This is an instructive chess game between Michael Adams and Shreyas Royal from Round 6 of the 2025 English Chess Championship, played on July 20th. The opening is a Petrov’s Defense where we have a balanced position until Royal plays 16…f6, which creates long-term weaknesses on the light squares. In particular, the g6-square becomes a key target. Adams demonstrates how to steadily increase pressure, and sets up a fishing pole idea on the kingside to break through. The game concludes in only 30 moves, with Adams achieving a 99% accuracy!
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Image of Michael Adams by Lennart Ootes
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Nf1 c6 11. Bf4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Na6 13. Ng3 Nc7 14. h4 Ne6 15. Be5 Re8 16. h5 f6 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. Nf5 Qd7 19. N3h4 Nf8 20. Qf3 Bc7 21. Qg4 Kh8 22. g3 Qf7 23. Kg2 Rad8 24. c3 a5 25. Rh1 Re4 26. Ng6+ Nxg6 27. hxg6 Rxg4 28. gxf7 Re4 29. Rae1 g6 30. Rxh7+