WEBVTT 00:01.010 --> 00:01.680 Hi there. 00:01.700 --> 00:06.790 In this lecture, we see Michael Adams playing against Gary Lane, a very, very strong IM. 00:06.800 --> 00:08.240 This is in 1999. 00:08.240 --> 00:09.170 Round four. 00:09.200 --> 00:14.720 E four from Adams, E 593, 96, Bishop B five. 00:14.720 --> 00:20.240 And our Bishop C five White Castles, nine one half, six C free. 00:20.240 --> 00:21.830 And now black castles. 00:22.250 --> 00:29.720 If black took on E for Queen E to Bishop takes F to check it's best for white to play King H one here. 00:30.120 --> 00:35.480 Yeah, this is unsolved black of the RD free blacks losing material like G three check. 00:35.480 --> 00:37.040 This is not going to end well for black. 00:37.040 --> 00:38.420 Just losing a piece like that. 00:38.420 --> 00:47.240 Bishop g5f6 Bishop H four whites just material up So black castles we have D for Bishop B six, Bishop 00:47.240 --> 00:48.770 g586. 00:49.280 --> 00:53.390 Bishop h4d6 Rook E one, Bishop G four. 00:53.780 --> 00:56.180 And now Adams takes on C six. 00:56.300 --> 01:00.290 So B six now D takes E five, D to C five. 01:00.290 --> 01:05.540 Now Queen takes D eight, rook eight times to eight, and now Knight takes E five. 01:05.900 --> 01:08.240 So an interesting position has emerged. 01:08.240 --> 01:18.290 Why is hitting the knight to be able to play knight 6g4 Why is hitting C six so black here plays g five 01:18.530 --> 01:19.880 very interesting move. 01:20.780 --> 01:31.610 Och so if one takes on g four here, this looks as though black's going to get good play. 01:33.760 --> 01:37.510 So nine times G for nine takes G four. 01:37.780 --> 01:40.840 This looks like good play for black, this position. 01:41.620 --> 01:46.000 So in fact, Adam's actually just plays Bishop G free. 01:46.660 --> 01:50.800 And we have now h five, which threatens to trap the bishop. 01:50.950 --> 01:54.040 Now here this is move 15. 01:54.040 --> 01:57.010 There does seem to be an inaccuracy here by Adams H. 01:57.010 --> 02:04.210 Four does seem logical in many respects, but it turns out your 96 may be a lot better. 02:04.210 --> 02:07.110 It vacates the E five square so it handles h four. 02:07.120 --> 02:15.420 So if h four then Bishop e59 takes e four because one has some back row issues here. 02:15.430 --> 02:17.650 But Bishop D four saves the day. 02:17.950 --> 02:23.200 This position one is getting the pieces out and should have a small edge. 02:23.350 --> 02:25.270 So for example, let's take this a bit further. 02:25.270 --> 02:29.950 Bishop takes b6hb6 94 with a small edge. 02:30.370 --> 02:38.380 Now in this line if rook d seven as another example, a three again y can use the e five square to rescue 02:38.380 --> 02:39.220 the bishop. 02:39.700 --> 02:44.250 And this is actually more advantageous for one, even even more than the other line. 02:44.260 --> 02:51.340 So it does seem as though Knight C six has a lot going for it, but with H four very interesting tactics. 02:51.340 --> 02:54.100 Now we have Knight takes E four. 02:56.370 --> 02:57.210 And. 02:58.290 --> 02:58.740 Yeah. 02:58.740 --> 03:04.620 So the back row is being exploited here, but for this pin against the rook, we have rook tanks. 03:04.620 --> 03:05.820 E four rook d one check. 03:05.820 --> 03:06.750 So very resourceful. 03:06.750 --> 03:08.430 Play from black. 03:08.670 --> 03:12.450 But here Bishop F5 was played so going after the B one knight. 03:12.720 --> 03:17.370 Actually, it turns out here F five seems better. 