WEBVTT 00:01.320 --> 00:02.170 Hi there. 00:02.190 --> 00:06.030 In this lecture, we see Michael Adams playing against Mikhail Shuba. 00:06.210 --> 00:10.140 This is in 1992, 14 Floyds Masters Open Round eight. 00:10.140 --> 00:17.730 So E-4 from Adams, we have a Sicilian defense nine C free, A 6.3 D six and now default. 00:17.730 --> 00:22.110 So we're transposing back into a more main line open Sicilian. 00:23.220 --> 00:27.000 We have e6f495, six. 00:27.180 --> 00:30.450 Queen F three, Queen B six. 00:30.660 --> 00:33.000 And now on this occasion might be free. 00:33.000 --> 00:38.070 In an earlier round, Adams chose a free in a similar position. 00:38.490 --> 00:40.680 And here there's basically a trap. 00:40.680 --> 00:44.160 If Queen takes default, there's Bishop E free trapping the queen. 00:45.030 --> 00:53.760 However, if Bishop e seven, Bishop de fray is possible and this position is a small edge for white 00:54.120 --> 00:57.270 small advantage, so might be free then was chosen here. 00:57.270 --> 01:01.260 Queen c7a4b6. 01:01.410 --> 01:06.420 Bishop de Free 96 and Castles Bishop B seven. 01:06.750 --> 01:09.690 Queen G Free like 97. 01:10.860 --> 01:13.770 And now we have the move F five. 01:13.770 --> 01:14.340 So position. 01:14.340 --> 01:19.380 Are you trying to get a nice knight on D five Black refuses, but there is a slight downside here. 01:19.860 --> 01:24.670 The E six pawn is a bit of a vulnerability in Black's camp. 01:24.690 --> 01:30.870 We have F takes e, six, F takes E six, and now targeting it with Queen H three. 01:31.170 --> 01:39.930 We have Bishop C eight, Bishop E, free Bishop e seven and now Bishop e two, which has a view of playing 01:39.930 --> 01:50.040 Bishop G four At some point we have 98 nine defaults, so putting more pressure on E six and note that 01:50.040 --> 01:51.060 black cannot cancel. 01:51.060 --> 01:54.360 This doesn't look like a good state of affairs for black overall. 01:54.360 --> 01:58.380 We have Bishop F six, Bishop H five Check. 01:59.430 --> 02:02.190 Now this looks very dangerous for black. 02:02.190 --> 02:04.010 We have 97. 02:04.020 --> 02:07.080 If g sex then white can just take on f sex. 02:07.260 --> 02:09.030 And this is horrendous for black. 02:09.390 --> 02:16.380 So e of seven going into that pen, Bishop g. 02:16.380 --> 02:19.500 Four is now actually an inaccuracy. 02:19.500 --> 02:25.290 Believe it or not, it seems really logical to target the e sex -- for sure. 02:25.290 --> 02:27.120 It seems absolutely logical. 02:27.120 --> 02:32.040 But in this position there's a dismantling move. 02:32.040 --> 02:37.560 It seems Rook takes F six, which weakens black on key dark squares was the kings and center. 02:37.560 --> 02:43.410 So as example G textbook F one, let's say black castles. 02:43.410 --> 02:50.940 This is great compensation for whites after Rook takes off six with the bishop and for example here 02:50.940 --> 02:56.460 Queen H for Bishop G six is absolutely vicious. 02:58.500 --> 02:59.820 So in this position. 03:02.800 --> 03:06.220 Yeah, it's it's very, very dangerous. 03:06.220 --> 03:09.340 If each time this is mate, it's a black dude. 03:09.340 --> 03:18.160 H six white can play Bishop takes F seven check rook G six check rook takes G seven check and ends up 03:18.160 --> 03:19.750 winning material like this. 03:20.200 --> 03:20.530 Yeah. 03:20.530 --> 03:23.560 The dark squares and dark square pieces are all pretty vulnerable. 03:24.670 --> 03:25.360 Yeah, this is. 03:25.360 --> 03:26.650 This is just very, very dangerous. 03:26.650 --> 03:27.490 And what is black do here? 03:27.490 --> 03:31.390 If King takes G seven, Queen H six check. 03:31.390 --> 03:33.100 There's just ample compensation. 03:33.100 --> 03:36.340 White again, has got a massive advantage. 03:36.340 --> 03:36.760 Now. 03:36.760 --> 03:41.050 Picking up the night is one of the best things black can do leading to this position. 