WEBVTT 00:01.350 --> 00:02.110 Hi there. 00:02.130 --> 00:08.490 In this lecture, we see Michael Adams playing against Geo Conquest in the 19 9014 Floyds Masters Open 00:08.490 --> 00:09.530 round nine. 00:09.540 --> 00:13.550 So E four from Adams Stuart Conquest play C5. 00:14.130 --> 00:16.800 So both of these players are grandmasters. 00:16.800 --> 00:19.830 So nice to have free wi cd6d4c takes 00:19.830 --> 00:25.650 d496349569c39c6. 00:25.830 --> 00:26.790 Bishop G five. 00:26.790 --> 00:29.700 So this is the red trouser variation. 00:30.120 --> 00:32.640 E six Queenly two, Bishop E seven. 00:33.600 --> 00:36.270 And now White Castle's queenside. 00:37.890 --> 00:40.350 So Stuart conquest castle was kingside. 00:40.350 --> 00:49.860 We have night B free queen B sex every rook d Bishop e frequency seven queen have two. 00:49.860 --> 00:55.020 So this looks slightly positional, slightly prophylaxis against a six setting a trap. 00:55.020 --> 00:59.100 If a six there's Bishop B six just winning in exchange. 00:59.220 --> 01:05.970 So it forces black to delay operations on the queenside with 937. 01:05.970 --> 01:06.900 So that covers that. 01:06.900 --> 01:07.920 B six square. 01:09.180 --> 01:15.360 Okay, we have H four and White's getting along with things, trying to build up an attack on the kingside. 01:15.480 --> 01:25.850 a6h5b5g for Knight, c5g1b4 and now A four. 01:25.860 --> 01:29.760 So sometimes this knight you might think could be a liability. 01:29.760 --> 01:39.540 At the moment it's looking at B six Along with these guys we have rugby eight if Queen C six might be 01:39.540 --> 01:44.100 six and here Knight six let's look at Knight takes first. 01:44.100 --> 01:51.450 This position with 94 is very interesting for white because the Queen is nearly trapped here. 01:52.200 --> 01:54.330 So say Rook, be free. 01:54.330 --> 01:58.470 The queen is looking in a bad way. 01:58.710 --> 02:05.280 White can actually play a tactical operation to try and win the queen on a free starting with f four, 02:05.280 --> 02:08.550 with the idea that if the knight moves, then there's Knight C four. 02:08.550 --> 02:09.720 So here's an example. 02:09.720 --> 02:15.840 Bishop H for Queen D four If the knight moves, the point is we've got 94 coming. 02:15.840 --> 02:18.720 So Knight takes g19c for trapping the Queen. 02:19.980 --> 02:20.790 So it just shows. 02:20.790 --> 02:21.000 Yeah. 02:21.000 --> 02:26.130 There's very interesting variations here involving Queen C six, which looks logical to hit the knight. 02:27.750 --> 02:33.690 So if the 96 another option is rugby eight White could just take on D seven here and this does slow 02:33.690 --> 02:36.180 down Blacks attack after G five. 02:36.180 --> 02:39.030 It seems white has a faster attack potential. 02:39.030 --> 02:42.780 So for example, here White seems to be ready to break through. 02:42.810 --> 02:44.190 White has the advantage there. 02:45.870 --> 02:53.130 So rugby is played and we have now actually an inaccuracy and for there's a startling variation there. 02:53.130 --> 02:59.910 Absolutely startling F four is interesting, but there's actually an amazing idea with the knight on 02:59.910 --> 03:03.360 a four, which is more positional attacking. 03:03.360 --> 03:07.500 I would say it's trying to get this bishop to this fantastic diagonal potentially. 03:07.530 --> 03:08.970 There's a way of doing it here. 03:08.970 --> 03:11.520 This is like sci fi really. 03:11.520 --> 03:14.730 G five just allow Queen C sex. 03:14.730 --> 03:20.880 But instead of trying to win the Queen on this occasion, White is just trying to establish a bishop 03:20.880 --> 03:25.860 on C four because the pull mass means that G six is going to break through these lines. 03:25.980 --> 03:31.440 So so 96 bishops c four and it's like a positional piece sacrifice. 03:32.160 --> 03:34.380 This looks absolute madness. 03:34.380 --> 03:35.670 Why give up a piece here? 03:36.090 --> 03:43.770 Let's say 95, just safeguard the bishop and then F five and you can see that actually White's got a 03:43.770 --> 03:48.660 super strong attack for the piece and it works quite well. 03:48.660 --> 03:49.440 You know this position. 