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Subject: Re: Rebel-Van Wely 1-0 - where was the draw offer?

Author: Jeff Lischer

Date: 17:47:16 02/19/02

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On February 19, 2002 at 18:09:14, martin fierz wrote:

>On February 19, 2002 at 13:41:44, Terje Vagle wrote:
>
>>
>>RebelCentury(C) - van_Wely(GM) [C10]
>>Maastricht, Netherlands (1), 19.02.2002
>>
>>1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 a6 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.0-0 c6 7.Re1 b5 8.Ne5 Bb7 9.Qf3
>>0-0 10.exd5 cxd5 11.Qh3 Nc6 12.Bg5 g6 13.Bh6 Nxd4 14.Bxf8 Bxf8 15.a4 b4 16.Ne2
>>Nxe2+ 17.Rxe2 Ne4 18.Rd1 Qc7 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Ng4 Bg7 21.Red2 Bd5 22.Ne3 Bc6
>>23.Qh4 Bxb2 24.Rd8+ Rxd8 25.Rxd8+ Kg7 26.Ng4 Qf4 27.Rg8+ Kxg8 28.Nh6+ Qxh6
>>29.Qxh6 Bxa4 30.Qf4 Bxc2 31.Qb8+ Kg7 32.Qxb4 Bf6 33.Qd6 Bd3 34.f3 h5 35.Kf2 a5
>>36.Qd7 a4 37.Qxa4 exf3 38.gxf3 g5 39.Qb4 Bf5 40.Kg2 g4 41.f4 h4 42.Kf2 h3 43.Ke2
>>Kg6 44.Qf8 Bg7 45.Qd8 Bf6 46.Qg8+ Bg7 47.Ke3 Kf6 48.Qd8+ Kg6 49.Kf2 Bf6 50.Qg8+
>>Bg7 51.Kg3 Kf6 52.Kh4 Kg6 53.Qc8 e5 54.Qc6+ Bf6+ 55.Kg3 exf4+ 56.Kxf4 Be6
>>57.Qe4+ Kh6 58.Qd3 Bg5+ 59.Ke5 Kg7 60.Qe4 Bd8 61.Kd6 Bf6 62.Kc7 Kh6 63.Kc6 Kg5
>>64.Kd6 Bf5 65.Qc6 Be6 66.Qc2 Bf5 67.Qe2 Kg6 68.Kc5 Bg7 69.Qa6+ Be6 70.Qd6 Bb2
>>71.Kc6 Bg7 72.Kc7 Kf5 73.Qd3+ Kf4 74.Qd2+ Kf3 75.Kd6 Bf8+ 76.Kc6 Be7 77.Qd3+ Kg2
>>78.Qg3+ Kf1 79.Kb6 Bf8 80.Qc3 Kg2 81.Qd2+ Kg1 82.Qf4 Be7 83.Qg3+ Kf1 84.Kc6 Bf8
>>85.Qf4+ Kg2 86.Kb5 Kg1 87.Qe5 Kg2 88.Qg3+ Kf1 89.Qc7 Bh6 90.Qc3 Ke2 91.Qc2+ Bd2
>>92.Kc6 Ke1 93.Qd3 Bh6 94.Kc5 Kf2 95.Qg3+ Ke2 96.Kd4 Bg7+ 97.Ke4 Bh6 98.Qe5 Bd2
>>99.Kd4+ Kf1 100.Kd3 Bh6 101.Qf6+ Kg2 102.Qxh6 Kxh2 103.Qd2+ Kg1 104.Ke3 g3
>>105.Kf3 1-0
>
>
>was it in the position after 61. Kd6 ?
>
>[D] 3b4/5pk1/3Kb3/8/4Q1p1/7p/7P/8 b - - 0 61
>
>this is just obviously a draw, as black can move his black bishop along the
>diagonal d8-h4, having 5 squares which white cannot deny him. white has no way
>to make progress. if ed offered a draw here, it was justified. and it brought
>van wely to self-destruct by trying to win the game. or am i missing something
>in this position?
>
>i found it a very interesting game - you don't often see this kind of material
>imbalance.
>
>aloha
>  martin

Ed offered the draw at move 32. See
http://www.chessevents.nl/Vanwely/analysis_jvr/wely_jvr1.htm for some more
details.



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