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Henry Bird vs Simon Winawer
Paris (1878), Paris FRA, rd 2, Jun-19
Bird Opening: Sicilian Bird (A02)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 2...g6 3.Nf3 e6 4.d4 d5 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.O-O Ne7 7.c3 b6 ⩱ -0.54 (21 ply)3.Nf3 was played in Bird vs M Judd, 1889 (1-0)= -0.26 (21 ply) after 3...Nf6 4.Bb2 d5 5.Nf3 Be7 6.g3 Nbd7 7.Bg2 b5 8.O-O better is 5.Bxd7+ Nxd7 6.Bb2 b5 7.Nf3 Ngf6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Ne5 = +0.22 (21 ply)= -0.45 (23 ply) after 5...Be7 6.Bb2 Bh4+ 7.g3 Bf6 8.Bxf6 Nxf6 9.Nf3 O-O better is 6...Bd6 7.Ba3 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3 Re8 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 = -0.42 (22 ply)= +0.08 (21 ply)better is 8.Ba3 b6 9.d4 Nge7 10.Bd3 Nb4 11.c4 O-O 12.Nc3 Nxd3 = +0.10 (21 ply) 8...cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nge7 10.Ba3 Bxa3 11.Nxa3 a6 12.Bd3 Qb6 = -0.43 (21 ply)= +0.35 (21 ply)better is 13...Qe7 14.c4 f5 15.Qh5+ g6 16.Qg5 Nf6 17.Nf3 Bc6 18.Ne5 = -0.12 (23 ply)better is 14.f5 exf5 15.Nxf5 Bxf5 16.Qxf5 Ne7 17.Qh5+ g6 18.Qf3 = +0.39 (24 ply)= -0.25 (21 ply) 15...Qb6 16.Rfd1 Rac8 17.Qh5+ g6 18.Qh6 Qc5 19.Rd2 Nc6 = -0.23 (22 ply) 16.f5 Nxf5 17.Nxf5 exf5 18.Qxd5+ Kf8 19.Qxb7 Qe7 20.Rad1 ⩲ +0.56 (24 ply)= -0.45 (24 ply)better is 22...Ng6 23.Nb1 e5 24.fxe5 Nxe5 25.h3 Be4 26.Nc3 Bd3 = -0.36 (24 ply)= +0.21 (27 ply) after 23.Nf5 Nxf5 24.Rxd7 Re7 25.Rfd1 Rae8 26.Kg1 e5 27.Rxe7 25.Ne2 e5 26.fxe5 Nxe5 27.Nf4 Kf7 28.h3 Bc6 29.Nd4 g5 = -0.11 (26 ply) ⩱ -1.46 (29 ply)better is 26.Ne2 exf4 27.Nxf4 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Bc6+ 29.Kg1 Ne5 30.Kf1 ⩱ -1.35 (27 ply) 26...Bg4 27.exf6 Bxd1 28.Rxd1 Re4 29.f7+ Kxf7 30.Kg2 Ne5 ∓ -1.90 (28 ply)= -0.08 (31 ply) 30.Nf2 Bf3+ 31.Kg1 Rd2 32.Nc3 Rc2 33.Nfe4 Rg2+ 34.Kf1 = -0.02 (26 ply) ⩱ -1.05 (26 ply) 32.Nc3 e4 33.b4 Ne5 34.Rc1 Rd3 35.Ncd5 Ra3 36.a5 Rb3 ⩱ -0.78 (25 ply) ∓ -1.83 (26 ply) 33.Nf5 Ne5 34.Nd4 Kf7 35.h3 Kf6 36.Kf1 Rd3 37.Rb1 g5 ∓ -1.71 (23 ply)-+ -2.87 (25 ply) 34...Rd3+ 35.Kf2 Rxb3 36.Nd4 Ra3 37.Nxf3 Ng4+ 38.Kg1 -+ -2.97 (24 ply)= -0.05 (28 ply) 36.Nc3 Ng4+ 37.Kf4 Nf6 38.Nxf3 exf3 39.Kxf3 Rb2 40.Rb1 = 0.00 (33 ply) ∓ -2.10 (28 ply) 39.Nc3 Nc6+ 40.Kd3 Nb4+ 41.Kd4 g4 42.Rh1 Nc6+ 43.Kd3 Rb2 ∓ -1.92 (24 ply) 39...Kf7 40.b5 Ke6 41.Nf4+ gxf4 42.gxf4 Nd7 43.Rxf3 Kf5 -+ -3.06 (25 ply) ⩱ -0.90 (24 ply) 42.Rh1 Kg7 43.Nf4 Re8 44.c5 Rc8 45.Nd3 Nf6 46.Ke5 h5 ⩱ -0.91 (23 ply) ∓ -2.33 (24 ply) 43.Nc3 Rg2 44.Ne4 Kf7 45.Rb1 Rc2 46.Kd3 Re2 47.Rc1 Ke6 ∓ -2.20 (24 ply)-+ -4.62 (28 ply)better is 48...Kg6 49.Ra8 f2 50.Rf8 Rd2+ 51.Kc3 Rd3+ 52.Kc2 Rxe3 -+ -7.86 (25 ply) ∓ -2.27 (29 ply) 57.Ke4 Re1+ 58.Kd5 Rd1+ 59.Ke4 Ke7 60.g5 Rd6 61.Rc8 Ke6 ∓ -2.31 (31 ply)-+ -3.60 (28 ply)-+ mate-in-49 after 66.Kg571.Kg7 Kxb5 72.Kf6 Kc4 73.Ke5 b5 74.Ke4 b4 75.Ke3 b3 -+ mate-in-160-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-20-08  Knight13: Two knights are bad; they trip over each other... And in this game, they did. The opposing "Saint" managed to keep them "tripped together."

Very good demonstration of good minor pieces vs bad minor pieces.

Dec-29-14  Knight13: Black's 6... f6 was interesting. If White had responded with 7. Nh4, it would've been even more interesting.

Instead of 13. Qg4 Kf7 14. Qf3, 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qf3 seems more accurate.

24. a5 > 24. Rfe1.

37. Nc3 is more promising than 37. Rf1: 37... Rb2 38. Rb1; 37... f2 38. Rf1 Ng4+ 39. Ke2 followed by 40. Ne4. No reason to allow 37... Re2+.

42. c5 is better: If 43... Rc2 44. Nc3. The text's 42... b6! is stifling.

Jun-26-16  sneaky pete: 37.Nc3 Rb2 38.Rb1 f2


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not much of an improvement, I think.

42.c5 Rd2+


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43.Ke4 Nxc5+ or 43.Kc4 Ne5+ is rather unpleasant.

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