WEBVTT 00:00.960 --> 00:01.810 Hi there. 00:01.830 --> 00:04.350 In this action, we see Michael Adams against Richard Peretz. 00:04.350 --> 00:05.910 So one of the brothers. 00:06.030 --> 00:11.340 So I actually played both of them in an I am all play all once, which didn't go too well for me. 00:11.340 --> 00:12.450 That was many years back. 00:12.450 --> 00:19.680 But yeah, there were really absolutely talented players, one of them becoming a grandmaster, Nicholas 00:19.680 --> 00:23.130 Peart, and one of them becoming an I am so Richard Peart is the IM. 00:23.130 --> 00:29.340 So this is in round 8e4 from Adams, Richard Peretz, the IM play C six, the Kraken. 00:29.340 --> 00:33.240 We have d4d5, e5c5. 00:33.390 --> 00:37.440 We have the Knights have three, C six, C four. 00:37.440 --> 00:44.130 So this is a really great point of this opening in the advance variation to actually scrutinize black 00:44.130 --> 00:49.380 censor here and sometimes the knights going to be able to use the C free square to amplify pressure 00:49.380 --> 00:50.340 on D five. 00:50.490 --> 00:52.380 We have C takes D four. 00:52.710 --> 00:57.920 Let's have a look around here for the moment just in case we want to use this opening in our own games. 00:57.930 --> 00:58.680 So. 00:58.680 --> 01:05.640 So after let's say Knight takes D four, we can take on D four here, Queen takes D four and Black really 01:05.640 --> 01:07.200 wouldn't want the Queen's coming off. 01:07.200 --> 01:10.290 That would give white a big advantage even if the Queen's come off. 01:10.290 --> 01:18.180 So e six and we've got play here after Queen four, we've got a small edge, so this would be nice. 01:18.180 --> 01:19.590 We're looking forward to tempo gainers. 01:19.590 --> 01:21.360 It looks pretty dangerous for black. 01:21.360 --> 01:24.870 It doesn't matter that we've only got one part of the pawn chain here. 01:25.110 --> 01:26.160 This is great. 01:26.160 --> 01:29.670 If D takes C four, this is so much more clear cut D five. 01:29.670 --> 01:30.750 We just push through. 01:30.780 --> 01:34.980 We take on C four to shield to protect D five. 01:34.980 --> 01:36.480 What is black doing with the knight on default? 01:36.510 --> 01:42.390 This is just a big advantage if Bishop G for here we're taking on D five queen takes. 01:42.390 --> 01:48.510 We can use the tempo gain knight C free bishop takes and actually here we can play Knight takes D five 01:48.540 --> 01:51.000 Bishop takes and take out the rook. 01:51.090 --> 01:59.280 So we're the exchange up here for the moment and D take C five. 01:59.280 --> 02:04.080 We should be able to get a big advantage here by playing four b4. 02:04.590 --> 02:06.990 And so it's two pieces. 02:08.520 --> 02:09.170 Gone. 02:10.260 --> 02:11.160 Basically. 02:13.090 --> 02:19.180 So this is a complex imbalance in material advantage, it seems. 02:19.180 --> 02:28.990 But if we look at this B 598, C six, this is going to be strong for why this particular position is 02:28.990 --> 02:30.340 actually rather strong. 02:30.340 --> 02:34.600 B takes we have three B tanks. 02:36.040 --> 02:41.320 And here this is pretty problematic for black. 02:43.220 --> 02:44.060 If. 02:46.560 --> 02:47.670 Bishop takes C6. 02:47.670 --> 02:49.410 We have Bishop a five as example. 02:49.410 --> 02:54.420 This is just yeah, showing some implications of Bishop G four, it turns out. 02:54.420 --> 02:54.630 Yeah. 02:54.630 --> 02:58.350 It's basically better for Bishop G for for all these transactions. 02:58.350 --> 03:00.500 It ends up better for white. 03:00.510 --> 03:01.560 That's okay. 03:01.560 --> 03:03.240 So let's go back to the game though. 