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May-05-05
 | | jahhaj: <the quiet man> Adams is known as 'the spider' by his fellow chess professionals. I remember Kasparov refering to him like that during the last FIDE world chess championship. It's a reference to the way he entraps his victims with his positional play. |
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May-05-05
 | | samikd: Michael Adams is probably the most avid practioner of the Marshall attack at the top level. Nobody else played nearly as many Marshall games as the 'spider' did.
I am aso curious to know what he thinks of his nickname |
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May-05-05
| | Wade Keller: Any obvious reason that I'm missing that Judit did not play 19.Bxd5 |
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May-05-05
 | | kevin86: Would you believe that there was a basketball player named Jim Springer-now Springer was a high jump champ in high school and also was a basketball star.Now in chess,the Springer is German for knight,because it can jump over other pieces.Now look at the knight's full move-doesn't it look like spider legs? To add to this:the above mentioned,Jim Springer played basketball at the University of Richmond-nicknamed the SPIDERS! Alas,Springer wasn't good enough for the pros,so he never become a Cavalier---another name for knight!!! The above story is 100% true! |
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| May-05-05 | | halcyonteam: Threatens Qe1++
Now thats a killer move! |
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May-05-05
 | | crafty: 19.  xd5 cxd5 20.  xd5  b8 21. b3 f4 22.  e4 fxg3  (eval 1.06; depth 15 ply; 1000M nodes) |
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| May-05-05 | | woodenbishop: Classic Adams! You gotta love this man's end game. |
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| May-05-05 | | allanon880: Nice Game. It is Classic Adams. |
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| May-05-05 | | ChessChimp: (16. Nd2) (PONY) (FRESH) (19...f4) (SPIDER) (FUN) (18. Qf3) (LADY) (SLEEP) (30...g5) (SPIDER) (HURT) (LITTLE) (MAN) (TRY) (45...f2) (SPIDER) (LADY) (NEW) (FOOD?) |
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May-05-05
| | schnarre: Very nice play by Black! |
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May-05-05
 | | Shams: crafty, please try 20...bd7 instead of 20...Rb8 in that line where black takes on d5. I think 21.N moves would follow. I have to believe the unopposed light-squared bishop will give black some tricks. |
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| May-06-05 | | ChessChimp: <Shams> (20. Bd7) (TRY) (NICE) (20...Nf3) (TOMORROW) (LADY) (EAT) (BLACK) (BANANA) (D7) (FOOD?) |
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May-06-05
| | jahhaj: <Shams, crafty> Or even 20... f4, can white afford to take the rook? |
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Sep-04-05
| | ChessMan94: Why did Polgar keep playing after 37 ...Qg4+? The king hunt that followed was a clear indication that the she was lost. If that's not enough, she keeps playing even after 43 ...Qxa1 when there is a huge material loss. She follows with 44 Rg6+ which seems like a spite check. |
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| Sep-04-05 | | RSD770: http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp... |
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Sep-05-05
 | | Hesam7: As <RSD770> mentioned this game is the topic of Dennis Monokroussos' lecture. I came to take a look at the game then I saw Crafty posting some analysis on move 19 so I thought I would run my engine (Fruit 2.1) too. Fruit evaluates the position different from Crafty. Here is the main line according to Fruit: 19 Bxd5 cxd5 20 Qxd5 Rb8 22 Qb3 Bb7 23 Re6 Rf6 24 Rxf6 Qxf6 25 Qd1 Re8 26 a4 b4 27 Nc4 Bc7 28 cxb4 Qc6 29 f3 Qxf3 30 Qxf3 Bxf3 (eval: +0.44) Depth: 17/50
645M nodes
176K nodes/sec
It is interesting to note that even at depth 15 (same depth as Crafty) Fruit's evaluation was +0.50. @ Shams
I checked your suggestion with Fruit. After 19 Bxd5 cxd5 20 Qxd5 Bd7 White can force simplifications, as a result his material advantage will be looming. Here is the main line after 20 ... Bd7 21 Nf3 f4 22 Bxf4 Bxf4 23 Qxd7 Bxg3 24 fxg3 Rxf3 25 Qd5 Rff8 26 Qe4 Qh6 27 Kh1 Rac8 28 d4 Qd2 29 Re2  (eval +1.80) Depth: 15/39
80M nodes
190K nodes/sec
@ Jahhaj
I guess she could have afforded to take the rook, Here is the main line after 19 Bxd5 cxd5 20 Qxd5 f4 21 Qxa8 21 ... fxg3 22 hxg3 Bxg3 23 Nf3 Bf4+ 24 Ng5 Qxg5+ 25 Qg2 Qd8 26 Bxf4 Rxf4 27 Re3 Rg4 28 Rg3 Rxg3 29 Qxg3 Bf5 30 d4 Be4 (eval: +1.93) Depth: 14/44
51M nodes
184K nodes/sec
Beside this after 20 ... f4 White has 21 Ne4 winning on the spot! |
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| Sep-06-05 | | Queens Gambit: Nice game |
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Jan-13-06
| | schnarre: So Judit Polgar is in the role of Miss Muffet for this game!? |
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| Jan-29-06 | | morpstau: Michael Adams is probably the most avid practioner of the Marshall attack at the top level. Nobody else played nearly as many Marshall games as the 'spider' did. I am aso curious to know what he thinks of his nickname |
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Feb-15-06
| | schnarre: <morpstau> I'm trying to recall how he even got it!? |
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Jan-03-08
| | sallom89: wow ! impressive. |
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| Jan-26-08 | | jovack: excellent foresight.
1. doesn't go for a loose pawn when he sees better; he can bust open white's kingside pawns 17 f5
2. drops the dark bishop (which wasn't really that useful) to gain uncontested access to the E file after that, white was just faced with too many attacking pieces and I think the ending was just a pleasant bonus where everything worked out, but who's to say a great game.. I really think my strategic play benefited from this |
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| Aug-08-10 | | Grantchamp: Nxf2 Qe1# brilliant |
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| Aug-09-10 | | TheGadge: Am I writing complete rubbish, or does 36.Kg2 not actually draw. Maybe the chess engine I'm using is complete rubbish...!!! |
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Apr-24-12
 | | plang: Played in round 6; in round 2 Anand had played 18 a4 against Adams (the game ended in a draw). 18 Qf3!? was new; it has not been repeated. The alternative 22 Qxc6..hxg 23 Qxa8..f3 24 h4..Bf5 would have given Black a ferocious attack. There is luck in chess; Adams had not considered 24 Re6 when playing 23..Bxg4 but it turned out that the complications after his 24..Qh5! were very favorable for him. Polgar could have maintained approximate equality with 26 Qh1..Qxh1+ 27 Kxh1..Rf6 but instead opted to take the piece with 24 Rxd6!?. After Polgar's 28 f3? Black's attack was very difficult to defend against; better would have been 28 Bd2 (defending against the threat of 28..Nf3+ and 29..Nh4)..Nf3+ 29 Kf1 and the game would likely end in a draw. White's last chance would have been 36 Kg1 though after 36..Qg4 when Black's attack would still likely have suceeded. |
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