WEBVTT 00:00.870 --> 00:01.740 Hi there. 00:01.770 --> 00:06.350 In this lecture, we see Grandmaster Richard against Michael Adams. 00:06.360 --> 00:11.120 So both Grandmasters 2010 British Championship Round three differ from Richard Perch. 00:11.130 --> 00:12.690 We have nine to have six. 00:12.930 --> 00:17.220 Bishop g5d5, we have E three. 00:18.060 --> 00:21.300 So this is a very interesting opening in the Queen's pawn game. 00:21.780 --> 00:28.530 So not the kind of standard beaten track why it's trying to play solidly in some respect. 00:28.560 --> 00:31.290 Now if what doubles the pawns, it's no big deal here. 00:31.290 --> 00:34.710 So Adams has allowed this opportunity for his pawns to be doubled. 00:34.710 --> 00:37.770 But there are many compensating factors here. 00:37.860 --> 00:40.830 The g file, the bishop hair. 00:40.980 --> 00:43.410 So this isn't such a bad position. 00:44.130 --> 00:46.320 I'd say the bishop had these guys, so. 00:46.320 --> 00:49.550 Okay, so E three is played into that knight. 00:49.560 --> 00:52.530 BD 7923h6. 00:52.860 --> 00:54.840 Bishop h4c5. 00:54.900 --> 00:56.220 We have detained C five. 00:56.220 --> 00:58.410 This is a slight inaccuracy already. 00:58.410 --> 01:05.640 It seems as though C three, for example, is going to be more solid for white than the game of D Take 01:05.670 --> 01:06.750 C five. 01:08.580 --> 01:11.730 It does look as though whites losing a bit of central control. 01:11.910 --> 01:16.140 And in fact, the dark squares along this diagonal are tapped into. 01:16.140 --> 01:17.550 G five is played. 01:17.850 --> 01:18.720 Bishop G seven. 01:18.720 --> 01:19.740 Bishop G two. 01:20.840 --> 01:21.330 All the. 01:22.490 --> 01:24.080 Bishop Jeffrey Bishop G7. 01:24.080 --> 01:24.830 Pardon me. 01:24.830 --> 01:32.590 So the bishop seems already quite good or Randy Adams has got a slight advantage with the black pieces. 01:32.600 --> 01:32.960 Why? 01:32.960 --> 01:36.170 It's kind of wasted having white, actually. 01:37.040 --> 01:43.530 It does look as though black has more than equalized already, like BD to 2.5 and getting this dark 01:43.570 --> 01:45.050 square bishop is nice. 01:45.210 --> 01:50.290 Nine takes g3h takes only slight potential downside of Black's play here. 01:50.300 --> 01:56.240 The light squares might be weak later we have note takes C five, B four. 01:57.770 --> 02:03.650 So leaving the rook to be taken when that's Poison's 96 is so much stronger. 02:03.650 --> 02:06.290 If Bishop takes a one, Black's had it off. 02:06.290 --> 02:08.960 The queen takes a one hitting the rock. 02:08.960 --> 02:12.950 Yeah, Black's in a bad position here, to say the least. 02:12.950 --> 02:15.110 And if yeah, he's just taking the rook. 02:15.110 --> 02:16.850 So safety points. 02:16.850 --> 02:18.290 Just 96. 02:18.380 --> 02:23.750 We have C takes the five, queen takes D five, Bishop C four, Queen D six. 02:23.750 --> 02:32.090 So this looks at the B four pawn that's protected Black castles, White castles, rook D ain't queen 02:32.090 --> 02:34.820 C two and now G four. 02:34.820 --> 02:35.110 Yeah. 02:35.120 --> 02:37.910 Intensifying the dark square grip in a way. 02:37.910 --> 02:46.700 94 Temple gainer, Queen C seven pending the Bishop The knight's still attacked Knight H four and now 02:46.700 --> 02:47.780 B five. 02:47.780 --> 02:55.760 We have Bishop B three, Queen St C two, Bishop takes C two, and after Bishop B seven, we can see 02:55.760 --> 02:59.360 there's quite a bit of pain in the white position emerging here. 02:59.510 --> 03:05.600 Black's rook is already on the central file and this bishop is very nice, the knight is very nice. 03:05.600 --> 03:08.240 All of Black's pieces are really quite cool. 03:08.240 --> 03:11.960 Here we have Knight at five King of Heights. 03:12.710 --> 03:21.830 If Bishop f eight Rook for one Black has a small edge here as well, but King Fe is great offering the 03:21.830 --> 03:26.180 bishop It's not a big deal this simplification to lose that bishop. 