BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 ROUND 7 – JONES vs ADAMS

This game is from round 7 of the British Championship 2018 tournament. It features Gawain Jones with White against Michael Adams with Black.

Today’s game features a Ruy Lopez.

Jones,Gawain Cb (2670) - Adams,Michael (2706)

105th British-ch 2018 Hull (7), 03.08.2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.a4 b4 9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems 

11...dxe5 12.Qxd8 [12.Qe2 a5 13.Nd2 Bc5 14.Nf3 Qe7 15.Be3 Ba6 16.Bxc5 Qxc5 17.Qe3 Qxe3 18.Rxe3 Rfe8 1/2–1/2 (34) Karjakin,S (2753)-Carlsen,M (2834) Wijk aan Zee 2018] 

12...Rxd8 13.Nd2 Bc5 14.Nf3 Bb7 15.Nxe5 Nxe4 

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16.Kf1N [16.Be3 Bd5 17.Bxd5 Rxd5 18.Nc6 Rd6 19.Bxc5 Nxc5 20.Nxb4 1/2–1/2 (35) Bondi,A (2356)-Cortigiani,M (2234) ICCF email 2017] 

16...Kf8 17.a5 Bd4 18.Nxf7 Rd7 19.Ng5 Nxg5 20.Bxg5 And now Be6 would win. 

20...Bxb2 21.Rad1 [21.Be3 looks sharper. 21...Bxa1 22.Bc5+ Rd6 23.Rxa1 Rb8 24.Re1] 

21...Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Hoping for Rd7. 

22...Bc6 23.Bf4 Bb5+ 24.Kg1 Rc8! 25.Rd5 Bf6 26.Rh5 h6 27.Rf5 Ke8 28.Rc5 Rd8 29.h3 [29.c4= keeps the balance. 29...bxc3 30.Rxc7] 

29...c6µ 30.Rf5 Bd4 31.Bc7 Rd7 

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32.Bb6 [32.Be5!³] 

32...Bxb6!–+ 33.axb6 Endgame KRB-KRB 

33...Rb7 34.c4 bxc3 35.Rc5 Rxb6 36.Rxc3 a5 37.f4 a4 38.Ba2 Rb7 39.f5 Rd7 40.Rg3 Kf8 41.f6 [¹41.Rc3] 

41...gxf6 42.Rg8+ Ke7 43.Rg7+ Kd8 44.Rg6 Rd2 45.Bg8 a3 46.Rxf6 a2 47.Bxa2 Rxa2 48.Rxh6 KRB-KR 

48...c5 49.Rh5 Rc2 50.h4 Ke7 

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51.g4 [51.Rh7+–+ Kf6 52.Rh8] 

51...Bd3 Black mates. 

52.Rd5 c4 53.h5 Ke6 54.Rc5 Kd6 55.Rc8 Ke5 56.Re8+ Kf4 57.h6 Kg5 58.Rh8 Kg6  0–1