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Mar-11-13
 | | cro777: Playing with the black pieces against the Rossolimo Attack, Adams prefers the Fianchetto Variation <3...g6>. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6
(1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6)
Mark Orr - Michael Adams
(Bunratty, March 2013)
<4. Bxc6> <With the white pieces Adams also prefers 4.Bxc6> bxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Rb1 d6 9. Re1 e5 10. Nc4 h6 11. Bd2 a5 12. a4 Nh5 13. Bc3 Nf4 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. Bxa5 Qe7 16. Re3 d5 17. exd5 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 cxd5 19. Ne3 Qd7 20. b3 f5 21. Nd1 Qc6 22. Qe1 d4 23. Nb2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 g5 25. Nc4 g4 26. Qe2 gxf3+ 27. Qxf3 e4 28. dxe4 fxe4 29. Qg4 e3+ 30. f3 Rf6 31. Qe4 Qxe4
32. fxe4 Rf2+ 33. Kh3 Rxc2 34. Bc7 e2 35. Rg1 Kh7 0-1 Simon Ansell - Michael Adams
(Bunratty, February 2012)
<4. O-O> Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4
7. cxd4 Nxe4 8. d5 Nd6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nc3 b4 13. Na4 Bb7 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Rxc8 Nxc8 17. Nc5 Qc7 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Qd2 Nxb3 20. axb3 d6 21. Ra1 Qb5 22. h4 h5 23. Re1 a5 24. Re4 Nb6 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Bxe7 Qc5 27. Qf4 Nxd5 28. Qxd6 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Nxe7 30. Qxe7 Qxb2 31. Qd8+
Bf8 32. Qd5 Qxf2 33. Qxa5 Bd6+ 34. Kh3 Qg3# 0-1
M Orr vs Adams, 2013
S Ansell vs Adams, 2012 |
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Mar-11-13
 | | stunningmove: <cro777> we have time to investigate the 3...g6 Rossolimo as well. I think the fact Adams chose it is a positive. Of course since its his favorite variation of English in reverse has something to do with it! Let me see what the stats are for the various sub variations. |
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Mar-11-13
| | stunningmove: Looking at the Rossolimo when played at a 2600+ level 3...e6 outscores the two options 2:1. black win %
3...e6 28%
3...d6 17%
3...g6 12%
Considering we have also done a full analysis of 3...e6, it seems the Rossolimo of choice IMHO. |
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Mar-12-13
 | | kwid: Mar-11-13
<stunningmove: Looking at the Rossolimo when played at a 2600+ level 3...e6 outscores the two options 2:1.
black win %
3...e6 28%
3...d6 17%
3...g6 12%
Considering we have also done a full analysis of 3...e6, it seems the Rossolimo of choice IMHO.> We have to try to keep winning chances alive with going at least 30 moves deep with our analysis. Here is a look at MA's lines:
[Event "Bunratty Masters"]
[Site "Bunratty IRL"]
[Date "2013.03.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mark Orr"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Widmann,Kurt"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.03.01"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nbd2 (7. e5
Nd5 8. Nbd2 Nc7 9. Ne4 Ne6 10. Be3 d6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 f6 14.
exf6 exf6 15. Rfe1 Rb8 16. Rab1 d5 17. Ned2 a5 18. a4 Qd6 19. b3 Bd7 20. Nf1
Qf4 21. Qxf4 Nxf4 22. Re7 Rf7 23. Rbe1 Kf8 24. R7e3 d4 25. Re4 Nd5 $11) 7...
O-O 8. Rb1 d6 9. Re1 e5 10. Nc4 h6 11. Bd2 a5 12. a4 Nh5 13. Bc3 Nf4 14. Qd2
Bg4 15. Bxa5 Qe7 16. Re3 d5 (16... f5 17. b4 fxe4 18. dxe4 cxb4 19. Bxb4 c5 $15
) 17. exd5 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 cxd5 19. Ne3 (19. Nb6 Ra6 20. Rxf4 exf4 21. Nxd5 Qd7
22. c4 Qxa4 23. Bc3 Qb3 24. Rf1 g5 25. Qe2 Re6 26. Qg4 Qb8 27. h4 f5 28. Qf3
Qa7 29. Rb1 Rb8 $15) 19... Qd7 20. b3 (20. Bb6 Rxa4 21. Bxc5 Rd8 22. b4 d4 23.