03:03.270 --> 03:10.230 C takes D four, we have nine takes default and now E six. 03:11.160 --> 03:14.970 If Knight takes DD four here, Queen takes the four, E six, Bishop E two. 03:15.000 --> 03:21.510 We should have a small edge if Bishop d7c takes D five, nine takes five. 03:21.510 --> 03:23.040 Let's imagine this position 9c3. 03:23.040 --> 03:26.230 It's nice for white so E six is tried. 03:26.250 --> 03:36.000 We have 9c3, bishop C five knights, c6b tanks and now Bishop E two if Queen G four here. 03:36.000 --> 03:39.720 This is also an option, but it gives a more wider game. 03:40.350 --> 03:45.270 Being a bit greedy like this gives it's more complexity to the position. 03:45.270 --> 03:47.640 Why it should have a small edge though, even here. 03:48.570 --> 03:55.500 But Bishop e two we have 97 if D four that's giving up the light square E four square which is similar. 03:55.530 --> 03:56.790 What happens later in the game. 03:56.790 --> 03:59.940 Actually this is looks to be very anti positional. 04:00.480 --> 04:05.370 What would be the point here for black so this position won't sitting comfortably and can even throw 04:05.370 --> 04:13.020 in the check and black's going to lose castling right so 97 is played white castles like g six now A 04:13.020 --> 04:24.780 for Bishop E seven if Bishop b6y can actually consider here C takes D five and if E takes Quincy to 04:25.260 --> 04:27.840 looking at C, six points should have a small edge. 04:29.280 --> 04:34.650 So Bishop E seven we have four black castles. 04:35.940 --> 04:37.320 Bishop E three. 04:38.270 --> 04:43.550 So it's seizing control of what usually is a downside of playing move like f, you know, the f pawn. 04:43.550 --> 04:44.690 This diagonal is underway. 04:44.690 --> 04:45.660 It's control here. 04:45.680 --> 04:49.490 It's a special circumstance where we want to hold the E five, right? 04:49.490 --> 04:56.590 So it's necessary and it's still solid four white solid enough, F six is played. 04:56.600 --> 04:59.410 So interesting junction point of the game if a five. 04:59.420 --> 05:00.800 Let's have a look around here. 05:00.920 --> 05:04.340 Queen RD to Queen a rook 81. 05:04.340 --> 05:10.100 Let's say this possession we get to play 95 and we should be in good shape here. 05:10.100 --> 05:12.350 97 actually wins in exchange. 05:13.430 --> 05:17.090 If we play Bishop B six, we're still winning in exchange. 05:17.270 --> 05:18.860 So that's interesting. 05:20.030 --> 05:24.050 Let's have a look at Bishop DD seven Rooks one that's positioning. 05:24.050 --> 05:26.000 What would we do in 95? 05:26.180 --> 05:29.120 And here C takes Bishop DD three. 05:29.120 --> 05:32.690 We're getting a great position here dominating on the dart squares. 05:32.690 --> 05:37.970 That Dart Square group is very Carpathian as well, so Karpov must have been an inspiration for Michael 05:37.970 --> 05:38.300 Adams. 05:38.300 --> 05:44.450 But yeah, this is a great grip on the position here and let's say we can even play 9/10 D seven here 05:44.450 --> 05:45.710 to push through for an attack. 05:45.710 --> 05:48.020 We can convert that position to a great attack. 05:48.020 --> 05:51.260 This will be a very, very strong attacking potential here. 05:52.070 --> 05:54.800 So nice pins H seven Otherwise Queen takes h seven. 05:54.800 --> 05:56.540 Queen H eight is mating. 05:56.540 --> 05:57.380 Let's put that on the board. 05:57.380 --> 05:59.630 So that would be mating. 05:59.630 --> 06:02.180 So yeah, this will be just a strong attack. 06:02.180 --> 06:04.280 Translation of the position. 06:05.180 --> 06:06.140 And here. 06:06.140 --> 06:08.540 Yeah, it's just absolutely a winning attack. 06:09.290 --> 06:11.320 Okay, so we're looking around there. 06:11.360 --> 06:15.400 That's an interesting position that White has at this point, but black plays f6. 06:15.410 --> 06:17.090 So why did I show you those things? 