03:18.150 --> 03:22.650 So black temporarily a piece down, but with F4 getting the piece back. 03:22.680 --> 03:26.370 Under these circumstances, it seems very good. 03:26.700 --> 03:34.650 So h takes H takes G five, F takes King takes G, Free Rook takes F to black ends up being significantly 03:34.650 --> 03:35.070 better. 03:35.070 --> 03:42.150 So yes, Adams has not played entirely accurately by the evidence of the analysis. 03:42.150 --> 03:46.950 Black would be better here recovering the piece with advantage. 03:47.040 --> 03:57.900 And if instead of H takes g for F takes g, free is also another way for black to end up being better. 03:58.290 --> 04:01.110 So, yes, there was a missed opportunity, it seems. 04:02.250 --> 04:08.940 But what's really interesting now is how Adams takes control of this position first with the quirky 04:08.940 --> 04:10.200 looking rook four. 04:10.200 --> 04:12.720 But this combines quite well with Knight. 04:12.750 --> 04:14.130 C four, four nine times. 04:14.160 --> 04:17.550 b6g4 is actually an inaccuracy. 04:17.550 --> 04:22.650 And we see that the dark squares are pretty vulnerable with these two pawns on the light squares. 04:22.650 --> 04:33.180 So this can actually be a good king road for the king, the white king soon, if f6 instead don't be 04:33.180 --> 04:34.920 more solid. 04:34.920 --> 04:41.550 And it seems as though this position, for example, should be about equal. 04:41.580 --> 04:45.210 Black's going to have a lot of compensation here. 04:45.390 --> 04:47.430 And for example, this situation. 04:48.210 --> 04:48.690 Yeah. 04:48.690 --> 04:51.320 Black's at least equal. 04:51.360 --> 04:51.750 Yeah. 04:52.050 --> 04:55.470 It's not really in a position to increase the advantage that much. 04:55.950 --> 05:04.740 So anyway, G four is played with c c for rookie and if Bishop C five white has Rook five skewering 05:05.070 --> 05:06.270 the two bishops. 05:07.470 --> 05:10.500 So here Bishop takes F two, Bishop takes F two. 05:10.500 --> 05:11.520 That's desperate. 05:11.550 --> 05:15.750 That's White's winning that and Bishop D six, Rook takes F five. 05:15.750 --> 05:16.680 White's winning there. 05:16.680 --> 05:18.630 So the bishop stays put. 05:18.630 --> 05:24.050 Rookie eight We have nine takes b6c times B six. 05:24.060 --> 05:29.520 Now if eight times B six white can play bishop, take C seven and vacate G three for the. 05:29.850 --> 05:32.040 So the king's not going to get mated that easily. 05:32.370 --> 05:39.000 So rook e one white can even take on B six here the king can use g free with his advantage. 05:39.000 --> 05:49.350 So C six, B six is played and we have rook takes A seven, C five, C four and just black gets their 05:49.350 --> 05:50.070 piece back. 05:50.070 --> 05:51.390 But look at this position. 05:51.390 --> 05:57.150 Now this position is where a lot of fun and games can begin from White's perspective. 05:58.260 --> 06:05.670 So White's currently a pawn up opposite colored bishops, but the king is in a potential position to 06:05.670 --> 06:06.960 walk on dart squares. 06:06.960 --> 06:07.890 Potentially. 06:08.040 --> 06:14.220 We have rook e one and our Bishop four so that one is made pretty important. 06:14.220 --> 06:15.420 King G seven. 06:15.630 --> 06:22.200 King G Free Rook H one And we have Rook B seven Yeah. 06:22.200 --> 06:24.470 These dark square targets are quite juicy. 06:24.480 --> 06:28.650 Rook G one here if Bishop E four instead. 06:30.060 --> 06:34.720 Then one can take off a pair of rocks and be better here. 06:34.740 --> 06:41.220 So Rook one is played and it looks as though B one's e for the bishop. 