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Richard Reti vs Geza Maroczy
New York (1924), New York, NY USA, rd 3, Mar-18
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation. Two Knights Line (A37)  ·  1/2-1/2

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 7s/ply)better is 1...e6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 = +0.10 (29 ply)better is 2.e4 d6 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.O-O e5 5.Re1 Be6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.b3 ⩲ +0.61 (35 ply)= -0.03 (38 ply)better is 4.O-O Bg7 5.e4 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d6 = +0.46 (35 ply)= -0.06 (32 ply)better is 5...e5 6.Rb1 Nge7 7.d3 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.a3 a5 10.Nd2 = 0.00 (36 ply) 6.O-O h6 7.d3 Rb8 8.Be3 Nf6 9.h3 e5 10.a3 O-O 11.b4 ⩲ +0.54 (30 ply) 6...e6 7.e3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O 9.d4 Rb8 10.dxc5 dxc5 = -0.34 (31 ply) ⩲ +0.61 (30 ply) 8.Qd2 Nf6 9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 a6 11.e3 b5 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nge4 = +0.44 (32 ply) 8...Nh6 9.Bd2 a6 10.a3 O-O 11.Rb1 b5 12.cxb5 axb5 13.b4 = -0.39 (33 ply)better is 9.Rb1 Nxf3+ 10.Bxf3 h5 11.h4 Nh6 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Nd5 Re8 = +0.40 (32 ply)better is 9...Nf5 10.Bf4 e5 11.e4 Nd4 12.Be3 Nf6 13.Bg5 Ne6 = -0.18 (32 ply)better is 10.Bxd4 cxd4 11.Nb5 Bxb5 12.cxb5 e5 13.Qb4 Ne7 14.Rfc1 = +0.47 (30 ply) 10...Nh6 11.Nh4 Ng4 12.Bf4 Ne6 13.Nf3 Nxf4 14.gxf4 O-O = -0.22 (34 ply) ⩲ +0.71 (31 ply)better is 16...Bxf6 17.Bxf6 exf6 18.Rbd1 Ba4 19.Rc1 b5 20.Rfe1 ⩲ +0.53 (38 ply) ⩲ +1.05 (32 ply) after 17.b5 Ba8 18.Rfd1 Re8 19.a4 Rc8 20.Rbc1 Qc7 21.a5 bxa5 18.b5 Ba8 19.a4 Rfd8 20.Rfc1 h4 21.Rb3 h3 22.Bf1 Qf5 ⩲ +1.15 (25 ply) 18...Rfd8 19.b5 Ba8 20.Qd3 Qe7 21.Re1 Qc7 22.a4 f5 23.Bg5 = +0.33 (34 ply) ± +2.07 (37 ply) 25.Bd4 h4 26.Qc3 Qb7 27.a4 Rc8 28.Qd3 Ra8 29.Be3 Rxa4 ± +1.75 (33 ply)-+ -5.55 (38 ply) 28...Bh6 29.Qd3 Be3 30.Qxe3 Rxe3 31.b7 Re2 32.Rf4 Qd5 -+ -7.08 (41 ply)-+ -3.48 (37 ply)33.Kf1 Qxh4 34.Kg1 Qg4+ 35.Kf1 Qe4 36.Rb3 Qh1+ 37.Ke2 -+ -3.19 (36 ply)1/2-1/2

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Mar-08-07  Rama: The position after 25. ... h4, is given in diagram 302 pp149 of Averbach's Chess Tactics, "White to move and draw."

Can you find it? The threat is 26 ... h3.

Although I have had the tournament book on NY24 all my life, I never paid any attention to this game.

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