WEBVTT 00:01.520 --> 00:02.290 Hi there. 00:02.300 --> 00:07.880 In this lecture, we see Gwen Jones against Michael Adams in the 2016 British Championship round nine. 00:07.880 --> 00:10.100 We see C4 from Gwen Jones. 00:10.100 --> 00:18.050 So an English opening E six G3 D five Bishop G2 might have six, might have three, Bishop E seven. 00:18.710 --> 00:27.200 Both sides Castle B free now C five, E three and now 96. 00:27.680 --> 00:37.820 Bishop B2 and Adams dares to play D four and it starts to look like a reverse bononi structure where 00:37.820 --> 00:41.360 White has a potentially vulnerable backward pawn. 00:41.360 --> 00:47.210 It's not on the same file, sure, but this pawn on D three, if white plays diva, which white will 00:47.210 --> 00:48.650 be doing now? 00:49.640 --> 00:56.360 It is a bit like the benoni d fre d six pawn equivalent equivalent of D six and the benoni. 00:57.170 --> 00:58.480 So okay. 00:59.630 --> 01:01.280 How can this be tortured? 01:01.610 --> 01:02.990 Let's see what happens. 01:02.990 --> 01:06.890 Bishop C five We have Knight E five here. 01:07.430 --> 01:10.100 If a3a5 Sure. 01:10.100 --> 01:15.290 White has a perk of the only when it has a poor majority on this side of the board. 01:15.290 --> 01:17.000 But yeah, A five stops. 01:17.030 --> 01:17.990 B four. 01:18.740 --> 01:21.170 And let's see, this is an inspiration. 01:21.170 --> 01:30.680 95 let's say the lions get exchanged Queenly sex Queen E one Bishop rd seven is possible for Bishop 01:30.680 --> 01:34.550 C six so there's this pawn as well on B free, slightly vulnerable. 01:34.550 --> 01:37.370 So this would be in Black's favor already. 01:37.790 --> 01:38.120 So. 01:38.120 --> 01:42.260 Okay, so Avery doesn't seem that promising. 01:43.860 --> 01:51.720 We have night e five night takes e, five, rook takes e, five, Bishop dd six, rookie one and now 01:51.750 --> 01:52.140 E five. 01:52.140 --> 01:57.480 So this opens up the Bishop Quincy to Quincy seven. 01:57.480 --> 02:00.810 So that prevents c5a bit more. 02:01.290 --> 02:14.400 92 And now Adams is looking at that D free pawn we have rook E two rookie seven rook 81 rook 80 8a3a5 02:15.120 --> 02:17.970 queen B one Bishop C five. 02:18.330 --> 02:27.240 So this is interesting tactically and position me this position why it does have that nice e four square. 02:27.960 --> 02:34.560 And in this case, if it was against Benoni, a move like 97 to C5 would be very tempting. 02:34.560 --> 02:41.760 But in this particular case, because White's grip on E four is quite good, Adams approach is very 02:41.760 --> 02:42.150 interesting. 02:42.150 --> 02:54.120 He plays Bishop C5 and the idea of playing for E4 is coming up here, so hh6, especially after this 02:54.120 --> 02:55.110 next move. 02:56.430 --> 02:59.850 We have Knight F3 being played. 03:01.530 --> 03:09.780 It does seem as though with the Bishop on C5, perhaps if White plays 94, Black could consider just 03:09.780 --> 03:11.160 exchanging off things. 03:13.240 --> 03:16.000 And then later maybe preparing E4 to open up this bishop. 03:16.000 --> 03:19.150 Maybe so free was played. 03:19.690 --> 03:21.280 We have Bishop aged seven 03:23.680 --> 03:24.250 here. 03:24.250 --> 03:30.850 If Bishop takes defray this, this is a tactical way of playing it with E for the free. 03:31.180 --> 03:32.470 This is interesting. 03:33.190 --> 03:35.290 Bishop takes up six G tanks. 03:35.560 --> 03:36.640 Rook tanks. 03:36.640 --> 03:37.310 Rook tanks. 03:37.330 --> 03:38.110 Rook tanks. 03:38.440 --> 03:39.100 Rook tanks. 03:39.100 --> 03:39.980 Queen tanks. 03:40.030 --> 03:44.260 D Frank, Already Black's better here as well, actually. 