WEBVTT 00:00.870 --> 00:01.700 Hi there. 00:01.710 --> 00:07.080 In this lecture, we see Michael Adams against international Master Jack Rudd in the 2010 British championship, 00:07.080 --> 00:09.330 Round 4e4 from Adams. 00:09.330 --> 00:21.510 We have D six from D, 4g69c3, Bishop G seven Bishop E, 3a6f4 now is played by Adams e six. 00:21.510 --> 00:23.640 This is actually an inaccuracy. 00:23.760 --> 00:32.580 It does weaken the dark squares a bit and quite often it seems b five would be the more mainstream move 00:32.580 --> 00:39.690 here of the bishop D free Bishop B seven might have 3b4 90 2969g3. 00:39.690 --> 00:47.460 Okay, White has a small edge, but Black's position is relatively oc but with E six. 00:47.460 --> 00:53.400 Yeah, things are a bit kind of vulnerable for black on the dark squares. 00:53.400 --> 01:00.090 It doesn't seem consistent basically with these pawn moves a bit too many pawn moves. 01:00.090 --> 01:09.870 So we see 910 397 Bishop D 397 is black trying for a hippopotamus against Michael Adams. 01:10.410 --> 01:16.350 So a kind of hippo is nice in the sense of the Bishop Finn cat cathode both of them. 01:16.350 --> 01:25.520 But yeah it's it's got some dangerous positional downsides E five is played now D five notes 01:25.560 --> 01:32.760 e2b6c3c5a4, Bishop B seven. 01:32.760 --> 01:36.270 So is a kind of hippo in a way. 01:36.270 --> 01:44.700 The Double Finn cat in the ninth and center we see White Castling 96, Queen E one, Queen E seven, 01:44.820 --> 01:45.660 Bishop F2. 01:45.690 --> 01:47.130 This is a great move. 01:47.340 --> 01:51.210 It gives the option of Bishop H four now, which is a tempo gainer. 01:51.990 --> 01:54.870 We have C takes DD four and our Bishop H four is used. 01:54.870 --> 01:58.290 So where is the black queen going here? 01:59.970 --> 02:02.160 The queen doesn't really want to go to C five. 02:02.160 --> 02:03.810 It doesn't seem right on C five. 02:03.810 --> 02:05.250 It will be a big target. 02:05.250 --> 02:08.040 In fact, we can just play B four here. 02:08.220 --> 02:10.890 Just B for not money. 02:10.890 --> 02:11.460 This cupboard chap. 02:11.460 --> 02:12.600 We're taking the Queen. 02:12.810 --> 02:19.320 So the queen would go back and here, for example, this is just devastating, the king being stranded 02:19.320 --> 02:20.280 in the center. 02:20.460 --> 02:28.440 So to take this a little bit further, we can take on C six and here we can even start to just break 02:28.440 --> 02:30.210 through the censor first. 02:30.210 --> 02:33.420 King H one is good and then F five. 02:33.420 --> 02:37.110 And this with the king in the center is absolutely devastating. 02:37.110 --> 02:39.270 If G takes Bishop takes F five. 02:39.480 --> 02:43.590 And yeah, this is just exploiting a king in the center now 96. 02:43.590 --> 02:44.160 This is frightening. 02:44.160 --> 02:46.560 Rook takes F seven and nine, takes B seven. 02:46.560 --> 02:48.150 It's going to be a massive advantage. 02:48.150 --> 02:54.300 So in a nutshell, there's absolutely no point, it seems, in playing Queen C five because of B four. 02:54.480 --> 02:56.280 It just pushes the queen back to fight. 02:56.910 --> 02:57.750 Ouch. 02:57.990 --> 03:04.950 Okay, so it actually goes back to F eight. 03:04.950 --> 03:10.410 If Adams had played C takes D four, then here Knight before. 03:10.410 --> 03:12.060 This is still going to be better for white. 03:12.090 --> 03:13.860 This position is still better for white. 03:15.120 --> 03:16.710 So Bishop H four is nice though. 03:16.800 --> 03:23.880 We have Queen fe if f six knight e times d for this position is uncomfortable for black Bishop takes 03:23.880 --> 03:26.610 f six as example. 