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Pierre de Saint-Amant vs Howard Staunton
Staunton - Saint-Amant (1843), Paris FRA, rd 7, Nov-25
Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical Variation (D32)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)7.a4 was played in V Koryabkin vs B Belokopyt, 2014 (1-0) 7...dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Bd3 cxd4 10.exd4 Nb4 11.Bb1 Bb7 = -0.05 (26 ply)better is 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.h3 O-O 11.b3 Bd6 12.Bb2 Re8 ⩲ +0.73 (21 ply) 8...dxc4 9.Bxc4 cxd4 10.exd4 O-O 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bd3 b5 = 0.00 (22 ply) 9.cxd5 exd5 10.e4 cxd4 11.Nxd5 h6 12.Qb3 Be6 13.Qxb6 ⩲ +1.25 (18 ply) 9...dxc4 10.Bxc4 O-O 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.h3 h6 13.dxc5 bxc5 = -0.32 (20 ply) 10.cxd5 exd5 11.e4 cxd4 12.exd5 dxc3 13.dxc6 Qc7 14.bxc3 ⩲ +0.74 (19 ply) 10...dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bb7 12.Bd3 Rc8 13.Qe2 b5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 = -0.37 (19 ply) 11.cxd5 exd5 12.e4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 ⩲ +0.80 (23 ply) 11...dxc4 12.bxc4 Bb7 13.Na4 cxd4 14.exd4 b5 15.cxb5 = -0.26 (20 ply) 12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.Bb2 dxc4 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Rb8 16.Rc1 ⩲ +0.75 (19 ply) 12...dxc4 13.bxc4 Bb7 14.Rb1 Rad8 15.Na4 Nd7 16.Kh1 Bc6 = -0.47 (20 ply) 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 = +0.48 (20 ply) 13...cxd4 14.exd4 Nexd5 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Nf6 17.Bxb7 = -0.50 (20 ply) 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.e4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Bxe4 Bxe4 ⩲ +0.66 (22 ply) 14...Ne4 15.Qe2 cxd4 16.Nd1 Nf5 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Nxd4 ⩱ -1.12 (21 ply) 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.e4 c4 17.bxc4 dxc4 18.Bc2 Ng6 19.Bg5 Bc5 = -0.02 (21 ply) ∓ -1.54 (18 ply) 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Ng6 19.Ne2 Nxe5 20.Bc3 Nd3 21.Rf1 ∓ -1.59 (21 ply)-+ -2.63 (19 ply) 19.Rc2 Nxd4 20.Nb5 Qxc2 21.Nxd6 Qxd1 22.Rxd1 Rb8 23.Bf4 ∓ -2.45 (26 ply)-+ -6.07 (29 ply) 21...Bxg2+ 22.Kxg2 Qb7+ 23.Kf2 Bg3+ 24.Nxg3 Rxg3 25.Ke2 -+ -7.14 (31 ply)-+ -3.95 (30 ply)34.Ba1 b3 35.Kc6 b2 36.Bxb2 Bxb2 37.d5 f5 38.d6 f4 39.d7 -+ -59.00 (26 ply)0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-26-08  Knight13: I have no idea what White was trying to do the whole game, except drop pawns.
Feb-05-12  Knight13: 14. Qb1 is the correct move. 14. Kh1?! is a waste of tempo.

Well-played by Staunton.

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