Nc4 Qg4 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Qe2 Qf5 26. Re1 Ra2 27. Qd1 Rda8 28. f3 Qg5 29. Bd6
Bf8 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Qb1 Kg7 32. b5 Ra1 33. Qxa1 Rxa1 34. Rxa1 e4 35. fxe4
Qxb5 36. h3) 20... f5 (20... Qa7 $15) 21. Nd1 (21. Bb6 Qc6 22. a5 g5 23. Rg3 e4
24. dxe4 fxe4 25. Re1 d4 26. Nc4 Nh5 27. Rh3 $11) 21... Qc6 22. Qe1 d4 (22...
g5 23. Rg3 g4 24. f3 Nh5 25. fxg4 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Rae8 27. Bc3 d4 28. Bd2 e4 $19)
23. Nb2 $2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 g5 25. Nc4 g4 26. Qe2 gxf3+ 27. Qxf3 e4 28. dxe4 fxe4
29. Qg4 e3+ 30. f3 Rf6 31. Qe4 Qxe4 32. fxe4 Rf2+ 33. Kh3 Rxc2 34. Bc7 e2 35.
Rg1 Kh7 (35... d3) 0-1
I have over 32600 games with g6 complete with book and GM’s recommendations from 1946 onwards . PS, my notes for this game is not very deep! |
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Mar-13-13
 | | DcGentle: Well, I can claim some progress in my research of the Alekhine defense. The Modern version is the strongest, and there I figured one special line as critical for Black, and the opening explorer had not the decisive improvement. But these problems are solved, I uploaded a game, let's see when it will be available and whether the opening explorer will be updated as well! If anyone is interested, you can find a sample line here: DcGentle chessforum |
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Mar-14-13
| | cro777: <kwid> A comparison between the Fianchetto Variation of the Rossolimo Attack and the Modern (Alburt) Variation of the Alekhine Defense (the resulting middlegame positions) might be interesting. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Rb1 d6 9. Re1 e5 10. Nc4 h6 11. Bd2 a5 12. a4 
click for larger view1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. O-O Na5 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bf5 12. Ne4 Qd7 
click for larger viewHere is GM Gawain Jones' assessment of this position: "Black is passive but has a perfect pawn structure and good potential to open up the centre if White gets carried away . Meanwhile e5 is potential target. On the other hand White has more space and so can develop his forces more easily and so I'd say <chances are about balanced>" M Orr vs Adams, 2013
Adams vs N Zhukova, 2010 |
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Mar-14-13
| | kwid: Here is a look at <3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5> lines. I have always played Nf6/d6 Richter lines. Never e5 in any serious encounter. I thought that the <little center> or extra pawn in the center gives me a chance to fight for control of the center and play on both wings. This e5 move is very tactical and very sharp which requires a positional understanding which I am lacking. For example is d4 and f4 square control adequate to compensate for the d6 backward pawn and a hole on d5? [Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adams (theory)"]
[Black "WT (theory)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Annotator "kwid"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 (7...
b5 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. c4 b4 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nc2 Be7 12. Ne3 O-O 13. Bd3 Qg6 14.
O-O Bd8 15. Nf5 Ne7 16. Qf3 Bb7 17. a3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 a5 19. Qh3 Nxf5 20. exf5
Qf6 21. Rd1 Be7 22. Rb3 Bc6 $11) 8. Nc4 (8. Be3 b5) (8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6
10. Nc4) 8... b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 b4 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5
14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. O-O Rb8 16. Qd3 a5 17. c3 (17. a3 Be6 (17... bxa3 18. Qxa3
$14 Rd8 19. Rfd1 $14) 18. c3 (18. Rfd1 Rfc8 19. axb4 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxb4 21.
