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Mikhail Botvinnik vs Isaac Lipnitsky
USSR Championship (1951), Moscow URS, rd 4, Nov-18
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Line (E40)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)7...a5 was played in M Hochstrasser vs E Berg, 2006 (0-1)8.c5 was played in Korchnoi vs V M Golod, 2004 (1-0)9.Bd3 was played in Botvinnik vs Reshevsky, 1948 (1-0)9...dxc4 was played in A Korobov vs D Dubov, 2018 (0-1)better is 11...b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Rfd1 a5 14.bxa5 Rxa5 15.h3 h6 16.e4 = +0.10 (21 ply) ⩲ +0.72 (21 ply) 17...Nd5 18.Qd2 Nxb2 19.Qxb2 Rf8 20.Na7 Rb8 21.Rfc1 f6 = +0.36 (24 ply)better is 18.Nxd7 Nxd7 19.Bc1 Nc3 20.Nxc3 Rxc3 21.Rb1 Qd6 22.a4 b6 ⩲ +1.16 (24 ply)= +0.42 (23 ply)better is 19...Qd8 20.Nxd7 Nxd7 21.Be4 Rb8 22.Rc2 Nf6 23.Bf3 Rc8 ⩲ +0.55 (24 ply) ⩲ +1.05 (22 ply) 23...Qxb7 24.Rxb7 Bxa3 25.Rb1 Bf8 26.h4 Ra8 27.g4 a3 = +0.41 (19 ply) ± +1.51 (23 ply)better is 24...Nd5 25.Reb7 Rb8 26.Rxb8 Rxb8 27.Rxb8 Qxb8 28.Qc1 f6 ⩲ +1.20 (23 ply) ± +1.72 (23 ply)better is 27.Be4 Qb8 28.Rc5 Nf6 29.Bd3 Qb3 30.Qc1 h6 31.h4 Nd5 ± +1.75 (24 ply) ⩲ +1.25 (22 ply) after 27...Rb8 28.Bc2 h6 29.Nd3 Nf6 30.Nc5 Bb5 31.Rb1 Bc6 32.f3 31.Rb1 Qd6 32.Rb7 Rb8 33.Rxb8 Qxb8 34.e4 h5 35.Qc3 Kg8 ± +1.55 (24 ply)better is 31...Qxc7 32.Rxc7 Rb8 33.Rc2 Nf5 34.g4 Nd6 35.g5 Kg7 ⩲ +0.60 (28 ply) ⩲ +1.23 (28 ply)better is 36.Kh2 h5 37.g3 Rc7 38.Rb8 Rc8 39.Rxc8 Nxc8 40.h4 Ke7 ⩲ +1.15 (27 ply)= +0.42 (26 ply) after 36...h5 37.g3 Rd8 38.Rd2 Nc6 39.d5 exd5 40.exd5 Ne7 41.d6 39...exd5 40.Nxd5 Na7 41.f3 Rc8 42.Kf2 Be8 43.Nf6 Nb5 ⩲ +1.01 (26 ply) 40.f4 Nd3 41.dxe6 fxe6 42.Bxe6 Re8 43.Bd5 Rc8 44.f5 gxf5 ± +1.96 (26 ply) 40...Bd7 41.Rd2 exd5 42.Rxd5 Nc6 43.Rd1 Be8 44.Rxd8 Nxd8 ⩲ +1.02 (28 ply) ± +2.06 (28 ply); 41...exd5 42.Bxd5 Nd7 43.Rxa4 Nb6 44.Rd4 Bb5 45.Rb4 Nxd5 ± +1.75 (26 ply)1-0

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