03:49.440 --> 03:57.000 For example, Bishop tucks away G6 trying to slice open these lines to the king and it's too late for 03:57.000 --> 04:04.710 black G tanks have seven Jack Now here, if Knight takes F seven when it's ripping through with F six, 04:04.710 --> 04:12.030 you know, this situation is crushing because on here Rook takes g7g, Jack Bishop takes F seven check. 04:12.030 --> 04:13.920 Bishop H six is checkmate. 04:14.100 --> 04:18.750 And if King eight yeah H six is very quick. 04:18.990 --> 04:24.390 So here G six if Bishop takes B free, H takes G seven. 04:24.390 --> 04:26.910 This position eight takes be free. 04:26.910 --> 04:30.390 The attack is very strong after f six and H one. 04:30.390 --> 04:33.390 It seems as though you know f seven check. 04:33.390 --> 04:36.000 This is just a crushing attack on the king side. 04:36.690 --> 04:39.330 So yeah, it's absolutely fascinating stuff. 04:39.330 --> 04:43.860 So yeah, absolutely fascinating. 04:45.470 --> 04:47.600 So yeah, these variations are quite crushing. 04:47.600 --> 04:54.260 If we go back and let's assume King of eight, then H six, G six. 04:54.620 --> 04:59.360 This is also unbelievably strong for Y after Bishop D four. 04:59.390 --> 05:01.730 So the front here is Bishop G seven chat mate. 05:02.510 --> 05:03.260 And what is black? 05:03.260 --> 05:08.720 Dwayne Black is kind of defenseless, so it's an amazing positional sacrifice idea. 05:10.310 --> 05:18.230 This G five incredible stuff to just give up the knight on a four because the strength of this diagonal 05:18.230 --> 05:22.370 of a bishop on B or C for later is just so strong. 05:22.370 --> 05:33.290 But anyway, F four is played instead and we have 9c4 bishop a seven rocket eight if rook b seven here. 05:35.420 --> 05:40.490 In fact g five is possible because of the knight on C four. 05:40.490 --> 05:44.960 So black's not just winning a piece of that simply because the bishop takes C four. 05:44.960 --> 05:50.060 If rook takes a seven, but say Knight takes P two, this leads to a situation which should be just 05:50.060 --> 05:51.440 about equal. 05:51.440 --> 05:57.140 It's very, very hairy and complicated, but it leads to a situation which is technically even this 05:57.140 --> 05:57.650 is sci fi. 05:57.650 --> 05:59.090 If we follow this for a bit. 05:59.150 --> 06:04.220 Yeah, this is kind of scary for both sides actually. 06:04.610 --> 06:06.920 So here Queen takes before. 06:07.130 --> 06:11.150 This is just a fictional line with dynamic equality. 06:11.720 --> 06:19.070 But anyway, in the game Rook eight is played and we have Bishop DD for Bishop B seven. 06:20.750 --> 06:23.900 It was an opportunity here for Black to play E5. 06:25.160 --> 06:27.920 So Bishop, take C for Queen takes this position. 06:27.920 --> 06:31.430 Black should be OC here of the rookie Bishop. 06:31.440 --> 06:35.090 Every black should be with advantage 06:38.630 --> 06:45.380 OC but so we have Bishop B, seven, G five, E five. 06:46.490 --> 06:48.760 Now it's a bit it's a bit too late. 06:48.770 --> 06:51.770 If I was better just immediately. 06:53.270 --> 06:56.150 If Bishop takes e four instead. 06:56.390 --> 06:59.120 G six is strong even here. 06:59.390 --> 07:04.940 So this position, this break remove leads to pain for black after rookie one. 07:05.450 --> 07:12.830 For example, Bishop takes G seven, King takes 94 and there's a strong attack here. 07:12.830 --> 07:19.190 So Knight takes a five, weakens black on the light squares and white can sacrificially break through 07:19.190 --> 07:26.750 then on the light squares like this Queen de five check Bishop takes C four and this is a crushing scenario 07:26.870 --> 07:32.990 here, but it's actually with best play, probably with best play. 07:32.990 --> 07:40.910 This scenario Black is holding things just about So why is is getting enough for a quality actually 07:40.910 --> 07:47.980 it's not crushing snow pardon me This is just very, very complicated game but it's about quantity of 07:47.990 --> 07:49.130 opposite kind of bishops. 