Qxd6 Nxc2 22. Rxa5 Rd8 23. Rb5 Ra8 24. Ra5 Rab8 $11) 18... bxc3 19. bxc3 Rfc8
20. Rab1 Qd8 21. Rfd1 Ne7 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Qa6 a4 25. c4 Qc7
26. Qxa4 Qc5 27. Ra1 g6 28. Qc2 Ra8 29. a4 Qb4 30. Qa2 Ra5 31. Bf1 Bd7 32. Qa3
Qxa3 33. Rxa3 Rxa4 34. Rxa4 Bxa4 35. Bd3 Kf8 36. Kf1 Ke7 37. Ke2 Kd7 38. Kd2
Kc6 39. Kc3 Kc5 40. Be2 Bc6 41. Bd3) 17... Be6 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Ne3 Rfd8 20. Qa6
Rbc8 21. Rac1 Qf6 22. a3 bxa3 23. bxa3 Qe7 24. Nf5 Qf8 25. Qb5 Rd7 26. Qa6 Qd8
27. a4 g6 28. Ne3 Ne7 29. Qf1 Kg7 30. Bh3 Bxh3 31. Qxh3 Ng8 32. Nd5 Rc5 33. Rc2
Rb7 34. Qf1 Nf6 35. Nxf6 Qxf6 36. Qa6 Rd7 37. Rd3 d5 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. Rxd5
Rdxd5 40. exd5 Rxd5 41. Kg2 Ke6 42. Rb2 Rc5 43. Rb6+ Kf5 44. Ra6 f6 45. c4 g5
46. Kf3 g4+ 47. Ke3 1/2-1/2 |
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Mar-14-13
| | cro777: <This e5 move is very tactical and very sharp which requires a positional understanding ... For example is d4 and f4 square control adequate to compensate for the d6 backward pawn and a hole on d5?> According to theory, the basic ideas (for Black) of this structure are: - the d4-square is strong for Black;
- the black king is well defended on g8 because of the presence of the e5-pawn which makes a White's expansion on the kingside very difficult; - Black can obtain a pawn majority in the center if he succeeds to play d6-d5 (a e- and f- pawn phalanx will arise) or f7-f5 (a d- and e- pawn phalanx will arise); - both White and Black can play on any side - the concrete position of the pieces is very important. In difference with the typical Dragon and Scheveningen structures, here Black often plays actively on the kingside, even attacking the white king; - the light-square bishop is open and an important piece for Black. This bishop is often placed on e6, defending the a2-g8 diagonal (and the d5-square) and with attacking prospects against white kingside; - the dark-square bishop defends successfully the d6 weakness but this is too passive. One of Black's objectives is to trade this bishop with the White's one by Be7-g5. |
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Mar-15-13
| | DcGentle: <cro777>: Thank you for pointing me to the game Adams vs N Zhukova, 2010. It's interesting regarding theory, because White has good results with <7. Qe2> and Natalia Zhukova was lucky to get away with a draw here. But I have found the move she missed in the opening, at least I hope so. We'll see. Anyways, White should not have had the kind of play he got in this game. |
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Mar-16-13
| | cro777: Interestingly, Evgeny Sveshnikov, a noted opening theorist, in a recent interview in London (March 15) recommends for White: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5! as better than 3.d4
In the latter case, according to him, Black has
3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5! with equal game. |
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Mar-18-13
| | kwid: Mar-16-13
<cro777: Interestingly, Evgeny Sveshnikov, a noted opening theorist, in a recent interview in London (March 15) recommends for White:
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5! as better than 3.d4 In the latter case, according to him, Black has 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5! with equal game.>Well, here is my draw line:
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.03.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "8.Nd5 Nge7 9.c4"]
[Black "Analysis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Annotator "kwid"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.03.18"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 (5... a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7.
Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qd1 Qg6 9. Nc3 d5 10. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Nc7+ Ke7 13. Rc1
Bg4 14. Qd3 Qxd3 15. Bxd3 Rd8 16. h3 Be6 17. c3 Nc6 18. Nxe6 Kxe6 19. Bc4+ Ke7
20. Ke2 Nf6 21. Bc5+ Ke8 22. Rhd1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 h5 24. h4 Rh6 25. Be3 Rg6 26.
Bg5 e4 27. Kf1 Nh7 28. Bc1 Nf6 29. Bf4 Ne7 30. Re1 Rg4 31. g3 Kf8 32. Rd1 Ke8
33. Bg5 e3 34. Be2 Ra4 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. a3 Ra5 37. fxe3 Re5 38. Kf2 Nf5 39. e4
$18) 6. N1c3 (6. g3 Be7 (6... Nf6 7. Bg2) 7. Bg2 Nf6 $15) (6. Be3 a6 7. N5c3
Nf6 $11) 6... a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nge7 9. c4 Nxd5 (9... Nd4 10. cxb5 Nxd5 11.
exd5 Bd7 12. bxa6 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxd5 14. Be3 Be7 15. Nc2 Bf6 16. Nb4 Qa5 17.
Bxd4 Qxb4+ 18. Bc3 Qb6 19. Bc4 O-O 20. O-O Bc8 21. Qb3 Qa7 22. Rfd1 Be7 23. Bb4
Rb8 24. a3 Bxa6 25. Qa4 Rb6 26. Rac1 Qa8 27. Bxa6 Rxa6 28. Qd7 Ra7 29. Rc7 Rxc7
30. Qxc7 Bf6 31. Rc1 Bg5 32. Re1 Rd8 33. Bxd6 Rc8 34. Qb6 Qd5 35. Bb4 Bd2 36.
Bxd2 Qxd2 37. Rf1 g6 38. h3 Qd4 39. Qxd4 exd4 40. a4 Rc4 41. b3 Rc3 42. b4 d3
43. Rd1 Kf8 44. f3 Rb3 45. b5 Ke7 46. Kf2 Ra3 47. b6 Rxa4 48. Rb1 Ra2+ 49. Ke1
Ra8 50. Kd2 Kd6 51. b7 Rb8 52. Kxd3 Kc7 53. Kd4 Rd8+ 54. Ke5 Kb8 55. Kf6 $18)
10. exd5 Nd4 11. cxb5 g6 12. Be3 Bg7 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Bd3 O-O 15. O-O Qa5 16.
Re1 Rb8 17. Qe2 axb5 18. Nxb5 Bb7 19. Qf3 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. g3 Be5 22.
Bc4 Bc8 23. a4 Bd7 24. Qa3 d3 25. Bxd3 Qd2 26. Qb3 Bxb2 27. Rb1 Be5 28. Qc2
Qxc2 29. Bxc2 Rc8 30. Bd3 Rc5 31. f4 Bg7 32. a5 Rxd5 33. Bc4 Rc5 34. Nxd6 Bd4+
35. Kf1 Rxa5 36. Nxf7 Kg7 37. Ng5 h6 38. Nf3 Ra1 $11 1/2-1/2 |
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Mar-18-13
| | stunningmove: <kwid> I agree. Obviously so does Adams as he hasn't played 3.d4 since 2002. Since then he has played 3.Bb5 100% of the time. Please check out our other preparation site <tabanus> for French Defense prep. We are looking at the Guimard 3...Nc6 currently. |
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Mar-22-13
| | cro777: The Kalashnikov with 6.a4 (Michael Adams)
Against the Kalashnikov, Adams played only once (when he was 17 years old) at the Lloyds Bank Masters in London 1988. (Interestigly, he played the Kalashnikov with the black pieces against Khachiyan at the Chicago Open 2010 and against Atakisi at the Turkish Isbank Chess League 2010). Adams,Michael - Przewoznik,Jan
(Lloyds Bank Masters, London 1988)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6
click for larger view6.a4 <The idea of this move is to prevent b7-b5 (and Black's expansion on the queenside). White also keeps the c4-square free.> 6...Be6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3
click for larger view8...Nf6 <8... Rc8 is more in the spirit of Kalashnikov, avoiding the pin Bg5. The difference between Kalashnikov and Sveshnikov is given by the moves 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 (the Sveshnikov System). This means that in Kalashnikov, Black avoids the pin on the f6 but gives White the possibility of strengthening the center)>. Adams vs Przewoznik, 1988 The Lloyds Bank Masters was a strong open Swiss tournament organised during each summer in London from 1977 (won by Miguel Quinteros) to 1994 (won by Alexander Morozevich). Every year it was held at the Cumberland Hotel at Marble Arch, London, a very posh spot. And it was very near Hyde Park so the chess players could explore some greenery in the off houses as well as typical British pubs such as "The Three Tonnes". Adams' start in the Lloyds Bank Masters 1988 was disappointing, with just two draws to his credit after three rounds. Then he registered seven successive wins to finish first equal with Gary Lane (although Gary was awarded the title on tie-break). One of Michael's victims was Jan Przewoznik of Poland who opted for the Kalashnikov. |
