynamic compensation, but okay, so that's one way of playing it.
Playing it.
But White is not obliged to take on D six here.
In this variation, White could play Bishop e two and if rook H six just torture the backward d pawn
positionally by trying to exchange off this line square bishop to try and leave this bishop hemmed in.
So for example, here White could arrange eventually Bishop de fray and White should stand position
the significantly better.
But Queen B eight was played and the thing is now Bishop D three we have Bishop D seven, Queen Frey.
A five.
And this is really unfortunate now, because the bishop ey for the knight, the knight is looking at
c six amendments.
So bishop takes i the rook is now joining the queen on a kind of forceable configuration.
If the knight ends up on c six and Adams kind of plays a very strong forcing move now Bishop D five
so threatening might simply we have five.
That's a mistake if Queenie eight white can play Queenie free looking at the rook instead of moving
the knights.
And here C six just getting this positional domination on the line squares is an outcome which which
is favorable for white in any case.
But with F five now actually there's a very strong move.
Can you guess for ten points?
Yeah.
96.
Yeah.
Using the poker for the night, going via B four instead of E free 96 for King Rock and Queen and and
actually Black resigned here quite generously moved 22 If Bishop takes C six weakness of the last move,
we can actually insert Queen takes our five check and then take on C six note not Queen F 78.
There's no adventure here.
This is just better for black hitting the Queen.
So.
But Bishop, take C six.
That's a key pawn and white is dominant on the like squares.
So actually the game ended on 96.
So we're just taking this fixed thing now.
Queen takes F five.
Check.
Bishop take six.
That's a Queen five check.
And the queen drops back, essentially looking at the rook.
The rook moves.
This is a very dominating position and light squares.
Sure, Black could play on, but they didn't want to suffer.
This is a bad, bad outcome from a Sicilian version of the dynamics have been taken away from black.
So yes, an interesting little game showing that.
Yeah, this Resnikoff is a bit delicate.
It's a bit of a delicate creature, unlike, you know, the Coracle and French, sometimes it's less
solid and black has to play kind of accurately and here yeah, not playing.
For example.
Bishop, take two leads to some pain here.
Perhaps Black had expected the usual 93 root, which seems more sensual and more principled in a way.
But yeah, this night before has its own real dangers for black in this position.
So an interesting game.
I hope you enjoyed this one and so much.