WEBVTT 00:01.070 --> 00:01.750 Hi there. 00:01.760 --> 00:05.440 In this lecture, we see Michael Adams again as the grandmaster, Daniel Khomeini. 00:05.450 --> 00:15.140 So this is in the 2016 British Championship round ten C4 from Adams, the English opening e5g3956 Bishop 00:15.140 --> 00:15.880 G2. 00:15.890 --> 00:20.720 So my strategy is clear just amplify control of D five here. 00:20.720 --> 00:31.870 That key central square we have Bishop C five Knight C three, Black Castle Knight f3d6 default E Text 00:31.940 --> 00:33.170 four nine takes the evil. 00:33.170 --> 00:40.340 We have rookie eight white consoles bd7b free a six. 00:40.340 --> 00:43.040 So very hyper modern double thing Cato here. 00:43.040 --> 00:46.400 It looks like a really pleasant position for white. 00:46.400 --> 00:51.800 This really does seem like Adams cup of tea, even though he's been mainly an E4 player. 00:51.800 --> 00:58.490 This looks like a very positional position where White can build up and accumulate advantages in a smooth 00:58.490 --> 01:00.920 manner without too much controversy. 01:00.980 --> 01:13.100 We have 95 Queen D two rugby 8d5c6 Black doesn't really want to take on D five on C tanks. 01:13.100 --> 01:17.810 White will have opportunities later on the C file, which could be interesting to try and torture the 01:17.810 --> 01:19.790 backward C seven pawn. 01:19.970 --> 01:23.480 So generally Black doesn't want that kind of thing. 01:23.990 --> 01:26.210 So we have C six instead. 01:26.390 --> 01:35.000 Knight takes F six, check, Queen takes F six, AC one, Queen g6b4. 01:35.630 --> 01:37.670 Bishop 87, Rook F one. 01:39.770 --> 01:47.930 So very interesting play Here we have Bishop e69, 6e6, Queen takes e six, and now it's changing off 01:47.930 --> 01:49.340 Black's active bishop. 01:49.370 --> 01:55.310 The act of peace is perhaps slightly better than this B two Bishop So it's just kind of strategically 01:55.310 --> 01:55.700 important. 01:55.700 --> 01:59.330 Bishop exchange and it's tactically supported. 01:59.330 --> 02:04.790 We have Bishop takes RD for if Knight takes C four, what would White play here for ten points? 02:05.450 --> 02:06.830 So this would hit on Queen. 02:06.830 --> 02:08.150 What do we want to do here? 02:09.410 --> 02:14.870 Yeah, we just take on C four and then we take on a seven winning material. 02:14.870 --> 02:22.790 So Bishop takes D for job done there and Black has a backward pawn right now on the semi-open file, 02:23.600 --> 02:24.590 which is interesting. 02:24.590 --> 02:32.540 Rook BD eight Rook 81 and 6a4 Queen c8h3. 02:32.540 --> 02:37.070 So restricting that knight on a five, Queen 7e3. 02:37.070 --> 02:39.170 Making things more solid on the e-file. 02:39.170 --> 02:44.990 So kind of reducing potential opportunities on E finance, making white a little bit more solid here. 02:44.990 --> 02:48.860 So slightly improving the position a little bit. 02:49.340 --> 02:52.550 We have Rook D seven and now immediately B five. 02:52.550 --> 02:55.040 So going for B five, Rook eight. 02:55.040 --> 02:58.640 Queen B two rook dd eight. 02:58.640 --> 03:07.940 Queen DD to Queen b6b take c6b to C six Queen D for wanting the exchange of Queen's Quincy seven Quincy 03:07.940 --> 03:11.150 Frame A five. 03:11.150 --> 03:14.630 And here, without further ado, see five. 03:15.650 --> 03:17.000 Very interesting play. 03:17.000 --> 03:17.750 So. 03:18.720 --> 03:20.400 We have five. 03:21.000 --> 03:24.420 So what is the point of this structure for weight? 03:24.840 --> 03:26.220 That C five point. 03:26.250 --> 03:27.810 Can be a hook for D six. 03:27.810 --> 03:34.110 We have a move which tries to emphasize that advantage of the C five point E for trying to open up this 03:34.110 --> 03:34.830 file. 03:35.400 --> 03:43.760 D takes e for bishop takes E four and now rookie eight, which seems to just relinquish the default. 03:43.770 --> 03:48.150 But there is pressure, tactical pressure here. 03:48.180 --> 03:52.500 You know, if black played rook takes D one, there's no rook the eight because we just take it and 03:52.500 --> 03:56.280 tack on E five So black gives up control of that default. 03:56.280 --> 03:57.470 Is it that important? 03:57.480 --> 04:05.850 Well, the hook of the C 5.0 D six wrote the eight and now authority on that d file rook before has 04:05.850 --> 04:11.910 black got sufficient counterplay here we have rook one to d four not minding one pair of rooks coming 04:11.910 --> 04:19.410 off Queen B eight King G2 avoiding any knight tricks, potentially getting the king slightly safer. 04:19.920 --> 04:26.190 9c4 So this is an interesting tactic for sure. 04:28.200 --> 04:29.040 Hitting the rook. 04:29.040 --> 04:34.260 So if rook takes that, there are tactics here. 04:35.570 --> 04:37.190 Which needs to be considered. 04:37.670 --> 04:47.780 But the point actually goes in, it seems, with one of Black's tactics If Rook DD seven, then there's 04:47.780 --> 04:48.500 95. 04:48.500 --> 04:53.420 And unless Adams finds the better move, this will be a repetition. 