WEBVTT 00:01.080 --> 00:01.840 Hi there. 00:01.860 --> 00:05.640 In this lecture, we see Michael Adams playing against John Warneke. 00:05.640 --> 00:09.510 NICK In 1988, Lloyds Bank Masters Open round eight. 00:09.510 --> 00:11.010 So four from Adams. 00:11.040 --> 00:15.090 See five 9396 defaults. 00:15.090 --> 00:16.920 He takes the fall, Knight takes default. 00:16.920 --> 00:21.150 We have E, five, Knight, B five, D six. 00:21.870 --> 00:28.080 So here A four is played, Bishop E six Knight one two, C three, A six Knights, a free. 00:28.080 --> 00:34.770 So White has restrained Black's counterplay for the moment with B five and D five breaks under lock 00:34.770 --> 00:37.440 and key Knight of six and now Bishop G five. 00:37.440 --> 00:41.130 So the battle of the D five square is evidence here. 00:41.160 --> 00:49.220 Rook Bishop C4 trying to trade off that strategically important bishop try and further weaken the D 00:49.230 --> 00:50.040 five square. 00:50.400 --> 00:56.210 So Bishop e seven is played both sides castle and now giving up the dance square. 00:56.220 --> 00:59.820 BISHOP Quite often this amplifies a light square strategy. 00:59.820 --> 01:03.210 So in particular, Adams is trying to get that lock and key over D five. 01:03.210 --> 01:06.900 However, Black does have dynamic compensation. 01:06.900 --> 01:08.700 There are up and downs of this position. 01:08.700 --> 01:16.590 This is a bishop without a counterpart and actually black, who was actually one year a Polish champion 01:16.590 --> 01:20.190 and a very strong player, plays very dynamically as we're about to see. 01:20.190 --> 01:25.530 And it's important as positional players, if we want to control key squares and play positionally, 01:25.530 --> 01:31.980 we have to be able to withstand some brutal attacking potential and dynamic compensation. 01:32.220 --> 01:35.040 And we get a scenario which is very scary coming up. 01:35.040 --> 01:43.950 So 97 is played Queen D Free 96 Rook FD one eight, Bishop a two and now five. 01:43.950 --> 01:46.500 So the counterplay comes with five. 01:46.500 --> 01:50.850 So E takes Bishop takes out five, Queen E two and our Bishop H four. 01:50.880 --> 01:53.850 This is great use of the Dart Square Bishop credit to black here. 01:53.850 --> 02:00.030 This is a fighting game, a nitty gritty, nitty gritty game, which it's important, I believe, to 02:00.030 --> 02:05.760 learn from and to see can the positional player withstand scary attacks. 02:05.760 --> 02:13.020 F three is played Queen G five Bishop B one trying to secure control over E four. 02:13.020 --> 02:16.110 But Black's playing dynamically with E for now. 02:16.950 --> 02:22.950 So Bishop takes e for Bishop takes e four and it's a scary position indeed. 02:23.040 --> 02:31.770 Here we have actually the possibility of being terminated already pretty soon if F takes those rook 02:31.770 --> 02:36.270 f two and this looks very, very dangerous for being mated on G two. 02:36.270 --> 02:39.330 So Queen takes E for rook C eight. 02:39.330 --> 02:43.470 So Black is sacrificing pawns trying to make use of the bishop of that counterpart. 02:43.710 --> 02:49.980 So Queen G four is good to try and get the Queen's off In general, we have Queen St's G for f tanks, 02:49.980 --> 02:52.140 but the rooks are very dangerous here. 02:52.140 --> 02:55.170 Still, this second rank is extremely dangerous. 02:55.170 --> 02:57.300 There's great calmness in Adams play. 02:57.300 --> 02:59.490 He improves his worse piece. 02:59.490 --> 03:06.540 Hare You could say that's positional play nine C for improving the worst piece in the face of this attack 03:06.540 --> 03:11.880 So the rooks double that's also kind of positional play as well and attacking chess D free so that's 03:11.880 --> 03:18.180 supported by that by that knight centralizing the knights hold each other for the moment and hold G 03:18.180 --> 03:25.380 two we have Knight for Rook takes D six is actually a mistake here by Adams. 03:25.380 --> 03:27.300 It actually makes it worse technically. 03:27.300 --> 03:31.980 Rook F one simplification policy would be a good idea here. 03:32.610 --> 03:42.630 And for example D 595 This is tricky, but it seems as though the Kings put in pressure on F two if 03:42.630 --> 03:47.310 Rook takes b2 g five and. 03:49.530 --> 03:53.610 It seems as though, for example, h6g takes, G takes. 