03:41.050 --> 03:42.010 Totally lost. 03:42.010 --> 03:49.990 It does seem Rook takes f6 has knock on effects which are kind of unexpected in this position or perhaps 03:49.990 --> 03:50.710 to be expected. 03:50.710 --> 03:53.010 There's a vicious bishop without a counterpart. 03:53.020 --> 03:58.000 So anyway, we have Bishop G four instead. 03:58.000 --> 03:59.020 Queen E seven. 03:59.020 --> 04:03.100 But there are tactics now and space 95. 04:04.850 --> 04:07.910 Again, it's interesting to consider the exchange. 04:08.150 --> 04:09.960 Rook takes f6 even here. 04:09.980 --> 04:13.610 This position with Rook takes F seven. 04:14.930 --> 04:17.180 This is very, very tactical. 04:17.180 --> 04:18.470 96. 04:19.970 --> 04:21.140 Queen of six. 04:21.920 --> 04:22.900 E five. 04:23.520 --> 04:24.770 You see the tactics for a moment? 04:24.770 --> 04:25.820 94. 04:26.960 --> 04:29.450 And the thing is, 90 takes E five. 04:29.450 --> 04:30.770 D takes Queen H five. 04:30.770 --> 04:32.990 Check with the king still in the center. 04:33.410 --> 04:36.140 This is a very, very dangerous situation for black. 04:36.410 --> 04:40.100 For example, here, 96 black would have to give up the Queen. 04:40.130 --> 04:41.900 There are a lot of tactics going on. 04:41.900 --> 04:45.330 Still with Rook takes F six basically in a nutshell. 04:45.350 --> 04:48.590 But 95 was played E Thanks. 04:48.710 --> 04:51.860 Bishop S.C. eight Black Castles. 04:52.430 --> 04:53.870 So interesting position. 04:53.870 --> 04:57.470 If Queen takes E four, Queen D seven check. 04:57.740 --> 05:02.090 And here Rook takes F six, G takes. 05:03.760 --> 05:07.600 Because if Queen takes every check, the rook could drop back. 05:07.600 --> 05:09.340 And this is just much better for Waynes. 05:09.880 --> 05:11.800 For example, here, this is a checkmate. 05:11.980 --> 05:13.870 So let's say G takes 05:16.360 --> 05:17.310 rookie free. 05:17.320 --> 05:21.670 So frightening things like Bishop H six check to win the Queen. 05:23.380 --> 05:31.210 And if Rook takes C eight, in fact, here just Queen S.C. eight is good. 05:31.210 --> 05:33.280 Just suspending the frets for a moment. 05:33.370 --> 05:36.400 And one is much better here. 05:37.390 --> 05:39.670 So yeah, it's very, very interesting. 05:39.670 --> 05:42.660 So Black Castled Bishop, F5. 05:42.700 --> 05:43.990 So for everything, mate. 05:48.410 --> 05:49.790 We have G six. 05:50.840 --> 05:52.250 I know a fascinating position. 05:52.250 --> 05:54.110 A fascinating decision indeed. 05:54.110 --> 05:56.180 And I'm just takes on D five. 05:57.320 --> 05:59.930 So letting the bishop go G takes F five. 06:02.060 --> 06:05.750 This might actually be a key mistake. 06:05.750 --> 06:10.430 It seems as though Bishop takes the fall might have been of interest. 06:10.430 --> 06:14.330 So this position of G takes looks very scary. 06:14.330 --> 06:16.730 The bishop glaring down the dark squares. 06:17.000 --> 06:21.950 Check rook free this position one can get. 06:22.370 --> 06:28.280 It seems a small edge here, even though black is a piece up. 06:28.280 --> 06:34.610 We've got a lot of pawns here for that piece and that bishops quite dominating still. 06:34.610 --> 06:36.350 So a small edge overall for whites. 06:36.350 --> 06:39.320 But black player actually G takes her five. 06:39.320 --> 06:40.850 We have nine, takes her five. 06:40.850 --> 06:44.030 And it's so dangerous to black now with that exposed king. 06:44.660 --> 06:51.650 So Queen C seven is played if queen E for rook 81 to support D five. 06:52.130 --> 06:53.600 And what does that do here? 06:54.350 --> 06:57.380 Let's say King H eight rook have four. 06:57.860 --> 07:01.700 Black could get into very serious trouble here in these lines. 07:01.700 --> 07:07.250 White's just building up on the F file and 97, for example. 07:08.510 --> 07:12.860 Has multiple friends like Rook takes F six and 19 G six. 07:13.430 --> 07:16.430 If Bishop takes C seven, Bishop d4 eight will win the Queen. 07:16.730 --> 07:21.320 So there are grave dangers lurking for White in this position. 