WEBVTT 00:00.930 --> 00:01.740 Hi there. 00:01.740 --> 00:05.490 In this lecture, we see Grandmaster Gennadiy Tymoshenko against Adams. 00:05.490 --> 00:12.690 In 1991, the 15 Floyds Black Monsters Open round seven, so D four Timoshenko Adams plays a night of 00:12.690 --> 00:17.600 6c4, C five, D five, and now the Benko game. 00:17.640 --> 00:20.640 Quite a fun choice, but it has positional undertones. 00:20.820 --> 00:22.830 We have C tanks, B five. 00:23.340 --> 00:28.650 One slight positional undertone is that D five could become weaker later. 00:29.070 --> 00:35.130 We see a69c38 times B five, and now E four is played. 00:35.670 --> 00:39.510 It seems here 9/10 B five might be more accurate. 00:39.630 --> 00:45.240 For example, Queen eight five check 9c3 Sure, there's 94 by here. 00:45.240 --> 00:47.220 Queen d35. 00:47.340 --> 00:48.270 Let's take this further. 00:48.270 --> 00:49.710 F 396. 00:50.250 --> 00:59.400 Bishop f4g6 White can play Bishop E five here as example Bishop A six queenly two one can double the 00:59.400 --> 01:05.430 pawns and it's a rich, complex position, but overall white should have a small edge here. 01:05.880 --> 01:12.090 It's an interesting position indeed, but re4 was played and we have Queen A five. 01:12.090 --> 01:15.180 In fact here there was an opportunity. 01:15.300 --> 01:18.180 This might actually be an inaccuracy as well. 01:18.420 --> 01:22.080 B four is worth considering. 01:22.620 --> 01:27.450 So not from the point of view of taking on E four here that can lead into huge trouble. 01:28.580 --> 01:39.150 You know, just as an example here, if F 1696 is checkmate, no, just with the idea of playing D six 01:39.150 --> 01:45.720 here and if Queen C to g six, this should be a pleasant enough position. 01:46.710 --> 01:51.120 So black hair in this scenario should be fine. 01:51.120 --> 01:52.590 So just take it a bit further. 01:52.590 --> 01:57.450 Hitting B five targeting B five simplification could result. 01:57.630 --> 02:06.390 And here instead of getting positioning thumped on with 94, we can consider c four here with black 02:06.390 --> 02:07.320 in this position. 02:08.280 --> 02:11.640 So queen takes queen takes B takes. 02:11.640 --> 02:14.820 There's a nice dangerous B pawn compensation. 02:14.820 --> 02:18.240 And these two pawns are split and black has enough hair. 02:18.240 --> 02:22.080 For example, this situation could end up being in Black's favor. 02:22.470 --> 02:28.710 So for example here could end up being in Black's favor at that junction point instead of B, take C 02:28.710 --> 02:31.320 four might take four. 02:31.320 --> 02:33.870 That's going to be fine for black with 96, E four. 02:33.870 --> 02:37.680 So as long as white doesn't have a dominating position, this is not going to happen. 02:37.680 --> 02:38.460 So it seems. 02:38.460 --> 02:43.740 B four even though it kind of seems to lose control of C four, it seems black might have sufficient 02:43.740 --> 02:46.290 counterplay there to play B here. 02:46.800 --> 02:52.350 Anyway, Queen A five was played, so we have now. 02:52.380 --> 02:53.400 E five. 02:54.030 --> 02:54.480 Yeah. 02:54.480 --> 02:58.020 Black is threatening things like nine times E four if bishop takes B five. 02:58.020 --> 02:59.850 So this seems logical. 02:59.850 --> 03:08.040 Nine E for Bishop D2, nine takes D two, queen takes D two, and now B four here, which is actually 03:08.040 --> 03:12.330 again, it seems that there might be a more accurate way of playing this with C four. 03:13.350 --> 03:16.410 So A four for example E six, D six. 03:16.410 --> 03:18.360 This seems very, very silly, right? 03:18.630 --> 03:22.140 But Bishop A six, let's follow it through a bit. 03:23.430 --> 03:29.370 So even Adams in his podcast talks about people being a bit too sticky to principals and stuff when 03:29.370 --> 03:31.770 they should calculate a bit more this position. 03:31.770 --> 03:36.750 It seems as though blacks should be actually fine here. 03:38.070 --> 03:43.440 Black can end up playing f six to give the king some air and this should be even. 03:43.440 --> 03:47.760 You know, these six could be taken off soon or under pressure. 03:47.880 --> 03:48.960 So that's interesting. 03:48.960 --> 03:55.860 C four is possible, but b4 is played might be 5d6 Now here won't go severely wrong. 03:56.130 --> 03:59.870 This is a pawn which could become quite weak. 03:59.880 --> 04:03.480 He takes his plate and actually leaves D five pretty weak. 04:03.840 --> 04:05.820 If Bishop C four instead. 04:06.150 --> 04:07.110 Very dynamic. 04:07.110 --> 04:10.050 Bishop c44e6 very, very dynamic. 