– 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]} (14... dxe5 15. b4 {Is even worse for Black} Rd8 16. Qe2) 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. a5 {A good move, gaining space on the queenside and restricting Black's pawns} Rd8 (16... Nh5 {Was the main alternative} 17. Rb3 Rb8 18. Rb4 Qf7 19. Be3 Nf4 20. Qc2 {And White retains some advantage}) 17. Qe2 (17. Qb3 {Was very strong, with pressure on b7} Rb8 (17... Qc6 18. Ra4 {Is no better}) 18. Ra4 {And Black already has to make a concession} c6 19. Be3 {White is close to winning}) 17... Qc6 18. Rb3 Rd7 19. Rb4 Rfd8 20. Be3 Kg8 {[pgndiagram] Finally Black moves the king back, admiting that his opening experiment wasn't the best ever} 21. Qc4 Rd1 {It seems like keeping one pair of rooks increased Black's defending chances. Without the rooks, White's bishop might attack e5 from the b8 square ( since Black's remaining rook has to cover b7 from the d7 square)} (21... Qxc4 22. Rxc4 c6 23. Bb6 Rf8 {And nothing terrible for Black is apparent. White's king is less strong when there are two rooks threatening checks}) 22. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kh2 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 c6 25. Rb4 Rd7 26. Kg3 {[pgndiagram] Now on the contrary, White's king takes active part in the endgame without being harassed. It is magnificent to watch how Adams accumulates slight pluses.} Kf7 27. Kf3 g5 {Black has to gain some space on the kingside. Unfortunately, this weakening alows the undermining h4 move} ( 27... Ng8 {Against passing waiting White has the following construction - h5- Kh4-g4-c4 -Rb3 -Rf3+} 28. h4 Ne7 29. Kg4 Kf6 30. h5 Kf7 31. Kh4 Kf6 32. Rb3 Kf7 33. c4 Kf6 34. g4 Nc8 {Preventing Ba7} 35. Bc5 Kf7 36. Rf3+) 28. Ba7 Ng8 29. h4 {[pgndiagram] A great move, allowing the entrance of the White king} gxh4 ( 29... Kg6 {Came into consideration, letting the pawn on e5 fall} 30. Bb8 gxh4 31. Bxe5 (31. Kg4 {Is now not an option, as in the game, because the bishop doesn't cover the c5 square} Kf6 32. Kxh4 Ne7 33. Kh5 c5 {And here White even loses his bishop}) 31... Nf6 {And Black retains some practical chances}) 30. Kg4 Ne7 (30... Kf6 {Is now not a possibility} 31. Kxh4 Ne7 32. Kh5 {And now c5 is not an option, and White is winning}) 31. Be3 Ng8 {[pgndiagram] There is not much that Black can do but wait passively.} 32. Kxh4 Ke8 {This seemed illogical. Black probably considered moving the king toward c8, but he simply doesn't have time for that} (32... Kg6 {Preventing the entry of the opposing king seemed more logical. White wouldn't have the immediate win as in the game} 33. Ba7 Ne7 34. c4 Kh7 35. Kh5 Ng8 36. f3 Nf6+ 37. Kh4 {And the game still continues}) 33. Rb3 (33. Kh5 {Was probably stronger, why not take the pawn} Kf7 34. Bxh6 Nf6+ 35. Kh4 Kg6 36. Be3 Rh7+ 37. Kg3 {And White retains all the pluses, and has the extra pawn}) 33... Rg7 {[pgndiagram] Hammer probably didn+t want to defend passively and that hastens his end} (33... Kf7 {Is probably preferable}) 34. g4 Rf7 (34... Rd7 {With Kf7 next is again to be prefered}) 35. c4 Rd7 36. Ba7 Nf6 37. f3 Rf7 38. Bb8 Nd7 39. Bd6 {[pgndiagram] It is clear that White has skillfully managed to extricate maximum out of his position, and he will soon reap the rewards of his instructive play} Kd8 40. Kh5 Rf6 41. Rd3 Ke8 42. Bb4 c5 43. Bd2 Rf7 44. Bxh6 {With the fall of h6 the passed g pawn will decide the issue.} Nf6+ 45. Kg6 Ng8 46. Bg5 {A brilliant technical win by Adams, in the style of Capablanca, Karpov or Fischer from his best days.