WEBVTT 00:00.940 --> 00:01.820 Hi there. 00:01.840 --> 00:09.310 In this lecture, we see our Joseph GROSS out against Michael Adams in 1990, the fourth 14th Lloyds 00:09.310 --> 00:13.510 Bank Masters Open, which Adams actually won eventually. 00:13.510 --> 00:18.900 So this is in round 1e4, Adams plays E five, the classic E, 5f4. 00:18.910 --> 00:20.740 So how to handle the King's gambit? 00:20.770 --> 00:22.320 Well, Adams accepts it. 00:22.330 --> 00:28.780 We have Bishop C for instead of not afraid to the Bishop's gambit instead of 93. 00:28.780 --> 00:29.830 So this is very interesting. 00:29.830 --> 00:35.830 Now we have D five Bishop takes D five if E takes D five. 00:35.830 --> 00:38.680 Queen H four check is interesting with Bishop D six. 00:38.680 --> 00:43.210 So this position should be to to Black's advantage. 00:43.210 --> 00:44.560 So Bishop takes D five. 00:44.560 --> 00:49.080 We have nine, have six, 9c3 and now Bishop B4 is played. 00:49.090 --> 00:50.650 So this is interesting. 00:50.830 --> 00:53.860 Trying to double the white pawns. 00:54.400 --> 00:58.300 If Knight takes the five instead it takes D five. 00:58.300 --> 01:04.630 This situation with 93 of black tries to cling on to the four pawn. 01:04.720 --> 01:06.850 This could spell big trouble later. 01:06.850 --> 01:12.130 For example, this situation with h4h6 starts to get a little bit scary. 01:12.130 --> 01:14.380 Rooks could come off c three. 01:14.380 --> 01:16.240 It's about even here already. 01:16.240 --> 01:22.360 There is an interesting compensation for whites, so this is a more positional approach altogether just 01:22.360 --> 01:27.850 to double the white pawns and crucially to try and get control of the E four square. 01:28.840 --> 01:33.040 We have knights have free and now this kind of weakens the e full square of white. 01:33.040 --> 01:40.420 So and also doubling the pawns, but giving black giving white the dangerous bishop power and giving 01:40.420 --> 01:42.310 black the knight power instead soon. 01:42.310 --> 01:46.120 So C six the queens also crucially come off here. 01:46.690 --> 01:51.430 So King takes the one Adams castles Bishop takes F four. 01:51.670 --> 02:01.090 So this positional kind of choice means that White also has an estate pawn in the center as a target. 02:01.090 --> 02:04.660 And that's just immediately taken here without penalty. 02:05.170 --> 02:06.580 We have rookie one. 02:08.710 --> 02:16.010 King C1 97 is about even so So look Rookie one now so Bishop five supporting the Night King E two and 02:16.020 --> 02:24.910 now Knight A six the other night helps control or rather occupy E four so h39ac5g4 Bishop trots back. 02:25.630 --> 02:27.970 Now it's E five and a five. 02:27.970 --> 02:29.500 So offering this bishop. 02:30.340 --> 02:32.530 Well there wasn't much that could be done anyway. 02:32.920 --> 02:36.310 If h69 takes G six, what could be done here. 02:36.790 --> 02:38.470 So what does have pressure? 02:38.680 --> 02:41.290 This position nine takes g six and then that's dangerous. 02:41.290 --> 02:44.260 There's 97 check after so the bishops just offered. 02:44.260 --> 02:46.450 So it's two knights versus two bishops. 02:46.450 --> 02:49.930 A very interesting outcome from a King's gambit. 02:50.320 --> 02:57.700 Black is ready to support the knight soon after A for Bishop c4b5 to kick this bishop off this diagonal 02:57.700 --> 03:01.360 so that the f pawn now reinforces the E for Knight. 03:01.360 --> 03:08.250 So it does seem like a positional treatment against a dynamic structure and the dynamic bishop pair. 03:08.320 --> 03:10.870 Can black really accumulate advantages? 03:10.870 --> 03:15.790 Well, G takes a five his plate and this one doubles the pawns, which does help black a bit. 03:15.790 --> 03:19.960 But also, if we look at this, have a move like King of seven. 03:19.960 --> 03:22.090 This pawn can be a potential weakness. 03:22.090 --> 03:29.710 On H three we have a free king f seven, so black is kind of accumulating little advantages move by 03:29.710 --> 03:33.910 move pressure on h three it gives up the bishop again. 03:34.120 --> 03:40.090 That's you know, technically that doesn't seem right to give up the bishop In principle we have rook 03:40.090 --> 03:48.580 takes H three check first king f4 rook H four And this is a funny moment of the game after King takes 03:48.580 --> 03:49.390 a five. 03:49.420 --> 03:52.780 A very funny moment indeed. 03:52.870 --> 03:55.390 There's a big tactical opportunity here. 03:55.390 --> 03:59.980 It seems White should have played King F3 and after Knight takes C five. 03:59.980 --> 04:05.980 This should be an even position here about even one. 04:05.980 --> 04:09.580 It should be able to hold this even though. 04:09.580 --> 04:11.170 Yeah, black does seem to be doing well. 04:11.170 --> 04:13.390 Those double pawns don't seem to be very good. 04:13.390 --> 04:15.700 But with King takes a five. 04:17.730 --> 04:21.240 Adams misses a bit of a shot here, and it's understandable. 04:21.240 --> 04:27.300 It's totally understandable this miss, because one has to be extremely resourceful here not to go into 04:27.300 --> 04:28.590 a total disaster. 04:28.740 --> 04:32.910 G6 is played, which is very, very tempting, especially from a human perspective. 