03:26.450 --> 03:27.530 It's not that precious. 03:27.530 --> 03:35.000 There are other factors now in this position and it's actually this position Move 23 Black looks to 03:35.000 --> 03:38.810 be better and there is a lot of painful variations. 03:38.810 --> 03:42.320 White plays 95 if rook for one. 03:43.370 --> 03:48.860 Just rook ACA is really dangerous because rook takes the rook. 03:48.890 --> 03:51.110 Take C two and look at this. 03:51.110 --> 03:53.570 The knight's hitting the rook, the bishop taking the knight. 03:53.630 --> 03:54.640 What does white do? 03:54.650 --> 03:57.410 Rook rd to bishop takes E4 protects the rook. 03:57.410 --> 04:00.290 Just this is just going to be a winning end game for black. 04:02.180 --> 04:06.770 As another example, if I see three rooks eight this looks like whites in contortions. 04:06.770 --> 04:12.430 Bishop de five nine takes the five Rook take C two rooks on the seventh rank scooping up a pawn. 04:12.440 --> 04:22.640 Big advantage for white, big advantage for black again a for rook ac 8c5 might take C five this position 04:22.640 --> 04:23.090 with rook. 04:23.120 --> 04:24.200 Take five. 04:24.650 --> 04:27.230 Rook takes B five hitting the bishop. 04:27.230 --> 04:29.930 But this is just better for black. 04:29.930 --> 04:34.040 This position, for example here is going to be better for black. 04:36.560 --> 04:38.240 So yeah, the variations. 04:38.240 --> 04:39.380 I mean, here's another example. 04:39.590 --> 04:44.510 fc1 aca f three because black is actually frightening. 04:44.510 --> 04:47.300 Rook take C two for Bishop takes e four. 04:47.300 --> 04:48.140 So say F three. 04:48.140 --> 04:50.000 This is miserable for white. 04:50.210 --> 04:53.450 So here Bishop takes E for this pawn structures wrecked. 04:54.800 --> 04:54.980 Yeah. 04:54.980 --> 04:56.960 This was looking at the rook here. 04:57.240 --> 05:00.320 There's no real time to take on C the rooks being looked at. 05:00.320 --> 05:03.920 So this ends up to be a bad position for white. 05:04.040 --> 05:05.810 So yeah, it's understandable. 05:05.810 --> 05:09.920 9c5 in the circumstances is one of the better moves we have. 05:09.920 --> 05:13.790 Might take c5b takes but now a genius move here. 05:15.050 --> 05:16.520 What does Adams play here for? 05:16.520 --> 05:17.540 100 points. 05:19.790 --> 05:21.580 So a bit Capablanca style. 05:21.640 --> 05:27.440 You're not worried about simplification, thinking you can still potentially win from this simplified 05:27.440 --> 05:28.360 position. 05:28.370 --> 05:37.490 Black plays a five, so certainly a61 blacks not that much better here, but with a five. 05:38.030 --> 05:41.570 Yeah, this is a very powerful move indeed. 05:41.840 --> 05:44.270 And we have Rook takes PFI, which is a mistake. 05:44.720 --> 05:52.700 It goes into a skewer before we go into that rook for one before though, and that 2 to 1 pawn majority 05:52.700 --> 05:56.600 in this kind of disconnected pawn doesn't bode well for white. 05:56.810 --> 05:59.750 So say Bishop A for Bishop D five. 05:59.750 --> 06:04.070 This position is going to be uncomfortable for whites. 06:04.310 --> 06:08.720 So, for example, this scenario is going to be uncomfortable for white, for sure. 06:08.960 --> 06:14.570 But yeah, there's torture coming up with rookie free and that pawn looks weak as well on C five. 06:15.050 --> 06:20.960 So okay but this white had an idea here of offering an exchange sacrifice. 06:20.990 --> 06:23.900 Now Adams plays very accurately here. 06:24.200 --> 06:26.540 He doesn't take the rook immediately. 06:26.900 --> 06:28.880 He plays Rook AC eight. 06:31.730 --> 06:37.250 If he takes the rook immediately, he still can actually get an advantage though, with a four. 06:37.280 --> 06:40.070 It seems ACA rook take five. 06:40.070 --> 06:42.140 Black's pawns are not lasting hair. 06:42.260 --> 06:43.400 Black will be the exchange up. 06:43.400 --> 06:44.690 There is another way of playing it. 06:44.690 --> 06:47.270 But ACA is really interesting. 