The Coach Reacts : Ukkoskuuro (1639) vs Adham (1688)

In this episode I provide a thorough analysis of Starcraft 2 GM and pro streamer GM_Ukko 's game. A few words about Ukko and his chess background (Written by him): "... In high school I never touched the game, a physical board or virtually. To be honest I'm having a hard time trying to figure out exactly when and why I got back into it, but it must have been about 3 years ago now. I think it was because of a pretty good friend of mine I met through StarCraft, Gus. He has been taking chess pretty seriously recently and having that in my life kinda keeps me motivated to keep up, at least to some degree. These days I don't study much at all just due to time constraints, I just make a habit of watching Naroditsky's daily stuff when I eat breakfast in the morning, and do my best to internalize something from it each time. I play maybe 5ish hours of games per week, usually on Lichess. Mostly Blitz/Bullet. I'm 1550ish Bullet, 1700ish Blitz. I think that's about it. Hope that wasn't too long winded. Cheers!" [Event "youtube games: Ukko"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/8WN"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "C10"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/IMAndrasToth"] [PlyCount "105"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 (4. exd5 exd5 (4... cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6) 5. dxc5) 4... dxe4 5. Nxe4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Bb5+ (7. Nb5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Na6 9. Bc4 Ke7) 7... Bd7 8. Bxd7+ (8. Qe2 exd4 9. Nd6#) (8. Bg5 f6 9. Qh5+ (9. Ne6 Qa5+ 10. Bd2) 9... g6) 8... Qxd7 9. Nf3 Qxd1+ (9... Qd2+) 10. Kxd1 Be7 11. Nxe5 Nf6 12. Ng3 (12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Re1 O-O 14. c3 Rd8+ 15. Kc2) 12... O-O 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Nd3 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Nc6 16. c3 Ng4 17. Nh3 Rfe8 18. Kc2 Re7 19. Rhe1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Nxh2 21. f3 f6 22. Rh1 Nxf3 23. gxf3 Re8 24. Ne4 Ne5 25. f4 Ng4 26. Re1 (26. Nd6 Re2+ 27. Kb3) 26... Kf8 (26... f5 27. Nhf2 (27. Rg1) 27... Nxf2 ( 27... Kf8 28. Nxg4 fxg4) 28. Nf6+) 27. Re2 f5 28. Ng3 Ne3+ 29. Kb3 (29. Kd3) 29... g6 30. Ng5 h6 31. Nf3 Nd5 32. Ne5 Nxf4 33. Rf2 Rxe5 34. Rxf4 g5 35. Rxf5+ Rxf5 36. Nxf5 h5 37. Kc2 h4 38. Kd2 (38. Kd3) 38... Kf7 39. Ne3 h3 40. Ng4 Kg6 41. Ke2 Kf5 42. Nh2 (42. Kf3 Kg6 43. Kg3) 42... g4 43. Kf2 Kf4 44. Nf1 h2 45. Ng3 (45. Kg2) 45... Kg5 46. Kg2 Kf4 47. Kf2 (47. Kxh2 Ke3 48. Nf5+ Kd3 (48... Kd2 49. Nd6 Kc2 50. Nc4 Kd3 51. Na3) 49. Nd4) 47... Kg5 48. Ke3 Kh4 49. Kf4 Kh3 50. b4 b5 51. Nh1 Kh4 52. Ng3 (52. Ke3 Kg5 53. Ng3 Kh4 54. Kf2 Kh3 55. Nh1 Kh4 56. Kg2) 52... Kh3 53. Nh1 *