04:10.350 --> 04:17.400 And that would justify really why it's play very well if D takes this starts to look creaky after 3f6. 04:17.940 --> 04:21.390 White's does seem to have a very dominating position here. 04:22.320 --> 04:22.480 Yeah. 04:22.560 --> 04:23.310 Look at this development. 04:23.310 --> 04:24.480 It looks absolutely terrible. 04:24.480 --> 04:34.080 So yeah, it does seem Bishop c four is absolutely the way to go here and play for E six That would 04:34.080 --> 04:41.190 cast doubt on Black's play in St Bishop C four but anyway, E6 is a bit of a let off here after he takes 04:41.190 --> 04:47.160 this pawn is potentially vulnerable Bishop C four and black doesn't have to play Finn Catto The bishop 04:47.160 --> 04:50.430 holds d6g6 is just asking for trouble. 04:50.640 --> 04:51.390 Check. 04:52.590 --> 04:55.910 And if Bishop he's seven, there's 966 check. 04:56.960 --> 04:58.860 You know that's not going to be pleasant. 04:59.040 --> 05:00.060 And this is not going to be. 05:00.480 --> 05:01.560 The king in the center. 05:02.310 --> 05:03.780 So whites can be much better there. 05:03.780 --> 05:09.120 But Bishop 87, is solid and black, is looking forward to Target's pawn structure. 05:09.120 --> 05:11.990 Target's Queenie to the queen drops back. 05:12.570 --> 05:21.450 And now black and Castle H free bit unnecessary to play H free because black needs every tempo they 05:21.450 --> 05:27.930 can get for 97 to be sex for bishop, a sex every single tempo is important here, which makes h free 05:27.930 --> 05:30.270 a bit of a mistake if White Castle. 05:30.300 --> 05:38.970 Instead this position White gets a chance for a free and a bit of peace activity activation. 05:39.090 --> 05:45.870 So this position should be even if we look at this again also H free here. 05:45.870 --> 05:52.200 G For for a free again, a bit of peace play activation and this should be even in the game. 05:52.620 --> 05:55.410 It's quite horrible what happens because of h free. 05:55.560 --> 05:57.390 This extra tempo is critical. 05:57.390 --> 06:01.200 97 it's better than Bishop f6. 06:01.200 --> 06:03.360 We don't need to waste time with Bishop of Sex. 06:03.660 --> 06:08.250 If Bishop f six then we're not even getting 97 without dropping DD six. 06:08.250 --> 06:09.240 So a six. 06:09.240 --> 06:11.340 This is different, very different. 06:11.760 --> 06:18.810 But black might have a small edge there, but 97 is great because now might be six and we can see that 06:18.810 --> 06:24.270 actually tactically we're going to get a relative pin soon, potentially. 06:24.270 --> 06:29.910 We have a friend on night 64 and the point is Bishop a six is a real pain here. 06:31.380 --> 06:33.630 White has to close up the queenside. 06:33.630 --> 06:38.430 If A takes queen B six is painful, one would have to give up the exchange. 06:38.820 --> 06:40.770 How else to defend B five? 06:41.040 --> 06:43.770 So this situation black's getting a big advantage now. 06:43.770 --> 06:47.790 A4 This is a strategic success here for black. 06:47.790 --> 06:51.630 We have Bishop F six, Queen C two. 06:52.320 --> 06:58.230 So this is essentially a kind of unsound pawn sacrifice because yeah. 06:58.260 --> 07:04.830 B five is a liability if rook ab1 queen 85 black can gang up on B five. 07:05.310 --> 07:07.710 Yeah, and take out B five with advantage. 07:08.010 --> 07:09.570 Look at the bishop controlling A one. 07:09.570 --> 07:10.650 Wonderful stuff. 07:10.650 --> 07:16.500 So Queen C two essentially giving up a pawn because the knight's not going anywhere. 07:16.710 --> 07:18.630 So now taking out a pawn. 07:19.410 --> 07:23.070 So does does, does white have enough for this pawn. 07:23.700 --> 07:25.110 Not really in this pawns week. 07:25.110 --> 07:25.620 Not really. 07:25.620 --> 07:30.990 We're going to see that 94 Rook six defends these things, keeping the bishop on the nice diagonal. 07:33.180 --> 07:40.200 If instead of rook six also be free is possible for rook two that's another way of playing it. 07:40.200 --> 07:44.220 This position is also kind of comfortable because B two counteracts D six. 07:44.730 --> 07:59.110 So rook six Rook takes a six, queen takes a six rookie 1g6g Free rook d8h4h5b Free King G seven Queen 07:59.130 --> 08:03.930 four Queen A two rookie free. 08:03.960 --> 08:07.230 And now Bishop DD four kind of forces rook free. 08:07.530 --> 08:14.730 So once going into attacking contortions if rook e two the thing is Queen takes be free and here say 08:14.730 --> 08:20.880 with rook eight to a two This should be very nice for black two connected past pawns are on the way. 08:21.270 --> 08:25.260 So rook free is tried Queen seven and now g four. 08:25.260 --> 08:29.490 This further weakens white with targets more targets after G four. 08:30.030 --> 08:38.160 So structurally it's isolating, pawns, etc. But if King G two white does nothing, Queen B seven And 08:38.160 --> 08:41.100 here what does white doing? 