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Brandon Burrows vs Alex Dunne
28th World Open (2000), Philadelphia, PA USA, rd 7, Jul-03
Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Variation (B00)  ·  0-1

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 30s/ply)better is 1...c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 = +0.08 (35 ply)better is 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 a5 7.Ne2 ⩲ +0.72 (44 ply)better is 2...e5 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 = -0.01 (35 ply)better is 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 e5 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.d5 Ne7 8.O-O ⩲ +0.69 (36 ply)= +0.15 (38 ply)better is 4.c3 e5 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bd3 exd4 ⩲ +0.82 (35 ply)= +0.23 (36 ply) after 4...e6 5.a3 Be7 6.Bd3 e5 7.d5 Nb8 8.Ne2 Bg4 9.Be3 better is 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Qd2 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Bh6 Qd6 10.Bxg7 ⩲ +0.75 (36 ply)= 0.00 (42 ply)better is 7.d5 Nb8 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.Nd4 Nb6 10.a4 a5 11.Be2 e6 ⩲ +0.74 (35 ply) 7...a6 8.d5 Nb8 9.a4 e5 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Bc4 = +0.13 (38 ply) 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.O-O-O Qe7 10.Bb5 Be6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 ⩲ +0.97 (39 ply)= 0.00 (37 ply)better is 9...a6 10.Nh2 c6 11.dxc6 Nxc6 12.Rd1 Be6 13.Nf3 Qa5 = -0.12 (34 ply) 10.Bg5 Nh5 11.g3 f6 12.Be3 f5 13.O-O-O Nf6 14.Ng5 Qe8 = +0.38 (34 ply)better is 10...b5 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.a3 Qb8 13.O-O Qb6 14.Bd3 h6 ⩱ -0.75 (37 ply)better is 11.dxc6 Bxc6 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.O-O-O Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 = -0.15 (41 ply) ⩱ -0.86 (37 ply) 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.exd5 Qb6 14.a4 Rfc8 15.Ra3 Rab8 16.Bb5 = -0.50 (39 ply) 12...Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Rc8 14.a4 Bf5 15.Rfc1 Nexd5 16.Nxd5 ⩱ -1.31 (39 ply) 13.Bg5 Rac8 14.a4 Qxb2 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Ne4 Bg7 17.c4 = 0.00 (41 ply) 13...Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Nf5 15.Qd2 Rae8 16.Ng5 Nd4 17.Rfe1 Kg7 ⩱ -1.38 (40 ply) 14.Bg5 Kh8 15.Rfe1 Nfg8 16.Qe3 Qxe3 17.Bxe3 a6 18.Ne4 = -0.19 (41 ply) 14...Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Nf5 16.Qd2 Kg7 17.a3 h6 18.Bd3 Rfe8 ∓ -1.51 (40 ply) 15.Bg5 h5 16.Nh4 Bd7 17.Nf3 = 0.00 (47 ply) 15...Bxh6 16.Qxh6 Bxc2 17.Qd2 Bxb1 18.Rxb1 h6 19.Ne1 a6 -+ -5.04 (38 ply) ∓ -1.77 (42 ply) 18.Ne1 Nxd5 19.Bg5 f6 20.Bh4 Qb6 21.Bg3 f5 22.Bd3 Nf6 ∓ -1.72 (39 ply)-+ -2.84 (39 ply) 21.b4 Qe7 22.Ng5 Bc6 23.b5 Bd7 24.Qd2 Rcd8 25.c5 dxc5 ∓ -1.82 (38 ply) 21...Bc6 22.b4 e4 23.c5 exf3 24.Rxd6 Qe8 25.Qb3+ Kh8 -+ -5.76 (37 ply)-+ -2.89 (41 ply) after 22.Qd2 Ba8 23.h4 e4 24.Ne1 Be5 25.f4 exf3 26.Nxf3 Bg7 24.Ne1 Qe7 25.b4 Rc7 26.b5 Rd8 27.Rc2 h6 28.Rcd2 Rcd7 -+ -3.33 (35 ply)-+ -10.67 (30 ply)-+ mate-in-14 after 30...Bxd4 31.R1xd4 e3 32.c6 Qxf2+ 33.Kh1 e2 34.Bxe20-1

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Jan-05-09  YoungEd: 23. ♕a3? is a bad move that prepares an even worse one on move 24! The way that Black traps the ♕ with the ♖ is clever, though. Nice job mopping up at the end.

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