} 1-0 [pgndiagram]} (14... dxe5 15. b4 {Is even worse for Black} Rd8 16. Qe2) 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. a5 {A good move, gaining space on the queenside and restricting Black's pawns} Rd8 (16... Nh5 {Was the main alternative} 17. Rb3 Rb8 18. Rb4 Qf7 19. Be3 Nf4 20. Qc2 {And White retains some advantage}) 17. Qe2 (17. Qb3 {Was very strong, with pressure on b7} Rb8 (17... Qc6 18. Ra4 {Is no better}) 18. Ra4 {And Black already has to make a concession} c6 19. Be3 {White is close to winning}) 17... Qc6 18. Rb3 Rd7 19. Rb4 Rfd8 20. Be3 Kg8 {[pgndiagram] Finally Black moves the king back, admiting that his opening experiment wasn't the best ever} 21. Qc4 Rd1 {It seems like keeping one pair of rooks increased Black's defending chances. Without the rooks, White's bishop might attack e5 from the b8 square ( since Black's remaining rook has to cover b7 from the d7 square)} (21... Qxc4 22. Rxc4 c6 23. Bb6 Rf8 {And nothing terrible for Black is apparent. White's king is less strong when there are two rooks threatening checks}) 22. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kh2 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 c6 25. Rb4 Rd7 26. Kg3 {[pgndiagram] Now on the contrary, White's king takes active part in the endgame without being harassed. It is magnificent to watch how Adams accumulates slight pluses.} Kf7 27. Kf3 g5 {Black has to gain some space on the kingside. Unfortunately, this weakening alows the undermining h4 move} ( 27... Ng8 {Against passing waiting White has the following construction - h5- Kh4-g4-c4 -Rb3 -Rf3+} 28. h4 Ne7 29. Kg4 Kf6 30. h5 Kf7 31. Kh4 Kf6 32. Rb3 Kf7 33. c4 Kf6 34. g4 Nc8 {Preventing Ba7} 35. Bc5 Kf7 36. Rf3+) 28. Ba7 Ng8 29. h4 {[pgndiagram] A great move, allowing the entrance of the White king} gxh4 ( 29... Kg6 {Came into consideration, letting the pawn on e5 fall} 30. Bb8 gxh4 31. Bxe5 (31. Kg4 {Is now not an option, as in the game, because the bishop doesn't cover the c5 square} Kf6 32. Kxh4 Ne7 33. Kh5 c5 {And here White even loses his bishop}) 31... Nf6 {And Black retains some practical chances}) 30. Kg4 Ne7 (30... Kf6 {Is now not a possibility} 31. Kxh4 Ne7 32. Kh5 {And now c5 is not an option, and White is winning}) 31. Be3 Ng8 {[pgndiagram] There is not much that Black can do but wait passively.} 32. Kxh4 Ke8 {This seemed illogical. Black probably considered moving the king toward c8, but he simply doesn't have time for that} (32... Kg6 {Preventing the entry of the opposing king seemed more logical. White wouldn't have the immediate win as in the game} 33. Ba7 Ne7 34. c4 Kh7 35. Kh5 Ng8 36. f3 Nf6+ 37. Kh4 {And the game still continues}) 33. Rb3 (33. Kh5 {Was probably stronger, why not take the pawn} Kf7 34. Bxh6 Nf6+ 35. Kh4 Kg6 36. Be3 Rh7+ 37. Kg3 {And White retains all the pluses, and has the extra pawn}) 33... Rg7 {[pgndiagram] Hammer probably didn+t want to defend passively and that hastens his end} (33... Kf7 {Is probably preferable}) 34. g4 Rf7 (34... Rd7 {With Kf7 next is again to be prefered}) 35. c4 Rd7 36. Ba7 Nf6 37. f3 Rf7 38. Bb8 Nd7 39. Bd6 {[pgndiagram] It is clear that White has skillfully managed to extricate maximum out of his position, and he will soon reap the rewards of his instructive play} Kd8 40. Kh5 Rf6 41. Rd3 Ke8 42. Bb4 c5 43. Bd2 Rf7 44. Bxh6 {With the fall of h6 the passed g pawn will decide the issue.} Nf6+ 45. Kg6 Ng8 46. Bg5 {A brilliant technical win by Adams, in the style of Capablanca, Karpov or Fischer from his best days.} 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.
