GM Michael Adams
FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk, 28th August-20th September. Rd1 M Paragua (PHI) 0.5-1.5 M Adams (ENG). Rd2 M Adams 1.5-2.5 PH Nielsen (DEN). 128 players competing for three World Championship candidates places. Mickey Adams, British Champion, was the only English representative. An update appears in our 10/11 issue. Knockout: no second chances here…Stay tuned for a Svidler blitz!!
M Paragua
M Adams
FIDE Knockout, 2011
Nimzo-Indian, Capablanca E34
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Qc2 d5 5 cxd5 Qxd5 6 Nf3 Qf5 7 Qb3 Nc6 8 e3 0–0 9 Be2 e5 10 d5 Bxc3+ 11 bxc3 Na5 12 Qa4 b6 13 c4 e4 14 Nd4 Qg6 15 g3 Bg4 16 h3 Bxe2 17 Nxe2 Rfc8 18 Bd2 Nb7 19 Nf4 Qh6 20 Bc3 c6 21 0–0 Nh5 22 Ne2 Nc5 23 Qd1 cxd5 24 cxd5 Nd3 25 Bd4 Nf6 26 Nf4 Nxf4 27 exf4 Rc4 28 d6 Rd8 29 Rc1 Rxc1 30 Qxc1 Ne8 31 Be5 Qe6 32 Re1 f6 33 Bb2 Nxd6 34 Ba3 Nc4 35 Bb4 a5 36 Bc3 Rd3 37 f5 Qxf5 0–1.
M Adams
M Paragua
FIDE Knockout, 2011
Sicilian, Moscow B51
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 Bb5+ Nd7 4 d4 cxd4 5 Qxd4 a6 6 Bxd7+ Bxd7 7 0–0 Rc8 8 a4 Nf6 9 c4 g6 10 Nc3 Bg7 11 Be3 Bg4 12 Nd2 0–0 13 Qd3 Nd7 14 f4 Nc5 15 Qc2 Bd7 16 f5 b5 17 axb5 axb5 18 cxb5 e6 19 fxg6 hxg6 20 Rfd1 d5 21 exd5 exd5 22 Bxc5 Bf5 23 Nde4 Rxc5 24 Qf2 Rc4 25 Ng3 Be6 26 Rd3 d4 27 Rad1 Qb6 28 Nce4 Bd5 29 Nc3 Bb7 30 h3 f5 31 Nge2 Rd8 32 Kh1 Rb4 33 R3d2 Rd6 34 Qg3 Re6 35 Na2 Re3 36 Qh4 Rbb3 37 Ng1 Rxb5 38 Nc3 Rxb2 39 Rxb2 Qxb2 40 Qd8+ Kh7 41 Nd5 Qf2 42 Nxe3 dxe3 43 Qg5 e2 44 Nxe2 Qxe2 45 Qh4+ Qh5 46 Qxh5+ gxh5 47 Rd6 h4 48 Kg1 Be4 49 Kh1 Be5 50 Re6 Bc3 51 Kh2 Be1 52 Kg1 Kg7 53 Kf1 Bg3 54 Kg1 Bf4 55 Ra6 Be5 56 Kh1 Bf6 57 Kh2 Be5+ 58 Kh1 Kf7 59 Kg1 Ke7 60 Kh1 Bd6 61 Ra7+ Ke6 62 Ra5 Bd5 63 Ra4 Bg3 64 Kg1 Ke5 65 Rb4 Be1 66 Ra4 Be4 67 Kh2 Kf4 68 Ra3 Bf2 69 Kh1 Ke5 70 Ra4 Kd5 71 Ra2 Be1 72 Ra4 Bd3 73 Kg1 Bc4 74 Ra1 Bc3 75 Ra3 Bd4+ 76 Kh2 Ke4 77 Kh1 Bd3 78 Ra4 Ke3 79 Kg1 Bc2 80 Ra2 Kd2+ 81 Kh1 Kd1 82 Kh2 Be5+ 83 Kg1 Be4 84 Ra4 Ke1 85 Rb4 Bd6 86 Ra4 Bc5+ 87 Kh2 Bf2 88 Ra1+ Ke2 89 Kh1 Be3 90 Kh2 Bf4+ 91 Kg1 Bd2 92 Ra2 f4 93 Ra1 Bd5 94 Kh2 Bc4 95 Ra4 Bb3 96 Ra3 Bd5 97 Ra1 f3 98 gxf3 Kf2 99 Ra4 Bc3 100 f4 Kf1 101 Ra6 Bd2 102 Ra1+ Kf2 103 Ra4 Bb3 104 Rd4 Be3 105 Rb4 Be6 106 f5 Bxf5 107 Rxh4 Bd3 108 Rg4 Bf5 109 Ra4 Bd7 110 Ra2+ Kf3 111 Ra3 ½–½.
