WEBVTT 00:00.840 --> 00:01.680 Hi there. 00:01.710 --> 00:06.510 In this section, we see Michael Adams playing against Neil McDonald, who is a grandmaster. 00:06.540 --> 00:10.980 Now, this is in 1991, the 15 back Masters round six. 00:10.980 --> 00:14.610 So differ from Adams showing versatility. 00:14.610 --> 00:18.230 He's not just the need for player and he's playing actually Bishop G five. 00:18.240 --> 00:19.650 So this is the trampoline. 00:19.880 --> 00:26.400 So Adams is good friends with Julian Hodgson and they may have been sharing a lot of ideas in the Trump 00:26.400 --> 00:27.090 Polsky. 00:27.090 --> 00:32.430 We have no E for Bishop F for c5d5. 00:32.550 --> 00:39.780 Now already of the F five, there is actually a very interesting opportunity for Y in this opening position 00:40.440 --> 00:43.110 and then plays e free. 00:43.110 --> 00:51.180 It turns out here the actually F three is really quite dangerous for black because of 9f6e4. 00:51.180 --> 00:56.010 This would be a very dangerous gambit to expose Black's weaknesses. 00:56.310 --> 01:00.150 So say Black doesn't want to be thumped with E five. 01:00.180 --> 01:06.750 Let's say F takes F six, nine takes E four Bishop D free 9f6. 01:06.750 --> 01:12.990 We get a position here, which is very unfortunate for black for the light squared weaknesses and whites 01:12.990 --> 01:14.280 massively in development. 01:14.280 --> 01:17.790 So nice F three, G six there's actually 9g5. 01:18.180 --> 01:21.420 And with the king still in the center, there's still an available check. 01:21.720 --> 01:26.220 Bishop D 796 And this looks very, very unpleasant to say the least. 01:26.220 --> 01:30.540 This kind of scenario is very, very unpleasant and well worth a pawn. 01:31.410 --> 01:37.560 So yeah, this is a very dominating big advantage for white with that pawn on E six. 01:37.560 --> 01:41.340 So it's a very, very scary gambit F three for e four. 01:42.570 --> 01:44.760 But anyway, E three was played. 01:44.760 --> 01:59.160 We have D six knights afraid 97 Knight BD two Knight df6 bishops e4g6h4. 02:00.030 --> 02:04.620 Queen a5a4, Bishop G seven and now C free. 02:05.580 --> 02:11.940 We have nine times 3 to 9 times two, Bishop D seven and now here Bishop e2. 02:11.970 --> 02:17.790 This gives the C four square for the knight and black plate H five If Knight takes D five, that isn't 02:17.790 --> 02:21.080 the free pawn Knight C four is strong here. 02:21.090 --> 02:23.820 It hits the Queen and it hits the knight. 02:23.820 --> 02:25.620 And that's a disaster for black. 02:25.770 --> 02:30.030 If Black's best is knight C Free Knight takes a five. 02:30.030 --> 02:32.580 This position is just better for white. 02:33.180 --> 02:36.330 So oc h five is played 02:38.610 --> 02:48.150 and here both sides Castle rookie one King H and now 9c4. 02:48.750 --> 02:54.810 So the Queen moves the C seven bishop free so it looks like one. 02:54.810 --> 03:00.900 It's got a grip on Black's strategic breaks and black's got kind of got a fixed pawn structure here 03:01.170 --> 03:06.600 we have B six Queen RD two, rook e eight. 03:06.610 --> 03:10.980 Without further ado, just the E for break is played now E four. 03:11.490 --> 03:17.970 So this gives white a semi-open file on the E foe and it does try and expose these targets on the kingside. 03:18.030 --> 03:24.540 We have Knight takes F4 Rook take C4 Bishop five, rook e two, queenly seven. 03:24.540 --> 03:28.140 So black does have some peace activity some. 03:28.140 --> 03:33.570 But overall white looks to be in a dominating position here after Bishop G five with a nice target to 03:33.570 --> 03:34.530 build up on. 03:34.680 --> 03:47.220 On the E file we have Bishop G for F3, Bishop F5, Rook 81 and f6b free King h7h2. 03:48.030 --> 03:49.950 Queen C seven. 03:52.070 --> 03:54.410 And now things get. 03:56.140 --> 03:57.670 Rather interesting. 