Akker,van den,J. - Barkel,M. 1-1 (20-08-2002)
≡ 1.32-28 17-22 2.28x17 11x22 3.37-32 6-11 4.41-37 12-17 5.46-41 7-12 6.31-26 22-27 7.32x21 16x27 8.34-29 19-24 9.37-31 2-7 10.31x22 18x27 11.40-34 13-18 12.45-40 9-13 13.42-37 4-9 14.50-45 1-6 15.48-42 17-21 16.26x17 11x22 17.37-31 14-19 18.31-26 20-25 19.29x20 25x14 20.41-37 27-31 21.36x27 22x31 22.35-30 14-20 23.40-35 19-23 24.44-40 13-19 25.37-32 31-36 26.32-27 20-24
White's next move 27.38-32 is a bit careless. Most likely he underestimated the black reply 10-14 28.33-28 15-20 (!!) after which the ugly move 29.49-44 is forced, because 29.28-22 fails due to 23-28 30.22x11 28x48 .
27.38-32 10-14 28.33-28 15-20 29.49-44
Instead of playing 20-25 , with a promising position for black, Barkel played the uncontrolled reaction 23-29!? Van den Akker shows that this move is not correct for black.
23-29 30.34x23 18x29 31.28-22 7-11 32.30-25 9-13 33.42-37 5-10 34.43-38 10-15 35.27-21 11-16 36.22-17 16x27 37.32x21 13-18
Van den Akker must have thought that finally the time has arrived to develop the pieces on 39 and 44. In fact this is a twofold mistake. Not only can black exchange many pieces now (see the game), but white could also have taken a simple combination: ≡ 38.35-30 24x35 39.37-31 36x16 40.39-33 12x21 41.33x2 20-24 42.2x30 35x24 43.26x17 with an almost certainly winning position due to the strong piece on 17.
≡ 8-13 39.17x8 3x12 40.44-39 24-30 41.25x23
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