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Mikhail Tal vs Paul Keres
USSR Championship (1973), Moscow URS, rd 4, Oct-06
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Modern Steinitz Defense (C75)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 8.d5 Na5 9.Bc2 b5 10.O-O Ng6 11.a4 Be7 12.Na3 c5 = +0.46 (27 ply)8...Nc8 was played in Geller vs Keres, 1950 (0-1)= +0.25 (22 ply)better is 11.O-O Qc7 12.b3 g6 13.Qe2 O-O-O 14.f4 Kb8 15.Qf2 Nac6 = +0.37 (21 ply)= -0.13 (23 ply) after 11...Qc7 12.O-O g6 13.Be3 Nec6 14.Nd2 Be7 15.Qg3 O-O-O better is 12...Nh4 13.Nxh4 Qxh4 14.Nd2 Bg4 15.Qg3 Qxg3 16.hxg3 = +0.12 (25 ply) ⩲ +0.63 (20 ply) after 13.g3 Be7 14.h4 Rd8 15.O-O Be6 16.Nd2 Nf8 17.Qe2 Nd7 better is 13...O-O-O 14.b3 Kb8 15.Ne3 Be7 16.Ba3 Qxf3 17.Nxf3 Nc6 = +0.27 (20 ply) ⩲ +0.87 (24 ply)better is 15.Ne3 Qxf3 16.Nxf3 Bg7 17.b3 O-O-O 18.Ba3 b6 19.Bd3 Kb7 ⩲ +0.79 (24 ply)= +0.29 (29 ply) 20...Qh4 21.Nc3 Nc6 22.Be3 Bg5 23.Nd5 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Nd4 = +0.16 (25 ply) ⩲ +1.10 (26 ply)better is 22...h4 23.Be3 Nc6 24.Nd5 Nb4 25.Bd1 Nxd5 26.cxd5 Bb5 ⩲ +0.66 (22 ply) ⩲ +1.24 (24 ply)better is 28.Bd2 h3 29.g3 Kf8 30.Rad1 Kg7 31.Be3 f5 32.Bf4 Bd6 ⩲ +1.22 (21 ply) 28...Nc6 29.Rad1 h3 30.gxh3 Rg8+ 31.Kh1 Bxh3 32.Rg1 ⩲ +0.54 (22 ply) 29.Rad1 Nc6 30.Be3 Bd4 31.Bxd4 Nxd4 32.b4 Kf8 33.bxc5 ⩲ +1.47 (24 ply) ⩲ +0.65 (22 ply) 30...Rhf8 31.h3 Kc6 32.Nd5 f5 33.Ne7+ Kb6 34.e5 Rh8 ⩲ +0.52 (21 ply) 31.Nd5 h3 32.g3 Rgf8 33.b4 cxb4 34.Bc7 Kc8 35.Bxd8 Rxd8 ± +1.54 (23 ply)better is 31...Rgf8 32.Nd5 f5 33.Rfe1 Kc6 34.Bg6 fxe4 35.Bxe4 Bxd5 ⩲ +0.67 (23 ply) ⩲ +1.29 (23 ply) 33...Be5 34.Bf2 Bg3 35.Bxd4 cxd4 36.Rxd4 Be5 37.Rd3 a5 ⩲ +1.05 (23 ply) ± +1.82 (23 ply) 34...Be5 35.Bxh4 b5 36.Bf6 Kd6 37.Rc1 bxc4 38.Nb6 Bxf6 ± +1.62 (22 ply) ± +2.38 (23 ply) 35...Bf7 36.Ne7+ Kc7 37.Bxf7 Rxf7 38.Nxf5 Be5 39.g4 Ne2+ ± +2.08 (22 ply)+- +3.32 (26 ply)42...Ng7 43.Nxd7 Kxd7 44.Rf4 Ne6 45.Rf7+ Kc6 46.Be3 Bd6 +- +5.27 (27 ply)1-0

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Oct-08-13  talisman: hmmm first one...making luv for the furst time......oh well in the end the bishop has nowhere to go and one of em will fall. nice middlegame by Tal.

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