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Mikhail Chigorin vs Emmanuel Schiffers
Chigorin - Schiffers, 3rd Match (1879), St. Petersburg RUE, rd 9, May-06
Spanish Game: Exchange Variation. General (C68)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)6.Qe2 was played in Fahrni vs A E Post, 1914 (1-0)6...f6 was played in H Wolf vs Schlechter, 1900 (0-1)7.Be3 was played in Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1896 (1-0)better is 10...Bb4+ 11.c3 Bc5 12.Bd2 Ng6 13.O-O-O h6 14.Kb1 Re8 = +0.11 (18 ply) ⩲ +0.72 (26 ply)better is 12.c3 Bd6 13.O-O-O f6 14.h4 c5 15.Qg2 Nc6 16.f3 a5 17.Ng3 ⩲ +0.71 (24 ply)= +0.13 (23 ply) after 12...Qd6 13.Ng3 Bc5 14.Kg2 f6 15.Nf5 Nxf5 16.gxf5 Bxe3 better is 13...Ba5 14.Kg2 Qe6 15.h4 Bb6 16.Nf5 Nxf5 17.gxf5 Qd6 = +0.10 (24 ply) ⩲ +0.69 (25 ply) after 14.Nf5 Kh8 15.a3 Bd6 16.h4 c5 17.h5 c4 18.Rd1 f6 19.Kg2 better is 14...Ba5 15.Nf5 Bb6 16.Bd2 h6 17.Kg2 Nxf5 18.exf5 Qf6 = +0.27 (24 ply)better is 15.Kg2 b6 16.h5 f6 17.Nf5 Bd6 18.c3 c5 19.b3 Qd7 20.Rad1 ⩲ +0.77 (22 ply)= +0.27 (24 ply) after 15...a4 16.h5 a3 17.b3 c5 18.Ne2 b6 19.c3 Ba5 20.Rd1 f6 18...Ng8 19.Nxd6 cxd6 20.Qg3 c5 21.f3 f6 22.h5 g5 23.Qe1 = +0.32 (22 ply) ± +2.14 (26 ply) 22...Rg8 23.Rg4 f6 24.g6 hxg6 25.Rh1+ Kg7 26.fxg6 Qe6 ± +2.43 (24 ply)+- +4.00 (26 ply)better is 24.Rh3 Bf8 25.Qg3 c4 26.Qxe5+ Bg7 27.Qxa5 h6 28.Qb4 b5 +- +2.58 (22 ply)+- +4.70 (24 ply) 25.Qg3 c4 26.Rag1 Qe8 27.Qh4 h6 28.g6 fxg6 29.f7 Qxf7 +- +4.04 (27 ply) ⩲ +1.12 (22 ply) 28.Kf1 c5 29.Kg2 c4 30.dxc4 Qc6 31.Qf5 Rd4 32.Re1 Rxc4 ± +1.97 (22 ply)= +0.47 (24 ply) 29...Qd4 30.fxg8=Q+ Kxg8 31.Rb1 Qc5 32.Rg1 Rd6 33.Rhg3 = +0.39 (23 ply)+- +55.85 (38 ply)33...Qh7 34.Rxh7+ Kxh7 35.Qf7+ Kh8 36.Qxc7 a4 37.Qxe5+ +- +66.00 (35 ply)1-0

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Aug-02-03  PVS: 29...Ne7 is atrocious. Much better is 29...Qd4+.
Oct-05-03  Kenkaku: Unfortunately 29...Qd4 is not check. I think black was pretty much done for.
Oct-05-03  Calli: Check or not, 29...Qd4! looks good. At least I don't see a clear win after 29...Qd4! 30.fxg8Q+ Kxg8

The point is that Ne7? unguards h6.

Oct-05-03  crafty: 29...♕d4 30. fxg8=♕+ ♔xg8 31. ♖b1 ♔g7 32. ♕g3 c5 33. ♔f1 =   (eval 0.33; depth 14 ply; 1000M nodes)
Oct-06-03  AdrianP: 29... Qd4! 30 fxg8Q+ Kxg8 31. Rg3 Qxb2+ 32. Kf1 Rd6 33. Qf5 Kg7 34. Rhg1 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qf4 36. Qc8 Qf7+ (with a slight advantage to White) is Kasparov's analysis in OMGP.

29. Ne7?? is a blunder.

Sep-17-08  penguin496: What is OMGP?
Sep-17-08  Jim Bartle: "on MY great predecessors" by Kasparov.
Sep-17-08  whiteshark: 'Old moon goddess, pity!' I think, or not?
Apr-30-10  just a kid: Just another boring Ruy Exchange right? Wrong!
Mar-29-14  capafischer1: Nice tactical fireworks with the power of initiative.
Apr-21-14  tranquilsimplicity: Chigorin at his best!#
Nov-30-14  Knight13: 14... a5 is a waste. 14... Bd6 is better.

<tranquilsimplicity: Chigorin at his best!#> You probably wouldn't have said that if Black had found 29... Qd4!.

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