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Arnold Denker vs Reuben Fine
Syracuse (1934), Syracuse, NY USA, rd 8, Aug-18
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation (D48)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 11.exd4 b4 12.Ne2 Bb7 13.Nf4 Bd6 14.Re1 O-O 15.Qe2 Bc7 = +0.07 (25 ply) 11...Nc5 12.axb5 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 e5 14.Ne4 exd4 15.Nxf6+ ⩱ -0.53 (19 ply) ⩲ +0.75 (28 ply) 12...Ra7 13.Nc6 Bb7 14.Nd5 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Qxd5 16.Qxd5 Bxd5 = 0.00 (22 ply) ± +1.97 (28 ply) 13...Bb7 14.Ne4 Bxc6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.Qxc6 Rb6 17.Qc4 ⩲ +0.83 (24 ply) ± +1.84 (25 ply) 14...Qxb8 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Bd6 17.Qh3 f5 18.Bb1 Nc5 ⩲ +1.40 (20 ply)+- +3.90 (25 ply) = 0.00 (23 ply)+- +5.08 (22 ply) after 20.Rd1 Nc5 21.Rd8 Kb7 22.Nac7 Bd7 23.a5 Na6 24.Nxa6 Bxb5 better is 29.Rfb1 Ne5 30.Be1 Rd3 31.Bf2 Bxe3 32.Bxe3+ Rxe3 33.Rc1 +- +3.57 (32 ply) 29...f5 30.Rfb1 f4 31.Kf1 fxe3 32.Be1 Bd4 33.Ra2 Rc8 ± +2.19 (33 ply)better is 30.a5+ Ka6 31.Rac1 Rc8 32.g3 Nd3 33.Ra1 Kb5 34.Rfb1 Ra8 +- +3.30 (34 ply) 30...Rxd2 31.Rxd2 Bxe3+ 32.Rf2 Nd3 33.Ra2 Nxf2 34.Rxf2 ± +1.98 (33 ply)+- +3.61 (32 ply) 40...fxe4 41.Rxe4 g5 42.Kd3 Kd5 43.Rc4 h6 44.Kd2 Kd6 +- +2.98 (38 ply)+- +4.67 (39 ply) after 41.h4 h6 42.Kd3 h5 43.Ke2 Rb7 44.Kf2 Rb8 45.Kf1 Rb6 52...g4 53.hxg4 hxg4 54.fxg4 f3 55.Rh5 Rxg2+ 56.Kh3 Rb2 +- +3.71 (34 ply)+- +8.60 (36 ply)63...Ra5 64.Kf5 Kg7 65.Ke6 Ra4 66.Kxe5 Ra6 67.Kxf4 Rf6+ +- +55.45 (22 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-14-16  Calli: 13...Bb7 pinning the knight is the obvious move. Instead, Fine gives up the exchange with Qc7? He must have thought that after 14...Ne5?? that Q moves somewhere and he still has 3 White pieces under attack at b8, d3 and c3. Denker's 15.Qa8!, pinning the c8 Bishop, shows this to be a miscalculation. After Nxa6 hitting the Q, White has a tempo to move his knight. It's an interesting knight formation at move 20


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A knight on the rim is grim,
but if two knights in the corner,
you will eat humble pie like Jack Horner!

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