03:58.030 --> 04:08.350 We have the move Queen four, and you'll note that the Queen is kind of aligned on this diagonal, but 04:08.350 --> 04:10.210 it looks as though it's impossible to exploit that. 04:10.210 --> 04:10.840 Right. 04:11.950 --> 04:19.360 It seems this there might be an improvement here instead of Queen for just Bishops takes sex with a 04:19.360 --> 04:29.860 very interesting idea here that actually G4 is dangerous as a pawn sack because after eight takes G 04:29.860 --> 04:40.270 for Queen G five And can you see what White is fretting her with that pressure on the E force, not 04:40.270 --> 04:42.340 just about the structural target. 04:42.340 --> 04:46.060 There is actually some tactical liabilities as well around it. 04:46.300 --> 04:49.900 Why would actually be threatening queen tanks have sex. 04:50.470 --> 04:58.090 So as example, G takes a free queen takes F six and. 05:00.880 --> 05:01.630 Here. 05:06.850 --> 05:11.980 It is looking rather precarious. 05:13.150 --> 05:25.360 So if F takes E to white can just play Queen G five. 05:27.670 --> 05:32.890 And look forward to h five being quite menacing as well as rock takes E too. 05:33.250 --> 05:38.560 So this is quite a dangerous situation for Black with lots of possibilities. 05:38.560 --> 05:40.240 Blacks pretty tied down. 05:40.660 --> 05:46.710 And if he takes, then Rook takes E eight and there's an incoming rookie seven check. 05:46.720 --> 05:50.470 So this is very clear cut and the king collects the pawn here. 05:52.120 --> 05:56.380 So, yeah, very, very interesting scenarios triggered off with bishop takes up six. 05:56.380 --> 06:01.480 So this G for Queen G five, this position Queen takes up six. 06:03.130 --> 06:03.640 Yeah. 06:03.640 --> 06:11.710 So if King G seven instead F tanks, g4h5 is just really dangerous. 06:11.710 --> 06:12.200 Yeah. 06:12.220 --> 06:18.700 For example, H six check and coming to E four is just winning an exchange here. 06:19.180 --> 06:24.600 And White could even just force matters off to some difficulty with winning position there. 06:24.610 --> 06:30.790 So yeah, all in all, it does seem as though Bishop thinks F6 is really a strong idea. 06:30.790 --> 06:33.250 So this is a very strong idea here. 06:35.020 --> 06:40.390 So, yes, she takes her free disposition is just the very strong position for white. 06:41.010 --> 06:41.310 Okay. 06:41.320 --> 06:45.700 So anyway, Queen F4, we do have some interesting tactics now. 06:45.730 --> 06:47.650 Bishop de Fray is played. 06:50.560 --> 06:54.850 If Bishop takes G five instead, H takes Bishop D free. 06:56.710 --> 06:58.690 Can you see what tactic White has here? 06:58.690 --> 06:59.800 Which is fun. 07:01.840 --> 07:02.170 Yeah. 07:02.170 --> 07:03.610 It's not just the structural target. 07:03.650 --> 07:04.090 Beware. 07:04.090 --> 07:06.990 The tactical alignments are also important. 07:07.000 --> 07:11.710 There's actually Queen text F eight for Rook takes E seven check. 07:12.100 --> 07:15.070 And that's a winning position after 1966. 07:15.790 --> 07:17.680 So Bishop de three is tried. 07:18.160 --> 07:19.780 And then we have rookie free. 07:21.130 --> 07:23.570 Yeah, it's a very, very tricky position indeed. 07:23.590 --> 07:25.510 Rook E six is interesting. 07:25.510 --> 07:28.360 So this position nine takes E five queen. 07:30.220 --> 07:33.580 But now Rook takes E seven and threatens. 07:34.330 --> 07:37.720 So say Rook have 7c4. 07:39.250 --> 07:46.690 And this is actually rather interesting for this situation to examine. 07:49.130 --> 07:54.590 So it looks as though this won't really have enough hair, but it's building up pressure on key points 07:54.590 --> 07:55.730 like G six. 07:55.850 --> 08:00.530 It turns out the dark squares count for a lot of the dark square Weaknesses here. 08:01.310 --> 08:02.030 Count for a lot. 08:02.040 --> 08:03.800 For example, 9g5 check. 