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| Mar-23-13 | | chessmoron: It's time to predict Round 8-14. |
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Mar-24-13
| | DcGentle: <stunningmove>: Yesterday our beloved <3... e6> Rossolimo showed its true power in the game Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2013 , it was only due to the inability or better wrong targets of Radjabov that this guy didn't win. I still have to compare this game with out own analysis and see where we would deviate. Adams for sure has seen this game and will draw his conclusions. If we play Adams, I am not so sure we will see a Rossolimo after this game. :-( |
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Mar-24-13
| | stunningmove: <DC> sure we'll see it! Adams doesn't play the 4.Bxc6 variant, he likes to keep his LSB and retreat it when attacked. Yes I loved the game. Super plan by Radjabov. Once Magnus surrendered his e pawn, Radjy had all his pieces aimed at the kside and most of Magnus on the Qside. Recipe for Magnus stew. After he took the N with his own LSB (hated to give that up but eliminating the defender was correct) Magnus' Kside was bare. I would have taken the R while it was on e1 and not allowed the recapture with the pawn opening the f2 square. I haven't analyzed it yet. But that's where I saw the problem. |
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Mar-24-13
| | cro777: The Rossolimo with 4.Bxc6. Adams prefers 4.0-0.
According to Richard Palliser ("The Bb5 Sicilian"), the positions arising after <4.Bxc6 bxc6> are not especially easy for either side to handle, although there are a number of general motifs. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6
click for larger viewBlack gets the bishop pair, but White has the better pawn structure. Adams prefers <4.0-0>, which is White's main response, although there has been a fair amount of interest in 4.Bxc6. The <4.Bxc6> line reminds of the Anand-Gelfand match. Danish GM Peter Heine Nielsen was a member of Anand team during this match (he worked with Anand for around ten years). From February 1st 2013 , however, Nielsen is working with Carlsen and was helping him to prepare for the Candidates Tournament. He is now part of Team Carlsen at the Candidates tournament. Obviously, the Rossolimo with 4.Bxc6 has been included in their preparations. "Very often in the Ruy Lopez or Sicilian we see Carlsen developing his light squared bishop early and trading it on c6 for a small positional advantage. His general plan is to take an equal position with imbalances and try to outplay the opponent." (IM Aman Hambleton) Magnus Carlsen - Teimour Radjabov
(World Championship Candidates 2013)
5.b3 <Adams had used this move in his earlier games. Later he switched from 4.Bxc6 to 4.0-0> d6 <Gelfand and his team placed their faith in 5...e5> 6.O-O <The critical move is 6.e5> Ne7 7.e5 Ng6 8.exd6 Bxd6 9.Nc3 e5 10.Re1 O-O 11.d3 f5 12.Ba3 Be6 13.Na4 Qe7 
click for larger view 14.c4?! <The correct move here is 14.Bb2. That might be a way to cut across Rajdabov's plan> Rad8 15.Qe2 <"Somehow everything came unexpectadly for me", said Radjabov who spent a lot of time here >
click for larger view15...Bc8 16.Qe3 f4 17.Qe4 Kh8 18.Rad1 Bg4 19.Rd2 Bxf3
20.Qxf3 Nh4
click for larger viewThe opening stage didn't went well for Carlsen and Radjabov already has initiative. Here Magnus played <21.Qe4?> which is serious mistake. Magnus could keep balance by playing <21.Qg4> or <21.Qh3>. 21.Qg4 f3 22.g3 Ng2 23.Re4 Rf6 24.Rd1 Rdf8 25.Bc1 or
21.Qh3 f3 22.g3 Ng2 23.Re4 with similar ideas.