07:21.320 --> 07:24.410 If Queenie ain't eight just building up. 07:24.410 --> 07:29.480 And here there's time for just tucking away the king. 07:29.750 --> 07:33.200 This position is also very dangerous for black. 07:33.890 --> 07:35.780 So say 95 taking. 07:36.080 --> 07:40.190 There's 966 and this ends up. 07:41.030 --> 07:43.430 Why is getting back material? 07:44.240 --> 07:45.110 Why complain like this? 07:45.110 --> 07:51.860 Because if the night moves does that means so why complain like this? 07:51.860 --> 07:54.920 And is material up at the end of the day? 07:55.340 --> 07:58.070 So anyway, it's a very, very dangerous set of scenarios. 07:58.070 --> 08:03.470 We have Queen C seven and now Rook one. 08:03.470 --> 08:10.820 So Wayne's pieces seem more comfortable and together here might be 794 Nice ey, six squares play with 08:11.000 --> 08:12.260 95. 08:13.040 --> 08:14.120 Big mistake. 08:14.120 --> 08:19.550 So this is a moment in the game where black. 08:20.370 --> 08:24.690 Has some options, but they're kind of some of them are easily ruled out. 08:25.110 --> 08:25.890 Bishop G. 08:25.890 --> 08:26.940 Seven is an example. 08:26.940 --> 08:31.080 Queen G Free carries with it a big 96 front. 08:33.040 --> 08:34.370 So what does Black do? 08:34.660 --> 08:38.890 King, H.S. 96 and a meeting. 08:38.890 --> 08:40.120 That's not good. 08:40.210 --> 08:40.920 Nice. 08:40.930 --> 08:42.580 G five Queen G Free. 08:42.610 --> 08:48.700 This position, Rook takes up six, dismantles the black position with 96. 08:48.700 --> 08:49.350 They're coming. 08:49.360 --> 08:51.160 So this is very, very strong for white. 08:52.100 --> 08:56.410 White can just reorganize like this and be material up. 08:58.330 --> 09:00.210 So, Queensland chief thanks. 09:00.460 --> 09:00.760 Material. 09:01.510 --> 09:05.620 So Bishop takes the fall actually seems best. 09:05.980 --> 09:11.800 Here Bishop takes the form and in 95 this position with Queenie. 09:11.800 --> 09:12.730 Six check. 09:13.090 --> 09:14.260 Bishop takes five. 09:14.260 --> 09:15.650 D takes Rook. 09:15.670 --> 09:16.690 Takes off seven. 09:17.080 --> 09:17.720 Queen takes. 09:17.720 --> 09:18.250 Have some rook. 09:18.250 --> 09:19.000 Takes E five. 09:19.000 --> 09:25.630 White has enough pawns to maintain at least equality in the worst case scenario, which this does seem 09:25.630 --> 09:29.350 to be the worst case scenario, Bishop takes the fall move 27. 09:30.370 --> 09:35.440 Looking at this again, if Knight see five instead Queen G free check. 09:35.440 --> 09:35.740 And then. 09:35.740 --> 09:36.760 That's vicious. 09:36.760 --> 09:37.600 That's amazing. 09:37.600 --> 09:44.730 So yes, if black treads carefully though, with Knight E five here so that the king is not checkmated. 09:44.740 --> 09:48.400 Yeah, this position ends up being about equal. 09:49.150 --> 09:51.670 So yeah, that's interesting. 09:51.670 --> 09:59.040 But in the game a disaster move and now also he was really high up in the final rankings of the storm. 09:59.050 --> 10:03.220 So this is a very important win for Adams to take out. 10:03.220 --> 10:06.250 SILVER So 95 is the key mistake of this game. 10:06.250 --> 10:07.750 We have Queenie six check. 10:09.430 --> 10:10.390 So the king moves. 10:10.390 --> 10:12.560 We're just going to take on six if the king moves too high. 10:12.620 --> 10:17.470 So the king tries to defend f6, but there's a little tactical snag here. 10:19.990 --> 10:23.200 The most advanced piece of Black's possession is a bit of a liability. 10:23.440 --> 10:24.850 Can you see what white planes were? 10:24.850 --> 10:25.840 100 points? 10:28.060 --> 10:30.430 There are actually two good moves and planes. 10:30.430 --> 10:35.680 One of them Queen xe5, just vacating e six for that resource, 96 check. 10:37.090 --> 10:44.020 So this leaves one with material advantage, two points up, but also in those Bishop H six changes 10:44.020 --> 10:48.610 for the record here, Queen H three check. 