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Kurt Richter vs Vladimir Petrov
Podebrady (1936), Podebrady CSR, rd 7, Jul-12
Latvian Gambit: Accepted (C40)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Mar-11-22  whiteshark: It seems that white's <7.Be2> wasn't the most active move. However, it is understandable if one doesn't want to give up the bishop pair as can be seen in the following variation 1.


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White to move

1) +1.77 (34 ply) 7.Bd3 Qe7+ 8.Be3 Nd5 9.O-O Nxe3 10.Qh5+ g6 11.fxg6 Qc5 12.Qxc5 Bxc5 13.fxe3 hxg6 14.Bxg6+ Ke7 15.Rf7+ Kd8 16.Rf3 Rb8 17.Nd2 Rxb2 18.Nc4 Rb4 19.Ne5 Rg8 20.Bf7 Rg5 21.Nd3 Rbg4 22.Nxc5 Rxc5 23.Bb3 Re5 24.Rf8+ Re8 25.Raf1 d5 26.R1f7 Re4 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.h4 Be6 29.Rf6 Ke7 30.Rf1 c5 31.h5 c4 32.Ba4 Bd7 33.Bxd7 Kxd7 34.Rf7+ Kd6

2) +1.12 (34 ply) 7.Nc3 d5 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.Qe2+ Qe7 10.h3 Nd7 11.Bg5 Qxe2+ 12.Bxe2 Nc5 13.g4 g6 14.fxg6 hxg6 15.O-O-O Ne6 16.Be3 Bb7 17.f3 Nf4 18.Bf1 Kd7 19.h4 c5 20.Bxf4 Bxf4+ 21.Kb1 d4 22.Ne4 Bxe4 23.fxe4 Ke6 24.Bc4+ Ke5 25.Rdf1 Raf8 26.b3 Be3 27.Rxf8 Rxf8 28.h5 gxh5 29.Rxh5+ Kxe4 30.Rxc5 Kf4

3) +1.10 (34 ply) 7.Nd2 Bc5 8.Qe2+ Be7 9.g3 O-O 10.Bh3 Re8 11.O-O a5 12.Qd1 Ba6 13.c4 Bb4 14.Qc2 d5 15.Bg2 Qd7 16.b3 Re5 17.Nf3 Qxf5 18.Qd1 Ree8 19.Nd4 Qg6 20.Bf4 dxc4 21.Bxc6 c3 22.Bxa8 Bxf1 23.Bc6 Bd3 24.Bxe8 Nxe8 25.Nf3

6.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 11 v064

Mar-11-22  whiteshark: It seems that Black somehow mishandled the resulting rook endgame at some point:


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White to move

1) -4.04 (34 ply) 32.c3 Rc2 33.Rd7 Rxc3 34.Rxd6 Kf4 35.Kg2 h5 36.h4 Rc2 37.Kf1 a5 38.Ke1 Kg4 39.Kd1 Rxf2 40.Rxc6 Kxh4 41.Ke1 Rf5 42.Ke2 Kg4 43.Rg6+ Rg5 44.Rd6 Kg3 45.a4 h4 46.Kf1 Kh2 47.Kf2 h3 48.Kf3 Kg1 49.Re6

2) -4.50 (33 ply) 32.h4+ Kxh4 33.Rxh7+ Kg4 34.Rg7+ Kf5 35.c3 Rc2 36.Rg3 Ra2 37.Rf3+ Ke6 38.Kg2 Rxa3 39.Re3+ Kd7 40.Rh3 a5 41.Kf1 Ke6 42.Ke1 c5 43.Rh6+ Kd7 44.Kd2 Ra2+ 45.Ke3 Rc2 46.Kd3 Rxf2 47.c4 dxc4+ 48.Kxc4 a4 49.Kd5 Rd2+ 50.Ke4 a3 51.Rh7+ Ke6 52.Ra7

3) -4.89 (33 ply) 32.Rd7 Rxc2 33.Rxd6 h5 34.Rd8 a5 35.Kf1 Kf4 36.h3 Rc3 37.a4 Rc4 38.Rf8+ Ke4 39.Ke2 Rxa4 40.Re8+ Kf4 41.Rh8 Kg5 42.Rc8 Rc4 43.Ke3 a4 44.f4+ Kh4 45.Rf8 Rc3+ 46.Kd4 Rxh3 47.Rc8 Kg4 48.Rxc6 h4 49.Kxd5 Rf3 50.Ke5 Re3+ 51.Kd4 Kxf4 52.Rf6+ Kg5 53.Rf8 Rg3 54.Ke4 a3 55.Rf5+ Kg4 56.Rf4+ Kh5

6.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 11 v064

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