03:44.260 --> 03:46.930 But Bishop H seven is is nice. 03:47.560 --> 03:48.580 Queen RD one. 03:48.580 --> 03:49.870 Queen DD six. 03:50.650 --> 03:53.440 Bishop C one here. 03:53.440 --> 04:00.580 If a four that kind of loses control of B for the bishop can go to B for this Doesn't look very clever 04:00.580 --> 04:01.930 for Bishop C free. 04:02.680 --> 04:04.480 This is just better for black. 04:06.640 --> 04:15.880 Also 97 is possible as well for 95 here, looking at De Frey and say Bishop de five, Bishop takes e 04:15.880 --> 04:18.520 one and black could knock out de fray here. 04:18.880 --> 04:20.590 So, yeah, there are great alternatives. 04:20.590 --> 04:21.970 So Bishop C one. 04:22.720 --> 04:32.470 But here, yeah, the light's not on C five here and the E four break perhaps seems counterintuitive 04:32.500 --> 04:33.610 because isn't that the weakness? 04:33.610 --> 04:38.380 Why would we dissolve the backward pawn weakness? 04:38.920 --> 04:41.860 But Adams does that he plays E4 is thinking about is pieces. 04:41.860 --> 04:44.920 This night can be menacing if it gets to the C free square. 04:44.950 --> 04:48.070 The bishop has just abandoned like weakness of the last move. 04:48.100 --> 04:50.740 Just abandoned C as well. 04:50.740 --> 04:58.810 So in terms of technicalities, the technicalities basically favor black to try and get a really nice 04:58.810 --> 05:00.100 night on C free. 05:00.100 --> 05:08.020 So yeah, not the absolute classic recipe you might think of, but look at the position of the pieces 05:08.020 --> 05:08.200 here. 05:08.200 --> 05:15.640 Black's pieces are absolutely beautiful with this knight menacingly coming to C free. 05:15.640 --> 05:18.730 We have Bishop F4 with Tempo Queen. 05:18.730 --> 05:23.440 The eight now 92 is played. 05:23.440 --> 05:31.540 If B for eight takes eight Bishop takes four queen takes black had just take take on E one. 05:31.690 --> 05:32.620 Thanks very much. 05:33.460 --> 05:38.470 And black is much better hear the exchange up and could even play 9/10. 05:38.470 --> 05:43.690 Jeffrey Yeah there's vulnerabilities in the white position if Bishop C won. 05:44.110 --> 05:45.760 Yeah, this is still better for black. 05:46.000 --> 05:55.300 So OC 92 is is tried but now 90 C free and this is just that move 27 it seems to have gone completely 05:55.300 --> 06:02.780 terrible for white this whole opening we have rook takes E seven and now Adams just plays rook take 06:02.790 --> 06:03.160 C seven. 06:03.160 --> 06:06.220 Well, that's absolutely necessary. 06:06.220 --> 06:13.300 If the queen is taken there's rook tanks, E eight check and that's actually that's terrible. 06:13.480 --> 06:18.910 So yeah, the idea is to leave this position with the knight attacking the queen, the rook staring 06:18.910 --> 06:20.500 at each other and white plays. 06:20.500 --> 06:22.150 Rook takes e seven now. 06:22.240 --> 06:28.270 So the thing is, if Queen C one, can you see the tactic for black hair, which would be crushing for 06:28.270 --> 06:29.050 ten points? 06:31.560 --> 06:32.850 You know, the queen is overloaded. 06:32.850 --> 06:37.710 Her overworked bishop takes a fray to try and get the queen away from E one. 06:39.390 --> 06:45.660 And if Queen A-1, then 92, check and hear this. 06:45.660 --> 06:47.790 This is really terrible. 06:47.790 --> 06:49.610 If rook takes E to Rook takes two. 06:49.620 --> 06:51.180 This is clearly better for black. 06:53.070 --> 07:02.280 And if instead King h2d free opens up this push against F two and this is fairly menacing, this position 07:02.280 --> 07:04.360 is why it's falling apart. 07:04.380 --> 07:08.790 G Freeze In our week you might think, what is what is this? 07:08.790 --> 07:14.100 What about f196f4 Queen D Sex with the Queen over there. 07:14.100 --> 07:19.020 The King side has been abandoned and this looks absolutely brutal as well. 07:19.140 --> 07:24.630 So rook tanks e seven is try giving up the queen Rock takes B seven. 