07:49.910 --> 07:53.450 It looks almost like it's visually crushing, but it's not actually so. 07:53.450 --> 07:54.170 G sex. 07:54.740 --> 08:01.790 Black has resources here, but after Black played e five instead and this is slightly different now. 08:01.790 --> 08:05.720 So F takes E five, D takes G six here. 08:05.720 --> 08:07.010 This is very different. 08:07.760 --> 08:09.290 We have nine, F six. 08:10.520 --> 08:14.150 If E takes the four Queen F seven check. 08:14.150 --> 08:16.460 The point is H six here is very strong. 08:16.820 --> 08:19.670 Like D five Queen takes g seven is mate. 08:21.520 --> 08:22.900 So what does Blake play? 08:23.230 --> 08:24.460 Queenie Fife. 08:24.670 --> 08:27.160 Then what has Queen St's G seven track? 08:28.060 --> 08:29.140 H takes G seven. 08:29.140 --> 08:29.640 Check. 08:29.650 --> 08:33.130 This position is going to be good for white. 08:33.130 --> 08:34.520 So Knight takes the four. 08:34.540 --> 08:34.870 Yeah. 08:34.870 --> 08:36.770 Black has a lot of liabilities here. 08:36.790 --> 08:38.600 For example, here, these. 08:38.680 --> 08:41.230 These scenarios are very dangerous for the black king. 08:41.680 --> 08:43.690 So that's a double check there. 08:43.960 --> 08:45.490 And Black's had it. 08:45.790 --> 08:48.520 So anyway, night of six was tried. 08:49.000 --> 08:51.330 We have G takes F seven, checking h eight. 08:51.340 --> 08:55.060 And there's rather a lot of pawns, two pawns hanging around the king here. 08:55.570 --> 09:03.100 The thing is, if King takes a79ac5 actually interrupts the Queen from C four. 09:03.130 --> 09:07.150 So why is threatening Bishop takes C four, so he takes the four. 09:07.150 --> 09:08.110 Bishop take C four. 09:08.110 --> 09:10.600 Check is huge for Waynes. 09:10.600 --> 09:12.520 This is just a huge position for white. 09:12.790 --> 09:19.390 So King H eight was tried, but now H six and the threat is actually h takes g seven. 09:19.780 --> 09:21.100 This is a lot of fun. 09:21.100 --> 09:22.180 We have g six. 09:22.180 --> 09:30.340 So just to put that on the board for fun, he takes h takes his mate and if g taints thinks Queen G 09:30.340 --> 09:31.570 free is strong. 09:33.340 --> 09:39.520 So one is France, then Queen G seven means if H five bishop takes E five is strong. 09:39.910 --> 09:42.550 And the point is black's overloaded. 09:42.550 --> 09:44.500 Say Queen takes E five. 09:47.320 --> 09:50.680 We have Rook takes the eight and mating with Queen G eight. 09:51.190 --> 09:55.900 And the thing is, if Knight takes E five, then Rook takes the eight again. 09:55.900 --> 09:58.840 This is strong for Queen G ain't mating. 10:00.550 --> 10:05.210 So let's say Queen takes the eight to shell G eight, then Queen takes E five. 10:05.230 --> 10:05.380 Check. 10:05.440 --> 10:06.640 Black is overloaded. 10:06.640 --> 10:11.620 Rook g winning the queen first, then taking out H five is winning for white. 10:12.070 --> 10:14.590 It's a lot of fun stuff merging here. 10:14.590 --> 10:21.940 So g six was tried and we have a form pawn which is very good for the attacking player as well as the 10:21.940 --> 10:22.960 positional player. 10:24.400 --> 10:30.880 So we have bishop take C four and now he takes D four if Queen St. 10:30.910 --> 10:33.430 C four we have bishop takes E five. 10:33.430 --> 10:34.870 A lot pressure on F six. 10:34.990 --> 10:37.090 This position might be six. 10:38.470 --> 10:41.710 We're winning in exchange that and an E five winning more material. 10:41.710 --> 10:45.130 It's vicious so E takes the default was tried. 10:45.730 --> 10:50.260 We have nine ac five, Bishop takes E four. 10:50.950 --> 10:51.220 Yeah. 10:51.250 --> 10:54.700 If bishop takes C five those queen takes F six and that's checkmate. 10:54.700 --> 11:01.840 So Bishop takes E four and now a slight inaccuracy 96 in this position. 11:01.840 --> 11:03.460 This is a really interesting position. 11:03.460 --> 11:07.540 Rook D one is actually really strong here. 11:08.790 --> 11:19.590 So as example, if Bishop at 596 and if Queen takes see for 1968 Bishop takes the eight there's rookie 11:19.590 --> 11:20.670 eight check. 