06:17.090 --> 06:18.890 Because this seems to be a committal pull move. 06:18.890 --> 06:25.610 Yes, it does try and liberate the black position, but is black really having to do f6? 06:25.850 --> 06:30.920 So we have E takes F, six, rook takes F sorry, Bishop takes up six. 06:30.920 --> 06:33.800 Bishop de Frere Now a real strategic mistake. 06:33.800 --> 06:40.820 D4 This is a big down point of the black position in terms of how good it is. 06:40.820 --> 06:44.600 It gives up the F4 square and that's important. 06:44.600 --> 06:50.160 You know, White's dominating these light squares, which means, you know, there's opportunities for 06:50.160 --> 06:58.490 why E5 was the move to play it seems and it turns out here what's the worst that can happen to the black 06:58.490 --> 07:03.200 position if C takes F Bishop takes G6? 07:03.200 --> 07:06.260 Yeah, Black has an isolated pawn, but black has the bishop. 07:07.190 --> 07:08.780 And now king takes F eight. 07:08.780 --> 07:11.000 Make sure that D five isn't dropping. 07:11.000 --> 07:15.170 So this should be about even easy to say in retrospect. 07:15.170 --> 07:17.330 So E five does seem to be the key move. 07:17.330 --> 07:24.890 If Queen H five then Black has E four and black's actually going to be in the driving seat d4d free 07:24.900 --> 07:27.250 Black's actually going to get a big advantage there. 07:27.260 --> 07:36.530 So that's one thing about e five going for it that black, you know, has got that pawn still on D five 07:36.530 --> 07:40.430 is important to have that pawn on D five to support this F4 mechanism in the game. 07:40.430 --> 07:45.980 It's very different now because Queen H five can't be repulsed so much. 07:45.980 --> 07:49.070 We have E five and Queen H five is an open invitation. 07:49.070 --> 07:51.080 White controls the light squares. 07:51.080 --> 07:59.870 I'm reminded of some of my tragic online kind of Albin counter gambit games where quite often White's 07:59.870 --> 08:02.270 just getting a huge dark square grip. 08:02.270 --> 08:06.440 When you have a pawn on D four, it's it's a bit reminiscent for me of that. 08:06.440 --> 08:11.630 But yeah, this grip is really annoying and there's no E4 button for black to press here, so to speak. 08:11.630 --> 08:17.570 So we have E takes f four if Queenie et rook a one. 08:17.570 --> 08:20.990 This position F takes e five, Bishop takes e five. 08:20.990 --> 08:27.490 White's just winning material, Rook takes F eight, Jack Bishop takes G six, Queen takes E five. 08:27.500 --> 08:28.520 Thanks very much. 08:28.760 --> 08:32.240 So E takes her for Bishop, takes her four. 08:32.270 --> 08:33.320 Queen D seven. 08:33.530 --> 08:35.870 Yeah the knights kind of pin to H seven. 08:35.870 --> 08:41.600 If Knight takes her four, we're just taking on H seven, Rook takes her four, and black's in huge 08:41.600 --> 08:42.350 trouble. 08:42.350 --> 08:45.440 This position that's just going to end up getting mated. 08:45.440 --> 08:46.340 So. 08:46.700 --> 08:47.060 Okay. 08:47.180 --> 08:50.780 And if on Queen G six, Bishop F five, we're just taking out a five. 08:50.780 --> 08:51.530 Thanks very much. 08:51.530 --> 08:52.480 So, okay. 08:52.490 --> 08:56.540 Queen D seven is played with a Queen G for try. 08:56.840 --> 09:01.580 And in the midst of everything, Adams just takes out that possibility. 09:01.580 --> 09:08.870 H three So game on if yeah just to show Rook E one This is a bit of a dampener queen for the Queen's 09:08.870 --> 09:09.680 come off here. 09:09.710 --> 09:11.690 Black's king is living another day. 09:11.690 --> 09:13.940 There's no huge problems for black. 09:13.940 --> 09:16.190 So h three queen of seven. 09:17.510 --> 09:20.030 Now if a five, there's knight B six. 09:20.030 --> 09:20.720 Yeah, there's a weakness. 