04:32.910 --> 04:33.330 But. 04:33.330 --> 04:35.730 Rook Yeah, there's a rook move here. 04:35.730 --> 04:41.880 Can you guess what rook move would have been very, very interesting here instead, which is very easy 04:41.880 --> 04:43.800 to say with engine analysis. 04:44.100 --> 04:45.150 There's a very interesting move. 04:45.150 --> 04:48.990 The King, It's kind of hasn't got too many escape squares. 04:48.990 --> 04:56.520 There's actually rook a2h8 temporarily a piece down about threatening to checkmate. 04:56.880 --> 05:01.290 And if Bishop takes E four, then that's checkmate. 05:01.740 --> 05:09.240 If King E five check and here Knight takes C five check. 05:10.020 --> 05:13.830 And here rook free Shaq Knight takes D three. 05:13.830 --> 05:18.270 This leads to an endgame, which is super favourable for black. 05:18.270 --> 05:20.610 That rook is closed in on a one. 05:21.270 --> 05:23.640 If we go back here, if King E free. 05:23.640 --> 05:24.900 Yeah, just rook takes B2. 05:24.900 --> 05:26.130 This is favourable for black. 05:26.130 --> 05:33.960 So anyway, G6 was played though, and it's understandable because Rook, it looks as though White's 05:33.960 --> 05:34.680 in huge trouble. 05:34.680 --> 05:36.300 But why does have a resource? 05:36.300 --> 05:37.500 Bishop e seven. 05:37.530 --> 05:45.630 The thing is, if King D for that maybe Adams was was hoping for this F have to check is actually mating 05:45.630 --> 05:53.040 the white king after Bishop e for rook e takes e for check and this rook takes e for here is mate. 05:53.370 --> 05:55.580 The bishop is taking out an escape square. 05:55.590 --> 05:56.580 Fun stuff. 05:56.580 --> 05:58.680 Yes, that is really fun stuff. 05:58.680 --> 06:02.070 And also it can be played with the other rook. 06:04.740 --> 06:06.830 So Bishop e seven only move. 06:06.840 --> 06:07.830 Rook takes e seven. 06:07.830 --> 06:13.950 Check king D for rook d seven check King E free 95. 06:13.950 --> 06:17.340 We have King D two if rook h one. 06:17.340 --> 06:24.060 This should be the best shot actually for white because after rook G for white could get a pair of rooks 06:24.060 --> 06:24.870 off, for example. 06:24.870 --> 06:31.860 And there should be about even when it does have some work to try and defend this though potentially. 06:31.860 --> 06:37.800 But it's about even I mean the pawns are being straightened out but King D two was played This is not 06:37.800 --> 06:38.550 so good. 06:39.210 --> 06:45.570 And now we have Rook H Free, which has very concrete tactical threats. 06:46.170 --> 06:50.640 So the positional player, he's not he's kind of known as Tricky. 06:50.640 --> 06:56.220 Mickey So there are some interesting tactical nuances here to factor in. 06:56.430 --> 07:02.040 Even for a great positional player like Adams, he's factoring in some important tactical nuances. 07:02.040 --> 07:05.100 Rook to check is also interesting. 07:05.280 --> 07:10.050 So this position of Knight takes the free leads to a grim position for white. 07:10.050 --> 07:17.190 But Rook is free, has very concrete ideas and won't place now rook free. 07:17.190 --> 07:23.100 So can you guess what Adams plays here, which is absolutely crushing in this position? 07:23.460 --> 07:25.260 So test your tactics. 07:26.220 --> 07:32.100 A good positional player, you know, Karpov petrosian that they're very, very strong tactically as 07:32.100 --> 07:32.700 well. 07:32.700 --> 07:34.260 So in this position. 07:35.530 --> 07:37.420 It's not about playing against double pawns. 07:37.420 --> 07:38.920 It's about tactics here. 07:39.610 --> 07:40.000 Yeah. 07:40.030 --> 07:42.340 Rook takes DD Free check is winning material. 07:42.340 --> 07:48.250 This is an unprotected piece, but the position of the king is is vitally important here. 07:48.520 --> 07:49.420 One had to resign. 07:49.420 --> 07:52.420 If C takes the free might be free. 07:52.420 --> 07:58.300 Check and Rook takes a free check and takes a one winning material. 07:58.300 --> 08:02.350 So yeah, Rook takes the free, absolutely crushing stuff. 08:03.040 --> 08:05.200 What does white do? 08:05.620 --> 08:09.220 So if Rook takes the free doesn't help. 08:09.220 --> 08:10.990 Rook takes the phrase check. 08:11.380 --> 08:14.740 And then that is a weakness of the last five might be free check. 08:14.740 --> 08:18.640 And the knights got be free to return to piece after March. 08:18.640 --> 08:23.560 So an interesting game for how Adams is handling the bishop's gambit. 08:23.560 --> 08:27.920 So this is a non standard Kings game with Bishop C4, usually not a free. 08:27.940 --> 08:35.350 So we see a kind of positional antidote treatments trying to get control, fight over this key central 08:35.350 --> 08:36.940 square damage white structure. 08:36.940 --> 08:40.120 Give white the bishop get the queens off. 08:40.150 --> 08:43.750 It looks fairly safe compared to other variations. 08:43.750 --> 08:48.190 So it looks like a very interesting treatment against White's opening. 08:48.220 --> 08:50.770 Taking the fun out of the attack. 08:50.770 --> 08:56.680 There's less attacking potential and the Knights reinforce each other nicely here. 08:57.070 --> 09:01.450 So, yeah, a very interesting way of handling the bishop's gambit in this game. 09:01.450 --> 09:03.490 I hope you enjoyed this one as much as me. 09:04.210 --> 09:04.990 Thanks so much.