06:47.270 --> 06:50.390 So offering a five. 06:50.930 --> 06:53.960 But now the pawns are disconnected already. 06:53.960 --> 06:56.700 There's no work to do to kind of disintegrate them. 06:56.720 --> 07:01.370 So Bishop takes F one, king takes F one, rook D five. 07:01.550 --> 07:04.280 So that is a setting target that C five pawn. 07:04.460 --> 07:07.010 So yes, King of six, rook six check. 07:07.010 --> 07:09.200 e6c6. 07:09.200 --> 07:11.000 That pawns is not really going anywhere. 07:11.000 --> 07:12.260 Rook C five. 07:13.980 --> 07:17.760 Bishop e for King E five with F five coming up. 07:17.760 --> 07:24.120 It's not really a big deal to have Bishop F4 here, F3, F5, Bishop D3. 07:24.120 --> 07:25.830 Now the pawn drops off. 07:26.010 --> 07:29.160 So it's just the exchange up for black essentially. 07:29.250 --> 07:36.540 Rook seven, Rook B6 And now White's King is also kind of targeted so we have here fortunate king of 07:36.540 --> 07:37.110 six. 07:37.260 --> 07:42.600 Bishop b5 Rook RD six e4 but now E five. 07:42.600 --> 07:42.810 Yeah. 07:43.140 --> 07:45.270 Otherwise E5 is getting a bit scary. 07:45.510 --> 07:51.170 Black could end up getting mated with the King g6 Bishop e eight, you know. 07:51.210 --> 07:53.250 So yeah, this E5 needs to be stopped. 07:53.250 --> 07:58.830 So E five here from Black E takes five rooks to check. 07:59.400 --> 08:00.440 King E Free Rook. 08:00.450 --> 08:01.450 C Free check. 08:01.470 --> 08:02.550 King you two. 08:02.910 --> 08:03.750 And now rook tanks. 08:03.750 --> 08:04.530 G Free. 08:05.850 --> 08:07.290 We have rook seven. 08:07.410 --> 08:09.660 Rook takes G to check King F one. 08:10.080 --> 08:11.040 Rook H two. 08:11.040 --> 08:12.360 Protecting H six. 08:12.900 --> 08:13.710 King G one. 08:13.710 --> 08:14.670 G Free. 08:15.660 --> 08:16.500 Bishop C four. 08:16.500 --> 08:17.190 Rook RD one. 08:17.190 --> 08:17.910 Check. 08:19.590 --> 08:21.300 This does threaten, mate. 08:21.300 --> 08:23.780 White's has got a mate for it. 08:23.790 --> 08:25.890 But Rook D wants that brings the bishop back. 08:26.490 --> 08:27.780 Rook have to. 08:29.150 --> 08:29.510 Sorry. 08:29.510 --> 08:32.150 After the one check, one actually resigned here. 08:33.140 --> 08:33.470 Yeah. 08:33.470 --> 08:34.850 This is the end of the game. 08:34.940 --> 08:38.380 If Bishop f one, then rook f two. 08:38.390 --> 08:39.320 And here. 08:39.320 --> 08:43.830 This is just hopeless F ones dropping with checkmate. 08:43.850 --> 08:45.510 So, yeah, an interesting game. 08:45.530 --> 08:49.340 Adams just reminds me of a modern Capablanca. 08:49.610 --> 08:54.920 He didn't mind the simplification, maintaining a small advantage throughout. 08:54.950 --> 08:57.540 He didn't mind giving up the bishop. 08:57.720 --> 08:59.060 He doesn't hold on to the bishop. 09:00.320 --> 09:03.890 Kind of strictly, you know, saying, I've got to hold on to the bishop here. 09:04.300 --> 09:05.690 And he let that be exchanged off. 09:05.720 --> 09:09.890 He just jumps the positions here still to be in his favor. 09:10.540 --> 09:13.280 And anyway, you know, this knight's kind of good on that. 09:13.280 --> 09:16.100 Five if there's any justification of why it's play. 09:16.550 --> 09:17.630 It's on the light squares. 09:17.630 --> 09:21.020 This is quite a good night on a 5 to 2 exchange off anyway. 09:21.140 --> 09:23.630 So you could argue, well, the knight was great. 09:23.630 --> 09:29.390 So this result in position is just in Black's favor, especially after a five. 09:29.540 --> 09:32.060 Very, very interesting stuff. 09:32.330 --> 09:37.520 So a five nagging advantage here because of B4 coming up. 09:39.040 --> 09:44.710 Yeah, very, very dominating play, keeping a small advantage throughout the game. 09:44.710 --> 09:45.850 Very, very interesting. 09:46.480 --> 09:48.880 I would say like a modern Capablanca, basically. 09:49.240 --> 09:50.500 I hope you enjoyed this game. 09:51.160 --> 09:51.940 Thanks very much.