11:21.960 --> 11:23.670 And that's going to be queening. 11:24.660 --> 11:26.460 So that's absolutely crushing. 11:27.240 --> 11:35.190 But if we have a look at this again with 96, if Bishop takes E six, rook takes E six, and here Queen 11:35.190 --> 11:40.040 takes four, rook takes e, seven, weakening F six wrote D six. 11:40.050 --> 11:41.790 There's actually queen size F six. 11:41.790 --> 11:43.950 Check here for rookie eight. 11:44.130 --> 11:52.740 This is truly vicious this scenario because of Queen E five, vicious pin and White's piece up as well. 11:53.010 --> 11:59.520 So anyway, yeah, it does seem as though rook D1 is causing chaos and carnage and destruction. 11:59.520 --> 12:03.810 The bishop can't say because of Queen takes F six. 12:04.770 --> 12:08.090 So yes, that's another point here. 12:09.310 --> 12:09.910 So. 12:10.290 --> 12:12.530 So E six inaccuracy. 12:12.540 --> 12:17.010 We have Queen take C four knight takes the eight, rook takes the eight. 12:18.570 --> 12:21.660 If Bishop takes the eight, then there's F eight queening. 12:21.660 --> 12:22.650 That's nice. 12:23.190 --> 12:26.310 Bishop takes Queen six and one mating. 12:26.430 --> 12:31.050 So rook tense to eight is played and now. 12:31.260 --> 12:37.860 Yeah black is overloaded somewhat won't place rook takes d4 We have Queen C seven. 12:38.610 --> 12:41.190 If rook takes D four here, can you see what white plays for? 12:41.190 --> 12:42.090 100 points. 12:42.870 --> 12:45.820 Black is kind of overloaded with this pawn left. 12:45.840 --> 12:52.590 Seven white can actually play queen takes up six check here for f eight and then queen takes off six 12:52.590 --> 12:53.550 and amazing. 12:53.760 --> 12:55.320 So Queen C seven is tried. 12:55.320 --> 12:57.360 We have now a teasing move. 12:57.360 --> 12:59.670 Really fun teasing move in this position. 12:59.670 --> 13:00.810 Queen H two. 13:00.900 --> 13:03.120 It's one of many good moves. 13:03.120 --> 13:07.140 So trying to drag the queen away for rook takes in fake queening. 13:07.410 --> 13:12.780 So C five was an alternative here, which is really interesting as well. 13:14.710 --> 13:17.050 So there's some basic points here being made. 13:17.060 --> 13:23.650 If Rook told me, if Queen takes, then there's Rook takes the eight check and Queen take five. 13:25.240 --> 13:26.530 That's one basic point. 13:26.530 --> 13:29.410 If Bishop eight, then there's 96. 13:29.680 --> 13:34.870 And here Rook takes the four, Queen takes F six, check F eight queening. 13:34.870 --> 13:35.680 Checkmate. 13:35.680 --> 13:40.540 So Queen H two is fun though, trying to drag the bishop away for eight. 13:41.230 --> 13:42.220 If Queen takes Sage two. 13:42.220 --> 13:42.900 So Queen eight. 13:42.910 --> 13:43.810 Just put that on the board. 13:43.810 --> 13:48.730 Queen takes H two, rook takes the eight and an F eight queening and a mate on G seven. 13:48.730 --> 13:50.650 Thanks very much the form pawn. 13:50.950 --> 13:58.750 So Queen C eight was tried, but now rookie one slight inaccuracy rook takes d a is strong. 13:58.750 --> 14:06.400 This position with rookie one is crushing as example if Bishop if a queen for bishop at five there's 14:06.400 --> 14:11.650 Queen G five and white has a huge tear because of that pain of rook e eight. 14:11.770 --> 14:14.410 So here Queen B six. 14:14.530 --> 14:16.330 There's rookie anyway. 14:16.720 --> 14:18.790 And here black's getting overloaded. 14:18.790 --> 14:21.880 So this position black is overloaded. 14:22.390 --> 14:27.310 There are now four parts of Queen D four, for example. 14:27.970 --> 14:31.300 And also here first. 14:31.420 --> 14:36.070 In fact, Rook takes F eight is strong for Queen for making that bear mating. 14:36.670 --> 14:41.620 And if we go back here, If so, Queen G five is strong. 14:43.470 --> 14:46.050 And also 95 is also strong. 14:47.520 --> 14:50.310 If Bishop takes Queen G five is strong hair. 14:50.760 --> 14:54.810 This is very interesting scenarios where this horrible things happen. 14:55.370 --> 14:56.700 You know, this is just hopeless. 14:57.840 --> 14:58.620 So. 14:59.920 --> 15:02.290 We have though an inaccuracy. 