M Adams
PH Nielsen
FIDE Knockout, 2011
Sicilian, Dragon B76
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 Be3 Bg7 7 f3 0–0 8 Qd2 Nc6 9 0–0–0 d5 10 exd5 Nxd5 11 Nxc6 bxc6 12 Bd4 Bxd4 13 Qxd4 Qb6 14 Na4 Qc7 15 Bc4 Rd8 16 Bb3 Be6 17 Nc5 Nf4 18 Nxe6 Nxe6 19 Qe3 Nf4 20 g3 Nd5 21 Qg5 e6 22 Rd4 Rd7 23 Rhd1 ½–½.
PH Nielsen
M Adams
FIDE Knockout, 2011
Catalan E01
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 g3 d5 4 Bg2 Bb4+ 5 Bd2 Be7 6 Nf3 c6 7 Qc2 Nbd7 8 0–0 0–0 9 Rd1 b6 10 b3 Ba6 11 a4 Ne4 12 Be1 f5 13 a5 Bd6 14 e3 Qe7 15 Nc3 Ndf6 16 Ra2 Nxc3 17 Qxc3 c5 18 axb6 axb6 19 Rda1 Bb7 20 Rxa8 ½–½.
PH Nielsen
M Adams
FIDE Knockout, 2011
Catalan E04
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 g3 d5 4 Bg2 dxc4 5 Nf3 Bb4+ 6 Nbd2 b5 7 0–0 0–0 8 a4 c6 9 axb5 cxb5 10 Ng5 Nd5 11 e4 Qxg5 12 exd5 exd5 13 Nxc4 Qd8 14 Ne3 Be6 15 Qb3 a5 16 Nxd5 Nc6 17 Rd1 Rc8 18 Bf4 a4 19 Qf3 Bxd5 20 Qxd5 Qxd5 21 Bxd5 Rfd8 22 Bxc6 Rxc6 23 d5 Rc4 ½–½.
M Adams
PH Nielsen
FIDE Knockout, 2011
Sicilian B50
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 d4 cxd4 5 Qxd4 Nc6 6 Bb5 Bd7 7 Bxc6 Bxc6 8 Bg5 e6 9 Qd3 Be7 10 Nd4 0–0 11 0–0–0 Rc8 12 f4 Qa5 13 Kb1 Rfd8 14 g4 Be8 15 f5 Bd7 16 Rhg1 Qa6 17 Qf3 Rc4 18 Bc1 e5 19 g5 Rxc3 20 Qxc3 Nxe4 21 Qf3 d5 22 Nb3 Qc6 23 h4 g6 24 f6 Bf8 25 Nd2 Nd6 26 Nf1 Bf5 27 Qb3 Nc4 28 Rg2 d4 29 Rf2 Be6 30 Qg3 e4 31 h5 e3 32 Rh2 Na3+ 33 bxa3 Qc4 34 Bxe3 Qxa2+ 35 Kc1 dxe3 0–1.