03:27.420 --> 03:34.210 And here Bishop thinks he takes let's say Queen takes Bishop C to one. 03:34.230 --> 03:41.100 It's just got a definite advantage here in terms of targets and opportunities. 03:41.700 --> 03:48.690 Okay, so Queen F eight, E takes D four, Knight takes the four, and now C takes the four. 03:48.690 --> 03:53.190 This keeps the knight out of C five, knight be eight and now rook free. 03:53.400 --> 03:57.090 This is a great plan to pile up on that C file potentially. 03:57.090 --> 03:58.080 King D seven. 03:58.080 --> 04:02.790 Yeah, this looks like kind of resignation move King D seven. 04:02.790 --> 04:08.280 It just looks as though yeah, this isn't ideal for black at all this position. 04:08.280 --> 04:09.870 So, Rook, be free. 04:10.020 --> 04:20.000 King C seven, Queen C free check gets a piece penned Rook c1h6, Bishop f6g8. 04:20.010 --> 04:26.550 And it's a bit like Alekhine's Immortal Pen Game against Nimzowitsch here getting into a near Zugzwang 04:26.550 --> 04:33.240 with this C four pin we have H four and in fact Jack Rod doesn't really like his position to the extent 04:33.240 --> 04:34.170 he resigns here. 04:34.320 --> 04:37.740 Move 23 So what is happening here? 04:37.740 --> 04:42.060 Well, let's see if Rook seven Queen two is dual purpose. 04:42.060 --> 04:49.320 Actually it facilitates travelling on the C file, but it also sometimes there are variations where 04:51.270 --> 04:53.400 black can also be in trouble in other ways. 04:53.400 --> 04:56.310 H five This is a very, very funny variation. 04:56.790 --> 04:59.970 Let's say black doesn't play h five here if. 05:00.090 --> 05:03.570 Bishop aids when it can pull the pressure up with Roxie Frey. 05:03.840 --> 05:11.580 And sometimes when the queen is not looking at before, well, like here, we can consider soon before 05:11.580 --> 05:15.480 we can first take on G seven, that weakens black on the dark squares. 05:15.930 --> 05:18.080 And this would be useful as well. 05:18.090 --> 05:19.080 H five. 05:21.500 --> 05:25.990 And there are big problems for black before is also shown. 05:26.000 --> 05:31.520 I mean there's there's many strong moves beef or is also very strong that pin on the C file. 05:31.520 --> 05:38.540 It is creating a kind of variation of the classic coin nimzowitsch game where it's crashing through 05:38.540 --> 05:45.860 on C potentially, but first rook C seven and the torture levels here are quite high. 05:46.730 --> 05:51.410 So let's say let's carry on just to see what would happen here. 05:51.440 --> 05:51.730 Nice. 05:51.800 --> 05:56.600 H two could be a very dangerous positional threat for G four to F six. 05:56.600 --> 06:02.420 So let's play that black, let's play H five to stop that and let's see what happens here. 06:02.450 --> 06:03.590 No, it's free now. 06:03.590 --> 06:07.400 The Knights got the G five square and there's an F seven target. 06:07.760 --> 06:13.790 So this is this is on the brink of collapse now because of G five essentially. 06:14.150 --> 06:20.210 So for example, here, this will be desperate when it's just winning material soon with F seven collapsing, 06:20.240 --> 06:22.310 C eight it's going to be hanging as well. 06:22.460 --> 06:24.980 So yeah, it is kind of collapsing here. 06:26.000 --> 06:31.190 If h five is allowed as well, that's also dangerous. 06:31.190 --> 06:32.090 So B falls dangerous. 06:32.090 --> 06:39.380 H five is also dangerous because if G five there's actually this situation of a very strong past pawn, 06:40.130 --> 06:43.520 but let's say G tanks, then we can actually play F five. 06:43.520 --> 06:51.200 And this is also very nice because we have before and then what is black doing about B four here? 06:53.820 --> 06:55.260 It's pretty diabolical. 