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Ruslan Ponomariov vs Michael Adams
Corus Group A (2005), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 9, Jan-25
Russian Game: Classical Attack. Chigorin Variation (C42)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Jan-25-05  PinkPanther: I really can't quite believe this game.
Jan-25-05  suenteus po 147: What's not to believe?
Jan-25-05  jahhaj: Maybe Adams missed 38 ... ♖xh3 and 40 ... ♖xh3 because of time pressure but why agree the draw on the 41st move? Black is better and should be playing for a win.
Jan-25-05  jsastre48: Indeed Rh3 should win but I guess that Adams had the fear of having a trapped knight after the exchages.
Jan-25-05  notsodeepthought: After the 41st move, 42 Kd2 gives a threefold repetition of the same position - so at that point it was too late for black to change his mind. And before the 40th move Adams may have been in time trouble, as pointed out in the previous post.
Jan-25-05  cade: Adams had around 8 minutes when he missed Rxh3 the first time. I would expect someone of Adams calibre to be able to spot a simple Knight fork easily in that time. There is no doubt that all he wanted was a draw today and as soon as he saw the 1/2 point he took it. Ever since his second win hes been playing safe, i wish he had more ambition.
Jan-25-05  PinkPanther: I'm one of the biggest Adams fans around, but even I admit I wish he'd be more agressive with black. He's more or less harmless with the black pieces unless he gets to play the Marshall Attack.
Jan-25-05  iron maiden: Besides, he practically had to win this game to keep any hopes of winning this tournament.
Jan-26-05  jahhaj: <jastre48> My point was that when Adams played his 41st move he was no longer in time trouble and he could have played something like 41 ... ♖f5. Chessbase claims he was horrified when he learned he'd repeated the position three times however. Maybe the time pressure got to him.
Jan-26-05
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  Open Defence: <jahhaj> When a player is in time trouble most times they don't realize if they have crossed the time control and hence they continue to play quickly upto say move 42, 43 etc

It could have happened here, only Mickey knows

Sep-26-23
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  plang: 18..Ne7?! had been played in Bruzon-Perea Cuba 2004 where White quickly got an edge (game not included in this database); 18..Na5 was new. 23 Bxe4..dxe 24 Qxe4..Re8 25 Qb1..Qg5 26 Rxe8+..Rxe8 27 Nd2..Be2 28 Nhf3..Qxb5 29 Qxb5..Bxb5 would have resulted in an unclear position. Several annotators gave 26..Bxf3 a ! while Adams wasn't so sure giving it a ?! instead. After 28 Nd2?..Rf2! Black gained an advantage; a stronger defense was 28 Qd1..Rcf8 29 Re3!..Rxe3 30 Nxe3..Qf4 31 Ng2..Qf2+ 32 Kh1..Qb2 33 Ra1..Qxc3 34 Rc1..Qxd4 35 Qf3! where White would have remained on top. While it is true that Black missed a win by allowing a three time repetition Adams showed that the winning line was trickier than other annotators had led people to believe: 40..Rxh3 41 Rxa5..Rh2+ 42 Be2..bxa 43 Ke1..Rh3 44 Kd2..Rh1 45 Kc2..Rh2 46 Kd2..Rf2 and the rook gets back in time to stop the b-pawn.

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