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In this lecture, we see our Joseph GROSS out against Michael Adams in 1990, the fourth 14th Lloyds
Bank Masters Open, which Adams actually won eventually.
So this is in round 1e4, Adams plays E five, the classic E, 5f4.
So how to handle the King's gambit?
Well, Adams accepts it.
We have Bishop C for instead of not afraid to the Bishop's gambit instead of 93.
So this is very interesting.
Now we have D five Bishop takes D five if E takes D five.
Queen H four check is interesting with Bishop D six.
So this position should be to to Black's advantage.
So Bishop takes D five.
We have nine, have six, 9c3 and now Bishop B4 is played.
So this is interesting.
Trying to double the white pawns.
If Knight takes the five instead it takes D five.
This situation with 93 of black tries to cling on to the four pawn.
This could spell big trouble later.
For example, this situation with h4h6 starts to get a little bit scary.
Rooks could come off c three.
It's about even here already.
There is an interesting compensation for whites, so this is a more positional approach altogether just
to double the white pawns and crucially to try and get control of the E four square.
We have knights have free and now this kind of weakens the e full square of white.
So and also doubling the pawns, but giving black giving white the dangerous bishop power and giving
black the knight power instead soon.
So C six the queens also crucially come off here.
So King takes the one Adams castles Bishop takes F four.
So this positional kind of choice means that White also has an estate pawn in the center as a target.
And that's just immediately taken here without penalty.
We have rookie one.
King C1 97 is about even so So look Rookie one now so Bishop five supporting the Night King E two and
now Knight A six the other night helps control or rather occupy E four so h39ac5g4 Bishop trots back.
Now it's E five and a five.
So offering this bishop.
Well there wasn't much that could be done anyway.
If h69 takes G six, what could be done here.
So what does have pressure?
This position nine takes g six and then that's dangerous.
There's 97 check after so the bishops just offered.
So it's two knights versus two bishops.
A very interesting outcome from a King's gambit.
Black is ready to support the knight soon after A for Bishop c4b5 to kick this bishop off this diagonal
so that the f pawn now reinforces the E for Knight.
So it does seem like a positional treatment against a dynamic structure and the dynamic bishop pair.
Can black really accumulate advantages?
Well, G takes a five his plate and this one doubles the pawns, which does help black a bit.
But also, if we look at this, have a move like King of seven.
This pawn can be a potential weakness.
On H three we have a free king f seven, so black is kind of accumulating little advantages move by
move pressure on h three it gives up the bishop again.
That's you know, technically that doesn't seem right to give up the bishop In principle we have rook
takes H three check first king f4 rook H four And this is a funny moment of the game after King takes
a five.
A very funny moment indeed.
There's a big tactical opportunity here.
It seems White should have played King F3 and after Knight takes C five.
This should be an even position here about even one.
It should be able to hold this even though.
Yeah, black does seem to be doing well.
Those double pawns don't seem to be very good.
But with King takes a five.
Adams misses a bit of a shot here, and it's understandable.
It's totally understandable this miss, because one has to be extremely resourceful here not to go into
a total disaster.
G6 is played, which is very, very tempting, especially from a human perspective.
But.
Rook Yeah, there's a rook move here.
Can you guess what rook move would have been very, very interesting here instead, which is very easy
to say with engine analysis.
There's a very interesting move.
The King, It's kind of hasn't got too many escape squares.
There's actually rook a2h8 temporarily a piece down about threatening to checkmate.
And if Bishop takes E four, then that's checkmate.
If King E five check and here Knight takes C five check.
And here rook free Shaq Knight takes D three.
This leads to an endgame, which is super favourable for black.
That rook is closed in on a one.
If we go back here, if King E free.
Yeah, just rook takes B2.
This is favourable for black.
So anyway, G6 was played though, and it's understandable because Rook, it looks as though White's
in huge trouble.
But why does have a resource?
Bishop e seven.
The thing is, if King D for that maybe Adams was was hoping for this F have to check is actually mating
the white king after Bishop e for rook e takes e for check and this rook takes e for here is mate.
The bishop is taking out an escape square.
Fun stuff.
Yes, that is really fun stuff.
And also it can be played with the other rook.
So Bishop e seven only move.
Rook takes e seven.
Check king D for rook d seven check King E free 95.
We have King D two if rook h one.
This should be the best shot actually for white because after rook G for white could get a pair of rooks
off, for example.
And there should be about even when it does have some work to try and defend this though potentially.
But it's about even I mean the pawns are being straightened out but King D two was played This is not
so good.
And now we have Rook H Free, which has very concrete tactical threats.
So the positional player, he's not he's kind of known as Tricky.
Mickey So there are some interesting tactical nuances here to factor in.
Even for a great positional player like Adams, he's factoring in some important tactical nuances.
Rook to check is also interesting.
So this position of Knight takes the free leads to a grim position for white.
But Rook is free, has very concrete ideas and won't place now rook free.
So can you guess what Adams plays here, which is absolutely crushing in this position?
So test your tactics.
A good positional player, you know, Karpov petrosian that they're very, very strong tactically as
well.
So in this position.
It's not about playing against double pawns.
It's about tactics here.
Yeah.
Rook takes DD Free check is winning material.
This is an unprotected piece, but the position of the king is is vitally important here.
One had to resign.
If C takes the free might be free.
Check and Rook takes a free check and takes a one winning material.
So yeah, Rook takes the free, absolutely crushing stuff.
What does white do?
So if Rook takes the free doesn't help.
Rook takes the phrase check.
And then that is a weakness of the last five might be free check.
And the knights got be free to return to piece after March.
So an interesting game for how Adams is handling the bishop's gambit.
So this is a non standard Kings game with Bishop C4, usually not a free.
So we see a kind of positional antidote treatments trying to get control, fight over this key central
square damage white structure.
Give white the bishop get the queens off.
It looks fairly safe compared to other variations.
So it looks like a very interesting treatment against White's opening.
Taking the fun out of the attack.
There's less attacking potential and the Knights reinforce each other nicely here.
So, yeah, a very interesting way of handling the bishop's gambit in this game.
I hope you enjoyed this one as much as me.
Thanks so much.