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Abram Zamikhovsky vs Mikhail Botvinnik
USSR Championship (1931), Moscow URS, rd 11, Nov-04
Queen's Indian Defense: Anti-Queen's Indian System (E17)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)10.Bf4 was played in V M Mikhalevski vs M Roeder, 2011 (1-0)better is 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Bf6 16.Ne5 Ng6 17.Qf5 = +0.45 (23 ply)= -0.13 (22 ply) after 13...Bb4 14.Bf5 Ne6 15.e3 Nxf4 16.exf4 Bd6 17.Re1 Rxe1+ 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.e4 Bc8 17.Bg2 Bg4 18.exd5 cxd5 19.Qb3 = +0.25 (24 ply) ⩱ -0.66 (24 ply)better is 16.Bd2 Bc8 17.Bf5 Bxf5 18.Qxf5 Re6 19.Ne1 Qd7 20.Nd3 = -0.27 (24 ply) ⩱ -0.87 (22 ply) 18.Nh4 Qh3 19.f3 g5 20.Ng2 Rad8 21.Bf2 Bc7 22.b4 a6 23.b5 = -0.47 (21 ply) ⩱ -1.45 (22 ply) 19...Qe6 20.Bd2 c5 21.dxc5 bxc5 22.b3 Bb7 23.f3 c4 ⩱ -1.34 (21 ply)= -0.11 (22 ply) 23.dxc5 Bxc5 24.a3 Rac8 25.b4 Bd6 26.Qa4 Bc6 27.b5 Ba8 ⩱ -0.57 (20 ply) ∓ -2.11 (24 ply) 25...b4 26.Na4 Rab8 27.Nc5 Bxc5 28.dxc5 Ng6 29.Ng1 Bc8 ∓ -1.95 (22 ply) 26.Nf2 b4 27.Nxd5 Nfxd5 28.Bxc4 a5 29.e4 Nb6 30.Bf1 Rec8 ⩱ -0.70 (21 ply) ∓ -1.53 (19 ply)better is 28...g6 29.Bh3 h5 30.Bxf5 gxf5 31.e4 dxe4 32.Ne3 exf3 ⩱ -1.37 (23 ply) ⩱ -0.67 (24 ply) 32.Ne3 Qa6 33.Qd1 dxe4 34.Nxc4 Rad8 35.f4 Qxa2 36.Ng4 ⩱ -0.52 (22 ply) ∓ -1.54 (23 ply) 37.Qb3 Qa6 38.Qd1 Qxa2 39.Qxf3 Rb3 40.Nfd1 Qa4 41.Nc3 ∓ -2.13 (25 ply)-+ -3.28 (26 ply)better is 39...a5 40.Rcd1 Qa3 41.Re2 Rb3 42.Nc4 Rxf3 43.Rxe8+ Nxe8 -+ -3.17 (24 ply) ∓ -2.27 (26 ply) 41.Rac1 Qa3 42.Ra1 Qc3 43.Rac1 Qb3 44.Kg2 Re5 45.Nc4 ∓ -2.32 (26 ply)-+ -5.35 (27 ply)47.Ne3 Rxd6 48.Rxa7 Re6 49.Ng2 Rxe1+ 50.Nxe1 Rb3 51.Kf1 -+ -6.48 (27 ply)0-1

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Aug-03-09  Knight13: 37. b3 would've definitely cut some losses. Letting black into the game on the queenside is suicide.
Aug-15-22  Saniyat24: Ram Bam comes the Bot...!

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