10:49.750 --> 10:54.040 And what is black do if King G seven then we're going to win the Queen. 10:55.270 --> 10:58.090 And if King G six we play queen at five check. 10:58.780 --> 11:03.160 And this position King G seven there's 96. 11:03.160 --> 11:04.120 F King F seven. 11:04.120 --> 11:08.500 The horrible looking queen takes F six as well as other things. 11:08.500 --> 11:11.290 In fact, like queen size eight, seven. 11:11.650 --> 11:13.300 There's all sorts of nasties. 11:13.480 --> 11:16.090 And then to win the queen is the bishop's pinned. 11:16.180 --> 11:19.240 If King H six, there's like E six hair. 11:19.240 --> 11:23.950 And this position, the king's looking very unsafe. 11:24.280 --> 11:25.090 So Bishop H. 11:25.090 --> 11:29.740 Four Knight takes a fight that's just winning material just to save the king. 11:29.740 --> 11:31.810 But blacks lost material there. 11:31.810 --> 11:32.810 So yes, Bishop H. 11:32.830 --> 11:35.140 Six is also a move here which is crushing. 11:35.140 --> 11:37.570 But Queen 65 is super cute. 11:38.080 --> 11:47.110 Bishop takes in 96 checks, so now 967 pair of rooks come off Rooks eight and now bishop takes B six, 11:47.110 --> 11:48.280 Bishop takes B two. 11:48.280 --> 11:59.140 So white after the smoke's cleared, there is two pawns up rookie 1a5 if Bishop e five Rookie four is 11:59.140 --> 11:59.770 nice. 12:01.990 --> 12:05.650 Okay, so a5c4 Bishop D four check. 12:05.980 --> 12:07.810 So that loads the Bishop away from the Knights. 12:07.810 --> 12:10.180 But this is a hopeless ending after C one. 12:10.450 --> 12:11.120 King A five. 12:11.140 --> 12:12.280 Bishop B six. 12:12.450 --> 12:13.510 Rook, Rook F one. 12:13.510 --> 12:16.690 Check allow King G six. 12:16.690 --> 12:19.720 If King E four then rook have seven is nice. 12:20.170 --> 12:22.330 So this position just take out a five. 12:22.330 --> 12:23.170 That's great. 12:24.010 --> 12:31.860 So King G sinks Rook at 495 and that's taken out simplifying to a winning rook and pawn anything. 12:31.870 --> 12:34.330 The king comes up to the center. 12:34.990 --> 12:42.400 Nice rip young We have rookie for aiming for that D six pawn to correct a pass deep on here. 12:42.520 --> 12:52.570 So check taking out D six rookie six This is just technique now basically rookie to we have now have 12:52.570 --> 12:58.630 to check kicking the king away and now Kings five So getting out of the way of checks and pushing this 12:58.630 --> 13:01.060 pawn now is the approach. 13:01.360 --> 13:04.300 So here rook b1d7 end of game. 13:04.420 --> 13:09.880 So black resigned here F rook d one just king C six. 13:09.880 --> 13:14.230 What is black doing is waiting for this disaster to happen. 13:14.770 --> 13:17.020 Yeah, Black's not doing anything. 13:17.020 --> 13:18.880 The king is DA is coming. 13:19.000 --> 13:20.020 So as example. 13:20.020 --> 13:22.780 Yeah, we're just queening end of game. 13:23.950 --> 13:26.020 So, yes, you might ask. 13:26.310 --> 13:32.260 Well, this is shockingly complex tactical game, but but you know, this is one of Adams's great torments 13:32.260 --> 13:37.060 of the nineties, you know, winning the Lords back masters open and it shows, you know, Adams is 13:37.060 --> 13:42.040 playing E4 with a kind of positional perspective on tactics and combinations. 13:42.310 --> 13:45.580 It's with control, it's with probing of weaknesses. 13:46.270 --> 13:49.780 There is a slight improvement available to what was played. 13:50.320 --> 13:53.440 So engines do pick up a slight improvement possible here. 13:53.440 --> 13:59.620 Rook takes F six was a key improvement, which is difficult to foresee basically, but it is like one 13:59.620 --> 14:03.690 of the key defensive pieces of Black's position for the dark squares they start. 14:03.700 --> 14:06.070 They seem to be crumbling after Rook takes up six. 14:06.070 --> 14:10.090 But Bishop G4 was very nice with this idea of 95 as well. 14:10.090 --> 14:11.140 So great stuff. 14:11.140 --> 14:12.460 I hope you enjoyed this game. 14:14.140 --> 14:14.920 And so much.