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Geoff Chandler vs John B Henderson
SNCL Div 1 Crowwood-Edinburgh (1994)
Lion Defense: Lion's Jaw (B07)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply) 1...c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 = +0.08 (35 ply) 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Ng5 ⩲ +0.88 (34 ply) 2...e5 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qe3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qe7 ⩱ -0.88 (34 ply) ⩲ +0.67 (31 ply)better is 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Bd3 c6 6.Ne2 e5 7.c4 exd4 8.Bxd4 a6 ⩲ +0.77 (35 ply)= +0.12 (38 ply) 5.Be3 c6 6.Qd2 b5 7.O-O-O O-O 8.Kb1 h5 9.e5 dxe5 ⩲ +0.89 (30 ply)better is 5...O-O 6.Bb3 Nbd7 7.Be3 c6 8.Nh3 b5 9.O-O a5 10.a3 = -0.15 (29 ply) 6.a3 a5 7.Ba2 b5 8.Be3 Qc7 9.Nge2 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 = +0.41 (30 ply) 6...O-O 7.a3 b5 8.Ba2 a5 9.e5 dxe5 10.dxe5 Nd5 11.f4 ⩱ -0.67 (29 ply) ⩲ +0.54 (33 ply) 9...Qd8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Ne5 hxg5 12.Bxf7+ Kf8 13.Bb3 Ke8 = 0.00 (33 ply) ± +1.90 (33 ply) 15...Qa6 16.Nxe7+ Kh8 17.Qxa6 Nxa6 18.Kb1 Be6 19.Nd5 h6 ⩲ +1.50 (31 ply)+- +3.12 (36 ply) after 16.h4 h6 17.h5 Bd7 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.Qc4 Rf7 20.Nd4 Rc8 18.Nf4 Qxa2 19.exf6 Qa1+ 20.Kd2 Qa4 21.Nd5 exf6 22.Qf3 ± +2.38 (37 ply)= 0.00 (37 ply) 19.h5 g4+ 20.Kb1 g5 21.Nxe7+ Kh8 22.Nd5 Bd7 23.Qe2 Rac8 = 0.00 (38 ply) 19...Kg7 20.Nd5 gxh4+ 21.Kb1 Bg5 22.Rxh4 b6 23.Qd4 Rd8 ∓ -2.25 (37 ply) 20.Nd5 gxh4+ 21.Kb1 Bg5 22.Bd2 Bxd2 23.Qxh4 h5 24.Rxd2 ⩱ -1.35 (35 ply)-+ -4.60 (35 ply) after 20...g4+ 21.Kb1 Bxe6 22.h5 Kg7 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Nd5 Rad8 22...Rf7 23.Rxh6 Rxe7 24.Rh4 Kg7 25.Rhd4 Rc8 26.a4 Nc5 -+ -4.10 (31 ply)-+ -2.56 (37 ply)38.Bxc3 bxc3 39.a4 g5 40.Re3 Kf7 41.b4 g4 42.b5 Rc5 43.a5 -+ -10.35 (30 ply)0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-19-05  lronTigran: 2. f3? was pretty bad, but 2. ... d6?! just returned the favor, after which the game transposes to a sort of pirc. 2. ... e5 or 2. ... d5 would have instantly equalized.
Feb-02-05  aw1988: How can he have easily equalized if you say 2. f3 is a bad move?
Feb-14-05  lronTigran: In the opening black is looking to equalize. Theroretically, black should, eventually, be able to equalize, or at least draw. Any mistake by white makes the process much easier.

After 2. f3 black isn't better so any equalizing attempt is best.

Nov-07-07  ChesterTheJester: after 2.e5 black is better surely, threatening Nxe4. White then has to play Nc3 or more interestingly 2.f4! and a reversed Latvian Gambit has occurred.
May-31-09
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  GrahamClayton: 1.e5 e5 2.f3 was played back in the 1920's by the Viennese amateur Joseph Krejcik.

Source: Edward Winter Chess Notes #696

Nov-21-10  watwinc: Something's wrong here - white has a lead in development that has to be worth a pawn. And white could pick up an exchange with 25 Nc7 if the aim was material. Has anybody run a computer check on this line?
Nov-21-10
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  tamar: <watwinc> 15 Nc7 fails to 15...Qxa2 (threat of Qa1#) 16 Bf4 (16 Bc3 Bh6+ mating) Qa1+ 17 Kd2 Qa5+ and the knight on c7 falls.

Clever trap.

Nov-21-10  watwinc: I had the moves the wrong way round - Qxa2 16.Bc3 Qa1+ and the white king gets away. I still think white's lead in development must be good for more than this, though!
Jul-06-13  Abdel Irada: Looks as though White has to prepare his attack with 16. Kb1, when after 16. ...f6, chances look about equal.

Jan-28-14
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  Sally Simpson: Yes. The idea after 2...Nf6 is 3.f3-f4! a pure Latvian Gambit. Have played it a few times with success. A lot of Black's do not realise they are playing a Latvian

Correct. Kb1 needs to be played, thought I could handle the pin and save a tempo. Nice swindle attempt by me at the end. Some you win, some you lose.

Feb-11-14
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  offramp: <Sally Simpson> welcome to our little world.

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