08:04.040 --> 08:08.360 And then if black's trying to get counterplay over there, it's not that great. 08:10.160 --> 08:11.870 And things like this happen. 08:12.170 --> 08:16.380 There's tactics with the queen and king being in lines like that as well. 08:16.400 --> 08:18.300 So rook takes Rook takes E seven. 08:18.320 --> 08:21.320 This is just a fictional scenario, but it shows the dance square. 08:21.320 --> 08:24.350 Weaknesses can be a very serious concern. 08:24.380 --> 08:25.220 It's like here. 08:25.220 --> 08:25.670 That's. 08:25.820 --> 08:27.020 That's unfortunate. 08:27.590 --> 08:30.920 Rook has seven check and waits in a winning endgame. 08:33.290 --> 08:35.870 So, yeah, Rook e free is a bit of a mistake. 08:35.870 --> 08:38.240 Rookie six seems a little bit better. 08:38.240 --> 08:39.620 So rookie free. 08:40.520 --> 08:42.440 And then we have Bishop E five, 08:45.950 --> 08:52.250 which is very tempting because it's hitting the Queen from two different places. 08:52.250 --> 08:53.360 So winning the queen. 08:53.360 --> 08:56.750 But Bishop, take C four is interesting. 08:57.170 --> 09:05.360 So this position black would have E five closing up all the pressure on the E file and should guarantee 09:05.360 --> 09:16.460 equality if one has the queen H for because if D takes e six en passant there's d five check out winning 09:16.460 --> 09:16.880 the Queen. 09:16.880 --> 09:22.610 So say Queen H four blacks kind of sorted out the issues and should be even here. 09:23.210 --> 09:29.120 So anyway, Bishop e five was played though instead of bishop, take C four and we have nine takes E 09:29.120 --> 09:29.330 five. 09:29.330 --> 09:33.810 So positional kind of queen sacrifice rook taker for bishop takes her four. 09:33.830 --> 09:41.660 So the thing going for white is black does have darts where weaknesses around the king and och it's 09:41.660 --> 09:47.990 it's a position where black has to play now C four and black does play C four if King J. 09:48.020 --> 09:50.900 This is really a very nice position for white. 09:51.050 --> 09:58.640 White can start building up if e6d6 won't can start just building up here and the dark squares white 09:58.640 --> 09:59.750 has the advantage. 09:59.750 --> 10:07.580 But C four disruptive B takes queen take C4 so hitting H for trying to cause trouble and a four. 10:07.580 --> 10:09.380 So Adams let's go. 10:09.650 --> 10:13.880 If rook e free queen takes h four check Queen takes a four. 10:13.880 --> 10:14.870 Should be even. 10:15.230 --> 10:16.730 So Rook D four. 10:17.210 --> 10:20.120 Queen C Free Rook e four. 10:20.300 --> 10:25.520 Queen st Rook f4 King G eight Rook C4 Queen D seven. 10:25.520 --> 10:27.340 So black's pretty passive here. 10:27.350 --> 10:32.540 Rook C six and king safety is damaged a bit more queen. 10:32.810 --> 10:42.020 So rook takes G six check seven rook g five Here it seems rook G seven Check might have been more accurate. 10:42.200 --> 10:43.640 It's a very tricky position. 10:43.640 --> 10:48.080 So this fractions things like Bishop G seven check to win the Queen. 10:48.410 --> 10:53.240 And here this situation is rather nice for white. 10:53.720 --> 11:02.030 There's bad king safety and the bishop can potentially be very useful centralizing for Bishop D4 and 11:02.030 --> 11:07.100 once getting an advantage here, Black's starting to be ground down and these pawns are getting more 11:07.100 --> 11:07.880 dangerous. 11:08.120 --> 11:10.790 So yeah, but Rook five was played. 11:10.790 --> 11:17.540 We have g eight Rook takes H five King G six rook five, Queen E six. 11:18.020 --> 11:19.310 It seems more stubborn. 11:19.310 --> 11:21.140 Might have been Queen D three. 11:21.260 --> 11:27.020 It's very complex position, but if we have a look at this one, it can do a perpetual check, maybe 11:27.020 --> 11:28.200 take out G eight. 