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Garry Kasparov vs Eduard Mnatsakanian
14th Soviet Team Championship Final-C (1979), Moscow URS, rd 3, Jul-??
English Opening: King's English Variation. Closed System Full Symmetry (A26)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)7.Nf3 was played in A Chernin vs P Van der Sterren, 1980 (1-0)7...a6 was played in N Meskovs vs Ruifeng Li, 2017 (0-1)better is 10.Nc3 f5 11.Qb3 Nf6 12.Nf3 Nf7 13.O-O O-O 14.Rd1 Nh5 = +0.36 (24 ply)= -0.15 (24 ply)better is 15...Rac8 16.e3 g5 17.h4 g4 18.Ng5 Nxg5 19.hxg5 f4 = -0.24 (19 ply)= +0.30 (21 ply) after 16.Qc2 Qc7 17.Rb3 Rab8 18.Rfb1 Rxb3 19.Qxb3 Qa5 20.Bb2 better is 21...g5 22.Qc1 h5 23.e3 Bd7 24.h3 Qb6 25.Na4 Qc7 26.Bb2 = -0.07 (20 ply)= +0.45 (22 ply) after 22.e3 Qb6 23.Ne2 Bd7 24.Bc3 c5 25.Nf4 Bg7 26.Nd5 Nxd5 better is 22...h5 23.e3 h4 24.Ne2 hxg3 25.hxg3 g5 26.Bc3 Kg7 27.Nd2 = 0.00 (23 ply)better is 23.dxe4 Bxc4 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Na5 Bxe2 26.Qc1 Bd3 27.Nxc6 ⩲ +0.69 (25 ply)= +0.08 (26 ply) 31...Bb3 32.Bd4 Qc7 33.Bb2 Qb6 34.Qf3 a5 35.Qa8+ Qd8 ⩲ +0.56 (26 ply)+- +5.40 (34 ply)33...Qc1+ 34.Kh2 Qe1 35.Bxd5 Qxf2+ 36.Bg2 Qe2 37.Qc8+ +- +59.50 (30 ply)1-0

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