Hi there.
In this lecture, we see Bob Ames or Bob Ames playing against Michael Adams.
So I know Bob, great guy.
He plays in the North Circular Chess League.
Very dangerous fit monster.
This is in the 2010 British Championship round one.
So E four from Robert Ames.
We have E five from Adams and The King's Gambit.
So Ames is daring to play the King's gambit.
We have after he takes her for the Bishop's gambit.
Bishop C For now, this does invite Queen H for check.
The more mainline King's Gambit move is not afraid to God.
H four So Adams here doesn't play Queen H for check, though that can lead to complexities where the
Queen is subject to tempo gain.
Instead, Adams fights for the center.
He plays D5.
We have Bishop takes D five.
If E takes D five, then here it's slightly different case where Queen H for check is a bit more lucrative
with Bishop DD six.
This should be fine for black.
You know, this kind of position with C six in particular, it seems this could be a really accurate
way of playing things because only C five later the bishop's got a reverse gear and say, why plays
like this?
This is going to be to Black's advantage.
It should be if D four then C takes the five and one of the points of C six that reverse gear.
So only C five we can put Bishop C seven, we can play Bishop C, seven, nine, C three, this position
or even bishop back to B and this should be to Black's advantage.
So yes, he D five does have some issues with it.
Bishop takes D five is played.
We have 9f69c free knights.
Right.
And free.
So nine C free is tempting, but not yet free.
Developing a piece we have Knight takes D five, perhaps 9c3 was interesting here as an alternative,
but not every note takes D five, E takes D five, Queen takes the five, and black already has all
the pieces active.
There's no bad piece in Black's possession.
This doesn't seem like a very attacking opening for a king's gambit.
The glory of the King's game.
More is in name here, it seems then the position.
So 9c3 the Queen parks on F five so black with the bishop pair is doing well and castling is actually
a mistake.
D four is needed here.
So for example 96 there's D five and if nine B for white castling, Bishop C five, King h11.
It's got a bit more play actually than the game here.
There's more of a more of a need for Black's castle kingside here in the game with White castling on
the King side.
In fact, Adams is able to arrange castling queenside starting with 90 C six of the default bishop e
six and that is a beautiful perk here to Castle Queenside to hit the d pawn hard.
We have 92 black is actually clearly better here if d five Black castling knight for Queen G five Rook
takes a four black has bishop takes D five black is just better here so 92 is tried but now g five holding
on to the pawn and it seems black's got a lot of compensation as well as that pawn there.
So this looks rather miserable.
Be free black castles, queenside.
Black's just got the better pieces here.
Bishop B two, Bishop G seven, C four and G four.
Trying to undermining D4 a bit more.
91 two now F three blunting the foe g tanks count attacking a pawn there.
But who is attacking who now of the rook?
Hey, it seems White's king is less safe than Black's king f4 now g free.
So trying to open up lines Knight of four is played.
If Knight takes G free, Bishop takes D4 check.
This is really nice for black after Bishop takes four 964 Black has a big advantage so 93 is tried.
Yeah, it looks rather miserable but.
H text.
There's a world of pain waiting there as well.
We see 93.
Let's go with 93.
G takes h two checking H one we have Bishop F six, Queen D2 and now Queen G for threatening an immediate
queen G to checkmate Rook have two and then we have Bishop five.
This looks very nasty, this Bishop e four And this is a bishop without a counterpart.
A very dangerous asset for Black's position.
Queen e free now, Knight before with numerous threats and ideas like 92, Bob has actually resigned.
If Knight takes H to Queen H four.
This is just such a strong position here.
Let's say Rook g one, Rook g eight, Queen G three.
The knight can come to D three and yeah, White's position has just had it here say Queen 6h4.
Bishop 6h4.
Rook G two does not have to check winning an exchange and it's still equal on pawns.
Rook attacks have to rotate.
It's not even for a pawn.
So this position is very bad.
It's crumbling here, losing more material, in fact, immediately.
So, yeah, quite a vicious game, just 27 moves.
The Kings gambit was absolutely timed.
This was, for me, a remarkable example of a positional player like Adams, totally taming the Kings
gambit.
So, yeah, very, very interesting.
But what it should have considered, I believe nine C free here as an important move in the opening
nine C free.
So it seems black had an easy game and the off tonight takes the five out of the opening I mean the
assets here for a possession or attacking player the lights quite bishop without a counterpart.
The semi-open defile.
Black's bishops are more active and alive than whites.
Bishop and blacks kind of plotting to castle queenside now after 1936 because White didn't play d4 so
castling queenside also gives.
This would have been a much better version of events.
But in the game.
Yeah constant queenside and holding on spawn.
This is a dream position to have with the black pieces against the King's Gambit.
The King's gambit was well and truly timed here.
So yeah, interesting game, but bravo for both teams for trying the King's Gambit in the British Championship
against Michael Adams.
Okay, thanks very much.