C10 Adams Michael (ENG) - Akopian Vladimir (ARM) Moscow (Russia) 11. 6.2004

[#]1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤d2 Adams's tastes are invariable... 3...de ...while Akopian abstains from his favorite continuation 3...c5. 4.¤e4 ¤d7

[4...¤f6 5.¤f6 gf 6.¤f3 ¥g7 7.¥d3 c5 8.O-O cd 9.¤d4 f5 10.¤f3 O-O 11.c3 £c7 12.£e2 ¤c6 13.¥c2 ¦e8 14.¥f5 ¤e5 15.¥c2 ¤g6 16.h4 f5 1-0, Zatulovskaya Tatiana 2120 - Akopian Vladimir 2455 , Moscow 1979 Olympiad URS]

5.¤f3 ¤gf6 6.¤f6 ¤f6 7.c3 +=

[7.¥e3 ¥e7 8.¥d3 b6 9.¤e5 £d5 += CAP;

7.¥e2 ¥e7 8.O-O O-O 9.c3 b6 10.¤e5 ¥b7 11.¥f3 £c8 += CAP;

7.¥b5 c6 8.¥d3 ¥e7 9.O-O O-O 10.c3 ¥d6 11.¥g5 h6 12.¥h4 += CAP]

7...c5

[7...¥e7 8.¥d3 O-O 9.£e2 b6 10.g4 ¥b7 11.¦g1 c5 12.g5 ¤d5 13.h4 cd 14.¤d4 £c7 15.¥d2 ¤f4 16.¥f4 £f4 17.¦g4 £h2 18.O-O-O ¥c5 19.¥e4 ¥e4 20.¦e4 ¦ad8 21.£f3 £c7 22.¤b3 ¦d1 23.¢d1 ¦d8 24.¢c2 £d6 25.¦e1 £d5 26.£d5 ¦d5 27.¤c5 ...0-1, Gurevich Ilya 2586 - Dzindzichashvili Roman 2544 , San Francisco 1999 It (active)]

8.¤e5 +=

[8.¥e3 £c7 9.¤e5 a6 10.£a4 ¤d7 11.O-O-O cd 12.¤d7 £d7 13.£c2 ¥c5 14.¥d4 ¥d4 15.¦d4 £c7 16.¥d3 ¥d7 17.g3 h6 18.¦d1 O-O-O 19.¦c4 ¥c6 20.¥e4 ¦d1 21.£d1 ¦d8 22.£f3 ¦d6 23.h4 ¢b8 24.¥c6 ¦c6 25.¦c6 bc 26.h5 ¢b7 27.¢c2 f5 ...1-0, Adams Michael 2752 - Anand Viswanathan 2755 , Linares 2002 It (cat.20)]

8...a6 += 9.¥g5 = +0.06 CAP. Perhaps, this rare move will become popular after this game.

[9.¥e3 £c7 (9...cd 10.¥d4 £d5 += +0.48 CAP) 10.£a4 ¥d7 11.¤d7 £d7 12.£d7 ¤d7 13.O-O-O cd 14.¥d4 O-O-O 15.f4 ¤b8 16.¥e2 ¤c6 17.¥b6 ¦d1 18.¦d1 ¥e7 19.¥f3 ¥d8 20.¥e3 ¥c7 21.¢c2 g6 22.b4 e5 23.¥c6 bc 24.fe ¥e5 25.¥d4 ¥d4 26.¦d4 ¦e8 27.¦d6 ¦e2 28.¢b3 ¢c7 ...1/2-1/2, Korneev Oleg 2613 - Slobodjan Roman 2514 , Arco 2003 It (open);

9.£a4 ¥d7 10.¤d7 £d7 11.£d7 ¢d7 (11...¤d7 12.¥e3 cd 13.¥d4 e5 14.¥e3 ¥c5 15.¢e2 O-O-O 16.¦d1 ¥e3 17.¢e3 f5 18.¥c4 += CAP) 12.dc ¥c5 13.¥d3 ¢e7 14.f3 ¦ad8 15.¢e2 ¦d7 16.¥f4 ¥d6 17.¥g5 h6 18.¥h4 ¦c8 19.¦ad1 g5 20.¥e1 ¤d5 21.g3 ¤b6 22.¥d2 ¥e5 23.¥c1 ¤c4 24.f4 gf 25.gf ¥f6 26.¦hg1 b5 27.¦g3 h5 28.¦dg1 ¦dd8 ...1/2-1/2, Bologan Viktor 2684 - Milov Vadim 2592 , Istanbul 2003 Ch Europe]

9...¥e7N? +0.95 Shredder8 +=/white stands better This is not logical; Black loses too much time.

