Hi there.
In this lecture we see Irgun, aka against Michael Adams.
In 1988, the 12 Lloyds Bank Masters Open round seven, so E four from Irgun Urquhart.
We have a comic con, rock solid con from Michael Adams, 9c3 we have D five, we have the two Knights
variation.
And now here Bishop G for this is a very good move in this position.
Bishop G four It's dangerous to take on E four here because it has a dangerous potential for attacking
F seven early on.
There are some very, very scary lines here, so this is better.
Bishop G four We have d4d takes E 49 takes E four.
Now Bishop takes a phrase played.
This is slightly greedy, accepting White's gambit to win a center pawn.
So this is by far the end of the story.
For this game we have Bishop DD two, which is actually an inaccuracy.
Bishop E free Queen Text B to White can actually get a ferocious initiative with Bishop C for offering
both Rooks.
This would be a very, very scary position for Black and best would be Knight f six it seems.
And after White Castles, this position starts to get extremely dangerous.
So if White had played their cards right, they could have got an enormous position from the opening.
So, yes, accepting the gambit can be very dangerous.
This position, for example, you can see why it's getting a huge amount of compensation.
So, yes, it seems as though Bishop free here is pretty dangerous for black, especially if Queen takes
B two.
But Bishop DD two was played and now nine of six.
If Queen takes B here, then simply Bishop C, free and white is significantly better overall.
So Knights F6 was played.
We have Bishop D free.
If Knight takes f6, Queen takes f6, White does have queen bee free.
So this position gobbling B7, taking up B7 and taking out A7 in exchange would be two.
It's about even there, but Bishop D free is played.
We have Knight Bd7.
Bishop C, Free Queen D5.
White consoles kingside Black consoles Queenside here Rook 80 1e6.
Queen E free and now Knight takes e4, Bishop takes E4 and now offering the exchange of queens.
We have Queen F4, F5, Bishop F3 and now Rook G eight.
So I'm pinning the G seven.
Pawn seems a logical thing to do.
We have Queen a4 e five so potentially restricting this bishop across the diagonal if it's comes off
Queen bee free, which hits the rook on G eight.
Okay, so that's protected.
Bishop 87.
But now interesting.
Queen E six.
This invasion seems quite concerning in the possession.
If a free this would afford the bishop b for France, but black can play e four to make space with the
E5 square and there should be fine for black blacks should have a small edge here.
So Queen E six though is setting some problems up.
We have rook gf eight b4 so offering the c free bishop 4e7 that's taken Queen takes e seven and now
rook g eight.
This is actually an inaccuracy by Adams here.
It seems
there's a very interesting tactical idea with the Queen putting pressure on F three, which is actually
to play Rook for eight.
So as example, if Queen takes G seven, there's Rook G eight and then Queen takes a three.
Thanks very much.
And the thing is, if Queen F seven, then Rook here, Queen 87 and now Knight f6.
This position is rather interesting.
If the rooks get exchanged, there's E four After protecting the F six Knights and Black should end
up with a small edge here.
Black has got rid of White's bishop and should stand okay and F5 can be supported.
Okay, so but Rogue eight was played.
We have Queen E, six, Rook G eight Queen takes a five.
So White has got the pawn back and now we have rook e seven which yeah, it seems as though once getting
into a driving seat here off the queen takes eight seven.
But actually white could have actually done better than Queen takes a seven here.
King's safety is a big factor against positional players B five if if the attacking player can expose
the king more B5 would be here.
So as example if e for Bishop G for Kinsey seven B take C six, B take C six.
Queen F for white would stand a little bit better here with attacking potential with the fragmented
pawns.
It's positional and attacking but with Queen takes eight seven that's not such a relevant pawn we have
Queen takes b4 Queen H three, King C seven, Bishop G four.
So King C seven got out of this pin in advance, just leaving a relative pin which is not as painful.
Knight of six We have Rook takes the eight, King takes the eight.
So here again it's equal on pawns Knight versus Bishop scenario King C seven, Queen D free and now
rook yet so defending that D eight square that was quite a scare.
The eight Bishop F five Yes.
Just to put that on the board, if Black had gobbled Bishop Queen D eight is checkmate.
So rookie eights we have Bishop have five, Queen c5h3a5, C four, King B six.
So the king is improving itself a little bit, being more safe.
Rookie seven.
Queen D eight.
Jack King A seven.
So the king tucked away Rook D six and now Knight G eight is played so trying to lure the queen away
from protecting D six We have rook d 1.866.
It seems her another opportunity for white was Queen F eight.
So this pin is interesting.
So for example E four rook d79g8 Bishop takes e four and white ends up being better after Bishop takes
C six, rook takes D seven, Bishop takes D seven of six.
Why it ends up being better here.
So that was a missed opportunity.
This.
And so this isn't like one of those absolutely controlled positional games by any by any means.
There were opportunities for whites, but Rook six was played and now that's Adams play.
A nice tactical move here contra attacking in fact move So for 100 points what would you play here.
Okay, Rook f seven.
Yeah.
So this is a really interesting counterattack against F2.
Very interesting, resourceful move.
We have rook d2.
If Bishop takes seven, Knight takes F seven.
And this position black is just the pace up.
Black can weather the storm here.
It's just a piece up.
So rook dd two Rook f six.
Bishop f4.
Now here.
We have 9f7 Queen dd free DD six.
So pressure is mounting on Wayne's pieces now of the 96 and Roxy to inaccuracy.
Bishop H seven, it seems, was better.
So with the idea for example after a four just just hold the position and if this happens, doesn't
matter Rook these seven and it should be.
Yeah, it's only a small inch four black but black is slightly in the driving seat, even artificial
H seven in that line.
But at least with Bishop H seven there's pressure being put on D six so Black doesn't have rook half
fogs of Queen 66 in the game with Rook C two.
That is a kind of weakness of the last move, not putting pressure on D six which relieves the rook
so the rook can now move to F four without dropping DD six.
And in fact this is a nice skewer.
So now, yes, Adams is gaining a pawn.
Pawn up here, Brooke.
Take four, nine, six, four.
So 3 to 1 -- majority here on this side of the board.
Bishop G 896, Queen G sex, Queen C one Check.
King H two, Queen F four, Check King G one.
And now 94.
The counterattack begins against the king with the white.
You know, white king Not so secure as the black king.
The black king is snug here.
Know comfortably safe queen e free chat king H two now 9c3 coming in for the kill with the nine queen
Queen takes G seven.
But now 92 and look at the France here.
Huge France so h four not to be mated immediately, but this is an unprotected piece, so it doesn't
matter.
Can you see how the game ends?
Yeah.
Queen G one check and the game ended.
One had to resign.
King H three There's Queen H one check and then Queen G two will win the Queen.
So, yes, an interesting, exciting game.
So opposite side castling there, Kyra.
Con very, very interesting game.
A little bit maybe on the greedy side in the opening, but why?
It has to play extremely dynamically to follow this up correctly with Bishop E three with Bishop DD
two.
Yeah, the game got really interesting later with the opposite side castling.
So a lot of resources later for both sides.
An interesting game.
The Kraken is one of the safer openings despite the looks of this game.
White trying to play really dynamically aggressive with this gambit in the opening.
But still Adams was able to quieten things down and win in the end.
So I hope you enjoyed this one.
And so much.