Michael Adams beats Stuart Conquest in Round 8

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Michael Adams beats Stuart Conquest in Round 8

IM Malcolm Pein - Thursday 5th August 2010

Malcolm Pein reports on Michael Adams win against 2008 champion Stuart Conquest in Round 8 of the British Championships.

Adams - Conquest Round 8. Photo © Dave Clayton.

Adams - Conquest Round 8. Photo © Dave Clayton. | http://www.britishchess2010.com/

Michael Adams is on course for the most emphatic victory in the history of the British Chess Championships, nearing their conclusion at the University of Kent in Canterbury. With three to play, Adams has 7.5/8 and the nearest challenger is IM Adam Hunt on 6/8. Hunt played a nice game to defeat IM Jovanka Houska and he must face Adams in round nine.

Adams' seventh win was over 2008 champion Stuart Conquest. Play continued into the sixth hour but Adams always held the upper hand after Conquest's passive opening led to a weakness which Adams fixed, surrounded and then finally captured. At one point Adams had all five of his pieces focussed on the e5 square, behind which stood a backward pawn on e6 which duly fell. The white queen invaded and the game ended as follows.

Stuart Conquest