TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
39th Chess Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 (6)
Michael Adams beats World Number One Magnus Carlsen
IM Malcolm Pein - Wednesday 29th September 2010
Michael Adams beats Magnus Carlsen. Photo © Albran. | http://www.theweekinchess.com
Malcolm Pein looks at England's win against Norway in Round 6 of the Olympiad and in particular Michael Adams win against Magnus Carlsen.
England number one Michael Adams led his team to victory by dispatching world number one Magnus Carlsen with a sacrificial attack in the sixth round of the Chess Olympiad at Khanty Mansisk. Carlsen was worse for most of the game after playing a very dubious opening line, invented by the Dutch opening innovator Gerard Welling and briefly taken up by Tony Miles.
The idea involves Black's knight lurching from f6 to h5 on move three and then back to g7 as the move pawn g7-g6 is not the prelude to a fianchetto. It isn't quite as bad as it looks but Miles told me he played it mainly to wind his opponents up.
Carlsen played it a little differently, but it looked like he was ever so slightly, trying to take the Mickey out of Mickey. The joke was on the young Norwegian in the end. This should add an edge to their forthcoming battle at the 2nd London Chess Classic in December.
When the team lists were published it seemed like England should edge the contest, providing Adams was able to hold Carlsen, because the Norwegians were outrated on the other three boards. It didn't turn out like that. The Norwegians played fairly soundly with white and Luke McShane never looked like being better in his game.
England 2.5-1.5 Norway
(W) GM Michael Adams 2728 1-0 GM Carlsen Magnus 2826
(B) GM Nigel Short 2690 draw GM Jon Ludvig Hammer 2633
(W) GM Luke McShane 2657 draw IM Frode Elsness 2485
(B) GM Gawain Jones 2576 draw IM Torbjorn Hansen 2429
M Adams - M Carlsen
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6?! 3.e5 Nh5 4.Be2 d6
Magnus Carlsen
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Michael Adams
Position after 4...d6 Now 5.Bxh5 gxh5 6.Qxh5 Rg8 or 6...dxe5 7.dxe5 Qd5 gives Black some play.
5.Nf3 Nc6 6.exd6 exd6 7.d5 Ne7 8.c4 Bg7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.0-0 Bg4 11.Re1 Re8 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nf6 14.Bf4 Nd7 15.Rc1 Ne5 16.b3 a6
(After 16...Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Nf5 White still has the edge)
17.g3 Nf5 18.Bg2 g5!?
(18...Nd4 19.Re4 Nf5 20.Qd2 h6 21.h4)
19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.Ne4 Ng7 21.Qd2 h6 (I
f Black could organise f7-f5 he would be alright but Adams attacks first)
22.f4! gxf4 23.gxf4 Bf6 24.Kh2 Nh5 25.Rg1 Kh7?!
(King is exposed here, 25...Kf8!?)
26.Rcf1 Rg8
(26...Bg7 27.Bf3 Nf6 28.Ng3 coming to f5)
27.Qe2 Ng7 28.Qd3 Kh8 29.Bf3!
(Heading for c2)
29...b5 30.Bd1 bxc4 31.bxc4 Bh4 32.Bc2 f5 33.Rg6! Kh7 34.Rfg1 Qe7
(34...fxe4 35.Qxe4 leads to mate)
35.Ng3 Bxg3+ 36.Qxg3 Qf7
(36...Nh5 37.Qf3! Rxg6 38.Bxf5)
37.Bd1 Rae8 38.Rxh6+! 1-0
Magnus Carlsen
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Michael Adams
Position after 38.Rxh6+!
38.Rxh6+ Kxh6 39.Qg5+ Kh7 40.Qh4+ Nh5 41.Bxh5 Qe7 42.Bg6+ Kg7 43.Bxe8+ wins.
