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Kiril Georgiev vs Michael Adams
Groningen PCA Qualifiers (1993), Groningen NED, rd 3, Dec-21
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov. Smyslov Variation (B17)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 7s/ply) 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.Ngf3 Bb4+ 13.Bd2 Bxd2+ 14.Qxd2 Nbd7 = +0.07 (27 ply) ⩱ -1.05 (25 ply)better is 14.Ne5 Bxb5 15.Qxb5 Qd5 16.Qxa4 Qxe5 17.Nf3 Qe2 18.Bc3 ⩱ -0.84 (28 ply) ⩱ -1.40 (28 ply) 15.Bb4 Qc7 16.Bxc5 Nxc5 17.Nh3 Rac8 18.Rd4 Nfd7 19.Kb1 ⩱ -1.17 (28 ply)better is 15...Qc6 16.Qd3 Rfd8 17.Qb3 Qa6 18.Be3 Nd5 19.Nf4 Bxe3+ ∓ -2.30 (24 ply) ∓ -1.55 (24 ply)better is 17.Ka1 Ne4 18.Bc1 Nec3 19.bxc3 Nxc3 20.Qc4 Nxd1 21.Rxd1 ⩱ -1.43 (27 ply) ∓ -2.16 (28 ply) 18...b5 19.Qb3 Bd6 20.Rxd5 exd5 21.Rd1 Rfd8 22.Nd4 Qd7 -+ -2.52 (26 ply) 19.Nf4 b5 20.Qb3 Nab6 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.Nd4 Bxd4 23.Rxd4 ∓ -1.56 (27 ply)-+ -2.51 (28 ply) 20.Qb3 a5 21.Nf4 Nab6 22.Nxd5 Nxd5 23.c4 bxc4 24.Qxc4 ∓ -2.03 (26 ply) 20...Qa6 21.Rxd5 exd5 22.Qd3 Qg6 23.Nf4 Qxd3 24.Nxd3 Bb6 -+ -3.08 (29 ply) 21.Nf4 Bf6 22.Nh5 Bc3 23.Nf4 Nxb2 24.Bxb2 Bxb2+ 25.Kxb2 ∓ -1.62 (32 ply)-+ -3.96 (26 ply) 23.f4 Nc5 24.Qe2 Qa4 25.Rhe1 Rd6 26.Kb1 b4 27.Rxd5 exd5 -+ -3.85 (26 ply)-+ -9.59 (30 ply)-+ mate-in-9 after 27.Kb1 Rb4 28.Nxh6+ gxh6 29.Qg4+ Rxg4 30.Rxd530.Kd2 Nb4+ 31.Qd5 Rxd5+ 32.Ke3 Rd3+ 33.Rxd3 Qxd3+ -+ mate-in-70-1

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May-10-04  WMD: Georgiev walks into a prepared novelty, 12...Na4! (with threat of Qb6), and simply falls apart. Hodgson and Willie Watson had found this idea in 1988 and shared it with Adams.
May-10-04  WMD: In the final position, 30.Kd2 Nc3+ 31.Ke1 Rxd1+ 32.Qxd1 Nxd1 33.Kxd1 Qxg4+ 34.Kd2 Qxg2 wins easily.
Jan-31-05  Resignation Trap: Better yet, if 30. Kd2 Nb4+ 31. Ke3 (or 31. Ke1) Nc2#.
Jan-31-05  Knezh: How was Adams going to refute 15.Bxh6?
Jan-31-05  aw1988: 15. Bxh6 Qc6 16. Ne5 Qb6 17. Nc4 Qb5 18. Bf4 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Be5 Bd4 21. c3 Nb6! 22. Nxb6 Qxe5 23. cxd4 Qf4+ 24. Qe3 Qc7+

Perhaps Adams did not see the entire line; he probably thought black got good attacking prospects.

Jan-31-05  aw1988: In fact, 21...Bxe5 wins, but nevertheless I would not like to play this as white.
Oct-12-05  Petrocephalon: <Knezh> "How was Adams going to refute 15.Bxh6?"

<aw1988> "15.Bxh6 Qc6 16.Ne5 Qb6…"

Interesting variation, but I think white can evade it with 16.Qe5. So instead, 15..Qc7, and now black can play the desparado ..Nc3 in reply to 16.Ne5 (a little simpler perhaps than the ..Qb6 line).

Oct-15-05  Petrocephalon: Is 13.Bb4 playable?
Nov-02-05  Petrocephalon: It was pointed out to me elsewhere that 13.Bb4 would be a blunder [13..Bxb4 14.Bh7+ Kxh7 15.Rxd8 Rxd8 16.Qb5 Nc3! and either 17.Qxb4 Nxa2+ or 17.bxc3 Ba3+]

But is 13.Bf4 Qb6 14.Be5 Bxf2 (..Ng4 15.Qe4) 15.Nh3 Be3+ 16.Nd2 playable?

Oct-19-07
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  tpstar: "Here are a few key variations:

a) 14. Bxa4 Bxa4 15. Bxh6 wins a pawn because of the discovered attack on the black queen. However after something like 15 ... Nd5 16. Bg5 Qb6 Black has excellent attacking chances against the white king.

b) 14. Bxh6 at once is also playable because after 14 ... gxh6 15. Bxa4 Black cannot recapture because of the pin on the d-file. Instead, he should counter-sacrifice with 14 ... Nxb2!

c) On 14. Ne5 Black has a choice between the complications of 14 ... Nxb2!? or simplifying with 14 ... Bxb5 15. Qxb5 Qe8! The latter position is about equal."

"And why not the obvious 15. Bxh6 here? Well, Black just calmly moves his queen (15 ... Qc7 or 15 ... Qc6) and then starts to create threats on the queenside. The white king does not have much protection. Georgiev prefers to get his kingside pieces out rather than wasting time taking a pawn but he ends up facing an attack without anything to show for it. 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Nd3 is a better way to try and shore up his defences."

Joe Gallagher, "Starting Out: The Caro-Kann." Everyman Chess, London, 2002.

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