Simon Says - More thoughts on the British Championship

by Simon Williams
8/19/2019 – GM Simon Williams wraps up his look at the British Championship, focusing on the most brilliant wins of the winner, Michael Adams. Watch for free (for a limited time) starting at the usual hour: 16:00 UTC (18:00 CEST / 12 Noon EDT).

The Colle-Koltanowski system is very easy to learn, yet an extremely dangerous opening.

All about Adams

In this Simon Says, I conclude my coverage of the 2019 British Chess Championships. Michael Adams was a worthy winner and in this show we take a look at some of the most important games and brilliant wins.

But first: White is winning this endgame, but what now?

 
Palliser vs Howell, round 2 (analysis)
Position after move 53...Rg8+

The full game may be found below

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In early 2015 Simon Williams launched his own show called "Simon says" after producing the first of his ChessBase video series. On a weekly basis (with breaks for tournaments and chess events) Simon entertains the chess world with attacking ideas, play strategies and witty manoeuvres on the chess board.

ChessBase Premium members have permanent access to the videos in the archive. Over 60 shows and counting have been published to date. Their lengths differ but most of them run for about 60 minutes.

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On another note, Simon recently published his newest DVD "The Torre Attack". 

Here's a teaser:


The Torre Attack is an extremely effective way of taking your opponent into an uncomfortable situation right from move one.


 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 d6 6.e4 0-0 7.Nge2 a6 8.Ng3 b5 9.Bf4 exd5 10.cxd5 c4 11.a4 Ba5 12.Be2 Qb6 13.Qd2 Nbd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Bd4 Nfd7 16.Nf5 Ne5 17.Ne7+ Kh8 18.Nc6 b4 19.Nd1 f5 20.Qg5 Bd7 21.Nxe5 dxe5 22.Bxe5 Rf7 23.Ne3 h6 24.Qf4 b3+ 25.Kf1 Bd2 26.Bd4 c3 27.bxc3 Qa5 28.Qxh6+ Kg8 29.Nc4 b2 30.Rb1 gxh6 31.Nxa5 Nxa4 32.e5 Bb5 33.c4 Bxa5 34.cxb5 axb5 35.Bxb5 Bc3 36.Bxa4 Bxd4 37.e6 Rxa4 38.exf7+ Kxf7 39.Ke2 Ke7 40.Rhd1 Kd6 41.Rxd4 Rxd4 42.Rxb2 Rh4 43.Ke3 Rxh2 44.Kf4 Kxd5 45.Kxf5 h5 46.Rd2+ Kc5 47.Kf4 h4 48.Ke3 h3 49.gxh3 Rxh3 50.Ke4 Rh8 51.Rd5+ Kc6 52.f4 Re8+ 53.Kd4 Re6 54.f5 Rd6 55.Rxd6+ Kxd6 56.f6 Ke6 57.Ke4 Kf7 58.Kd4 Kxf6 ½–½
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Palliser,R2399Howell,D2697½–½2019106th British Championship2

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Simon Williams became a IM in 1998 and a GM in 2008. For the last 15 years he has concentrated on teaching, playing and making instructional chess DVDs. He also has a lot of experience commentating about chess. Being the regular commentator at the strongest and best open tournament in the world, Gibraltar. Simon Williams is the author of numerous chess books. His first chess book. 'Play the Classical Dutch' got voted, in New in Chess, as one of the top 10 chess books of all time. His playing style is very aggressive, preferring attacking chess to positional grinds. No wonder he produced two widely acclaimed ChessBase DVDs on the King's Gambit. More information about Williams can be found on his website.

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