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Ivan Sokolov vs John van der Wiel
Amsterdam Chess Tournament (2005), Amsterdam NED, rd 6, Jul-21
Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack. Main Line (D37)  ·  1-0

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Jul-29-05  chessic eric: It seems to me that black missed a chance to at least equalize on move 14. With 14....,Nxc3 the white bishop on b5 is en prise, forcing the following few moves: 15.bxc3,Qxb5
16.cxb4,Qxb4
after which black has secured the bishop pair, full equality, and half a point. I don't know if black was trying to play more sharply for a win to improve his standings, but zero points gets him nowhere.
Jul-29-05  peabody88: After 15... Qxb5 White has 16.a3 and black´s knight can´t escape since it's pinned against the queen. 17.cxb4 would allow white to keep the extra pawn and restrict black´s dark squares bishop.
Nov-30-05  PinkPanther: Haha, at the end of this game Sokolov had like 90 minutes and Van der Wiel had 17 seconds. Hahaha
Aug-05-25
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  plang: 10..Nb4 was a relatively new idea that had been introduced earlier in the year and had been tried a few times. 12..b5!? was a new move that Van der Weil had prepared for this game but Sokolov was very familiar with his opponent and had actually anticipated that Van der Weil might try this very novelty (!); 10..Nbd5 had been played twice previously. With White responding quickly to his innovation Van der Weil quickly went wrong with 14..Nxf4?; necessary was 14..Nxc3 15 bxc..Qxb5 16 cxb when White's advantage is fairly small.

<peabody88: After 15... Qxb5 White has 16.a3 and black´s knight can´t escape since it's pinned against the queen. 17.cxb4 would allow white to keep the extra pawn and restrict black´s dark squares bishop.> Black could respond to 17 cxb with 17..a5.

The idea behind 16 Ne5! was 16..Rxb5 17 Nxb5..Qxb5 18 a3..Ba6 19 axb..Qxb4 20 Qxb4..Bxb4 21 Nd3..Ba5 22 b4..Bxd3 23 Rxd3..Bxb4 when White would have excellent winning chances. 21..Rb6 22 Nd5 would have been immediately decisive.

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