[¹9...£d5 10.¥e3 (10.¥f6 gf 11.¤c4 cd +0.34 Shredder8) 10...cd 11.£d4 1/2-1/2, Robatsch Karl 2460 - Geller Efim P 2455 , Habana 1963 Memorial J.Capablanca;

9...cd 10.£a4 ¥d7 11.£d4 £c7 12.¤d7 ¤d7 13.O-O-O f6 14.¥h4 O-O-O 15.f4 ¥c5 16.£e4 e5 17.fe ¤e5 18.¥e2 £c6 19.£c6 ¤c6 20.b4 ¥e3 21.¢c2 ¤e5 22.¥g3 ¦he8 23.a4 ¦e7 24.¦he1 ¦d1 25.¥d1 ¥h6 26.¥g4 ¢d8 27.¦d1 ¢e8 28.¥e2 ¥e3 29.a5 ...1-0, Damaso Rui 2450 - Cubero Ferreiro Rodrigo 2095 , Ferrol 2002 It (open);

9...h6 10.¥h4 g5 11.¥g3 cd 12.£a4 ¤d7 13.O-O-O ¥c5 14.cd ¥a7 15.d5 b5 16.£c2 ed 17.¤g6 1-0, Murariu Andrei 2361 - Jakab Attila 2358 , Budapest 2003 It (cat.7);

9...b5 10.£f3 £d5 11.¥e2 ¥b7 12.¥f6 £f3 13.¥f3 ¥f3 14.¥g7 ¥g2 15.¥h8 ¥h1 16.f3 ¥g2 17.¢e2 cd 18.¦g1 ¥h3 19.¥f6 dc 20.bc a5 21.¦g8 ¦c8 22.¥g7 ¢e7 23.¥f8 ¦f8 24.¤c6 ¢e8 25.¦f8 ¢f8 26.¤a5 e5 27.c4 bc 28.¤c4 ¥e6 29.¢d3 ¥d5 30.a4 ¥f3 ...1/2-1/2, Miron Lucian-Costin 2131 - Meier Georg 2249 , Budva 2003 Ch Europe (juniors) (under 16)]

10.dc!? +0.95 Shredder8

[10.¥d3?! O-O 11.O-O cd 12.cd +0.50 Shredder8]

10...£d1! +0.95 Shredder8

[10...O-O? 11.£d8 ¦d8 12.¤g4 ¦b8 +1.00 Shredder8]

11.¦d1 ¥c5 12.¥e2 h6?! This is yet another serious inaccuracy on Black's part.

[Instead, Adams suggests 12...¤d5!?]

13.¥h4 g5?! +1.25 Shredder8

[13...O-O!? 14.O-O ¤d5 15.¥f3 f6 +0.90 Shredder8]

14.¥g3 ¤e4 15.¥f3 ¤g3 16.hg And then, the decisive mistake follows enabling the Englishman to conduct a beautiful combination:

16...¢e7? +2.25 Shredder8

[¹16...¥e7 17.¤c4 ¥c5 18.¢e2 ¢e7 +1.32 Shredder8]

17.¥b7 ¥b7 18.¦d7 ¢f6 19.f4! The rest is obvious. 19...gf 20.gf ¢f5?! +3.50 Shredder8

[20...¦hf8!? 21.¦b7 ¢g7 22.¤d7 ¦fc8 +2.75 Shredder8]

21.¦f7 ¢e4 22.¦b7 ¦ag8 23.¦c7 ¥e3 24.¦c4 ¢d5 25.¦h5 +8.00 Shredder8 [...] Black resigned. [1:0]