What
is your earliest memory of playing chess?
Discovering
the brutal difference between stalemate and checkmate.
What
is your most memorable game?
v.
Ivanchuk, Terrassa 1991. Zugzwang occurred on an almost full board.
What
was your worst defeat?
v.
Tiviakov, PCA Interzonal, Groningen 1993. My position was not a pretty sight.
How
do you relax?
Watching
my koi carp.
What
is your greatest fear?
Never
finding the EU wine lake.
Who
is your favourite band/composer?
Guns
‘n’ Roses
What
is your favourite record?
Use
Your Illusion II
What
do you consider to be your greatest weakness as a chess player?
Calculating
variations and correspondence chess (I lost the only game I ever played).
What
is your greatest strength?
Avoiding
time trouble.
Which
book would you take to a desert island?
Any
Tom Sharpe novel.
How
would you characterise your chess-playing style?
Positional.
What
is your favourite television programme?
They
Think it’s all Over
Dream
Team
Have
I Got News for You
What
is your greatest extravagance?
My
wine cellar.
Against
which player do you have the worst results?
Anand
and Shirov both seems to have mistaken me for a punchbag.
Which
single thing would most improve the chess scene in Britain?
Some
more tournaments with sponsors.
In
which particular tournament do you most like to compete?
Tilburg.
Who
is the most irritating opponent you have faced?
Anand
and Shirov.
Who
is the most courteous person you have played?
Ivan
Morovic
What
is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Seek
not to know the answers but to understand the questions.
Ivanchuk-Adams
Terrassa
1991
Ruy
López
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Qh5 18.Nf1 Re6 19.Bd1 f5 20.Bxg4 Qxg4 21.Bd2 Rg6 22.Kg2 f4 23.f3 Qh5 24.g4 Qh4 25.Re2 Rxg4+ 26.fxg4 f3+ 27.Kh1 fxe2 28.Qxe2 Kh8 29.Kg1 h6 30.Qg2 Bf4 31.Be1 Qg5 32.h3 Qg6 33.Rd1 Bb8 34.Rd2 Qb1 35.Bf2
35.... Kg8
Now
White cannot move a piece without losing material.
He
is forced to make a weakening pawn move, and soon capitulates.
36.b3 Bf4 37.Re2 Nxc3 38.Re6 Qxa2 39.Rxc6 Qxb3 40.Rxa6 Ne2+ 41.Kh1 Bb8 42.Be1 Qd1
0-1