Game of the week May 16, 2021 by Robert Huntington Grandmaster Sadler turned 46 yesterday. [Event "1989 World Youth Championship"] [White "Matthew Sadler"] [Black "Amador Rodriguez"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1989.08.??"] [EventType "schev"] [EventCountry "PUR"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d6 (3... a6 $5 $11) 4. Bb5 (4. c4 $5) 4... Bd7 (4... Qg5 $5) 5. Ne2 ({Better is} 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c4 g5 $5 $11) 5... a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. O-O Qg5 8. f3 f5 (8... O-O-O $11) 9. c4 (9. Na3 $5 ) 9... Nf6 10. Nbc3 (10. Qc1 $5 Be7 11. d4) 10... h5 (10... Be7 $5 $11) 11. Rf2 (11. b4 $5) 11... h4 12. d4 (12. Qc2 $5) 12... O-O-O $6 (12... h3 13. g3 Qh5 $11) 13. b4 (13. h3 $1 d5 14. dxe5 dxc4 15. Qc1 $14) 13... h3 14. g3 Nh5 $2 ( 14... Qh5 15. Qf1 $14) 15. Qd2 $6 (15. b5 $1 Be8 (15... axb5 16. cxb5 Be8 17. Qa4 $18) 16. bxa6 bxa6 17. Nd5 $18) 15... Be7 (15... f4 16. exf4 Nxf4 17. Nxf4 exf4 18. d5 $18 {puts up a tougher fight}) 16. b5 axb5 17. cxb5 Bd7 $2 (17... Be8 {won't save the game but it's a lot better}) 18. Nd5 (18. f4 $1 $18 { is even stronger}) 18... Be6 19. f4 exf4 20. exf4 Qg4 21. Nxe7+ (21. Ne3 $1 Qg6 22. d5 Bf7 23. b6 $18 {dispatches Black quicker}) 21... Kd7 22. d5 Bf7 23. Nc6 bxc6 24. dxc6+ Ke8 $6 (24... Ke7 {lasts a bit longer}) 25. b6 $1 cxb6 26. Qe3+ $6 (26. c7 Rc8 27. Qxd6 $18 {is the quick method}) 26... Kf8 27. Qxb6 Re8 28. c7 Qg6 $6 ({Connecting the rooks with} 28... Kg8 29. Qxd6 Kh7 {puts up more (futile) resistance}) 29. Rd1 Bxa2 $2 (29... d5 30. Qc5+ Kg8 31. c8=Q $18 { is irrelevantly much better}) 30. Rxd6 Qf7 31. Rd8 (31. Qc5 $1) 31... Be6 $2 ({ Not that it matters but} 31... Kg8 {is much better}) 32. c8=Q (32. Nd4 $1 { and mate in 21 according to Stockfish}) 32... Bxc8 33. Qc5+ Kg8 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Qxc8+ Kh7 36. Qc2 1-0 your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts Views: 33