The Spider and the Fly

Michael Adams – Hikaru Nakamura
6th Chess World Cup; match game 2; Baku, September 21, 2015
Spanish C67

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Ne2 b6 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. Nf4 Bb7 14. a4. Trying to improve on 14. e6 Bd6 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Ng5+ Kf6 17. Ne4+ Kf7 18. Ng5+ Kf6 19. Ne4+ Kf7 20. Ng5+ ½ : ½ Carlsen – Anand, World Chess Championship, Sochi 2014, match game 9. 14. ... Be7 15. e6 Bd6 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. Ng5+ Kf6 18. Ne4+ Kf7 19. Ng5+ Kf6 20. Ne4+ Kf7 21. a5 c5 22. Nxd6+ cxd6 23. c4 Ba6 24. b3 b5

25. cxb5? “Mickey now has a genuine shot if he can find 25. Rd5!. And it’s also more his sort of position than Naka’s”, Grandmaster Daniel W. Gormally said. 25. ... Bxb5 26. b4 cxb4 27. Rb1 Rac8 28. Rxb4 Rc5 29. Bb2 Bc6 30. a6 Ra5 31. Ne2 Re8 32. Nd4 Nxd4 33. Rbxd4 Rg5 34. Rf4+ Kg8 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Re4 37. Rxe4 Bxe4 38. Rxd6 Rxg4+ 39. Kf1 Rg6 40. Rd7 Rxa6 41. Rxg7+ Kf8 ½ : ½.

Michael Adams (R.) vs. Hikaru Nakamura (L.)
Photo: Eteri Kublashvili

From Hikaru Nakamura to Michael Adams