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Andre Lilienthal vs Vladimir Simagin
Moscow Championship (1944/45), Moscow URS, rd 15
Gruenfeld Defense: Flohr Variation (D90)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nbd2 d5 4.b3 Bd6 5.e3 O-O 6.Bb2 Nbd7 = +0.30 (42 ply) 2...e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 = -0.27 (36 ply)better is 3.f3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Ne2 e6 7.Bg5 exd5 8.cxd5 ⩲ +0.58 (35 ply)= +0.08 (36 ply)better is 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 b6 8.e5 Be6 9.exf6 Bxc4 ⩲ +0.52 (34 ply) 5...Bd7 6.Qd1 dxc4 7.e4 c5 8.Bxc4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc6 = -0.11 (32 ply) ⩲ +0.82 (30 ply) 7...Nxc3 8.bxc3 O-O 9.Be2 b5 10.Qc2 c5 11.dxc5 Qc7 = +0.13 (31 ply) ⩲ +1.12 (28 ply)better is 11...Bg4 12.O-O Ne6 13.Ne5 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 f5 15.exf5 gxf5 ⩲ +0.80 (28 ply) 12.d5 cxd5 13.exd5 Qd6 14.O-O Bd7 15.Qc1 Rfc8 16.Bf4 Qc5 ± +1.51 (29 ply) 12...Be6 13.d5 cxd5 14.Bxb6 axb6 15.exd5 Bf7 16.Ng5 Qd6 = +0.21 (34 ply) 13.h4 Nb5 14.Nxb5 fxe4 15.Ne5 cxb5 16.h5 g5 17.h6 Bf6 +- +2.62 (29 ply) ± +1.54 (30 ply)better is 14...Ncd5 15.Bg5 Qc7 16.Rfe1 h6 17.Bc1 Kh7 18.Bf1 Rg8 ± +1.56 (32 ply) 15.Bg5 Bf6 16.Bh6 Rf7 17.Rfe1 Bg7 18.Bd2 b6 19.Qc2 Bb7 ± +2.25 (31 ply) 15...b5 16.Rfe1 a5 17.Bf1 a4 18.Qc2 Nb4 19.Qe2 Nbd5 ⩲ +1.36 (31 ply)better is 16.Rfe1 Qd6 17.Ne5 Bd7 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Bf4 Ne6 20.Nxd7 ± +2.50 (29 ply)better is 16...Qe7 17.Rfe1 Bxe5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.dxe5 Kh8 20.Bh6 ± +1.89 (29 ply) 17.Bg5 Nf6 18.Bf3 h6 19.Bh4 Be8 20.Rfe1 Kh7 21.Ne2 Qc8 +- +2.53 (30 ply) ⩲ +0.85 (31 ply)better is 19...Rg8 20.g3 Ra8 21.Ne2 a5 22.a4 b5 23.Bf4 bxa4 24.Qxa4 ⩲ +0.70 (21 ply) ⩲ +1.33 (30 ply) after 20.g3 Rfe8 21.Bh6 a6 22.Ne2 a5 23.Qc2 Ra8 24.a4 Nb4 better is 20...Rfe8 21.g3 Be7 22.Bg2 Bd6 23.Nc3 Qg7 24.Qa4 Qf7 ⩲ +0.93 (29 ply) ± +1.65 (33 ply)better is 21...Nbc7 22.Nf4 Bg7 23.g3 Rfe8 24.h4 Rg8 25.Kh2 Qf7 ⩲ +1.08 (32 ply) ± +1.64 (30 ply) 24...exd5 25.Bf4 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Ne4 27.Qh3 Qe7 28.Be5+ ± +1.53 (32 ply)+- +3.65 (34 ply) 25...h6 26.Bxh6 Rf7 27.Bf4 Rh7 28.Be5+ Kg8 29.Nf4 Ne4 ± +2.46 (23 ply)better is 26.Rc1 Qf7 27.Qh3 e5 28.dxe5 Re6 29.b3 Na5 30.b4 Nc6 +- +4.33 (33 ply) ± +2.15 (34 ply)better is 28.Re2 Na5 29.b4 Nc4 30.Bxc7 Qxc7 31.Rde1 f4 32.Rxe6 Qf7 +- +2.52 (35 ply) ± +1.84 (36 ply) 29...Na5 30.Qh4 Qe7 31.Qg3 f4 32.Nxf4 Qf6 33.Nh5 Qf7 ± +1.72 (35 ply)better is 30.Nf4 Rg8 31.Qh6 Ne4 32.Rc1 Qf7 33.f3 Nf6 34.Re3 Re7 +- +3.21 (33 ply) 30...f4 31.Nxf4 Qf7 32.Nd3 Nf5 33.Qe5+ Kg8 34.g3 Qf6 ± +2.19 (36 ply)+- +5.08 (35 ply)better is 32.Qg3+ Kh8 33.Rxe6 f4 34.Nxf4 Qf7 35.Rxd6 Qxf4 36.Qxf4 +- +5.13 (35 ply)+- +2.95 (35 ply) 33...Qf6 34.g3 Ne4 35.Qxf6 Rxf6 36.Rde3 Kf7 37.Rc1 Kf8 +- +2.91 (36 ply)+- +5.05 (31 ply) after 34.Nxe6 Qf6 35.Qxd5 Ne3 36.Qg5+ Qxg5 37.Nxg5 Nc2 38.Re4 better is 35.Nf4 Qf6 36.Qxf6 Rxf6 37.Nxd5 Rf7 38.Nf4 Ng7 39.Re4 +- +4.07 (34 ply) ± +2.46 (35 ply) 36.Nf4 Ng7 37.g3 Qxe5 38.Rxe5 Rf6 39.Ree3 Kf7 40.h3 Rf8 +- +2.72 (38 ply) ± +1.73 (35 ply) 41.f3 Kg6 42.Rc8 Kf6 43.Kf2 Nf5 44.Nxf5 Kxf5 45.a5 Rh7 ± +2.38 (33 ply) ± +1.61 (36 ply)better is 45.Rc3 Kd6 46.Re3 Ke7 47.Kd3 Kf6 48.Kd2 Nf5 49.Rf3 Rh7 ± +1.82 (26 ply)better is 45...Rd8 46.Kd3 Rf8 47.f3 Kf6 48.Kd2 Rf7 49.Rc3 e5 ⩲ +1.24 (33 ply)better is 46.Rf3+ Ke7 47.Rc3 Kf6 48.Kd2 a6 49.Ne2 Nf5 50.Rc8 Rh7 ± +1.90 (35 ply) ⩲ +1.39 (35 ply) 47...a5 48.Re3 b5 49.axb5 Rb7 50.Re5 Rb6 51.Kc1 Ne8 ± +1.51 (36 ply) ± +2.27 (36 ply) 49...Rb6 50.Ne2 Ne8 51.g4 Nc7 52.f4 Nxb5+ 53.Kd3 gxf4 ± +2.10 (36 ply)+- +4.23 (35 ply)61...Kg7 62.Rxf5 Rb6 63.Ka3 Rc6 64.Kb4 Rc2 65.Rf6 Rg2 +- +147.92 (34 ply)1-0

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