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Mikhail Chigorin vs Andreas Ascharin
St. Petersburg (1877), St. Petersburg RUE
Sicilian Defense: Paulsen Variation (B46)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)7.Qd2 was played in A Burns vs W Tullidge, 1866 (1-0)better is 7...d5 8.exd5 exd5 9.Qe2 Nge7 10.Qh5 h6 11.O-O Bd6 = +0.50 (23 ply) ⩲ +1.05 (15 ply) 8...d6 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nxc6 Nxc6 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 e5 = +0.28 (14 ply) ± +1.78 (11 ply)better is = 0.00 (11 ply) ⩲ +0.69 (24 ply)better is 13.Qf3 Qc7 14.Bf2 d5 15.Rab1 Bd7 16.g4 Nd6 17.Bb6 Qc8 ⩲ +0.89 (22 ply) 13...Rf7 14.Bd4 Nxd4 15.cxd4 Qb6 16.c3 d5 17.Qc2 g6 18.g3 = +0.18 (16 ply) ⩲ +0.94 (17 ply) after 14.Qf3 d6 15.Bd4 Nxd4 16.cxd4 Rb8 17.Qg3 Bd7 18.a4 g6 14...d6 15.Bf2 Ne7 16.Bd4 Rf7 17.Qf3 Ng6 18.Qg3 Qh4 ⩲ +0.64 (19 ply) ± +2.08 (28 ply)better is 16.Qf3 Rb8 17.Qh3 Rh6 18.Qg3 Bb7 19.f5 exf5 20.gxf5 Nd5 ± +2.11 (30 ply) ⩲ +1.41 (24 ply)better is 17.Be4 d5 18.Qd3 g6 19.c4 Bb7 20.cxd5 Bxd5 21.c4 Bxe4 ⩲ +1.29 (28 ply) 17...d5 18.Rae1 Qc7 19.Qf2 e5 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Rxe5 Qxe5 ⩲ +0.60 (27 ply) ± +2.38 (30 ply)better is 20.Qg3 d6 21.Bc4 Qc7 22.Bxf7+ Kxf7 23.Bxe7 Qc5+ 24.Rf2 +- +2.81 (31 ply) 20...d6 21.Bc4 d5 22.Qg3 Bxf5 23.Bxd5 Qxd5 24.Qxb8+ Nc8 ± +1.84 (33 ply)+- +7.82 (31 ply)25...Kh6 26.h8=Q+ Qxh8 27.Bxh8 Ng8 28.Rae1 Bh3 29.Rf8 +- +16.79 (26 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-12-15  heuristic: 6...Bb4 is rare
9...0-0 is only game

14...b4!?
14...d6 15.Bf2 Ne7 16.Bd4 Rf8

17.Qf3!?
17.Be4 d5 18.Qd3 g6 19.c4

20.gxf5!?
20.Qg3 d6 21.Bc4

20...d5??
20...d6 21.Bc4 d5 22.Qg3 Bxf5

Jan-09-22  Sebastian88: <heuristic: [...] 9...0-0 is only game>. Not exactly. There is also this game: J De Soyres vs W Parratt, 1874

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