"It's easy to get such a reaction after a day off", explained Carlsen his bad play in this game. |
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| Mar-24-13 | | chessmoron: <stunningmove> You are still in contention of a medal. Don't forget to predict your number of moves for round 9-14. |
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Mar-29-13
| | cro777: The hybrid system of the Rossolimo (it can arise after both 2...Nc6 and 2...d6) Adams, Michael - Piorun, Kacper
(Schachbundesliga 2013.03.17)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 <The hybrid system> 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 <White retreats the bishop and if given the chance will play d4> Bg4 8.h3
click for larger view8...Bh5?! <This move is very dangerous for Black. The right move is 8...Bxf3 as Caruana played agaist Adams at the Chess Olympiad 2012, and Slaby at the 4NCL 2011> 9. g4 Bg6 10. d4! cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 <At the Brittish Champioships 2011 S.Williams played against Adams 11...d5> 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Bg2 <Adams' preparation> O-O 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bg5 h5 16. Nd5 hxg4 17. hxg4 Re8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qb3 Na5 20. Qd3 Nc6 21. Rad1 Be7 22. Qe3 Qa5 23. a3
click for larger view23...Rab8? <The decisive error> 24. b4 Qa4 25. Nb6 Qc2 26. Rd2 1-0 
click for larger view |
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Mar-29-13
| | cro777: Adams' next tournament is the German League (Schachbundesliga) Round 13 (5 Apr 2013). After that he will participate in the Alekhine Memorial International Super-Tournament (21 Apr - 1 May 2013). The participants are Viswanathan Anand , Vladimir Kramnik, Levon Aronian, Peter Svidler, Boris Gelfand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Laurent Fressinet, Michael Adams, Nikita Vitiugov and Ding Liren. The tournament will be held in two stages, in Paris, where Alekhine lived at the height of his career, and St. Petersburg where the career started. The venues for the memorial will be the leading national museums of France and Russia, with five rounds played in Paris and (from April 28th) five in St. Petersburg. |
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Apr-03-13
 | | morfishine: Hi <stunningmove>! How's everything going? Any progress on the next WT game? I think it was the GRENKE classic where Adams indicated he was too busy, or something like that. Oh well Yeah, the Alekhine game doesn't look too good. No problem...I was getting tired of Sicilians! A good exercise for me: I now have a better appreciation for the awkward knight on b6 and know I should've played 10...Qxd6; I also know I probably won't be playing too many Alekhine's: Its hard to get a nice flow going between the pieces BTW: How did you like the candidates! Pretty tense stuff...All in all, very exciting though I have mixed feelings about the field and some individual performances. Well, it was going to be either Kramnik or Carlsen. Now maybe Kramnik can be Carlsen's second! Thanks for dropping by! |
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Apr-03-13
| | stunningmove: REPOST FROM DcGentle FORUM
During the Carlsen/Gelfand game we commented about the superiority of 5...Nd4 in the 3...e6 Rossolimo. Here are the stats from 2013 after the moves:
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0-0 Nge7 5.Re1
5...a6 3-1-0
5...Nd4 0-1-2
striking. and just as we have been saying. There has also been an uptick in the number of white players playing 4.Bxc6. Almost 50% of the 2013 games featured this move. It's a move I assume Adams won't play (he likes to retain the LSB) but I think we need to examine it. |
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Apr-04-13
| | DcGentle: <stunningmove>: BTW, 4. Bxc6 is not new to me, I had analyzed it earlier. With success, BTW. But I noticed that White can delay this move playing 4. 0-0 and then 5. Bxc6. This line I had not analyzed before, and although it makes not so much sense apparently, because the black knight can retake, it has been played before. Well I hope it's not overly dangerous.
And, <stunningmove>, did you check your PGN-database? There should be some lines with 4. Bxc6 already. If I remember correctly, this move was played at the Candidates tournament once, Carlsen - Radjabov, I guess. Later,
<DC> |
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Apr-04-13
| | stunningmove: Our database contains numerous 4.Bxc6 lines but no home cooked lines. Yes the Carlsen/Radjabov game was in this line. Scared Carlsen enough that when Gelfand played the Rossolimo he switched to 4.0-0. |
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May-06-13
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