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Paul Keres vs Samuel Reshevsky
Stockholm Olympiad (1937), Stockholm SWE, rd 15, Aug-10
Spanish Game: Closed. Balla Variation (C88)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)12.Nbd2 was played in B Leussen vs Loman, 1909 (1-0)better is 13.Nbd2 Be6 14.h3 h6 15.d5 Bd7 16.Bd3 O-O 17.Nb3 Nxb3 ⩲ +0.52 (25 ply)better is 13...Bb7 14.Bd3 O-O 15.d5 Rfc8 16.Bd2 Nc4 17.Bc1 Na5 = 0.00 (22 ply)better is 14.b3 Bb7 15.d5 Rac8 16.Ra2 Nd7 17.Bd2 Qb6 18.Be3 Qc7 ⩲ +0.51 (24 ply) 14...Bb7 15.Nb3 Nxb3 16.Bxb3 Bxe4 17.Bg5 Qb7 18.Rc1 exd4 = -0.17 (21 ply) ⩲ +0.67 (23 ply) after 15.d5 Bc8 16.Nf1 Nd7 17.b3 Nc5 18.Be3 Bd7 19.Ng3 Rfc8 better is 22.Bd3 Be5 23.Bf1 Nf4 24.Qf3 Qe7 25.Nxe6 Qxe6 26.Red1 ⩲ +0.94 (21 ply) 22...Nc6 23.Ng4 Bxb2 24.Rxb2 Rd8 25.Nfh6+ Kh8 26.Bd3 a5 = +0.22 (17 ply) ⩲ +1.37 (21 ply)better is 23...Re8 24.Bxf6 Nxf6 25.Qd4 Qd8 26.Red1 Nc6 27.Qxd6 Qe7 ⩲ +0.95 (21 ply) ± +1.52 (21 ply)better is 26.Be2 Ng3 27.Bf3 Ne4 28.Rb1 gxf5 29.Qd4 Rce5 30.Nxf5 d5 ⩲ +1.41 (22 ply) 26...Rc3 27.Rd2 d5 28.Qxb4 Nxb3 29.Rdd1 Nf6 30.Bxa6 Re4 ⩲ +0.73 (22 ply) ± +2.09 (23 ply) 27...d5 28.fxg6 hxg6 29.Nf5 Rxe2 30.Qxe2 Qe6 31.Ne7+ Kg7 ⩲ +1.01 (23 ply)+- +3.59 (26 ply) 30...Kf8 31.Qh6+ Kg8 32.Nd5 Qc5 33.Qg6+ Kf8 34.Rxe5 Rxe5 +- +2.98 (28 ply)+- +9.55 (31 ply)+- mate-in-13 after 33.Qg4+ Kf7 34.Qg7+ Ke8 35.Rxe5 dxe5 36.Rd1 Qd435...Qxd6 36.Rxe5 Rxe5 37.Qxe5+ Qxe5 38.Rxe5+ Kd7 +- mate-in-191-0

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Jul-21-06  Nightwalk: Impressive win by Keres.
Jul-21-06
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  Honza Cervenka: Games like this one can serve even today as a blueprint for white how to treat Closed RL.
Aug-29-07  Marmot PFL: Black seems lost after 26...Qb6? Reshevsky was already in time trouble (as usual) but 26...Rc3 keeps black alive.
Dec-01-09  Dr. Siggy: Against the Ruy Lopez, the Chigorin Defense in its original form (8... Na4 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7) is very seldom used nowadays because of 11. a4!, most successfully employed by Keres in this remarkable game against Reshevsky. After White's a-pawn thrust, the only playable move for Black seems to be Tartakower's forgotten recommendation: 11... Ra7 - but I don't know if it was ever played on board, at least at top level.

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