Hi there.
In this lecture, we see a fascinating game of Michael Adams against David Coleman.
So I've played David Coleman on occasion.
He's a very strong player in Harte's League.
So this is in 1999.
British Championship, round two.
So E four for Michael Adams.
We have c56 in Defence, 93, 96 now 93 and here black plays E five.
So this does weaken the light squares about these pawns on dark squares.
And we have Bishop C, four, D, 6d3, Bishop E seven.
And now this is a bit of a risky move, actually.
Adams plays a move which doesn't seem entirely appropriate.
95 It is a bit of a risk.
Bishop e seven is designed against this.
Really Another way which might be much sounder and good positioning is 92 just to try and tap into the
light squares more so for example, might have 69f1 and we can reroute the knight after three.
We play the knight to E three and this should be a nice advantage for white positioning.
But here, yeah, it's a bit of a risk.
95 we have black taking off the Queen H five Black just plays Bishop E seven.
This is not checkmate or anything.
Queen takes F seven.
Now, if Black had taken on C one then sure, Queen takes F seven is checkmate.
But here Adams is a little bit in trouble, it seems, in the opening.
Because technically blacks should be able to be a piece up for not too many pawns.
Queen X have seven check.
King D seven Queen takes G seven.
It is difficult to play with the king in the center, though in the practical sense.
But is there actually enough compensation for white sacrifice?
Peace.
We see night of six now white castles h5a free and now Rook eight seven.
Queen G five.
Queen H eight Black is organizing quite well at the moment.
If Black had tried Night takes E four by the way, hitting the queen.
There's queen have five check and picking up the rook.
So Queen H very good so far from David Coleman B four we have 94.
Black is in the driving seat right now.
If C takes b4.
This is also a good move for Knight takes B four and here of the Queen D two let's say the knight goes
back and four is tried.
There's still not enough compensation here.
It seems black should be technically fine here but after 94 Queen d2h4 we have four.
So Adams is trying to undermine in a hyper modern fashioned black central construction with bonus points.
The king is in the center as well, so it's not that easy for black.
In this position.
We have e tanks and for perhaps a better bet would be trying to go for White's king.
So if g free Queen g seven there is pressure on White's king here.
So as example B take C five 9 to 5 and it starts to look dangerous with the form pawn.
So queen have to e takes her for bishop, takes her for nine, takes four, Queen takes her four queen
G five black should be fine here with advantage but E takes her four is played Rook takes her for nine
take five, rook f two and here it is a difficult to play position.
These pieces are not in the game.
You know Black isn't a supercomputer.
The king is still in the center and the pawn chains been undermined.
And White's got that authority on the floor.
So White has certain aspects of authority in this position, and it is curious how Black's position
can disintegrate so easily from here.
It looks as though Black's at least got a good night on D4 right now.
And yeah, the attacking prospects are limited without these guys.
The rook and bishop we see Bishop F six and actually this is a mistake.
It's actually getting back into the game with advantage after this.
H three seems the best bet.
So G Frey might have six and here blacks should be able to improve things from this position with Bishop
f6.
What has happened?
Black has weakened D six and also provided a target now on F6 and maybe this next move was totally unexpected.
There's actually two good moves here, but 95 was played.
It turns out here that Bishop B two is pretty strong as well as example C tanks, eight tanks, B six
white now has 95.
And let's say this position white really gets authority on their file.
And this is actually to White's advantage.
Now, it's very dangerous for the black King, it seems now.
But 95 is also interesting.
Bishop e5 If knights have free check to try and win the rook, it backfires.
So Rook takes a free so Bishop takes a one.
There's Bishop B five check.
The King and center is not helping these variations.
So say King D eight now Queen G five, check.
And you can see that White's got a lot of firepower on F6 and can actually just take out F six here
with a big advantage.
Yeah, it seems to have gone completely wrong just with Bishop six.
So now we have C three and the center has been taken over in a kind of hyper modern fashion.
B Take C five, we have Queen G seven, if D take C five.
The funny thing here is that White has a really incredibly powerful resource.
Can you see what it is for 100 points?
Yeah, one can actually play D four.
So c c takes let's take Bishop takes the E4.
There's Bishop B to.
And the thing is, because the king the king is on the defile.
What is black actually doing here?
These these lines are all super dangerous for black.
If Bishop takes me to sinks is double check.
So the king has to move and then actually queen before check King of seven, Queen takes be two and
white dominates the position of the knight takes f6 rook af16e5 white is back to dominating and getting
back material crushing stuff.
So yeah, there are a lot of danger points in Black's possession which make it very hard to play.
So anyway.
So in fact, Queen G seven was played, but now Bishop B five Chunk King D ain't divorced.
So why it's really taken over the center.
9f6.
Okay.
So interesting situation.
Choice of pieces to take.
Now.
Yeah, 1964 is an issue.
Perhaps an Adams actually takes on F six allowing Bishop takes f64, C takes D six.
Look at white Center.
Its mammoth, a six Bishop RD free.
So black is getting pushed back all the time now and lashes out with nine takes RD for this doesn't
help C takes beef deform Bishop takes RD for and now Bishop B two we have Bishop takes F to Queen takes
F to white actually dominates the position here and is two pawns up one to total disaster.
Bishop F six check King E five So that hits the rook.
So yes, black center has been decimated and it's taken complete control.
Queen RD to H five, Queen C two And now there is a fat of Bishop G six, maybe black, and time pressure
just blundered.
Bishop E six allowing Bishop G six end of game.
The thing is about this position.
Yeah, if Rook H six there's Bishop G five in any case.
How is that holding up here?
If Queen F eight, Rook f one and yeah, these pieces are just out of the game position.
The black was kind of stuffed with the king and center and these pieces out of the game, even though
engines might at some point technically like black it's it's such a difficult position earlier but this
is just absolutely crushing blacks going to get checkmated here for example like this and if rook five
would make it to Bishop G.
Six So it's hopeless in the end.
So anyway, Bishop e six.
Bishop G six Black resign here.
A fascinating game now.
Yeah.
From a human point of view, this whole sacrifice of a knight for two pawns is about how like, so a
whole knight's getting one pawn, two pawns.
But yes, it seems as though this structure is under mineable with both B4 and F four and manages to
undermine with both of those soon.
So a phrase starting the undermining process on that side of the board and extending it soon with F4
on that side of the board.
And yes, one mistake from black coming up really paints a very, very bad picture of the black position.
Absolutely fascinating stuff.
It does require precision for Black's play.
This is absolutely fascinating how the center is taken over here from this position.
So, yeah, a really interesting dynamic game.
So one key facts, positioning the king in the center and these guys not very active.
It makes it difficult to play for black fun stuff.
I hope you enjoyed this one and so much.