[Event "British Championship 2026"] [White "Adams,Michael"] [Black "Royal,Shreyas"] [Site "Coventry"] [Round "8.1"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2026.08.08"] [WhiteElo "2622"] [BlackElo "2502"] [PlyCount "44"] {} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} e5 {[%emt 0:5:25]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:15]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:19]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:0:19]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 5. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:0:42]} 6. fxe3 {[%emt 0:0:7]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:25]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:2:26]} O-O {[%emt 0:2:15]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:1:59]} Be6 {[%emt 0:12:16]} 9. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:2:17]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:0:8]} d5 {[%emt 0:17:53]} 11. c3 {[%emt 0:8:24]} h6 {[%emt 0:6:24]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:4:20]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:4:18]} 13. b4 {[%emt 0:2:48]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:2:7]} 14. d4 {[%emt 0:12:16]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:5:45]} 15. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:0:33]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:0:16]} 16. Nfd2 {[%emt 0:11:43]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:3:45]} 17. Rac1 {[%emt 0:6:54]} Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:2:19]} 18. Rxf1 {[%emt 0:0:51]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:4:19]} 19. b5 {[%emt 0:8:35]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:5:34]} 20. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:1:6]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:2:23]} 21. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} exd4 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 22. exd4 {[%emt 0:6:7]} e5 {[%emt 0:1:24]} 1/2-1/2