Loek Van Wely vs Matthew Sadler (1998)

Loek Van Wely vs Matthew Sadler
Tilburg Fontys (1998) · Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation. Alekhine System (D20) · 1/2-1/2

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Dec-24-10		plang: Sadler used over an hour and a half and Van Wely 50 minutes for the first 20 moves even though they were following an existing game; a short draw Van Wely-Anand Wijk-Aan Zee 1996. Both players were checking for tricky move order traps as well as looking for improvements. It may, however, partly explain the multiple errors later on. 20..Qe8 was new; Anand had played 20..Qd6. Sadler admitted that even with all the time spent that Anand's move was better! Both players missed that 21 Bxc4 would have been winning for White after 21....Nxc4 22 Nxe6..Bxa3 23 Rxa3..Qxe6 24 d5!..Qg4 25 Bxa7+..Kc8 26 Rd4..Be4 27 g3. 22..Rxg2+ followed by 23..Qh5 would have led to a very dangerous attack for Black but Sadler may not have had time to calculate all the intricacies. After Sadler's 22..Qxb5?, however, Van Wely obtained a clear advantage. His h-pawn was clearly superior to Sadlers a-pawn and had Van Wely played 37 Rf1 Sadler would have had little counterplay. After 37 re3?, however, Sadler got strong play against the White king. Had he played 51..f5! (52 Bxf5..Qh1+ 53 Kg4..Rc4 or 52 Qxf5..Rc3) he would have been clearly winning. Sadler got another chance after Van Wely's blunder 54 h7? losing the queen. Instead, 54 f4!..f5 55 Bxf5..Nd5 would have maintained a complicated game with chances for both players. Although still had a winning position at the end he had misplayed his clock again after the time control and decided to settle for the perpetual.

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