WEBVTT 00:01.110 --> 00:01.860 Hi there. 00:01.890 --> 00:08.580 In this lecture, we see Michael Adams playing against Grandmaster Daniel Gamal in 2011, British championship 00:08.580 --> 00:09.590 round fray. 00:09.600 --> 00:11.130 So E four from Adams. 00:11.130 --> 00:12.780 We have a Sicilian defense. 00:12.780 --> 00:16.260 Might have 3d6 and Adams goes for an open Sicilian here. 00:16.500 --> 00:21.150 And there are still many positional considerations of the opening here. 00:21.150 --> 00:28.500 So this is a shaven England pawn structure with E six and we can see fundamentally that Black does actually 00:28.500 --> 00:34.980 have a potential problem pawn on D six that is on a semi and foul is a potential target. 00:34.980 --> 00:39.720 And it's interesting how Adams revolves much of his play around D six. 00:39.720 --> 00:45.600 We should be very B five white castles Bishop E seven and now queen of free. 00:45.600 --> 00:51.630 So this gives the idea that perhaps sometimes Queen Geoffrey not just looks at D six but also at G seven, 00:51.630 --> 00:54.780 which means that Bishop H six has to be factored in as well. 00:54.780 --> 01:00.750 Once Black castles we have Queen B six for the moment, Bishop E three and now the Queen parks on B 01:00.750 --> 01:06.360 seven, Queen G four here, looking at G seven and now be four. 01:06.360 --> 01:09.480 So this is quite a tactical situation right now. 01:10.890 --> 01:18.950 If nine takes E four, Queen 6g7 is nice with Bishop, sorry with nine takes E for Queen takes E four. 01:19.000 --> 01:20.310 Now Bishop H six. 01:20.730 --> 01:25.140 And this scenario is actually rather dangerous with the king still in the center. 01:25.140 --> 01:30.060 For example, if Queen H four tactically, can you see what White would play here? 01:32.170 --> 01:37.540 You know what is a very strong move 95 here when the king in the center so that he takes that five, 01:37.540 --> 01:44.410 there's Bishop G-5 and that's damage and destruction occurring soon on E seven. 01:44.410 --> 01:51.460 So we have B 494 and black is still cautious not to take on e four. 01:51.460 --> 01:52.930 So night bd7. 01:52.930 --> 01:59.830 If queen tanks E four, then there's might be six forking the rock and bishop and just winning material. 02:00.400 --> 02:02.440 So yeah, it does seem precarious. 02:02.440 --> 02:07.270 So bd7 inviting Queen, Tank's G seven. 02:07.270 --> 02:08.050 But sir. 02:09.370 --> 02:11.200 You know, Adams actually just protects free. 02:11.200 --> 02:14.050 He doesn't want to give back too much counterplay. 02:14.320 --> 02:16.210 We see black castling now. 02:17.230 --> 02:19.710 So here a free is played. 02:19.720 --> 02:21.040 This is very interesting. 02:21.040 --> 02:24.020 So B tanks and now rook takes a free. 02:24.040 --> 02:27.190 Now, here there are actually some complications to work out. 02:27.220 --> 02:28.990 95 was played. 02:29.560 --> 02:30.580 If dd five. 02:30.580 --> 02:31.990 This is really interesting. 02:31.990 --> 02:33.160 What would Adam play? 02:33.400 --> 02:35.080 Is he just going to move the rook? 02:35.140 --> 02:40.720 It seems in this position, White can actually play a kind of exchange sacrifice. 02:40.720 --> 02:45.670 You could call it positional or attacking this exchange Sacrifice is very interesting. 02:45.850 --> 02:52.720 If black takes on a free they've weakened the dark squares a bit so the kingside is affected. 02:52.990 --> 02:56.680 We can take and if Knight takes D5, let's explore this for a moment. 02:57.310 --> 03:04.690 So Knight takes the five, Bishop H six, G six and lets not take the rope but play Queen H four. 03:04.720 --> 03:12.520 The idea here is that if we can eliminate these two defenders, we gain access for Queen F6, which 03:12.520 --> 03:13.120 is terminal. 03:13.120 --> 03:19.480 So forget taking the rook and we've got some apparatus possible like 95 sometimes in Bishop D five, 03:19.480 --> 03:20.230 sometimes. 03:20.230 --> 03:26.140 Let's look concretely if Rook be won Rookie one why is this fragile for black? 03:26.650 --> 03:28.750 So Black's prepared to give up the exchange, but why? 03:28.750 --> 03:30.370 It's not going to take the exchange. 