03:53.610 --> 03:59.910 It seems as though why it should be okay in this position, just about if h five rook takes F to simplification 03:59.910 --> 04:05.520 to get rid of the attacking pieces and then trying to get rid of more of them, basically get rid of 04:05.520 --> 04:05.910 more of them. 04:05.910 --> 04:08.970 This endgame should be about equal, but the way it's played. 04:08.970 --> 04:13.800 Rook takes DD six puts y in grave danger after nine times g to. 04:15.480 --> 04:22.780 We have a very scary situation indeed on the board, which is kind of instructive. 04:22.800 --> 04:24.990 So this isn't one of those neat positional games. 04:24.990 --> 04:28.740 This is what happens when you try and play positionally for key strategic squares. 04:28.740 --> 04:33.510 And the opponent has got a bishop without a counterpart and trying to amplify the activity of pieces 04:33.510 --> 04:35.280 and get to checkmate you. 04:35.280 --> 04:41.040 But one has to keep calmness and there's a very, very calm move played in this position. 04:41.040 --> 04:42.930 Can you see what it is for 100 points? 04:45.070 --> 04:48.400 Which actually at least requires blacks to play with precision. 04:49.840 --> 04:51.250 Och, it's g five. 04:51.280 --> 04:54.160 It cuts off the bishop from the eight. 04:54.160 --> 04:56.090 So the threat is the checkmate. 04:56.110 --> 04:57.970 So Adams replies. 04:58.240 --> 05:01.780 Sorry, the Adams opponent now plays a big mistake. 05:01.780 --> 05:02.620 Bishop takes five. 05:02.620 --> 05:11.170 It seems as though H five is really strong for black, so rook f19 takes E three, takes E three. 05:11.170 --> 05:16.960 This possession Bishop takes G five is possible and yeah king safety. 05:16.960 --> 05:20.860 You know this possession black is ending up with advantage. 05:21.460 --> 05:27.280 If the knight moves, then white is getting mated with the classic rooks. 05:27.670 --> 05:29.680 The rooks come and deliver the checkmate. 05:29.680 --> 05:37.300 And the thing is about this position here, if Rook takes F two, this bishop takes E three, and that's 05:37.300 --> 05:38.230 winning a piece. 05:38.230 --> 05:42.250 So yes, Black missed the chance for a huge amount of pressure after H five. 05:42.250 --> 05:47.680 It's difficult to see what White is actually doing here. 05:47.680 --> 05:49.660 This is a very precarious position. 05:49.660 --> 05:54.790 So yes, mistakes have been made, but Bishop takes G five is played, thankfully for Adams. 05:54.790 --> 06:00.280 So the opponent was kind of panicked to parry the rook. 06:00.280 --> 06:09.280 The checkmate frets with this and it seems tempting, but now knight g for important tempo gainer on 06:09.280 --> 06:13.300 f two we have Rook F4 and now another great tempo gain. 06:13.300 --> 06:16.030 All of a sudden white is unraveling. 06:16.030 --> 06:19.930 Rook have one kind of pinning the rook because of rook f eight make friends. 06:19.930 --> 06:22.450 So if rook takes g for rook f eight is checkmate. 06:22.450 --> 06:28.960 So h five is played and now knight G five Another kind of threat. 06:28.960 --> 06:31.990 White is really improving all the pieces all the time. 06:31.990 --> 06:34.270 These knights are now absolutely great supporting each other. 06:34.270 --> 06:42.160 Again, 96 is fraternize as well as F seven potentially 957 is actually actually the bigger threat is 06:42.160 --> 06:45.610 Knight of seven just to win the bishop or the exchange. 06:45.610 --> 06:51.940 So king H seven we have knight free and look at the transformation in position with tempo hitting the 06:51.940 --> 06:55.930 bishop so it doesn't matter about rook take C for the big transformation. 06:55.930 --> 06:58.660 The calmness of fending off this attack. 06:58.810 --> 07:05.110 Defensive skills are needed for the positional player because if we're talking about a conversation 07:05.110 --> 07:10.750 about different pawn structures and the dynamic attacking players coming at positional players, they're 07:10.750 --> 07:13.510 going to maximize their dynamic compensation and go for your king. 07:13.510 --> 07:20.440 So you need this great calmness, resourcefulness, applying simplification where appropriate, and 07:20.440 --> 07:25.030 here improving the worst pieces and all of a sudden whites well back in the game. 07:25.030 --> 07:29.890 Now after Rook RD two, there's a downside of the attacking pieces that they actually aren't liable 07:29.890 --> 07:30.460 to be attacked. 