The Weekly Show: Learning from Adams

by Lawrence Trent
5/7/2019 – On the show today, why Michael Adams has a reputation for making the smallest of advantages look so easily convertible. Available on-demand beginning at 16:00 UTC (18:00 CEST, 12 Noon EDT) and free for a limited time, or forever on-demand with a ChessBase Basic Account. You can register a free 90-day account to watch.
Welcome to the Bombastic Bird's, a revolutionary repertoire for one of the most enterprising and underrated openings in chess theory (1.f4). In this series, IM Lawrence Trent uncovers a number of groundbreaking theoretical novelties and new ideas that will soon have scorners of this romantic system regretting they ever doubted its soundness.

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Each week, I bring you the latest trends, games and combinations from elite chess tournaments on Tuesday at 16:00 UTC (18:00 CEST, 12 Noon EDT).

Today I am going to be looking at the 4NCL (the British premiere league) with Mickey's game vs David Howell from round six as Exhibit A(dams).

But first...In the diagram below Ivan Saric with Black just played Nc4, how should White proceed?

 
Jones vs Saric, TePe Sigeman Chess
Position after 37..Nc4

White to play — Give up? You'll find the complete game at the bottom of this article!

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 0-0 7.h3 a6 8.a4 Ba7 9.Re1 Ne7 10.Nbd2 Ng6 C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3 11.Nf1 c6 12.Bb3 d5 The position is equal. 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Ng3
14...a5N Predecessor: 14...h6 15.d4 exd4 16.Nxd4 Bb6 17.Bc4 Rb8 18.Qc2 Bxd4 19.cxd4 1/2-1/2 (41) Svidler,P (2745)-Jakovenko,D (2714) Novosibirsk 2016 15.d4 exd4 16.Nxd4 h6 17.Nb5 Bb8 18.Bxd5 cxd5 19.Qd4 Bxg3 20.fxg3 Ra6 21.Be3 Bf5 22.Rad1 Bc2! 23.Rd2 Bb3! 24.Bf2 White has some pressure. Rc6 25.Qa7 Qd7 25...Bxa4 26.Nd4 26.Qxb7 Rc8 26...Rc8 26.Qxa5± Ra6
27.Qc7 27.Qb4! Bxa4 28.c4 27...Rd8 28.Qxd7 Rxd7 29.Nd4 Bxa4 30.b3 Bc6
31.b4! And now b5 would win. b5 32.Re8+ Kh7 33.Rb8 Rc7 33...Ne5± 34.Nxc6+- 34.Nxb5 Bxb5 35.Rxb5 Rxc3± 34...Raxc6 35.Bd4 Don't play 35.Rxb5?! Rxc3 36.Rbxd5 36.Rdxd5 Rb3 36...Rb3± 35...Ne7 36.Rxb5 Nf5 37.Be5 Rc8 38.Rdxd5 Less strong is 38.Rbxd5 Ne3± 38...f6 38...Re6 39.Kf2 Ra8 39.Bf4 Ne7 40.Rd7 Ng6 41.Rbb7 Rg8 42.Rbc7 Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 52%. 1–0
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Adams,M2693Howell,D26981–020194NCL Div 1 2018-1910

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Read a recent review of Trent's previous FritzTrainer on the "Baffling b3 Sicilian"!

Make life difficult for the Sicilian! 2.b3 is a thoroughly venomous but still solid kind of "Anti-Sicilian". No matter what setup black chooses, the bishop on b2 will always be unpleasant for him.

Solution to today's puzzle:

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.Nc3 Rc8 B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7 7...e5 8.Qd3 Rc8 9.0-0 h6 10.Nd2 Be6 11.Rd1 Nf6 12.Nf1 Bc4 13.Qf3 Bxf1 14.Kxf1 Be7 15.Qd3 Rc6 1/2-1/2 (30) Ni,H (2674)-Fedoseev,V (2702) China 2019 8.e5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 f6 White has an edge. 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Qxd7+ Kxd7 12.Be3 e5 13.f4N Predecessor: 13.0-0-0+ Ke6 14.f4 Bb4 15.Nd5 1/2-1/2 (45) Sekanina,J (2117)-Kapusta,P (2172) Czechia 2011 13...Nh6 14.0-0-0+ Kc6 15.Rhf1 Nf7 16.Rd3 Bd6 17.Ne4 Hoping for Rfd1. Black is under pressure. Rhd8 18.Rb3 exf4 19.Nxd6 Nxd6 20.Bxf4 Ne4 21.Re3 Re8 21...Rd4= 22.Rfe1 Kd5 23.Rd1+ Kc5 24.Rde1 Kd5! 25.Rd3+ Kc6 26.Rd4 f5
27.g4! Nf6 27...fxg4 28.Rexe4 28.Red1 Strongly threatening Rd6+. fxg4 29.Rd6+ Kb5 30.R1d3 White has compensation. 30.a4+!? Kxa4 31.Rb6= 30...Rc6 31.Rb3+ Kc5 32.Rd1! aiming for Be3+. Nd5 33.Bg3 Threatens to win with Bf2+. Re2 34.Rxb7 Ne3 35.Rd3 And now Rxe3! would win. Rxc2+? 35...Rf6!= and Black stays safe. 36.Rc7+ Kb6 36.Kb1+- Re2
37.Rxg7? 37.Re7 Rb6± 37.Rxe3!+- Rxe3 38.Bf2 37...Nc4? 37...Nf5± is more resistant. 38.Rg5 38.Rxg4 Nxg3 39.hxg3 Rce6 38...Rf6 38.Rg5+ Kb4 39.a3+ Ka4 40.b3+ Double Attack Kxa3 ( -> ...Rb2+) 41.bxc4+ Discovered Attack Kb4 42.Rxg4 Bd6+ is the strong threat. Rxc4 43.Bd6+ Kb5 44.Rb3+ Ka4 45.Rb4+ Not 45.Rxc4+ Kxb3 46.Rb4+ Kc3+- 45...Rxb4+ 46.Rxb4+ Weaker is 46.Bxb4 h5+- 46...Ka5 47.Rh4 Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 57%. 1–0
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Jones,G2702Saric,I26941–02019TePe Sigeman&Co 20194.3

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Born in 1986, Lawrence Trent is an international master, who has represented England in numerous international youth championships (including a 7th place in the U18 WCh in 2003). The Londoner, who has a degree in Romance languages, already has a lot of experience as a trainer. Trent has recorded several DVDs for ChessBase.

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