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Istvan Bilek vs Oscar Panno
Palma de Mallorca (1972), Palma ESP, rd 1, Nov-27
English Opening: Great Snake Variation (A10)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)8.b4 was played in V Laznicka vs V Rojicek, 2017 (1-0)8...Re8 was played in Y Nikolaevsky vs Polugaevsky, 1967 (0-1)better is 10...a6 11.h3 b5 12.a3 Nc5 13.Be3 Bd7 14.Rc1 a5 15.cxb5 = +0.01 (21 ply) ⩲ +0.57 (20 ply)better is 11...Bd7 12.b4 Ne6 13.Rb1 Qc8 14.Be3 Nh5 15.b5 Bf6 16.Kh2 = +0.02 (20 ply) ⩲ +0.64 (22 ply)better is 12...Bd7 13.Qd2 Ne6 14.d4 c5 15.d5 Nd4 16.g4 Nf6 17.Rae1 = +0.31 (22 ply) ⩲ +0.97 (23 ply)better is 15.d5 c5 16.Nb5 Nc7 17.Bg5 Nf6 18.a4 Na6 19.Qc1 Nb4 ⩲ +0.83 (20 ply)= +0.33 (24 ply)better is 24...Bf5 25.Be5 Re8 26.Re2 Nd7 27.Bd4 Rxe2 28.Nxe2 Ndc5 = -0.14 (26 ply) ⩲ +0.52 (24 ply) 27.Re3 Nxf4 28.Nh5 Ne6 29.Bxc6 bxc6 30.Rxh3 Rd8 31.Rf3+ ⩲ +0.82 (27 ply)= 0.00 (28 ply)better is 35.Ne3+ Ke4 36.Rc2 Nd3 37.Nf1 Nc5 38.f4 Nd3 39.Re2+ Kf3 = -0.42 (24 ply)better is 35...Kf6 36.Ne3 Ne2+ 37.Kg2 Nxg3 38.Ng4+ Kg6 39.fxg3 ⩱ -1.14 (28 ply) ⩱ -0.62 (27 ply)better is 36...Nxa2 37.Re6+ Kf7 38.Re4 h5 39.Re5 Rh8 40.Nf5 Nc1 ⩱ -1.03 (23 ply) 37.Kf1 Nxg3+ 38.fxg3 Rd2 39.Ng2 Rxa2 40.Nf4+ Kf6 41.Rh5 ⩱ -0.53 (31 ply) ⩱ -1.50 (29 ply) 40.Re8 Rb2 41.Rb8 b6 42.Rg8+ Kf7 43.Rc8 Bc5 44.Nf5 Kf6 ⩱ -1.31 (27 ply) 40...h5 41.Ne3 Rb2 42.Ke4 Rxb3 43.Ng2 Bd2 44.Nh4+ Kf6 ∓ -2.35 (27 ply) ⩱ -1.09 (30 ply) 42.Ne5+ Kf5 43.Nd3 Bxe3 44.Nxb2 Bg5 45.Nd3 h5 46.c5 Be7 ∓ -1.61 (31 ply)-+ -2.53 (29 ply) 45.Kf4 b5 46.cxb5 cxb5 47.Ne3 a4 48.bxa4 bxa4 49.Rd5 ∓ -1.75 (26 ply)-+ -2.57 (29 ply)better is 48...Ra2+ 49.Ke3 Ra3 50.Rd3 Bc5+ 51.Ke2 a4 52.bxa4 Rxd3 -+ -2.92 (29 ply) ∓ -1.94 (30 ply) 50...Kf5 51.Rf7+ Ke6 52.Rf3 b5 53.Re3+ Kf5 54.Rf3+ Kg6 ∓ -2.08 (29 ply) 51.Nf2+ Kh2 52.Nd3 Bc3 53.Rg5 Rxb3 54.Nc5 Rb1 55.Kd3 Bb4 ⩱ -1.32 (29 ply) ∓ -2.43 (27 ply)better is 52...Kg4 53.g6 Kh5 54.Rg8 Rxb3 55.Nf2 Rc3 56.g7 Kg6 -+ -3.47 (27 ply) ∓ -2.38 (28 ply) 53...Kg3 54.Nd3 Kg4 55.g6 Kf5 56.Rxb7 Kxg6 57.Rb8 Kg5 -+ -2.70 (30 ply) ⩱ -1.42 (30 ply) 66.Kd2 Rd4 67.Rh7+ Kg3 68.Ke2 b5 69.Nf2 Rh4 70.Nh1+ Kg4 -+ -3.87 (30 ply)-+ -7.22 (26 ply)86.Kf5 a2 87.Rd8+ Kc2 88.Ra8 a1=Q 89.Rxa1 Qxa1 90.Ne6 -+ -132.73 (40 ply)0-1

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Jun-18-22  jerseybob: Not sure what 19.Nec3 was meant to accomplish. 19.Kh2 gives h3 another guard and frees the bishop for action. Panno's 19..f4! exploits the overload and his h-pawn later decides the issue.

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