06:55.260 --> 06:56.380 That's just losing seats. 06:56.610 --> 07:00.690 But otherwise, yeah, there's no real ways around it. 07:03.190 --> 07:03.670 Okay. 07:03.670 --> 07:05.110 A five, B five. 07:05.120 --> 07:05.670 Yes. 07:05.680 --> 07:07.710 Just hopeless this situation as well. 07:07.720 --> 07:12.190 So, yeah, this does look pretty diabolical here in this relation. 07:14.290 --> 07:16.480 And also Bishop eight that's also funny. 07:16.600 --> 07:19.530 Bishop 8c3 basically, and we're just snapping off. 07:19.540 --> 07:29.230 C six but if H five this is funny because Bishop takes G seven and here 9g5 and is actually even on 07:29.230 --> 07:32.110 the other side of the board, there's a tactic we can play. 07:32.110 --> 07:33.700 Bishop takes G six here. 07:33.700 --> 07:40.780 Funny enough, because of this forceable configuration within Black's position as a full square. 07:40.780 --> 07:45.790 So Rook takes queen, takes F takes nine, takes E six check. 07:46.210 --> 07:46.600 Yeah. 07:46.600 --> 07:50.590 So let alone the pin pressure way to achieve things here. 07:50.830 --> 07:52.720 We don't even need to do this. 07:53.980 --> 08:03.430 We can just put the pin pressure up and Queen eight say Bishop takes Rook takes 95, and here Black's 08:03.430 --> 08:04.840 getting overloaded. 08:05.620 --> 08:07.300 Now, let's say King B ain't. 08:08.380 --> 08:09.520 We're just taking on C six. 08:09.520 --> 08:11.590 What is black actually doing here? 08:11.590 --> 08:16.590 If Rook G eight, then there's a weakness of the last move hand. 08:16.600 --> 08:19.990 We can play nine, seven, and now nine and six. 08:19.990 --> 08:23.200 And yeah, black's going to be run out of moves soon. 08:23.830 --> 08:26.380 So for example here, five. 08:28.880 --> 08:30.410 And Black's position is creaking. 08:30.410 --> 08:36.800 If we've got 9065 G takes, we've got Bishop takes H five and whites making inroads like this, for 08:36.800 --> 08:38.840 example, on both sides of the board. 08:39.290 --> 08:45.080 So this is absolutely passive for black where the structure is being totally undermined. 08:45.500 --> 08:50.270 So yeah, this is an interesting kind of continuation, to say the least. 08:50.270 --> 08:54.680 But yeah, it looks as though this is just diabolical with H seven happens. 08:54.980 --> 08:57.620 And if King B eight happens, Yeah, we're just taking on C six. 08:57.620 --> 09:01.190 So what is black actually doing here? 09:02.090 --> 09:04.190 Yeah, it's getting very nasty. 09:04.190 --> 09:09.230 So yeah, it seems as though a disaster from the opening. 09:09.230 --> 09:09.610 Really. 09:09.620 --> 09:13.130 So h four Convince Black to resign. 09:13.130 --> 09:15.020 White has such a wealth of plans. 09:15.020 --> 09:20.500 If ever any bishop takes he takes then 95 is going to amplify the pin pressure as well. 09:20.510 --> 09:25.160 It's a really hopeless looking position essentially. 09:25.490 --> 09:28.300 So OC very, very interesting. 09:28.310 --> 09:30.950 Adams against round 2010 British Championship, Round four. 09:30.950 --> 09:32.870 I hope you got something out of this. 09:33.170 --> 09:33.800 Yeah. 09:33.830 --> 09:37.880 Positional play taking to the extreme can almost like zugzwang the opponent. 09:39.470 --> 09:44.030 Even if it's not technically zugzwang, it gives the impression of being a zugzwang that there's no 09:44.030 --> 09:45.350 decent moves left. 09:45.820 --> 09:47.780 Och, so much.