1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.h3 0–0 10.Be3 Nc6 11.0–0 Rfd8 12.Rc1 Rac8 13.b3 e6 14.Qf3< White threatens 15 Nxc6 Qxc6 16 Bg5 Nd7 Nb5 winning the exchange> 14...Qe7 15.Rfd1 a6 16.Nxc6 Rxc6 17.Bd4 Rdc8< With ideas of 18...b5 and play on the queenside.> 18.a4 <But a player with Adams positional style will not allow that >18...Nd7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qe3 <Probably to deter 10...Qg5 which would be a more active square for the black queen >20...Qd8< so the black queen decides to relocate on the queenside >21.Ne2 Qa5 22.Nd4 Rb6 23.Rc3 Qc5 24.Qe1 Ne5 25.Re3< Moving the rook to e3, Adams now threatens 26 a5 Rb4 27 Nc2 winning the exchange> 25...Nc6 26.Nc2 a5 27.Qc3+ Kg8< Not 27...Qe5 28 Rxd6! [27...e5?? 28.Rd5 traps the queen]> 28.g3 Nb4 29.Nxb4 Rxb4 <Black is threatening to open the queenside with 30...b5 31 axb5 Rxb5 and white can't take the rook with his c4 pawn because his queen is pinned. So..........> 30.Qf6< Adams has nice control of the a1 - h8 diagonal> 30...Rb6 31.e5 Re8< [31...dxe5?? 32.Red3 is decisive]> 32.h4 d5? <loses a pawn, but what to do, white is in control. >33.Rf3 Qe7 34.Qxe7 Rxe7 35.cxd5 exd5 36.Rxd5 Rbe6 37.Rxa5 Rxe5 38.Rxe5 Rxe5 39.Re3< Cheparinov should probably be able to hold this position, but he goes astray >39...Rd5 40.Re8+ Kg7 41.Rb8 Rd7 42.Kg2 h5 43.b4 Kf6 44.a5 Ke6 45.b5 Kd6 46.Rc8 Re7 47.b6 Re5??< The rook shouldn't leave the seventh rank >48.a6 1

Typical accurate positional play by Adams. He basically shut out any counterplay by Cheparinov, who had nothing to attack all through the game. Adams always had a nagging initiative and Cheparinov couldn’t find any sort of plan.

I think Cheparinov is starting to dislike the English players.

Great positional play by Adams.

<whiteshark:> lol - Nice image. Very clever!