06:41.220 --> 06:43.380 Looking at G two is dangerous. 06:44.250 --> 06:47.340 We have white making provision for this fret. 06:47.340 --> 06:49.710 Bishop e five check is crucial. 06:49.830 --> 06:50.370 King G. 06:50.580 --> 06:52.200 So now black is threatening. 06:52.200 --> 06:54.870 Bishop E four So guess what? 06:54.870 --> 07:01.680 White plays it, which is super strong in this position and which also kind of indicates which King 07:01.680 --> 07:03.600 is actually less safe. 07:03.810 --> 07:05.070 Brilliant move here. 07:05.220 --> 07:05.870 Move 28. 07:05.880 --> 07:06.510 What would you play for? 07:06.510 --> 07:07.500 100 points. 07:08.490 --> 07:14.640 So the opposite colored bishops actually favor the attacking side quite often, but both players are 07:14.640 --> 07:16.260 attacking each other's kings. 07:16.260 --> 07:17.790 So which one comes first? 07:17.790 --> 07:20.700 We have King F4, It prevents Bishop E4. 07:22.020 --> 07:23.370 We have Rook takes G too. 07:23.400 --> 07:27.210 This buys white time, crucial time offering G two. 07:27.210 --> 07:32.720 So right now it's equal on pawns, but now pawn up for White's King at seven. 07:32.740 --> 07:34.230 And now another brilliant move. 07:34.230 --> 07:35.370 What would you play here? 07:37.600 --> 07:38.080 Yeah. 07:38.440 --> 07:39.490 King G five. 07:39.490 --> 07:45.640 And actually, this supports mating the black king like this with h h hat mate coming. 07:45.640 --> 07:51.790 So we have f six check if rook takes f two this put that on the board. 07:51.790 --> 07:54.010 Rook h six check and rook eight is checkmate. 07:54.100 --> 07:57.490 So f six is tried other things. 07:57.490 --> 07:58.480 Not great either. 07:58.480 --> 07:59.940 Rook takes F two. 07:59.950 --> 08:01.570 Yeah, that's my thing. 08:01.570 --> 08:07.900 But F five there's rook B eight here and then rook is coming. 08:08.620 --> 08:09.850 So that would be checkmate. 08:10.180 --> 08:17.680 So F six is tried, Rook takes F six rookie one rook e six and now Rook takes F two is played. 08:17.680 --> 08:22.540 And here a nice crowning combination for the positional play for the aggressive king. 08:23.440 --> 08:27.400 What would you play in this position to crown the positional play for 200 points. 08:30.750 --> 08:31.160 Yep. 08:31.170 --> 08:35.630 We're getting into forcing tactical sequences now. 08:35.640 --> 08:37.260 Rook tanks B one. 08:38.300 --> 08:38.570 Yeah. 08:38.570 --> 08:41.480 This takes away the pressure from the E five bishop. 08:41.540 --> 08:47.750 And now rookie ain't with the front of a chap, mate, which is unstoppable, basically. 08:48.110 --> 08:48.850 End of game. 08:48.860 --> 08:49.640 Black resigned. 08:49.640 --> 08:51.110 Black could try Rook at five. 08:51.110 --> 08:51.440 Check. 08:51.440 --> 08:52.400 It's hopeless. 08:52.400 --> 08:56.240 And then the king goes back and it's going to be amazing. 08:56.600 --> 08:58.580 So, yeah, an interesting game. 08:58.620 --> 09:02.150 Okay, there's an inaccuracy or two, and it's a human game. 09:02.150 --> 09:03.350 It's an inaccuracy or two. 09:03.350 --> 09:10.580 But the way Adams regained control of possession was very instructive here and also how dangerous the 09:10.580 --> 09:12.020 dark squares are. 09:12.560 --> 09:16.700 Adams is using the king on the dark squares, which were weakened. 09:16.820 --> 09:20.750 So yeah, there was a positional undertone and the crowning combination at the end. 09:20.750 --> 09:22.990 Wonderful stuff to force the checkmate. 09:23.000 --> 09:26.510 I hope you enjoyed this one as much as me and so much.