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Wei Yi vs Michael Adams
Gibraltar Masters (2014), La Caleta GIB, rd 10, Feb-06
Four Knights Game: Spanish. Rubinstein Variation (C48)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Apr-29-14
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  JointheArmy: Wondering if Adams had a win somewhere.
Apr-29-14
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  WannaBe: Most interesting pawn structure for black, only d, e pawns moved.
Apr-29-14  twinlark: <JointheArmy>

I checked the engine and it seems it was Wei Yi who missed his winning chances late in the opening when Adams was sacrificing material.

After <12...Re8>, we reach the following position:


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White played <12. c3?> and the position was then objectively a dead draw from that moment, although obviously White had to find the right moves. There was no forced win.

Had White delayed c3 and castled instead, something like the following forcing sequence might have occurred: <12. 0-0 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Qh4 (not 13...Bxd3 to clear g5 for the Black queen because of 14.f4! and wins) 14. Kh1 Bd6 15. f4 Bg4 16. f3 Bh5 17. Kg1> with a solid advantage:


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Black might try temporarily saccing another exchange with <17...Rxe3 18. Rxe3 Qxf5 19. Qe2 (or Qd2) Bc5 20. Re1 Bxf3 21. Qf2 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Qg5+ 23. Kf1 Bxd5>:


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And White has the exchange for the pawn and winning chances. Note this second sequence is also fairly forced after <17...Rxe3>. A more solid try by Black might have been <17...Qh3>:


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eyeing the f-pawn. White can't save it so something like the following might transpire: <18. Qe2 Bxf3 19. Qf2 Bd5 20. Qg3 Qh5 21. Bd4 Rg8 (avoiding the rook exchange and protecting the g-pawn) 22. c4 Be6 23. Be5 Bc5+ 24. d4 Bb6>:


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All the chances are White's.

Apr-29-14  iking: such a dynamic play from Adams ....
May-02-14  goldenbear: <twinlark> After O-O Bxf3 gxf3 there is the immediate Bd6! (not Qh4?). These guys are smarter than your computer (hard to believe, but true). Motylev vs Radjabov, 2010
May-02-14  goldenbear: <iking> This is from Rubinstein. O Bernstein vs Rubinstein, 1912
May-02-14  goldenbear: <twinlark> Oh, sorry, it's early for me. You're trying to make Nxf3 work after castles. You're right, I don't think that works. Try Bxf3!

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