07:30.460 --> 07:34.510 We have bishops c five check to keep things simple. 07:34.510 --> 07:41.130 Black could have played Rook takes DD to 962 Knight for 32 Rook takes F one check King takes F one knight 07:41.140 --> 07:47.230 F4 would be about even if we followed this through a bit with a five there's knight D three so both 07:47.230 --> 07:48.250 sides take the B pawn. 07:48.250 --> 07:55.750 It should still be about even, but Bishop C five checkers played King H one Now rook takes DD two is 07:55.750 --> 07:57.310 played here again. 07:57.310 --> 08:05.380 It was possible for black to play the technical move Rook e seven believe it or not, and this technically 08:05.380 --> 08:06.370 is equal. 08:06.490 --> 08:09.820 If King takes G two, then Rook takes C four. 08:10.270 --> 08:11.590 So that's about even. 08:12.550 --> 08:21.670 And the other point is, if Rook takes G too, can you see what black would play here for equality or 08:21.670 --> 08:23.740 actually a big advantage potentially? 08:25.700 --> 08:31.220 And see this would be the wrong way to play it because there's rook takes a free and here there's a 08:31.220 --> 08:35.600 back row mate issue taking then check and it's going to be back row, mate. 08:35.870 --> 08:39.200 So yeah, there were resources in the position here. 08:39.200 --> 08:41.450 So yeah, this, this is a great resource here. 08:41.450 --> 08:45.890 There's rook free and black is actually with advantage here. 08:46.250 --> 08:50.180 So Och but black played rook takes D to. 08:52.990 --> 08:54.550 C takes dx to. 08:56.340 --> 08:57.900 And now 94 is a mistake. 08:58.080 --> 09:03.330 If rook g for HP Rook g six again, black should be just about OC. 09:03.360 --> 09:04.590 This should be about even. 09:04.740 --> 09:07.620 But we've now 93. 09:07.650 --> 09:10.910 We actually are winning now. 09:10.920 --> 09:12.450 Can you see what won't please. 09:15.100 --> 09:16.690 I give you 5 seconds of video. 09:20.940 --> 09:22.110 G five check. 09:22.290 --> 09:24.270 So this is winning the exchange. 09:24.270 --> 09:27.030 So King Rook takes her for winning the exchange. 09:27.420 --> 09:28.290 Rook f seven. 09:28.290 --> 09:33.510 So a clear blue sky now has emerged from that vicious looking attack. 09:33.510 --> 09:38.820 So King H for Knight E four and in fact hitting the bishop. 09:38.820 --> 09:43.950 And also there's menacing frats like Rook for coming to make the king potentially. 09:44.160 --> 09:46.080 So Black actually resigned here. 09:46.080 --> 09:51.690 So for example, bishop a seven we could actually just trap the bishop with rook takes B seven. 09:51.690 --> 09:52.860 Where is the bishop going? 09:52.860 --> 09:53.550 Yeah. 09:54.060 --> 09:56.040 Bishop C five We're going to take the bishop. 09:56.850 --> 09:58.590 So, yes, we don't need to try and make the king. 09:58.590 --> 10:00.030 We just munch material here. 10:00.030 --> 10:01.320 This is such a dominating position. 10:01.320 --> 10:09.120 Rook takes B seven and let's say Bishop B six again, Rook takes B seven. 10:09.120 --> 10:12.300 Whereas Bishop game, we've got b4 we can start chasing the bishop. 10:12.330 --> 10:17.610 Rook D seven Knight takes G five and we just use our poor majority. 10:17.610 --> 10:21.240 We break through of an outside pawn here, absolutely crushing stuff. 10:21.240 --> 10:26.280 The Knights pretty helpless or just, you know, just take it simple and strong. 10:26.790 --> 10:30.180 So yes, it's a hopeless position in the end of the 94. 10:30.180 --> 10:31.830 So an interesting game. 10:32.130 --> 10:38.310 So if we're taking a positional perspective to try and control the position and in key strategic squares, 10:38.310 --> 10:45.690 we can expect counterplay and we have to face attacks and we have to be calm and resourceful in the 10:45.690 --> 10:46.440 fence. 10:46.440 --> 10:47.370 Basically. 10:47.370 --> 10:52.650 That's the message I think, from this game that Adams is really giving. 10:52.980 --> 10:54.600 So, yes, a very interesting game. 10:54.600 --> 10:59.670 The positional player against an attacking player and the positional player being triumphant on this 10:59.670 --> 11:00.390 occasion. 11:01.920 --> 11:02.670 That's very much.