Michael Adams vs Joel Lautier (1991)

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Michael Adams vs Joel Lautier
Biel (1991), Biel SUI, rd 10
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation. Chistyakov Defense (C07) · 1-0

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May-04-06		notyetagm: Beautiful pin play by Adams culminates in 31 ♖d1!, piling on the fully-pinned Black d3-rook by taking what it does not defend (the d1-square). If Black meets the threat to his pinned and en prise d3-rook by defending it with 31 ... e4, then White replies 32 ♗f4!, piling on the fully-pinned Black b8-bishop by taking what it does not defend (the f4-square)! Pile on one pin (31 ♖d1!) and if the opponent meets that threat (31 ... e4) then you just pile on the other pin (32 ♗f4!). Beautiful, simple play by Adams.

Mar-09-11		wordfunph: "My opponent in this game has the habit of screwing in his moves when in a powerful position, and this was an indirect factor in this game. Some rounds earlier Joel had defeated Larry Christiansen and finished his victory by screwing in the last few moves, which had not greatly pleased Larry. He immediately put a price of two beers on Joel's head for this game and four more if I screwed in the winning move.." - GM Michael Adams (Chess in the Fast Lane)

Mar-09-11		Shams: <wordfunph> Interesting. I was listening to Larry once broadcasting a round of a big tournament. He described this 'screwing in' of a piece as "one of the more annoying habits of tournament players" and promised to share an anecdote later. Well, it was a long tournament and I missed the anecdote. In my quiet moments I've wondered what it is. Thanks for sharing-- this must be it! Presumably Adams screwed in the piece here, though the winning move being with a rook, it couldn't have been that satisfying. As everyone knows, it's most satisfying to screw in knights.

Mar-09-11		wordfunph: <Shams> that may be the anecdote Larry intended to share.. :) there was also an unverified story of Kasparov screwing pieces into the board when he was playing Deep Blue, ohlalah! chess is indeed wonderful..

Mar-09-11		Shams: Does Adams relate if he screwed in the final move? Six pints is nothing to sniff at.

Mar-09-11		wordfunph: <Shams> Mickey ended his game annotation with.. "Round about here I remembered Larry's offer --- though screwing in my moves is not really my style, six beers sounded promising. In any case Joel prevented me from making the decision by resigning."

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