Hi there.
In this lecture, we see Grandmaster Richard against Michael Adams.
So both Grandmasters 2010 British Championship Round three differ from Richard Perch.
We have nine to have six.
Bishop g5d5, we have E three.
So this is a very interesting opening in the Queen's pawn game.
So not the kind of standard beaten track why it's trying to play solidly in some respect.
Now if what doubles the pawns, it's no big deal here.
So Adams has allowed this opportunity for his pawns to be doubled.
But there are many compensating factors here.
The g file, the bishop hair.
So this isn't such a bad position.
I'd say the bishop had these guys, so.
Okay, so E three is played into that knight.
BD 7923h6.
Bishop h4c5.
We have detained C five.
This is a slight inaccuracy already.
It seems as though C three, for example, is going to be more solid for white than the game of D Take
C five.
It does look as though whites losing a bit of central control.
And in fact, the dark squares along this diagonal are tapped into.
G five is played.
Bishop G seven.
Bishop G two.
All the.
Bishop Jeffrey Bishop G7.
Pardon me.
So the bishop seems already quite good or Randy Adams has got a slight advantage with the black pieces.
Why?
It's kind of wasted having white, actually.
It does look as though black has more than equalized already, like BD to 2.5 and getting this dark
square bishop is nice.
Nine takes g3h takes only slight potential downside of Black's play here.
The light squares might be weak later we have note takes C five, B four.
So leaving the rook to be taken when that's Poison's 96 is so much stronger.
If Bishop takes a one, Black's had it off.
The queen takes a one hitting the rock.
Yeah, Black's in a bad position here, to say the least.
And if yeah, he's just taking the rook.
So safety points.
Just 96.
We have C takes the five, queen takes D five, Bishop C four, Queen D six.
So this looks at the B four pawn that's protected Black castles, White castles, rook D ain't queen
C two and now G four.
Yeah.
Intensifying the dark square grip in a way.
94 Temple gainer, Queen C seven pending the Bishop The knight's still attacked Knight H four and now
B five.
We have Bishop B three, Queen St C two, Bishop takes C two, and after Bishop B seven, we can see
there's quite a bit of pain in the white position emerging here.
Black's rook is already on the central file and this bishop is very nice, the knight is very nice.
All of Black's pieces are really quite cool.
Here we have Knight at five King of Heights.
If Bishop f eight Rook for one Black has a small edge here as well, but King Fe is great offering the
bishop It's not a big deal this simplification to lose that bishop.
It's not that precious.
There are other factors now in this position and it's actually this position Move 23 Black looks to
be better and there is a lot of painful variations.
White plays 95 if rook for one.
Just rook ACA is really dangerous because rook takes the rook.
Take C two and look at this.
The knight's hitting the rook, the bishop taking the knight.
What does white do?
Rook rd to bishop takes E4 protects the rook.
Just this is just going to be a winning end game for black.
As another example, if I see three rooks eight this looks like whites in contortions.
Bishop de five nine takes the five Rook take C two rooks on the seventh rank scooping up a pawn.
Big advantage for white, big advantage for black again a for rook ac 8c5 might take C five this position
with rook.
Take five.
Rook takes B five hitting the bishop.
But this is just better for black.
This position, for example here is going to be better for black.
So yeah, the variations.
I mean, here's another example.
fc1 aca f three because black is actually frightening.
Rook take C two for Bishop takes e four.
So say F three.
This is miserable for white.
So here Bishop takes E for this pawn structures wrecked.
Yeah.
This was looking at the rook here.
There's no real time to take on C the rooks being looked at.
So this ends up to be a bad position for white.
So yeah, it's understandable.
9c5 in the circumstances is one of the better moves we have.
Might take c5b takes but now a genius move here.
What does Adams play here for?
100 points.
So a bit Capablanca style.
You're not worried about simplification, thinking you can still potentially win from this simplified
position.
Black plays a five, so certainly a61 blacks not that much better here, but with a five.
Yeah, this is a very powerful move indeed.
And we have Rook takes PFI, which is a mistake.
It goes into a skewer before we go into that rook for one before though, and that 2 to 1 pawn majority
in this kind of disconnected pawn doesn't bode well for white.
So say Bishop A for Bishop D five.
This position is going to be uncomfortable for whites.
So, for example, this scenario is going to be uncomfortable for white, for sure.
But yeah, there's torture coming up with rookie free and that pawn looks weak as well on C five.
So okay but this white had an idea here of offering an exchange sacrifice.
Now Adams plays very accurately here.
He doesn't take the rook immediately.
He plays Rook AC eight.
If he takes the rook immediately, he still can actually get an advantage though, with a four.
It seems ACA rook take five.
Black's pawns are not lasting hair.
Black will be the exchange up.
There is another way of playing it.
But ACA is really interesting.
So offering a five.
But now the pawns are disconnected already.
There's no work to do to kind of disintegrate them.
So Bishop takes F one, king takes F one, rook D five.
So that is a setting target that C five pawn.
So yes, King of six, rook six check.
e6c6.
That pawns is not really going anywhere.
Rook C five.
Bishop e for King E five with F five coming up.
It's not really a big deal to have Bishop F4 here, F3, F5, Bishop D3.
Now the pawn drops off.
So it's just the exchange up for black essentially.
Rook seven, Rook B6 And now White's King is also kind of targeted so we have here fortunate king of
six.
Bishop b5 Rook RD six e4 but now E five.
Yeah.
Otherwise E5 is getting a bit scary.
Black could end up getting mated with the King g6 Bishop e eight, you know.
So yeah, this E5 needs to be stopped.
So E five here from Black E takes five rooks to check.
King E Free Rook.
C Free check.
King you two.
And now rook tanks.
G Free.
We have rook seven.
Rook takes G to check King F one.
Rook H two.
Protecting H six.
King G one.
G Free.
Bishop C four.
Rook RD one.
Check.
This does threaten, mate.
White's has got a mate for it.
But Rook D wants that brings the bishop back.
Rook have to.
Sorry.
After the one check, one actually resigned here.
Yeah.
This is the end of the game.
If Bishop f one, then rook f two.
And here.
This is just hopeless F ones dropping with checkmate.
So, yeah, an interesting game.
Adams just reminds me of a modern Capablanca.
He didn't mind the simplification, maintaining a small advantage throughout.
He didn't mind giving up the bishop.
He doesn't hold on to the bishop.
Kind of strictly, you know, saying, I've got to hold on to the bishop here.
And he let that be exchanged off.
He just jumps the positions here still to be in his favor.
And anyway, you know, this knight's kind of good on that.
Five if there's any justification of why it's play.
It's on the light squares.
This is quite a good night on a 5 to 2 exchange off anyway.
So you could argue, well, the knight was great.
So this result in position is just in Black's favor, especially after a five.
Very, very interesting stuff.
So a five nagging advantage here because of B4 coming up.
Yeah, very, very dominating play, keeping a small advantage throughout the game.
Very, very interesting.
I would say like a modern Capablanca, basically.
I hope you enjoyed this game.
Thanks very much.