Miguel Illescas-Cordoba vs Matthew Sadler (1995)

Miguel Illescas-Cordoba vs Matthew Sadler
Linares zt 1995 · Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation. Modern Defense (D20) · 0-1

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Oct-07-05		capablancakarpov: Illescas blundered with 11.Kd1. After 11.b4 Qe7 12.Nfd2 f5 13.a3 b6 14.Bxb6 cxb6 15.Qxb6 Rb8 16. Qe3 Fritz 6 points the position slighty better for Black (-0.16). But after 11.Kd1 c3 12.b4 b6 13.Qa3 a5 14.Qb3 axb4 15.Qc4 f5 16.Ke1 0-0 17.Be2 b5 18.Qb3 f4 19.Bc1 Nc5 Fritz points the position clearly won for Black (-3.81)

Dec-03-06		cu8sfan: At the time this game was played 8...d7 was a novelty. Illescas had to find everything over the board. Question @<chessgames.com>: Why does the page say this is a sac with 7...d6 rather than 8...d7?

May-13-09		furrer: Because after Qa4 white wins the knight forsingly I think.

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