08:41.100 --> 08:43.890 Say Rook D three, Queen DD seven. 08:45.390 --> 08:48.210 If black has this position, then F five. 08:49.260 --> 08:51.060 Queen F seven if Queen friendly. 08:51.060 --> 08:55.920 C Now that D five is really being attacked and difficult to defend. 08:55.920 --> 09:00.180 So this position concession pin bishop takes e free. 09:00.180 --> 09:06.300 And the funny thing about this pawn chain, it means that there's no checks on dot squares, right? 09:06.720 --> 09:10.170 And black can actually come out with the king here, King of six. 09:10.770 --> 09:19.440 And this is very entertaining, this stuff where the king can actually come out and munch d five without 09:19.440 --> 09:20.310 penalty. 09:20.310 --> 09:23.940 This pawn chain does actually support these king activities. 09:23.940 --> 09:25.650 That's just one way of playing it. 09:25.650 --> 09:27.930 So anyway, it's fun stuff. 09:27.930 --> 09:35.580 So g four though was played which weakens won't considerably H takes Queen Thanks Queenie seven takes 09:35.580 --> 09:38.190 that file authority for a moment. 09:38.190 --> 09:42.000 Queen for Bishop E five Now Queen four is played. 09:42.000 --> 09:47.850 If Knight takes E five, then D takes hits the deep and keeps F seven protected. 09:47.850 --> 09:48.220 Yeah. 09:48.240 --> 09:50.250 If Queen takes those, queen takes F seven check. 09:50.250 --> 09:57.450 So D takes though essentially this position is very bad for white because this looks as though D five 09:57.450 --> 09:57.780 is held. 09:57.780 --> 09:58.470 Right. 09:58.470 --> 10:00.030 But what about H four now? 10:00.440 --> 10:06.980 E four and here, Brooke H eight and H four is dropping out. 10:07.010 --> 10:14.030 So anyway, Queen G4 is played Rook eight, rook free, very passive. 10:14.030 --> 10:17.750 And now Rook five And you know, these, these are targets. 10:17.750 --> 10:18.590 These are all targets. 10:18.590 --> 10:20.240 This one, This one, This one. 10:21.020 --> 10:25.370 And I should know, I've been playing with the white pieces against Michael Adams in a bank game. 10:25.370 --> 10:32.320 I should know the pain of this And here Bishop d4 setting sights on another target F two. 10:32.540 --> 10:35.840 And White walked straight into an f two tempo gainer. 10:35.840 --> 10:40.220 Queen for the thing is, if King G two rook f five is going to happen. 10:41.060 --> 10:47.360 And the thing is there's so many weaknesses in White's can't Brook takes D five here with advantage 10:47.480 --> 10:55.820 so OC queen for rook f five and white actually resigned her F two is dropping next so Queen G free Bishop 10:55.820 --> 10:59.420 takes F two and we can even play the sadistic Queen F six here. 10:59.450 --> 11:01.160 We don't have to take the Queen immediately. 11:02.420 --> 11:11.180 And then the queen overwhelms the two pieces here, taking up D five blacks on the way to victory there. 11:11.570 --> 11:14.140 So yes, a fun game in the Bank of Gambit. 11:14.150 --> 11:19.880 So it seems Michael Adams repertoire is a lot of fun as well as being a positional player, he's playing 11:20.090 --> 11:22.730 kind of positionally, motivated gambits. 11:22.730 --> 11:26.990 So this is another great gambit system like the Marshall Game. 11:26.990 --> 11:32.870 And these are really respectable kind of positional gambits that even, you know, there's long term 11:32.870 --> 11:35.120 compensation generated from these garments. 11:35.120 --> 11:43.670 But yeah, there are very concrete situations in this game to to analyze very, very concrete. 11:43.670 --> 11:46.670 But he takes DD six was one of White's only mistakes. 11:46.670 --> 11:54.170 So a fascinating game where a lot of targets emerged later in White's camp, but in particular he was 11:54.170 --> 11:59.930 also a bit of a waste of time because critically B5 is a bit of a liability piece. 11:59.930 --> 12:07.850 So if Black gets to play like this with 97 to B six and taking out and then Bishop asks, you know, 12:07.910 --> 12:10.310 that led to a pawn being won essentially. 12:10.310 --> 12:13.280 And after that it starts to be really difficult for white. 12:13.490 --> 12:16.280 So, yeah, a fascinating game indeed. 12:16.280 --> 12:20.060 I hope you enjoyed it as much as me and so much.