1.Qd5! | Qxd5 |
2.exd5 | |
Setting up an ending where the White Nc6 controls the important squares, and the Black
bishop is virtually redundant, despite controlling the a1-h8 diagonal | |
2... | g6 |
3.Rab1 | Bg7 |
4.c4 | Bc3 |
5.Rec1 | Bf6 |
6.Kf1 | Re4 |
7.g3 | Bg5 |
8.Rc2 | Rae8 |
9.Nb8! | |
This begins an attack on the Black pawns |
9... | a5 |
10.Nc6 | Kg7 |
11.Nxa5 | Ra8 |
12.Rb5 | Bf6 |
13.Ra2 | Bc3 |
14.Nc6 | Rxc4 |
15.a5 | |
The a-pawn, supported by the Nc6, can only be stopped by giving up material |
15... | Rxa6 |
16.Rc2 | Rcxc6 |
17.dxc6 | Rxa5 |
18.Rb7 | Ra1+ |
19.Kg2 | Ba5 |
20.Ra7! | |
And Black resigned, there being no play against Rc2-b2-b7 |
Adams-Almasi (1998) |