04:53.540 --> 04:57.710 But Rook here, for example, Rook takes this position. 04:58.430 --> 05:00.890 White does have an advantage as well, if that happened. 05:00.980 --> 05:05.150 But no, there's a different way of playing this after Knight. 05:06.500 --> 05:07.640 See full here. 05:08.420 --> 05:11.390 Adams just welcomes a further exchange. 05:11.780 --> 05:13.850 We have Rook take C4. 05:15.620 --> 05:17.970 So this welcomes Rook takes E four. 05:19.400 --> 05:19.820 You might think. 05:19.820 --> 05:20.120 Hang on. 05:20.120 --> 05:23.740 Isn't black getting this pressure on a four? 05:23.750 --> 05:26.690 So rook takes E for Rook takes E four. 05:26.690 --> 05:28.880 And this is a really interesting moment actually. 05:29.060 --> 05:30.470 Move for 89. 05:30.680 --> 05:34.760 Adams actually plays an inaccuracy, which works out super well. 05:34.760 --> 05:36.140 Queen F3 is played. 05:36.140 --> 05:43.310 It turns out here that Queen takes a five looks simple and strong and it is after King H seven, for 05:43.310 --> 05:44.660 example, Queen Bee six. 05:44.930 --> 05:47.540 These are very, very dangerous positions for black. 05:47.540 --> 05:51.200 White has a huge advantage here. 05:51.200 --> 05:54.320 This is a winning endgame story of the Queen's come off. 05:54.320 --> 05:56.450 So this is a great way of playing it. 05:56.450 --> 06:02.690 But we have queen free instead, which is technically inaccuracy, but it provokes a huge mistake. 06:02.690 --> 06:03.950 Rook takes a form. 06:03.980 --> 06:10.460 Better would have been rook e five just letting C six go and sure, white's still better, but there's 06:10.460 --> 06:11.900 a bit of work to do here. 06:12.110 --> 06:13.220 This position. 06:13.220 --> 06:14.780 There's a bit of work to do. 06:16.460 --> 06:21.620 From here, for example, why it might be better, but it's going to be difficult. 06:22.370 --> 06:25.540 But with Rook takes a for everything is made easy. 06:25.550 --> 06:32.210 Now, maybe this is a total miscalculation based on the rook being a tempo gainer, an attractive, 06:32.210 --> 06:34.360 unprotected piece as a tempo gainer. 06:34.370 --> 06:36.650 But Adam plays a really precise move here. 06:36.650 --> 06:39.410 So for 200 points, what would you play here? 06:39.410 --> 06:42.410 It kind of is a knockout blow here at move 40. 06:42.740 --> 06:44.150 So what do you think that is? 06:44.150 --> 06:48.440 And yeah, we've got potential authority on that default to make use of. 06:48.680 --> 06:52.370 But if we can amplify that default authority with something else. 06:54.290 --> 06:55.880 So what do you think that move is? 06:55.910 --> 06:57.560 Yeah, we can we can amplify it. 06:57.560 --> 06:59.390 We've actually made in France. 06:59.390 --> 07:01.850 So Queen de frizz the knockout blow. 07:01.850 --> 07:03.920 It threatens the eight. 07:04.220 --> 07:07.160 So if the queen flees is actually makes. 07:07.160 --> 07:09.050 We've also covered an escape square. 07:09.140 --> 07:14.890 So it ends the game just ends the game, you know Queen before there is checkmate. 07:14.900 --> 07:22.790 Perhaps the expectation was the prediction was of Queen RD one In the case of Queen RD one. 07:24.240 --> 07:30.030 You know, the dual threats here of Rook DD eight and Queen takes a four can be adequately met. 07:30.030 --> 07:40.020 Can you see how black and adequately meet these queen before as possible and if Rook S.C six then Queen 07:40.020 --> 07:45.330 E four Check this position with Brooks C four is going to be about even actually. 07:45.330 --> 07:50.520 But yeah this is a knockout blow queenly for based on that possession of default. 07:50.550 --> 07:56.310 So yeah, tactics flow from superior positions, as Bobby Fischer said, and this is kind of a lethal 07:56.310 --> 08:00.300 tactic using that superior default control. 08:00.570 --> 08:01.170 Wow. 08:01.170 --> 08:02.550 So move 40. 08:04.830 --> 08:07.170 Yeah some missed opportunities there. 08:08.340 --> 08:11.430 So Rook takes a four was a big mistake. 08:11.430 --> 08:11.550 Yeah. 08:11.610 --> 08:14.010 Rookie five would have been a big improvement, it seems. 08:14.010 --> 08:21.630 But also, you know, Adams could have just taken on a five here with a big advantage, it seems so. 08:21.630 --> 08:21.870 Yeah. 08:21.900 --> 08:23.280 Very interesting stuff. 08:23.280 --> 08:25.710 Very interesting that Adams is using the English opening. 08:25.710 --> 08:30.990 So usually being an E four player, the English opening for us lesser mortals does seem to be a lot 08:30.990 --> 08:34.050 less opening theory to have to manage. 08:34.170 --> 08:39.300 And if we get good looking double think at our positions like this, why not these? 08:39.330 --> 08:46.290 These look like great looking positions to increase positional advantages and based more play on just 08:46.530 --> 08:51.330 simple things, like more simple things like pawn structure and fouls and better pieces. 08:51.840 --> 08:54.900 Okay, I hope you enjoyed this one and so much.