07:24.630 --> 07:27.780 So there is a frat here of rock the eight. 07:27.810 --> 07:29.640 Is this enough compensation? 07:30.330 --> 07:33.480 Bishop dd six addresses that front blacks. 07:33.480 --> 07:40.530 Just better here Bishop Thanks Queen tanks see five now Queen five keeping an eye on B eight. 07:40.530 --> 07:50.250 If we take on C five, then Rugby eight and White's winning the end game or right went rather is Yeah 07:50.250 --> 07:54.660 White does have a clear advantage here with the two that would be a disaster. 07:54.660 --> 07:56.490 Basically we don't need to have that. 07:56.490 --> 08:06.540 So the queen just stops rugby eight we have C six if F for Queen one check this position blank has a 08:06.540 --> 08:07.020 big advantage. 08:07.230 --> 08:08.700 Give some air for the king here. 08:09.210 --> 08:10.050 Big advantage. 08:10.500 --> 08:12.540 So C six is tried. 08:12.750 --> 08:20.190 Queen one check King H two and here Bishop at five giving air for the king. 08:22.120 --> 08:23.470 Nine four. 08:25.680 --> 08:26.310 Is tried. 08:26.310 --> 08:35.550 Bishop takes E4 rook check king H7 Bishop takes e4 Queen take 4c7. 08:36.240 --> 08:40.490 But now Knight takes F two and this flattens checkmate. 08:40.500 --> 08:43.800 This trumps the queen in her friend. 08:43.960 --> 08:44.700 Checkmate. 08:46.320 --> 08:47.430 So let's put that on the board. 08:47.970 --> 08:48.690 C eight Queen. 08:48.690 --> 08:49.980 Queen H One is checkmate. 08:50.640 --> 08:57.810 So King G one knight takes h three check to F King F one. 08:57.810 --> 09:00.450 Then there's D free threatening again. 09:00.450 --> 09:01.410 Checkmate. 09:03.300 --> 09:04.680 Let's put that on the board if I. 09:07.700 --> 09:09.800 Then we just couldn't play queen to Chap Main. 09:11.390 --> 09:12.940 So King H2. 09:12.950 --> 09:16.730 But now in this position. 09:17.280 --> 09:19.880 Quincy, too, picks up that dangerous pawn. 09:20.030 --> 09:21.440 And White resigns. 09:22.790 --> 09:23.650 Yes. 09:23.660 --> 09:26.570 Very, very interesting play against the backward pawn. 09:26.660 --> 09:29.720 So it became like a reverse but only structure. 09:29.720 --> 09:31.690 So, yes, once the king moves, we're just taking. 09:31.740 --> 09:32.810 And that's that's easy. 09:33.560 --> 09:35.240 But yeah, let's look at the opening. 09:35.240 --> 09:41.690 So it came tragically for white kind of bad reverse bononi with that backward pawn being a target. 09:41.690 --> 09:45.980 So usually we think of attacking the pawn with a knight maneuver. 09:45.980 --> 09:53.600 But Adams chose this other approach just building up for the E4 break to dissolve the pawn to make much 09:53.600 --> 09:54.530 better pieces. 09:54.530 --> 10:00.110 That is also another great way of tackling the backward pawn. 10:00.230 --> 10:02.900 It has the perk of supporting the E4 square. 10:02.900 --> 10:05.480 So it's interesting the positional decision here. 10:05.660 --> 10:09.640 Bishop's five as opposed to 97. 10:09.650 --> 10:13.790 So I thought this was a very interesting decision just to go for the E4 break. 10:14.240 --> 10:20.480 Yeah, because White does seem to have adequate play here on 94. 10:20.480 --> 10:27.710 What has options just to take off the C5 Knight for example, as an option and play Bishop E4 just to 10:27.710 --> 10:30.830 stop the whole E4 break in its tracks. 10:31.280 --> 10:39.650 So yes, very, very interesting play Bishop C5 and then White kind of made it a little bit easier to 10:39.650 --> 10:41.900 work for the E4 break with a three. 10:42.080 --> 10:49.100 So perhaps some inaccuracies on White's part here, which just made it look like a really convincing 10:49.100 --> 10:51.110 one way game example. 10:51.470 --> 10:53.180 Yeah, interesting game. 10:53.180 --> 10:55.880 I hope you enjoyed this one so much.