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Alexander Kotov vs Gavriil Veresov
USSR Championship (1944), Moscow URS, rd 1, May-21
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense. Pillsbury Variation (D41)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)7...Nxc3 was played in A Shomoev vs D Khismatullin, 2012 (0-1) 12...b6 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.a4 Rfe8 15.Rfb1 a6 16.c4 a5 17.Ng5 = -0.13 (25 ply) 13.Bd3 g6 14.Qe4 Nf6 15.Qe3 b6 16.Ne5 Bd6 17.Rfe1 Bxe5 ⩲ +0.63 (23 ply) 13...b6 14.Bd5 Ba6 15.Qxa6 exd5 16.Rfe1 Nf6 17.Bg5 h6 = -0.33 (26 ply) ⩲ +0.63 (25 ply) 20.Ne5 b4 21.Rh3 f5 22.Rc1 Bxe5 23.fxe5 Bb7 24.Bd3 b3 ⩲ +0.92 (19 ply)= 0.00 (24 ply)better is 22.Ne5 fxe5 23.fxe5 Ba3 24.Rf1 g6 25.Qf2 Rd7 26.c4 Rxd4 ⩲ +0.59 (20 ply) 22...Qc6 23.Re2 Qd5 24.Ne5 Bxe5 25.fxe5 f5 26.Qh4 b4 = -0.04 (22 ply) ⩲ +0.89 (22 ply) 23...Bc6 24.Qb2 a3 25.Qc1 Bd5 26.Nb4 Bxb4 27.cxb4 Qb7 = +0.45 (22 ply) ⩲ +1.21 (19 ply) 24...a3 25.Qe2 Bxb4 26.cxb4 Rxd4 27.b5 Rad8 28.Rc3 Qd6 ⩲ +0.78 (22 ply) 25.Qe2 Rh5 26.Rxh5 gxh5 27.a3 h4 28.Qg4 Qg7 29.Qxg7+ ± +1.65 (22 ply)better is 25...Bxb4 26.cxb4 Rxd4 27.bxa5 Rxd2 28.Be4 Bxe4 29.Rxe4 ⩲ +0.81 (23 ply) 26.Qf2 Rh5 27.Rxh5 gxh5 28.Bd3 Bxb4 29.cxb4 Qd6 30.Bc3 ⩲ +1.48 (22 ply)= -0.02 (23 ply)28...Bxd4+ 29.Nxd4 Rxd4 30.Qf2 Raxc4 31.Be3 Rd6 32.Rxa3 = +0.07 (25 ply)1-0

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