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Mikhail Chigorin vs Andreas Ascharin
St. Petersburg National t (1875), St. Petersburg RUE
Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Normal Variation (B45)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 7s/ply)better is 5...Bc5 6.Ndb5 Nf6 7.Nd6+ Ke7 8.Bf4 e5 9.Nf5+ Kf8 = +0.16 (35 ply) ⩲ +0.91 (22 ply) after 6.exd5 exd5 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Nxd5 Nge7 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nc3 6...Bd7 7.exd5 exd5 8.Nxd5 Nge7 9.Nxe7 Bxe7 10.O-O ⩲ +0.77 (24 ply) 7.exd5 exd5 8.O-O f6 9.Re1 Kf7 10.Ba4 h5 11.Nf3 h4 ± +1.97 (23 ply) 7...Bd7 8.O-O dxe4 9.Nxe4 Ng6 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.Nxc6 = +0.50 (22 ply) ± +1.91 (23 ply) 9.Qe2 Be6 10.Bxc6+ Nxc6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qxe6+ Qe7 ± +2.14 (29 ply) 9...axb5 10.Ndxb5 d4 11.Qf3 Be6 12.Bc7 Qd7 13.Nd6+ Qxd6 ⩲ +1.36 (27 ply)better is 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Re1 Ra7 12.Bd6 h5 13.Bc5 Rb7 14.Qd3 Rh6 +- +4.02 (26 ply) ± +2.26 (29 ply) 11...axb5 12.Nxd5 Rc8 13.Rad1 Rc6 14.Rd3 Rg8 15.Bg3 h6 ± +2.07 (29 ply)+- +3.57 (31 ply) 13.Rad1 Kf7 14.Qe3 Qe8 15.Nc7 Qc6 16.Nxa8 Nd5 17.Qb3 Bc4 +- +3.59 (30 ply) ⩲ +1.48 (28 ply) 14.Qb6 Qc8 15.Rad1 Qg4 16.Nxa8 Qxf4 17.Nc7 Qc4 18.Ne6 ± +1.93 (28 ply) 14...g5 15.Bg3 Qc8 16.Nxa8 Qxa8 17.h4 Qc8 18.hxg5 Nf5 = +0.47 (28 ply)+- +6.74 (26 ply) after 15.Rad1 Qc8 16.a4 Bc6 17.Qc4+ Kg7 18.Ne6+ Kg8 19.Rd8 Bd5 16.Qh3 Bc4 17.Ne6+ Bxe6 18.Bh6+ Kf7 19.Qxe6+ Ke8 20.Qxf6 +- +5.89 (30 ply) ± +1.53 (31 ply) 24...Bc6 25.Rc8 g5 26.Rc7+ Ne7 27.Rxe7+ Bxe7 28.Qxe7+ +- +2.68 (34 ply)+- +5.11 (28 ply) after 25.Rb8 Ne7 26.Rxb7 Be8 27.Rxe7+ Bxe7 28.Qxe7+ Bf7 29.f4 29...Kg7 30.c4 Bc6 31.Rc7 a5 32.Rxc6 Nxc6 33.Qxc6 Rf5 +- +5.86 (27 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-19-04
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  Chessical: Chigorin creates a K-side attack which overwhelms his opponent with the advance of his <f> and <g> pawns ahead of his castled K.

<17...Rb8?!> Ascharin puts off <17...d5> perhaps because he underestimated the dynamic potential of the move, and concentrated on the static weakness of the backward e-pawn?

<19...gxf5> does not seem any better after 20.gxf5 Qc7 21.f6! Nf5 22.Bxf5 exf5 23.Rae1

<21...Bxf5> also loses, 22.Bxf5 Nxf5 23.Rxf5 Qc8 24.Rxf7 Kxf7 25.Rf1+ Kg8 26.Be7

<24.Qxg7+!> wrpas the game up in an elegant fashion.

Oct-12-15  heuristic: duplicate of Chigorin vs Alapin, 1875

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