09:20.780 --> 09:22.340 Literally weakness of the last move. 09:22.370 --> 09:22.820 B six. 09:22.820 --> 09:25.760 There might be six you just pounce on with B six. 09:25.760 --> 09:30.650 If Queenie Rook 81 this, this way of playing at 9c5 is nice for white. 09:31.820 --> 09:35.480 So Queen F seven we have 95 and now Bishop E seven. 09:35.480 --> 09:37.460 This looks to be asking for. 09:37.550 --> 09:39.640 Trouble and it's looking at C five. 09:39.650 --> 09:41.330 But what about these discoveries? 09:41.330 --> 09:45.620 Is there a useful one to hit the queen on F seven here? 09:46.220 --> 09:51.020 Well, Adams does seem to make use of a good one if King Air instead. 09:51.020 --> 09:52.010 What's the problem? 09:52.010 --> 09:55.760 Well, this is a problem. 09:55.760 --> 09:57.350 Look at the C eight Bishop. 09:57.350 --> 10:01.010 The knight is dominating the bishop. 10:02.090 --> 10:03.680 We talk about positional play. 10:03.890 --> 10:08.390 Classically, a lot of teams talk about positional play as improving one's worse pace. 10:08.390 --> 10:14.130 But here, how on earth does black improve the bishop? 10:14.830 --> 10:19.400 Yeah, without incurring damage here. 10:19.940 --> 10:23.150 So, you know, it's a tricky position indeed. 10:24.790 --> 10:30.280 And there are penalties if even the bishop moved to D seven, 1967. 10:30.280 --> 10:30.910 Bishop Tex. 10:30.910 --> 10:31.430 G six. 10:31.450 --> 10:32.080 Ouch. 10:32.410 --> 10:35.680 So blacks really out of moves here, Useful moves, it seems. 10:35.680 --> 10:40.510 So we have this Bishop e seven and now Bishop RD six. 10:40.510 --> 10:45.940 So hitting the Queen Queenie and now almighty pin on the e fo f one. 10:45.940 --> 10:52.990 This is a total pain for Black Rook seven And now Bishop takes g six not minding, amplifying the dart 10:52.990 --> 10:53.650 square pressure. 10:53.650 --> 10:55.750 This is taking out a dart square defender. 10:55.900 --> 11:01.180 Often when we take out a knight for a bishop, we celebrate on the other color. 11:01.180 --> 11:02.890 So we're going to celebrate on the dart squares. 11:02.890 --> 11:10.900 Now black is minus one defensive unit on dart squares like e seven now of the bishop takes G six and 11:10.900 --> 11:18.070 now amplifying the pressure in that pin with Queen E five, Queen takes G six is not a good idea. 11:18.100 --> 11:19.630 Check or checks of the opponent. 11:19.630 --> 11:25.510 The implementation here needs to be falsified, so to speak, and we to make sure we're not doing a 11:25.510 --> 11:27.550 terrible implementation to ruin everything. 11:27.550 --> 11:34.210 Because how do we falsify this check all checks of the opponents and also the dangerous tempo moves 11:34.210 --> 11:35.680 of the opponent in general. 11:35.680 --> 11:39.610 And we should falsify this move totally as being ridiculous. 11:39.610 --> 11:41.290 There's rook f one check. 11:41.290 --> 11:42.070 Ouch. 11:42.070 --> 11:42.670 Yeah. 11:43.030 --> 11:44.530 So we have to be tactically alert. 11:44.530 --> 11:46.840 So Queen E five is what we want to do anyway. 11:46.840 --> 11:48.880 We want to amplify the E file pin. 11:49.120 --> 11:50.740 We have King Fe and now Queen. 11:50.740 --> 11:53.260 Thanks for taking material. 11:53.260 --> 11:55.870 Black's really got very little to do here. 11:56.410 --> 11:58.510 It's a beautiful position indeed. 11:58.510 --> 11:59.350 We have King G. 11:59.530 --> 12:02.800 And now getting back that PIN McQueeney five, the king has to go back. 12:02.800 --> 12:04.990 And now building on the E file rookie free. 12:04.990 --> 12:07.120 It looks as though black is totally hopeless here. 12:07.510 --> 12:09.040 A five now building. 12:09.040 --> 12:11.260 What a beautiful contrast to the position. 12:12.040 --> 12:13.660 Ouch Rook seven. 