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up with his development on the queenside to stay in the game.
15 d6 + e6 16 h5 g5 17 � × g5!?
XIIIIIIIIY 9r + l +-trk + 0 9zpp +- +- + p0 9n +-zPpzp- + 0 9 +-zP- +-vLP0 9- + L +- +- + 0 9 +-wQ-zP- +-0 9-zP- + KzPP + 0 9wq- +- +-sNR0 xiiiiiiiiy I can’ t help feeling that the average player might be thinking about resigning around here because the position looks so bleak, but grandmasters are always resourceful when the going gets tough.
17 … � × c5!
The knight is heading for the e4 square if given the chance. Or 17 … f × g5? 18 h6 �f7 19 �h5 and Black will soon be checkmated.
18 �d4 f × g5 19 h6 �f7 20 �h5 �e4!
It says something about this variation that Black has to continue to play like a top grandmaster just to survive. This ingenious idea gives away the knight to put a brake on White’ s onslaught.
21 �f3
Or 21 � × e4 � × b2 + 22 �d1, when Black can keep checking to secure a draw, or go for it with 22 … �d7!, when 23 � × g5 + �h8 gives him an edge.
21 … g4 22 �g5 +! � × g5 23 � × g5 �a4!
The only way to avoid defeat, but once again Black comes up trumps with the right move.
24 � × f7 �c2 + 25 �e1 �c1 + 26 �e2 ½ – ½
A spectacular draw, but I have a feeling that most players cannot defend like a grandmaster!
Dortmund 2013
IM Tom Rendle thomasrendle365 @ hotmail. com
Michael Adams made an excellent start to this year’ s Dortmund event, after he moved to 1½ / 2, by grinding down Dmitri Andreikin in typical fashion on the White side of the Berlin Defence. Here we see Mickey employing the‘ Berlin Wall’ as Black to great effect against Italian superstar Fabiano Caruana.
G FL Caruana O M Adams
Dortmund, 2013 Ruy Lopez, Berlin C67 [ Rendle ]
1 e4 e5 2 �f3 �c6 3 �b5 �f6 4 0 – 0 � × e4 5 d4 �d6 6 � × c6 d × c6 7 d × e5 �f5 8 � × d8 + � × d8 9 h3 �d7
Instead, 9 … �e8 was Andreikin’ s choice, but he was left slightly worse against Adams after 10 �c3 h5 11 �f4 �e7 12 �ad1 �h4 13 � × h4 � × h4 14 �e2! M Adams – D Andreikin, Dortmund, 2013.
10 �d1 �c8 11 g4 �e7 12 �g5 �e8 13 f4 h5 14 �f2!?
The first new move of the game.
14 f5 had previously been tried by Caruana, but Black was able to hold on to a draw after 14 … h × g4( 14 … b6 is perhaps a safer alternative to the complications of 14 … h × g4) 15 h × g4