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Boris Gelfand vs Nigel Short
Short - Gelfand Candidates Quarterfinal (1991), Brussels BEL, rd 6, Aug-18
Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Variation (D37)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)7.Bb2 was played in Radjabov vs Wang Hao, 2013 (1-0)7...Bb4 was played in Najdorf vs R Sanguinetti, 1948 (0-1)better is 10...dxc4 11.bxc4 c5 12.d5 exd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.cxd5 b5 = +0.09 (24 ply) ⩲ +0.65 (24 ply) after 11.cxd5 Nxc3 12.Rxc3 Bxd5 13.Rc1 c5 14.Qc2 g6 15.Be4 better is 11...Nxc3 12.Bxc3 g6 13.Rfd1 Ba3 14.Rb1 Nf6 15.Ne5 a5 = +0.22 (23 ply) ⩲ +0.88 (23 ply)better is 13...c5 14.Nf4 Qe7 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.dxc5 ⩲ +0.69 (24 ply) ⩲ +1.36 (27 ply)better is 17...a5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Rc6 Qd7 20.Rfc1 Nc5 21.Qb5 Ne6 ⩲ +1.20 (27 ply)better is 18.Qe2 a5 19.Ba3 Qe7 20.Qb5 Rfd8 21.Rfd1 a4 22.bxa4 Bxa2 ± +1.77 (25 ply) ⩲ +1.25 (27 ply) after 18...a5 19.Ba3 c6 20.Bxc5 bxc5 21.Qxc5 Qb8 22.Qd4 Rd8 20...g5 21.Nxd5 Qxd5 22.f3 Nc5 23.Bxc5 bxc5 24.f4 gxf4 ⩲ +1.50 (28 ply) ± +2.40 (26 ply) 22.h4 Nxf3+ 23.gxf3 Qxh4 24.Qf2 Qg5+ 25.Qg2 Qxg2+ ± +2.46 (26 ply) ⩲ +1.50 (26 ply) 24...Qxc7 25.Rxc7 Rad8 26.Bb4 a5 27.Bc3 g5 28.Rc6 Rc5 ± +1.82 (24 ply)+- +2.77 (23 ply) after 25.Qc6 Qe8 26.Qxb6 Rb8 27.Qc7 Rbd8 28.Qe7 Rd2 29.Qxe8+ 35...Nxe6 +- mate-in-551-0

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