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Wesley So vs Zviad Izoria
US Championship (2018), St Louis, MO USA, rd 6, Apr-23
Queen Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation (D02)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Apr-24-18  iking: tough Zviad .. no wonder why Caruana tumbled yesterday.
May-25-20  Predrag3141: A nice little tactic that White did not try was 14 Nxe6 Bxe3 15 Nxg7+ Kf8 16 e5.

If Black tries to emerge up by a piece with 16 ... Nd5?, then 17 e6 regains the piece with almost a 2 pawn advantage, since 17 … fxe6?? 18 fxe3+ Kxg7?? leads to mate: 19 Qg4+ Kh6 20.Qh4+ Kg6 21.Be4+ Kg7 22.Qg5#

Stockfish initially evaluates 14 Nxe6 as +0.59, but if you feed it a few ply it settles down between +0.30 and +0.40. It's a balance between a strong black queen and d3-pawn on one hand, and a weak black queenside on the other.

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