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Wilhelm Steinitz vs James Mason
Hastings (1895), Hastings ENG, rd 4, Aug-09
Philidor Defense: General (C41)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)4...Be6 was played in G Bell vs F Guijarro, 1976 (0-1)5.O-O was played in R Scrivener vs B Jefferson, 1913 (1-0)5...c6 was played in L’Hermet vs A Brinckmann, 1927 (0-1)6.O-O was played in Steinitz vs G MacDonnell, 1865 (1-0)6...Nbd7 was played in Y Alaa El Din vs O Sabure, 2008 (0-1)8.O-O was played in Klinova vs I Kryukova, 2001 (1-0)better is 9.O-O a6 10.h3 dxe4 11.dxe4 h6 12.Qe2 b5 13.Rd1 Qc8 ⩲ +0.52 (24 ply)= -0.16 (24 ply) after 9...a5 10.Ba4 Bd6 11.O-O Re8 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nc4 f6 better is 10.O-O Re8 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Re1 h6 13.Nc4 Bf5 14.Bd2 a5 = +0.20 (29 ply)better is 10...Ne7 11.Ng3 Ng6 12.O-O Re8 13.exd5 Bxd5 14.Re1 h6 = -0.43 (26 ply)= +0.25 (26 ply) after 11.Ng3 h6 12.O-O Re8 13.h3 Qd7 14.Bd2 dxe4 15.dxe4 Ne7 better is 11...Bg4 12.Nf3 h6 13.h3 Bd7 14.Ne3 Be6 15.exd5 Nxd5 = -0.21 (26 ply)better is 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxe6 Qxe6 14.Ne3 Nxe3 15.Bxe3 Ne7 16.O-O ⩲ +0.51 (27 ply) 12...d4 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Nc4 b5 15.Nxd6 cxd6 16.O-O d5 = -0.11 (27 ply) ⩲ +0.73 (30 ply) after 13.Nxe6 Qxe6 14.dxe4 Ne7 15.O-O a5 16.a4 Rfd8 17.Nc4 Bc5 better is 14.O-O Bc5 15.b4 Ba7 16.a4 Rfd8 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.Rb1 h6 ⩲ +0.73 (27 ply)= +0.21 (27 ply)better is 17.g3 Nc8 18.O-O Nd6 19.Kg2 Qb5 20.Bc4 Qc6 21.Bd3 a5 ⩲ +0.55 (27 ply)better is 17...a5 18.Bd2 Rfd8 19.O-O-O a4 20.Bc4 Rxd2 21.Kxd2 b5 = 0.00 (28 ply) ⩲ +0.65 (33 ply) 18...Rfd8 19.Qc4 Qxc4 20.Bxc4 Ng6 21.a4 Nf4 22.Kf2 Nd3+ = +0.37 (32 ply) ⩲ +1.40 (29 ply) 20...h5 21.g5 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 Ne8 23.Bd5 Qd7 24.Bxb7 Nd6 ⩲ +1.24 (31 ply) ± +2.10 (31 ply) 27...Qxa6 28.Bxa6 Ra8 29.Bb5 Ra1+ 30.Kd2 Rxd1+ 31.Kxd1 +- +3.22 (38 ply)+- +7.42 (38 ply) 32...Ndf8 33.Kc2 Re8 34.Ra1 Nf4 35.b4 Ng2 36.Bf2 Nf4 +- +3.92 (34 ply)+- +7.68 (36 ply)34...Re6 35.Bb5 Rb6 36.Bxb6 cxb6 37.Rd6 Nh3 38.Kd2 Nxg5 +- +7.18 (34 ply)1-0

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