11:28.220 --> 11:34.730 But here blacks should have resources to be able to be a nuisance like Queen one for perpetual check 11:34.730 --> 11:35.600 scenarios. 11:35.600 --> 11:39.350 There should be enough here to be a nuisance for equality. 11:39.710 --> 11:42.470 But in the game, Queen E six was played. 11:42.470 --> 11:46.900 We have G four and six, King G three, B five. 11:46.910 --> 11:49.430 So black's trying to use that possible and it's a bit slow. 11:49.430 --> 11:50.690 Bishops C free. 11:51.980 --> 11:58.520 And this gives the idea of Bishop D two is going to be useful for Rook six potentially and that's played 11:58.520 --> 11:58.940 here. 11:58.940 --> 12:09.230 Bishop D2 In fact, in this particular situation, Bishop D four is good because here taking up B five 12:09.230 --> 12:16.630 and the Bishop is kind of useful on D four, there you can see that this is a very nice scenario where 12:16.640 --> 12:23.180 White's winning material and sorting out things and controlling G one as well as E one. 12:23.930 --> 12:27.050 So that's a pretty dominating position here. 12:27.590 --> 12:34.400 But anyway, Bishop DD two we have B4 six check King g7h5. 12:35.240 --> 12:40.160 Now this is actually a really critical mistake, bigger than other mistakes in this game. 12:40.250 --> 12:41.920 Queen de one. 12:41.930 --> 12:47.540 It seems as though black can be a nuisance with B free, let's say check. 12:47.790 --> 12:48.330 Check. 12:48.510 --> 12:51.870 You know, one has to play a perpetual check situation. 12:51.870 --> 12:57.040 There's pawns getting critical, and that should be fine. 12:57.060 --> 12:58.140 It should be a draw. 12:58.140 --> 13:00.600 But in the game, because of the AIDS. 13:02.160 --> 13:03.420 Things are different now. 13:03.420 --> 13:10.620 We have Rook G six check and now Bishop f4 Queen C4 Rook H six check. 13:10.980 --> 13:12.570 King g7g5. 13:12.570 --> 13:15.510 White's making progress for King safety. 13:15.510 --> 13:23.310 So Rook D five has to be kind of played because if B free bishop e five check and then mating. 13:23.310 --> 13:29.220 So rook D 5 to 5 bishop e5g6 checking eight seven. 13:29.220 --> 13:36.300 We'll have seven checking H eight check with Rook f8 King H seven and now Rook gg8. 13:36.300 --> 13:40.920 And all of a sudden now these pawns g six mate is being threatened. 13:40.920 --> 13:42.780 The bishop covers H six there. 13:44.370 --> 13:45.720 So Rook takes G five. 13:45.720 --> 13:50.400 This is this is hopeless knell for black, Rook takes G five, Queen F one. 13:52.080 --> 13:56.940 If Queen C free, then check and then taking out E seven. 13:56.940 --> 13:59.670 This is just a huge position for white winning the queen. 14:00.150 --> 14:08.880 So Queen, have one check and this is end of game at move 60 if King H six because if can't shake this 14:08.880 --> 14:14.010 Bishop e five checkmate and if King H six rook g to F five is checkmate there. 14:14.310 --> 14:17.670 So yes, Rook have seven check spells the end of the game. 14:17.670 --> 14:25.710 So yeah, bit of an interesting game creeping up on on the Black King systematically helped through 14:26.280 --> 14:30.390 some mistakes, especially the rook move later on from black. 14:30.420 --> 14:32.040 That was a huge mistake to move. 14:32.040 --> 14:38.280 58 seems to be a huge mistake here, but yeah, it's a very difficult position to try and defend with 14:38.280 --> 14:38.940 black. 14:40.650 --> 14:44.670 So the Queen does need support and when you've got weaknesses around the king, it becomes harder and 14:44.670 --> 14:45.600 harder to play. 14:45.750 --> 14:51.970 So very interesting battle there with the Trump Polsky as a surprise opening weapon from Michael Adams. 14:51.990 --> 14:53.610 Okay, I hope you enjoyed this one. 14:54.750 --> 14:55.560 Thanks very much.