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Wilhelm Steinitz vs Mikhail Chigorin
Steinitz - Chigorin World Championship Rematch (1892), Havana CUB, rd 18, Feb-14
Zukertort Opening: Dutch Variation (A04)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 5...O-O 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 e5 8.O-O Na6 9.Ng5 h6 10.Ne6 = +0.01 (25 ply) ⩲ +0.54 (26 ply)better is 8.Qc2 a5 9.Bg2 Na6 10.O-O g6 11.Nd4 Re8 12.e3 Bd7 13.b3 ⩲ +0.86 (27 ply)better is 8...Ne4 9.Nd4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Na6 11.O-O Nc5 12.Ba3 Bf6 = +0.24 (27 ply) ⩲ +0.89 (27 ply) after 9.Nd4 Nc5 10.O-O a5 11.Qc2 g6 12.e3 Nfe4 13.Nce2 Bf6 9...Nc5 10.Nd4 a5 11.Qc2 g6 12.b3 Bd7 13.Ba3 Rb8 14.e3 ⩲ +0.55 (26 ply) ± +1.55 (25 ply)better is 10...Bd7 11.Qb3 Qc8 12.Bd2 Kh8 13.f4 Neg4 14.h3 Nh6 ⩲ +1.03 (24 ply) ± +1.66 (25 ply)better is 12.e4 f4 13.Qb3 a5 14.a4 Bd7 15.Nce2 fxg3 16.hxg3 Qc8 ± +1.64 (25 ply) ⩲ +1.08 (28 ply)better is 14...Bxd4 15.Bxd4 Nf6 16.Rae1 Rf7 17.Qb3 b6 18.Qc2 a5 ⩲ +1.07 (24 ply)better is 15.e4 c6 16.dxc6 bxc6 17.Rac1 Bxd4 18.Bxd4 fxe4 19.Nxe4 ± +1.58 (26 ply) ⩲ +0.86 (25 ply)better is 16...b5 17.a3 a5 18.b4 Nf6 19.Qb2 Rf7 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.e3 ⩲ +0.88 (25 ply) ⩲ +1.41 (28 ply) 19.b4 b5 20.Bh3 Rc8 21.Qd3 a6 22.Rf2 Nc7 23.Rfe2 Bb7 ⩲ +1.49 (21 ply)better is 19...fxe4 20.Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.Bxe4 Bxe4 22.Rxe4 Qd7 23.Rfe1 ⩲ +0.66 (30 ply) ⩲ +1.17 (30 ply)better is 21...Rc8 22.Qd1 Nf6 23.Rfe3 Rce8 24.Bxa7 Rxe3 25.Bxe3 ⩲ +0.96 (29 ply) ± +1.59 (30 ply) 23...Rae8 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.h3 Bd7 27.Bxa7 ⩲ +1.40 (30 ply) ± +2.42 (29 ply) 25...Qf7 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Qxf7+ Kxf7 28.Rc1 Re7 29.Bxa7 ± +2.16 (33 ply)+- +10.08 (29 ply)+- mate-in-6 after 35.Qd8+ Kh7 36.Be4+ g6 37.Bxg6+ Kxg6 38.Qg5+39...Rxg7 40.e7+ Kh7 41.e8=Q Kh6 42.Be4 Qf7 43.Qh8+ Rh7 +- mate-in-71-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-05-06  Gouki: the bishop pair is crushing over the black rooks!
Feb-29-08  Knight13: 25. Qxf5!! gives White two powerful bishops (plus a good friend on e6) vs Black's pathetic rooks.
Nov-20-11  King Death: This was a surprising error in judgment by Chigorin. He had to play 24...Qf7 to hold the pawn, because it's not hard to see that what happens in the game is miserable.
Aug-07-13  mrbug: instead of 35. ♗e4 to complicate things a little bit Steinitz should have played 35. ♕d8+ ♖xd8 36. ♖xd8+ ♔h7 37. ♗e4+ g6 / ♔h6 38. ♖h8# for an easy combination to finish this one off
Sep-09-15  sportember: mrbug nice, but what if 35.♕d8+ ♔h7 ?
Mar-12-16  mrbug: Nice question, I only saw it now...If 35...Kh7 I think the continuation would be 36. Be4+ g6 only move 37. Bxg6+ Kxg6 only move 38. Qg5+ Kh7 only move 39. Qxh5+ Kg8 only move 40. Qh8#

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