15:02.290 --> 15:08.800 Rookie one slight NFC rookie takes the fall Knight takes the E4 queen for a now queen five So nasty 15:08.800 --> 15:16.600 pin Anyway we have Queen takes h six check if queen takes of seven This is good for white Rook takes 15:16.600 --> 15:17.410 E four. 15:17.560 --> 15:21.760 So queen size 86 check King V one, Queen H four. 15:21.760 --> 15:29.710 So this looks at the rook, but now rook takes E four And here beautiful point. 15:29.710 --> 15:30.880 Reigning queen takes E four. 15:30.880 --> 15:34.270 What's the beautiful point here for ten points which ends the game. 15:36.500 --> 15:36.980 Yeah. 15:37.010 --> 15:38.690 Queen takes out sex check. 15:38.810 --> 15:43.580 Overloaded position and the game of Bishop takes up 6f8. 15:44.120 --> 15:46.400 And Chuck, mate. 15:46.460 --> 15:50.030 What an intense, rich tactical win. 15:50.300 --> 15:52.130 You might say, Well, King's Russia, this. 15:52.130 --> 15:56.270 This guy Adam seems like really a tactical monster as well. 15:56.810 --> 15:57.620 Yeah. 15:57.950 --> 16:03.980 The goods positional players like Capablanca, like Petrosian, like Karpov. 16:03.980 --> 16:06.560 They're all amazing tacticians. 16:06.560 --> 16:08.840 I don't think that can be emphasized enough. 16:09.170 --> 16:15.770 These players see amazing tactical variations, but given the choice, they will play more positioning 16:15.770 --> 16:17.000 with less risk. 16:17.990 --> 16:22.010 And yeah, we just see an amazing opposite side castling game here. 16:22.010 --> 16:28.040 This was another important win for this triumph of Adams in this Lloyds Bank Masters edition. 16:28.520 --> 16:32.060 When he won this edition in 1990, the 14th edition. 16:32.060 --> 16:39.290 So wonderful attacking position out the opening, promising many positional advantages as well as tactical 16:39.290 --> 16:46.520 advantages when one is gaining space, gaining potential form pawns around the king, very many pawns, 16:46.520 --> 16:48.830 and they create remarkable possibilities. 16:48.830 --> 16:54.320 This 94 crates, remarkable positional sacrifice, possibilities in some lines, as we see with the 16:54.320 --> 16:58.250 bishop coming on this diagonal with a vengeance, with this pawn mass. 16:58.250 --> 17:03.500 So there are some amazing, absolutely amazing possibilities for actually an inaccuracy. 17:03.500 --> 17:07.160 This is such an amazing variation, giving up a knight positioning here. 17:07.280 --> 17:08.990 It's to behold this position. 17:08.990 --> 17:15.260 Just having this beautiful bishop on that diagonal is something to behold as well about this game. 17:15.260 --> 17:20.780 But the way it's played, it's very dangerous scenario is Black missed the chance it seemed for an immediate 17:20.780 --> 17:28.130 timing is important and immediate E five here it seems this cuts off a lot of white's attacking potential. 17:28.130 --> 17:35.750 This position black should be fine with actually an advantage and if they're ethical sense but yes when 17:35.750 --> 17:47.750 it's played bishop b7g5e5 is slightly different here because of this this G six working better perhaps 17:47.750 --> 17:50.390 than other lines with the bishop back on C eight. 17:50.510 --> 17:58.070 And yeah, we get situations where now it starts to be super dangerous with that form pawn. 17:58.190 --> 18:07.130 I know it's it's a very, very you know tactically analyzed game but these Swiss settlements as well 18:08.360 --> 18:15.020 require the racking up of points so the positional player is forced to play aggressively like this sometimes 18:15.020 --> 18:18.080 to rack up the points and against the Sicilian defenses. 18:18.080 --> 18:18.350 Yeah. 18:18.350 --> 18:23.300 Adam has won many games against the Sicilian defense in this edition. 18:23.300 --> 18:29.150 So free key, sending the fans games against very strong opposition grandmasters, basically. 18:29.150 --> 18:30.050 And this is one of them. 18:30.050 --> 18:31.580 So amazing stuff. 18:31.580 --> 18:33.080 I hope you enjoyed it as much as me. 18:34.160 --> 18:34.970 Thanks so much.