03:30.580 --> 03:32.540 Rookie Let's say C4. 03:32.560 --> 03:35.050 So that's trying to kick one of the defenders away. 03:35.530 --> 03:38.680 And also it gets a pass pawn as well. 03:38.680 --> 03:40.990 So of 6c5. 03:41.140 --> 03:46.530 Black's kind of overloaded on the dark squares here with the pieces on the queenside as well. 03:46.540 --> 03:50.590 So say King h8c6, and then we're just winning material. 03:50.770 --> 03:54.610 So let's say Queen A seven, we can actually win two of 9c6. 03:54.610 --> 03:59.740 It's that black's been overloaded and we're still trying to deflect the defensive knight away. 03:59.740 --> 04:05.410 Four Queen takes F six here and this is just going to be a big advantage for white, this situation. 04:05.410 --> 04:07.390 It's absolutely fascinating. 04:07.390 --> 04:10.540 This positional kind of attacking exchange sacrifice. 04:11.020 --> 04:13.900 It does seem as though it's pretty bleak after. 04:14.890 --> 04:16.210 Absolutely fascinating. 04:16.210 --> 04:16.900 Let's go back. 04:16.900 --> 04:23.800 So instead of Knight takes the five, E takes, then Knight at five and let's say G six, 97 check. 04:24.040 --> 04:28.360 And here this is also strong dot square pressure with Bishop DD four. 04:28.360 --> 04:31.330 So there seems to be more than adequate compensation here. 04:31.330 --> 04:35.260 And if again, deflecting away defenders is key. 04:35.680 --> 04:41.410 So here this will just leave White with a massive position, even if the Queen's come off White's winning 04:41.410 --> 04:42.190 material. 04:42.190 --> 04:44.680 Yeah, it's absolutely fascinating. 04:44.680 --> 04:51.280 The implications of this Rook takes a free for D five, but maybe government had spent a lot of time 04:51.280 --> 04:55.750 here and just played 95, so he's trying to bypass such dynamic stuff. 04:55.930 --> 05:04.810 We have 92, we have nine, takes a four, bishop takes a four, and even more complications are invited 05:04.810 --> 05:04.990 here. 05:04.990 --> 05:06.880 What about taking on B two now? 05:07.630 --> 05:09.520 Wow. 05:09.520 --> 05:10.840 So what is going on here? 05:10.840 --> 05:12.040 Bishop D seven is played. 05:12.040 --> 05:18.480 If Queen takes B two, then there's rook be free and there's very limited choices for one head. 05:18.490 --> 05:25.240 Well, the big thing is about this is that Bishop c six is wanted, which kind of checkmates the queenside 05:25.240 --> 05:27.280 rook, So let's say. 05:28.130 --> 05:34.280 Black wants to stop Bishop see sex with Queen take two night default kicks the queen and we're going 05:34.280 --> 05:36.920 to play Rook, See one and Bishop see six. 05:36.920 --> 05:37.730 Finally. 05:38.450 --> 05:40.490 And where is the Blackbrook moving? 05:40.490 --> 05:41.150 Rook seven. 05:41.150 --> 05:42.710 There's five. 05:43.070 --> 05:45.800 So that's looking at the black rook and threatening mate. 05:45.950 --> 05:48.950 And this is just going to be a big advantage for white, this possession. 05:51.830 --> 05:53.230 Yeah, absolutely Fascinating. 05:53.240 --> 05:53.840 Again. 05:53.840 --> 05:57.620 So Bishop dd seven is played trying to bypass that. 05:57.620 --> 06:03.050 Now we have rook be free Quincy ain't Bishop takes dd seven, Queen takes dd seven. 06:03.050 --> 06:08.530 Now I imagine Gormley had spent a lot of time on these various complications thus far. 06:08.540 --> 06:18.740 So after Bishop H six he plays 98, which is good because if H five, Queen G four and then if, if 06:18.740 --> 06:21.660 Black doesn't want to lose the exchange to G six, Bishop takes her fate. 06:21.660 --> 06:26.150 And let's say this black is losing a pawn there and it should be better. 06:26.150 --> 06:31.370 White should be able to consolidate the counterplay here with Queen D two Anytime rook takes B two, 06:31.370 --> 06:35.180 there's Queen D four check to pick up the rook on B two. 06:35.690 --> 06:40.520 So let's say Queen C seven, King H one and one has a small edge. 06:41.240 --> 06:44.210 So say Bishop f6 be free and we should have a small edge here. 06:44.210 --> 06:49.130 But this is a viable alternative to what happened for sure. 06:49.130 --> 06:53.060 In the game at least Black has a dangerous looking, dark square bishop. 