– Result: Metadata » Click to open. Date: Location: Tournament: Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: October 27, 2020 [Event ""] [Site ""] [Round ""] [Date "????.??.??"] [White ""] [Black ""] [Result ""] [Annotator ""] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [Puzzle "0"] [DateTime ""] [pgndiagram] This is selfdestruction. The a-pawn doesn't promise enough counterplay on it's own} (44... Kh7 {To me it wasn't immediately obvious what should White do in case Black just waits} 45. h5 Kh8 46. f4 Kh7 47. Kg4 Bd4 48. Kf5 {And this is the point. Running toward f7 and trying to mate is the solution} Bf6 49. Ke6 Bb2 (49... Bd4 50. Qe4+ Kh8 51. Qa8+ Kh7 52. Kf7) 50. Kf7 {And Black is getting mated}) 45. axb5 a4 46. Qa8+ Kh7 47. Qa5 Be7 48. Kg2 Kg8 49. b6 {Now White doesn't have that much work to do} Bf8 50. Qd5+ Kh7 51. b7 a3 52. Qd8 Rxb7 {[pgndiagram]} (52... a2 53. Qxf8 a1=Q 54. Qxb4) 53. Qxf8 Ra7 54. Qc5 Ra8 55. Qd5 Ra7 56. Qa2 {Precise untill the end. Now White's king marches toward the a -file, and queen finishes the game} h5 57. Kf3 Ra5 58. Ke3 Kh8 59. Kd2 Ra7 60. Kc1 {Here Salem resigned, because he can't deal with the queen on the kingside. One of the best games I have ever seen and a masterpiece by Adams. I am impressed how he managed to control Saleh's pieces throughout the whole game.} 1-0 [pgndiagram] This is selfdestruction. The a-pawn doesn't promise enough counterplay on it's own} (44... Kh7 {To me it wasn't immediately obvious what should White do in case Black just waits} 45. h5 Kh8 46. f4 Kh7 47. Kg4 Bd4 48. Kf5 {And this is the point. Running toward f7 and trying to mate is the solution} Bf6 49. Ke6 Bb2 (49... Bd4 50. Qe4+ Kh8 51. Qa8+ Kh7 52. Kf7) 50. Kf7 {And Black is getting mated}) 45. axb5 a4 46. Qa8+ Kh7 47. Qa5 Be7 48. Kg2 Kg8 49. b6 {Now White doesn't have that much work to do} Bf8 50. Qd5+ Kh7 51. b7 a3 52. Qd8 Rxb7 {[pgndiagram]} (52... a2 53. Qxf8 a1=Q 54. Qxb4) 53. Qxf8 Ra7 54. Qc5 Ra8 55. Qd5 Ra7 56. Qa2 {Precise untill the end. Now White's king marches toward the a -file, and queen finishes the game} h5 57. Kf3 Ra5 58. Ke3 Kh8 59. Kd2 Ra7 60. Kc1 {Here Salem resigned, because he can't deal with the queen on the kingside. One of the best games I have ever seen and a masterpiece by Adams. I am impressed how he managed to control Saleh's pieces throughout the whole game.} 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.
