Hi there.
In this lecture, we see Michael Adams playing against William Stanton in the 1993 17 Floyds Masters
Open Round three.
So let's have a look at this form from Adams.
We have E five from William Stanton, 93, 96, Bishop B five, A six, Bishop 8496 one cancels Bishop
E seven Rookie 1b5, Bishop B free black cancels C three.
And now we have a marshall Gambit.
Stanton plays the Marshall Game against Adams, so Adams was using the Marshall game as well.
Of course the major exponent of the Marshall Gambit and knows a trick or two from the white side.
It seems Adams takes on D five like take 35, we have nine takes E five, nine, take five, rook takes
E five, C six.
And now there is an interesting move.
D four is usually played, but D four has played in this game.
D three is a very interesting choice, very dangerous choice.
On default the Marshall runs deep.
We're forcing moves.
So Bishop rd six, for example, Queen h4g free.
Queen H free.
And here I just want to demonstrate something that actually the main line of the one runs Bishop e free
here, and it continues on and on, off to Bishop G.
For white.
It has to play Queen D free to be able to answer Bishop free with Queen F one, but just for the sake
of demonstrating something different here about this, if Rook E for Black does actually have an option
here to stop to stop Rook four if this is a France black can actually play an interesting tactical response.
G five to stop Rook H four If Bishop takes G five.
The point is that Black can now play Queen f5 five winning material, so hitting E for hitting G five
and that's just winning material.
So it shows that actually what if we had a pawn on D three?
That wouldn't have worked.
We would be threatening H four.
So we go back to this game.
I just wanted to show you that for this point that we're actually reinforcing the E four square here
with that pawn.
And if so, Bishop dd6 Rookie one We have Queen H four being played here, which might actually be an
inaccuracy.
There are other moves.
G Free.
Queen free.
And the thing is white can now play rook E four in this position and it's a bit of an eviction notice
because of rook H four and it also stops Bishop G for.
So yeah, this is a very interesting situation now.
If Bishop free, then blacks doing much better than usual because there's no Queen RD free.
So for example, this position Bishop takes, Jeffrey is out of town.
It's devastation.
But otherwise even worse, Quincy to queen, a bishop for free.
So it's not designed against that at all.
To play bishop for the zone here is rookie for to stop Bishop G for like that we have Queen five.
And yes, if here you have one is potentially for inciting for if g five white can safely take on g
five, there's no Queen five the rook supported by the pawn.
So this would be clear advantage for white Queen D two if f six here rook h four shows its teeth and
this possession white can actually play 92 and not mine d free going.
There's going to be a big pressure off the bishop C two if f five you might think rook h four traps
the Queen in broad daylight.
So, yes, this this whole line of three handsome teeth.
So Queen, if I'm getting the queen out of there, we have 90 to 90 F six rookie one letting D free
go.
We have Bishop b7 if Queen takes the frame.
So I kind of counter gambit equal and pawns.
But this looks dangerous for black bishop.
See two and 94 Why ends up at least with a small edge so Bishop e four for example, here there's no
king safety issues.
It's kind of symmetrical pawn structure.
But why is slightly better here?
The pieces are slightly better overall.
So anyway, Bishop B seven we have 94, Bishop C seven, which is a bit of an inaccuracy it seems Rook
add eight might be the way it's playing.
So for example.
Knight Thanks.
Rook takes DD 4c5.
Black's trying to get count on the Knight Squares here this position Queen H free Queen F one white
gives up D four and ends up maybe with a small edge here.
A lot of multiple games do do end up in drawers nowadays.
So anyway Bishop c seven is played, which is an inaccuracy.
A four.
His plight.
There are other ways of playing it.
Night takes f sex is also interesting for Queen G for this is kind of adventurous to say the least,
with Queen de Seventh and Bishop four and taking out B seven.
Yeah, Opposite Colored bishops.
But White has a certain authority in the position here on the e fo and that pressure on C six is annoying.
It's annoying for blank.
So anyway, that's an interesting one.
Playing a four is also interesting.
Rock 88 Queen E to c58 times eight times Rook 87 rugby eight bishops E to D seven and now D four.
So things are opening up towards Black's king.
This shouldn't really be happening.
Blacks should be the one attacking generally.
So Queen D five is played.
If C takes DD 495 is vicious.
So looking at the Queen looking at age seven.
So this was a young bishop takes h seven check and Queen D one and one.
It's getting a big advantage here.
There are options.
Queen find this Bishop e four and yeah it's just was a queen H five ideas essentially.
So yeah, we have the queen d5dc5.
It's a strong position for white here, even though it looks as though black's got something one could
also play Queen size B five here.
So for example, if F five bishop be free.
Ouch.
Pinning the Queen and finds out with the question of Bishop C six queen drops back.
And yeah, you know, we've just taken out a pawn.
The bishop's hanging.
So this is not very pleasant.
If black tries for five anyway, then this position is not going to be in Black's favor.
That's horrible.
Is several pawns up there.
So D take C five, though.
Is chosen.
Might take C five.
And you'll notice here that there's a weakness of the last move.
So actually in this position.
It looks as though blacks got some sort of pressure, but this is all extinguished.
All the counterplay is kind of extinguished.
So how would you do that?
Extinguishing counterplay.
But first, instead of nine, take five rook f eight, there's b4.
That's the problem here.
B4 would would hold C5 and this would be in White's favor.
So White's consolidating though anyway, but with take C five, this is a little bit brutal tactically
now.
So White's pay.
What would you play for 100 points.
Yeah.
The battery's taken out of Black's position.
Rook takes b7.
That is safeguarding White's position on the diagonal.
Prophylaxis?
You could say it takes B7.
If Queen takes B7.
There are tactics here which remain its favor, which is similar to the game.
So I'm not going to spoil that for a moment and that takes B7.
Now there are tactics here.
So yeah, F six was weakened.
There's no God on F six.
That's the clue.
So what would you play here for?
100 points.
Because there's no God on F6.
This is a soft spot, softer than usual.
Adams plays a very forcing overnight of six checks.
So for King, King queen so black takes and looks as though Hold on.
Well, there's no Queen H five, Right?
So what's the point of this?
What's the point here?
A little bit subtle.
Queen for check puts the king in the corner.
Queen H four and Alfred's thing, mate.
And as well as F thinks so.
Black hasn't got too many choices.
So F five, Queen F six, check King J and now Bishop H six.
Ouch.
For anything, mate.
Limiting Black's reply severely.
Bishop E five which interrupts the protection of F five and now Queen takes F five.
End of game.
Yeah.
Play has to resign anything.
Really.
How is black defending h seven that really can't defend against this?
Queen takes h seven mate.
So yes, the attack kind of was squashed and won't go on attack against Black's king.
It's a very interesting anti kind of less than mainline mode D free but very very dangerous for its
own right for subtle nuances here of evicting the queen and a different way of kind of stopping black
being so aggressive de fray a very, very interesting move choice So the repertoire of enemies is strengthening
in 1993.
Yeah he's got a strong anti martial line here with de fray Yeah very dangerous anti kind of martial
line not not the more mainstream move D4 that used to be played more routinely D4 but de fray has a
lot going for it so I hope you got something from this game.
Some interesting points and so much.