06:53.060 --> 06:56.060 The pawns are on light squares, which means the bishop is kind of active. 06:56.060 --> 06:59.480 Maybe there's some resistance here, but White does have an edge. 06:59.480 --> 07:09.830 But in the game, 98 is played Rook RD one and Black's pieces just seem passive here compared to White's 07:09.830 --> 07:10.310 Rooks. 07:10.310 --> 07:17.990 He ain't Rook D two King hates Bishop G five but now Black didn't need to go down so easily. 07:17.990 --> 07:25.670 Black played actually a huge mistake, it turns out here Queen a seven shank is useful. 07:26.300 --> 07:35.120 And then, for example F six now and black shouldn't have too much to worry about the D six pawn if 07:35.120 --> 07:41.030 rook bd3 rook for the d six pawn isn't such a big deal. 07:42.420 --> 07:44.990 So st before it should be about even here. 07:45.000 --> 07:46.560 This should have happened. 07:46.710 --> 07:49.680 But unfortunately the game was messed up. 07:50.310 --> 07:54.840 So for everyone, not just for good money, you know, we've been deprived of the game because F6 was 07:54.840 --> 07:55.680 played here. 07:55.680 --> 07:56.340 And guess what? 07:56.340 --> 07:59.730 Adams plays in this position, which is just leading to a huge advantage. 08:02.760 --> 08:03.320 Okay. 08:03.960 --> 08:05.040 E five. 08:05.160 --> 08:05.940 Yeah. 08:06.670 --> 08:07.980 This is a big problem. 08:08.580 --> 08:10.140 A very big problem for black. 08:10.410 --> 08:13.670 And in fact, things are made significantly worse with Queen. 08:13.680 --> 08:15.330 A seven check suspicious. 08:15.360 --> 08:17.850 Every winning material hitting the queen. 08:18.090 --> 08:18.900 So. 08:18.900 --> 08:21.930 And government had to resign is just losing material. 08:22.140 --> 08:22.620 It's. 08:23.130 --> 08:23.730 Yeah. 08:23.730 --> 08:25.800 The thing is about this. 08:25.800 --> 08:32.370 Let's have a look at 95 one could take out e seven then take out D six and it's a miserable possession. 08:32.370 --> 08:34.380 The Queen supports that D six pawn. 08:34.710 --> 08:37.240 And this is possible for. 08:37.950 --> 08:40.650 To put pressure on the default. 08:40.680 --> 08:44.640 If Queen takes D 696 check wins the Queen. 08:46.570 --> 08:47.630 So what happens there? 08:47.660 --> 08:50.290 Rook six We're just taking on D five. 08:50.320 --> 08:51.700 Rook takes the five. 08:51.700 --> 08:54.160 And this position, we've got that big passport. 08:54.190 --> 08:56.110 This should be much better for white. 08:56.920 --> 08:57.750 Big advantage there. 08:57.760 --> 09:01.780 If 98 bishop takes queen, takes e takes. 09:01.780 --> 09:03.160 That's nice for white. 09:03.790 --> 09:05.950 So this position is quite dominating. 09:06.700 --> 09:09.190 If we take five Queen H four. 09:09.220 --> 09:11.260 This position is also very good for y. 09:11.260 --> 09:12.310 E takes these six. 09:12.310 --> 09:17.890 So yes, the game kind of was was very bad after that. 09:17.890 --> 09:18.640 Incorrect. 09:18.970 --> 09:20.920 It's the move order makes the difference here. 09:22.120 --> 09:22.450 Yeah. 09:22.450 --> 09:24.280 So queen a seven check. 09:26.250 --> 09:27.390 Needed to be played first. 09:27.390 --> 09:28.290 The move order. 09:28.710 --> 09:30.510 And if the bishop goes back, fine. 09:30.510 --> 09:30.970 That doesn't. 09:31.020 --> 09:31.860 Doesn't matter. 09:31.860 --> 09:34.140 If the king goes back, then there's no thanks. 09:34.140 --> 09:36.000 Yeah, Interesting stuff. 09:36.510 --> 09:38.190 Bad blunder in the end. 09:39.030 --> 09:39.420 So. 09:39.420 --> 09:44.850 But I felt this was instructive that the positional player is in charge of all the tactics earlier to 09:44.850 --> 09:49.740 this Adams great positional compensation. 09:49.740 --> 09:54.720 And in many of the tactical variations there's positional dynamic compensation. 09:54.980 --> 09:56.550 OC about nine six here. 09:56.550 --> 09:57.540 Huge mistake. 09:57.660 --> 10:00.810 I hope you got some points from this game and so much.