12:13.660 --> 12:19.960 Yeah, Black's played eight, five, four, Rook seven We have Queen G five celebrating that pin. 12:19.960 --> 12:23.470 Looking at G six Now what can Black do? 12:23.470 --> 12:28.420 We have Queen D a if Yeah, the Bishop's pinned to the queen. 12:28.780 --> 12:29.980 Let's put it on the board for fun. 12:29.980 --> 12:31.360 You know, if. 12:32.200 --> 12:33.820 Well, black can't even take the queen. 12:33.820 --> 12:34.300 Pardon me? 12:34.300 --> 12:35.620 Black can't even take the queen. 12:35.620 --> 12:37.720 But Bishop takes dd six rook takes. 12:37.840 --> 12:39.090 What can black do? 12:39.100 --> 12:42.100 So Queen D ain't queen H for. 12:43.770 --> 12:46.950 And now threatening Queen II meeting. 12:46.950 --> 12:48.600 We have King E eight. 12:49.050 --> 12:56.430 So if Bishop takes DD six, we have actually Queen takes da mate or queen at mate, choice of term mate. 12:56.430 --> 12:57.690 So King E eight. 12:58.560 --> 13:00.180 And now Bishop takes e seven. 13:00.180 --> 13:01.970 Black resigned to at move 31. 13:01.980 --> 13:03.900 If Rook eight takes E seven. 13:05.220 --> 13:07.170 That's one of the best moves in the circumstance. 13:07.170 --> 13:09.720 If F takes e seven, white has check. 13:09.870 --> 13:11.610 And then taking the queen out. 13:11.970 --> 13:15.030 So let's say rook at 87 white check. 13:15.420 --> 13:19.410 And here Queen takes g seven would exploit that pin on E seven. 13:20.130 --> 13:24.390 And here we can take time out for check and then take out G six. 13:25.200 --> 13:32.910 So seesaw mechanisms and then check here this position we can now play Queen G five. 13:33.180 --> 13:34.620 Looking at E seven. 13:36.590 --> 13:39.430 This is one of the cute ways we get this position now. 13:39.440 --> 13:43.070 Rook tanks e seven Rook takes Queen G eight is checkmate. 13:43.100 --> 13:43.880 Look at that knight. 13:43.880 --> 13:45.200 It's holding DD seven. 13:45.440 --> 13:50.810 But also, yeah, we could also just simply play Rook takes e seven and win from here as well. 13:50.810 --> 14:00.170 So yes, an absolutely crushing, absolutely crushing game here against what should be a solid opening. 14:00.170 --> 14:06.980 But remember Adams is also a corner can't play himself so this is very interesting Adams results with 14:06.980 --> 14:09.650 the advanced variation are very very good. 14:09.650 --> 14:14.750 So he has been playing 92 as well, but with the advanced variation, it does seem to be a very dangerous 14:14.750 --> 14:17.240 weapon of choice with the space advantage. 14:17.240 --> 14:21.560 As long as the Nigel short move is played later in some of the variations and of free. 14:21.560 --> 14:22.040 But here. 14:22.040 --> 14:28.520 Yeah, this alternative popular approach from black to try to treat it like a French defense it's just 14:28.520 --> 14:34.070 very very interesting how this position White's doing the structural undermining. 14:34.070 --> 14:39.140 It's usually black that's looking forward to structural undermining in a kind of French defense structure. 14:39.140 --> 14:39.340 Okay. 14:39.410 --> 14:44.660 The bishop hasn't been closed in with Essex yet, but yeah, Black Center is under pressure and it seems 14:44.660 --> 14:48.890 as though, yeah, White does get certain advantages from this situation. 14:49.040 --> 14:49.490 Okay. 14:49.490 --> 14:52.220 I hope you enjoyed this showing. 14:52.220 --> 14:57.590 Huge pin pressure at the pin is a tactical weapon and also a strategic weapon to look out for. 14:57.590 --> 15:04.790 Nimzowitsch emphasized that in the classic My System book, there's also simpler books than my system. 15:05.120 --> 15:14.480 They're simple chess by stain less elaborately kind of stated basic rules of positional play, so to 15:14.480 --> 15:15.110 speak. 15:15.620 --> 15:17.210 So very interesting game. 15:17.510 --> 15:19.580 I hope you enjoyed this one so much.