[Event "Biel 53rd"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "2020.07.27"] [Round "5"] [White "Anton Guijarro, David"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Anton Guijarro,David"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2703"] [BlackElo "2701"] [PlyCount "107"] [GameId "376620131447"] [EventDate "2020.07.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "17"] [SourceTitle "CBM 197"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2020.07.27"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,107,58,-14,-19,-31,-19,-46,-34,-62,-48,-97,-19,-26,23,-24,18,-59,-28,-14,-5,-29,17,-22,2,14,17,12,16,-6,31,30,28,8,28,20,35,6,16,-34,-25,-20,18,-10,10,7,10,28,70,33,78,80,74,47,67,47,47,53,69,81,104,57,57,75,80,74,105,116,133,59,36,60,91,66,88,88,102,102,111,111,111,102,179,72,72,72,71,76,76,68,170,153,282,195,318,265,269,221,253,358,358,265,347,347,764,29988,29989,29990,29991,29992]} 1. c4 {At this moment I was not having a good tournament (it ended even worse to me, I lost the last two rounds after this game) so I really needed a victory.} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 {As usual Adams goes for one of the most solid lines.} 5. Qa4+ Bd7 {5... c6 or 5...Nbd7 are the other main lines. Lately all these 3 moves have been equally popular.} 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. Qd3 $5 {This move was introduced two years ago and forces Black to take on d7 with the knight.} (8. O-O Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. b3 {With a similar position as in the game, but Black gets the "ideal formation" earlier.}) 8... Nc6 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. b3 Be7 (10... Nb4 11. Qc4 b5 12. Qe4 Rb8 13. Nc3 {with the idea of Qb1 and White keeps everything under control.}) 11. Bb2 O-O 12. O-O Rd8 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Qc1 Qd7 16. Rd1 Rac8 17. d3 {Until here we were following my game against Karjakin. The novelty by Adams doesn't change the position.} h6 $146 (17... b6 18. Qd2 Nbd5 19. Ne4 h6 20. e3 Qb5 21. Bf1 Qe8 22. Qe2 Rd7 23. a3 {with a slight advantage for White, ending in a draw in 38 moves. ½-½ (38) Anton Guijarro,D (2674)-Karjakin,S (2760) Douglas 2019}) 18. Rb1 $5 (18. a3 Nc6 19. e3 $6 Nd4 $1 {It was important to see this line. White would be in trouble here.}) 18... b6 19. a3 Nc6 20. e3 {Here Black got the "ideal formation", all pieces seems to be in the right squares. The problem is that White can slowly improve the position.} Nd5 21. Ne4 $1 {I think the position is much more interesting with knights and gives more practical winning chances.} Qc7 22. Qc2 Qb8 23. Qe2 {This is the best square for the queen. Black can only wait.} Ne5 24. Rbc1 $6 {It is not clear why the rook is better placed on c1.} (24. f4 $1 Nd7 25. Rf1 (25. g4 $16)) 24... Nd7 25. f4 {I was not completely sure about this, which is why I didn't play it in the previous move. Now I have a weakness on e3 but if I wanted to win I had to go for it.} a5 (25... b5 {was probably a better idea.}) 26. g4 {The logical idea after f4. The black queen is far from the kingside so it is easier to attack there.} N5f6 {During the game I calculated (wrongly) some fun lines as this one:} (26... e5 $6 27. g5 $2 (27. Ng3 $1 $18) 27... exf4 28. gxh6 g6 (28... Rc6 $1 $11 {I totally missed this move}) 29. Rf1 $1 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 $1 fxe3 31. h7+ Kxh7 32. Rxf7+ {and White should win.}) 27. Nd2 Nd5 28. Ne4 N5f6 29. Nc3 b5 {I thought that allowing g5 couldn't be good for Black but the computer says Adams' move is the best idea.} (29... Ne8 $5) 30. g5 hxg5 31. fxg5 Nh7 32. h4 Ne5 $2 {This seems to be the mistake according to the computer but I think it was already difficult to play with Black. 32...f6 and 32...c4 are the best alternatives but it is very difficult to understand why.} 33. Ne4 $1 c4 34. Bxe5 Qxe5 (34... cxd3 $2 35. Qb2 {protecting the bishop}) 35. d4 Qc7 36. a4 {Now the black position is falling apart} f5 37. gxf6 Nxf6 38. Nxf6+ Bxf6 39. axb5 c3 40. Qg4 Qd6 41. Bf1 $6 (41. Bc6 $1 {was the simplest way to win.}) 41... c2 42. Rd2 Rc3 (42... a4 $1 {This was a very good practical resource that we both missed.} 43. bxa4 Rc3 44. Bd3 $4 (44. Qh3 $1 $18) 44... Qa3 $11) 43. Bd3 Rxb3 (43... a4 44. Rcxc2) 44. Rcxc2 {The rest is easy.} Kf8 45. Rd1 Qb4 (45... Qa3 46. Rf1 Rxd3 47. Rc7) 46. Rc7 Rc3 47. b6 Rxc7 48. bxc7 Rc8 49. Qxe6 Rxc7 50. Rb1 Re7 51. Qc6 Qd2 52. Rb8+ Kf7 53. Qd5+ Re6 54. Qh5+ 1-0